Small is Beautiful study/discussion group
Tuesday, December 30, 5:45 pm
Fair Grinds Coffeehouse
(Other alternating locations will be considerately considered)
E.F. Schumacher:
“Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.”
Jane Jacobs:
... city areas with flourishing diversity sprout strange and unpredictable uses and peculiar scenes. But this is not a drawback of diversity. This is the point ... of it.
We discuss, read and dilly-dally about possibilities of the proper scale and use of resources in a regional economy.
All welcome, but argumentative participants ignored after hints.
Readings available on: www.smallisbeautiful.org
December: land trusts discussed
January: currency presentation of The Crescent, available at Crescent City Farmers Market
Information about group linked from and discussions tolerated at:
http://neworleanscanthrive.blogspot.com
Essays, links and visuals highlighting an alternative, resilient place at the strategic crescent of one mighty river.
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