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SUMMARY:Special Guest: Juliet Schor, Fixing the Economy and Addressing
  Climate Change: The Path to Plentitude
DESCRIPTION:Economist and bestselling author Juliet B. Schor of Boston
  College discusses her book “Plenitude: The New Economics of True We
 alth.” Schor proposes a path to address the Great Recession while ad
 dressing climate change and peak oil, suggesting a radical change in h
 ow we think about wealth, consumer goods, and how we live.\n\nAs we tr
 avel along the current path, food, energy, transport and consumer good
 s are becoming increasingly expensive. The economic downturn that has 
 accompanied the ecological crisis has led to another type of scarcity:
  incomes, jobs, and credit are also in short supply. Our usual way bac
 k to growth, a debt-financed consumer boom, is no longer an option our
  households, or planet, can afford.\n\nResponding to our current momen
 t, Plenitude puts sustainability at its core. It is an argument that t
 hrough a major shift to new sources of wealth, green technologies, and
  different ways of living, individuals and the country as a whole can 
 actually be better off and more economically secure. And as Schor obse
 rves, Plenitude is already emerging. In pockets around the country and
  the world, people are busy creating lifestyles that offer a way out o
 f the work and spend cycle. These pioneers’ lives are scarce in conv
 entional consumer goods and rich in the newly abundant resources of ti
 me, information, creativity and community.\n\nBased on recent developm
 ents in economic theory, social analysis, and ecological design, as we
 ll as evidence from the cutting edge people and places putting these i
 deas into practice, Plenitude is a road map for the next two decades. 
 In encouraging us to value our gifts, nature, community, intelligence,
  and time, Schor offers the opportunity to participate in creating a w
 orld of wealth and well-being.\n\nFor more information visit http://ne
 ighborsforneighbors.org/events/special-guest-juliet-schor
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CATEGORIES:discussion
LOCATION:First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from
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