The debates about the economic growth and environmental sustainability are siloed and polarized, which is limiting the scope of needed change in policy thinking. To transform these existing debates, Rethinking Prosperity is organizing a variety of events to bring together scholars, students, and community leaders. Our goal is to change the conversation about how an economy can work well for more people, within planetary boundaries over the long run and to expand the scope of policy thinking at the local and national level.
Upcoming and Recent Events:
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Due to a scheduling conflict, this lecture has been canceled. We are working on scheduling a new date for Klein to visit, possibly during the 2017-18 academic year. We will update our website once that date has been confirmed. April 6, 7:30 pm Kane Hall, room 130 Register (sold out, to be notified... -
The following are supplementary reading materials for Lance Bennett’s lecture series the American Global Challenge: Aligning Economy, Democracy & Environment in the 21st Century. For more information on the lecture series, click here. January 17: System Breakdown: Economy and Democracy... -
Location: Big Time Brewery, 4133 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105 Time: 5:30 pm to 7 pm, Tuesday, November 1st, 2016 RSVP: RVSP Facebook or if you don’t use Facebook here. Food and drink specials for purchase Join us at the Rethinking Prosperity’s first “Next Systems Meet-up”! Building... -
Lecture series by Lance Bennett, Ruddick C. Lawrence, Professor of Communication Life quality for growing numbers of people on the planet is threatened by a set of systemic problems. The global economy is not working well for people or the environment. Economic policies across the political spectrum...
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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, and sustainable world. The Teach-In was structured... -
Worker Co-Ops: A Strategy for Building the Next System Wednesday, May 11, 2016 7:00pm-9:00pm Allen Auditorium, University of Washington, Seattle RSVP Space is Limited, RSVP Required Join us for a screening of “WEconomics: Italy” and panel, to include: Alison Booth Gribas, Worker-Owner,... -
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How Should We Spread Prosperity & Opportunity to All While Conserving the Environment? Join community members and University of Washington students in political science and communication in a unique dialogue about the strategies to achieve shared prosperity within ecological limits. Come ready... -
What should the next system look like — and how can we get there? We are in the midst of systemic crisis. The realities of growing inequality, political stalemate, and climate disruption just scratch the surface of global issues. It is clear that the current system doesn’t work for the vast majority... -
Rethinking Prosperity participated in this year’s New Economy Week by organizing two Seattle events: The New Economy Get-Together that brought together numerous local stakeholders and organizations, like Yes! Magazine, Got Green?, and Pinchot University; and the screening of “This Changes Everything,”... -
On Tuesday, October 27, 2015, renowned economics professor and radio host Richard Wolff addressed an audience of about 100 students, faculty, and members of the broader Seattle community at a guest lecture organized by the Center for Communication & Civic Engagement’s Rethinking Prosperity project.... -
Join Rethinking Prosperity for the screening of This Changes Everything! The documentary directed by Avi Lewis was developed in parallel to the critically acclaimed Naomi Klein worldwide bestseller with the same title. Both the movie and the book provide a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis... -
CELEBRATE TAKE BACK YOUR TIME DAY!–and the 75th Anniversary of the 40-hour week Are you working too much? Do you need time off? Is your life too rushed and stressful? Then chill out and join State Representative Gael Tarleton, Vicki Robin, (author of Your Money or Your Life and Blessing the Hands... -
Advanced registration requested This is a free event! All around us, innovators are building cooperative, ethical, and community-rooted enterprises, reclaiming the commons, and democratizing and reorienting finance. We are finding new ways to share skills and goods, measure success, and meet growing... -
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Rethinking Prosperity, a project of the University of Washington’s Center for Communication and Civic Engagement (CCCE), is hosting a public discussion with renowned economics scholar, radio host and writer Richard Wolff. Unfortunately this event is completely full! We will not be able to accommodate guests... -
Founder and director of Alternative Radio (AR), David Barsamian joined Rethinking Prosperity on May 19 to discuss capitalism and the environment as well as the role of the media in front of a diverse, intimate, and lively audience of faculty, students, and community members. Arguing that we have not... -
David Barsamian May 19, 2015, 5.00 pm, University of Washington, Seattle (room # upon RSVP confirmation) RSVP Required as Space is Limited: www.ccce-barsamian.eventbrite.com “Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course. Human activities inflict harsh and often irreversible damage... -
This spring quarter at the University of Washington, the Rethinking Prosperity undergraduate learning community will reconvene with a new group of students who will be encouraged to share ideas, help others with their work, and participate in thinking together about the challenges of creating sustainable... -
On April 8, 2015, CCCE director Lance Bennett was part of a panel about “The Politics of Global Climate Change” organized by the UW Political Science Department. Bennett addressed the question, “why it is so hard to strike a balance between the economy and the environment?” The panel was held...