Deric Gruen

Deric is a Fellow with Rethinking Prosperity. He is a member of the Emerging Leaders in Energy and Environmental Policy network (ELEEP) a transatlantic program of Ecologic Institute and Atlantic Council, for whom he recently completed a project on economic and monetary policy. Deric was the founding director of the Office of Sustainability at Bellevue College, winner of a national 2013 Climate Leadership Award, where he led campus, curricular, and student leadership initiatives. He has consulted on transportation, environment, and community development for organizations including the Sightline Institute as is a contributor to the Seattle Globalist.

Local Futures Conference in PDX

Author: Deric GruenOn: Feb 20Categories: Events No Comments

John de Graff - we need to make sure the economy serves us...economics of happiness conference

Local Futures Conference in PDX

Events

Rethinking Prosperity is a partner on Local Future international conference, the Economics of Happiness, next weekend in Portland Oregon, where you can see our Fellow John de Graaf speak. Click image for PDF.

Put a Price On It?

Author: Deric GruenOn: Feb 04Categories: Fellow Post No Comments

Put a Price On It?

Fellow Post

Early this week, I passed by the sign shown above at a construction project in the Seattle neighborhood of Yesler Terrace. Known as the first racially integrated public housing project in America, Yesler Terrace is undergoing a major redevelopment –...

Priority Hire As ‘Just Sustainability’

Author: Deric GruenOn: Jan 29Categories: Fellow Post No Comments

Priority Hire As ‘Just Sustainability’

Fellow Post

Last week the Seattle City Council unanimously passed an ordinance requiring 20% that percent of labor hours from the sum of public works projects $5 million or greater come from workers in local, economically distressed neighborhoods. While many players...