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Corporate Capitalism and a self regulated free market have left Americans exploited and facing an environmental meltdown linked to our economic one. Chris Hedges is author of the book, Empire of Illusion.
The cost of our Empire of Illusion is being paid for by our people and communities, not the speculators. Our annual income has been on a slow decline for decades. Collective denial of reality.
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Chris Hedges author of The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (2009) gives keynote address at The Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition weeklong series of events leading up to the International Day of Climate Action on October 24, 2009 as a part of the international campaign being organized by 350.org .He points out that Corporations control our politics and the Obama brand in an empire of consumption, rather than production.They will not permit real reform.
KOTV Covers a local art installation in Blueback Center, asking the question: Does Capitalism work for you? by artist Steve Lambert. Learn more about this project here. Steve talking about the project on Vimeo.
Public Lecture- Sustainability and The Future of Capitalism by Jonathon Porritt, CBE, Chancellor of Keele University February 2012.
Richard Wolff is an economist, author, and Professor Emeritus of the Univesity of Massachusettes, Amherst. In this speech he addresses the current economic crises, its' roots and what we can do about it. Filmed by Paul Hubbard at Brown University, Providence RI on 12-2-09
Larry O'Connor, lecturer in accounting in the business school of La Trobe University in Australia started out with his inquiry as to how accounting is bringing about changes towards a more sustainable economy and has come to the conclusion that it isn't. The driver remains idealogy of the free market is set within a certain value set and has been misrepresented as an "agenda of reform," but is really deforming, putting economics at the center spot, making the economic value at the center of all things to include turning Universities into profit centers. As a result, accounting is being used to entrench the status quo rather than to benefit sustainability.
This video was produced by Ruth Ann Barrett, producer, EarthSayers.tv as part of her participation in Portland State University's Social Sustainability Network. The video was made in June, 2010.
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Race for American Jobs in Columbus, Ohio
Part of a series featuring business and civic leaders to include the following, all of them addressing important issues of job creation and moving towards a low carbon economy.
Sustainability Clean Tech and Energy, thought leadership, 2010.
Jacqueline Novogratz brings us a series of insightful stories and unforgettable characters — from women dancing in a Nairobi slum, to unwed mothers starting a bakery, to courageous survivors of the Rwandan genocide, to entrepreneurs building services for the poor against impossible odds. Her book, The Blue Sweater. is the inspiring story of a woman who has spent her life on a quest to understand global poverty and to find powerful new ways of tackling it.
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