Local Economies
Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Hyatt Regency Atlanta 265 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDavid will join Joel Rogers for a dialogue on "Progressive Localism as an Alternative Future" (11:45am - 1:45pm on Saturday, August 5). This session brings together two prominent scholar activists with the "Alternative Economic Futures" community to help envision progressive localism as a sustainable and democratic path forward. An economy organized by and for global [...]
2017 Community Change Institute
Radisson Airport Hotel 8181 Cambie Road, Richmond/Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDavid has been invited to be part of Tamarack Institute's 2017 Community Change Institute and deliver the keynote on "Change the Story, Change the Future", related to their theme, "Cities of the Future - Co-Creating Tomorrow" on Wednesday, September 27 (more details to follow). The Institute is designed "to explore the critical role citizens, organizations, and government [...]
Economics of Happiness Conference
Fort Worden State Park 200 Battery Way, Port Townsend, WA, United StatesPlans are underway for the Economics of Happiness conference at the scenic, waterfront Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, WA. David will participate, with YES! Magazine co-founder, editor-at-large, and author, Sarah van Gelder, and others, to explore how - and why - we need to keep moving forward to create local, living economies that work for everyone. [...]
BALLE Leadership Summit
David participated in a vision session on "Building an Economy That Works for All" with Laura Flanders and Alfa Demmellash of Rising Tide Capital to consider the future of work – and how to move beyond capitalism. Watch the video HERE.
World Localization Day
Online via ZoomDavid will join Pat Mooney (ETC Group), Ronnie Cummins (Organic Consumers Association) and Helena Norberg-Hodge (Local Futures / Economics of Happiness) for a lively conversation - "From Corporate Control to Local Regeneration." These four system change veterans – including two Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize) recipients – are all sharp critics of globalization as [...]