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Rethinking Prosperity at SCORAI Conference

Author: Deric GruenOn: Jul 07Categories: Consumption No Comments

Rethinking Prosperity at SCORAI Conference

Rethinking Prosperity attended the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative Conference in June. SCORAI, as its known, is a knowledge network of professionals working at the interface of material consumption, human well-being, and technological...

Next System Teach-in Participants Call for Real Democracy, Equitable and Green Economy

Author: Caterina RostOn: May 27Categories: Events, Prosperity Today, Prosperity Tomorrow No Comments

Next System Teach-in Participants Call for Real Democracy, Equitable and Green Economy

Events, Prosperity Today, Prosperity Tomorrow

On April 25, students, community members, faculty, and staff came together for the Next System Teach-In at the University of Washington. The event was attended by hundreds of voices united in their common cause of creating a more equitable, democratic,...

Solutions: Degrowth

Author: Caterina RostOn: Feb 11Categories: Consumption, Graduate Post, Prosperity Today, Prosperity Tomorrow No Comments

Solutions: Degrowth

Consumption, Graduate Post, Prosperity Today, Prosperity Tomorrow

Degrowth is a political, economic, and social movement based on ecological economics and anti-consumerism. It is a response to the limits-to-growth argument that was first articulated by the think tank Club of Rome in its report entitled The Limits to...

Water contamination – The cost of doing business?

Author: Caterina RostOn: Feb 04Categories: Graduate Post, Yesterday's Prosperity No Comments

Water pollution sign on the Waimakariri River

Water contamination – The cost of doing business?

Graduate Post, Yesterday's Prosperity

A recently published article in the New York Times discussed an outrageous case of conscious water contamination by one of the corporate chemical giants, DuPont. In his extensive and detailed article, New York Times reporter Nathaniel Rich gave a...

The News from Dragon Mountain

Author: Caterina RostOn: Jan 19Categories: Guest Post, Production, Prosperity Today, Prosperity Tomorrow No Comments

The News from Dragon Mountain

Guest Post, Production, Prosperity Today, Prosperity Tomorrow

By John M. Repp, activist in Seattle. In May 2013, four Seattle peace and justice activists got a chance to visit Mondragon, the place where the largest and most successful group of producer cooperatives in the world began. Mondragon (“dragon mountain”)...

The ‘Equity for Growth’ Frame Must Die

Author: Deric GruenOn: Jan 15Categories: Distribution, Fellow Post, Yesterday's Prosperity 1 Comment

The ‘Equity for Growth’ Frame Must Die

Distribution, Fellow Post, Yesterday's Prosperity

Recently, Sociology Professor Manuel Pastor came to Seattle to talk about growth and equity. Pastor is a well-known professor from USC whose work focuses on “the economic, environmental and social conditions facing low-income urban communities –...

Well-Being & Happiness – An Attempt at Definitions

Author: John de GraafOn: Jan 12Categories: Fellow Post, Prosperity Today, Prosperity Tomorrow, Purpose No Comments

Well-Being & Happiness – An Attempt at Definitions

Fellow Post, Prosperity Today, Prosperity Tomorrow, Purpose

This post originally appeared at prforpeople.com courtesy of John de Graaf–author, filmmaker, Executive Director of Take Back Your Time and Center for Communication & Civic Engagement Fellow. These days, there seems to be a growing consensus...

What is Affluenza and Are You Infected?

Author: Caterina RostOn: Jan 05Categories: Consumption, Graduate Post, Yesterday's Prosperity No Comments

What is Affluenza and Are You Infected?

Consumption, Graduate Post, Yesterday's Prosperity

In recent weeks, the question of “what in the world is affluenza?” has regained prominence in the national media due to the infamous Ethan Couch case. In 2013, the sixteen-year-old Couch killed four people and injured numerous others driving drunk...

How to really win the holidays

Author: Caterina RostOn: Dec 24Categories: Consumption, Graduate Post 1 Comment

"Hurry! Buy More Stuff!" sign at protest

How to really win the holidays

Consumption, Graduate Post

The Christmas season is a good time to think about why we are spending so much money, time and energy shopping for consumer products. During the holiday season, stores have extended hours and most everybody gets into an often-stressful shopping craze...

The State of American Manufacturing – Made in America Holiday Shopping Challenge

Author: Caterina RostOn: Dec 12Categories: Consumption, Graduate Post, Production No Comments

The State of American Manufacturing – Made in America Holiday Shopping Challenge

Consumption, Graduate Post, Production

In his recent Rethinking Prosperity lecture, renowned economist Richard Wolff noted that during the 1970s, capitalists have left high wage countries in favor of what he referred to as the “hinterland” where people are poor and wages are low. This...