connecting the econ4peace community, vol. 1
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Economics for Peace Institute
Guild for Social Fieldwork
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Community well-being and ecosystem stewardship are cross-cutting values, that bind people together beyond any polemic.
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Greetings ~
Thank you for your interest in Economics for Peace. I hope your holiday was a nourishing one!
The great pause seems a long while ago, April 2020. We are back to work and have updates.
The Institute moved into a new Pacific Northwest office with space to hold community conversations!
We continue the "Unite our Understanding" initiative. On the Olympic Peninsula, take part in
Connect with us if you would like to start a circle in your region.
In the website's PERSPECTIVES series, we will discuss the great pause. We will explore how events come together to confuse, or orient, our better futures. Which shall it be - this great stirring? Guest essays from the econ4peace community are encouraged.
Spread the word about social fieldwork. Get involved. Prepare the groundwork for a better 2022 built on a grounded, research-based plan. Social fieldwork is research that validates direct observation by locals. Researchers encourage discourse by locals to inform decisions that affect them. With your help, we can launch social fieldwork across the country.
We are solely funded through donations. This ensures independent, community-driven research. In time, we will resume training for planners, facilitators, researchers and electeds. For now, your donation is essential to our work.
In what other ways would you like to contribute to moving Economics for Peace Institute forward? Let's schedule a time to talk. We can carve out an approach for our involvement that works for you. Reply directly to this newsletter to reach me.
in appreciation,
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Mission
Economics for Peace Institute, a nonprofit, works globally through education, research and economic development to build peace, foster sustainability, and restore the Earth’s natural systems. The Institute’s work is measured by local people for its social benefits, its economic fairness and its ability to preserve ecosystems for future generations.
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For those who have seen the Earth from space, ... the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us. Donald E. Williams, USA, Discovery 4
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Earth is our home. Simple enough.
The great pause continues to be an opportunity to reflect.
No other planet – no matter the conjecture – has a biosphere.
Nineteenth century economic thinking is no excuse for a failure to steward planet earth. Our new economics must examine and describe equity and stewardship in everyday terms. What is really important? What matters?
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Milestones of Change in the Twentieth Century
Source: David Attenborough - 2020
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David Attenborough: A life on our Planet.
- film -
Have you seen it?
(hint: netflix).
What can we do?
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source: chernobyl. Attenborough film
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Let's build our better future as place-based communities.
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Global economic systems can be held accountable
if local people organize to assess community well-being and ecosystem stewardship. At least we'll know what we agree on, even if things sometimes go wrong. We can reset our course.
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Win an EARTHBALL in our ANNUAL CAMPAIGN!
Earthballs exist to help us connect with our beautiful planet.
Children learn about our home and they make great gifts!
A beautiful pamphlet vison of earth care comes with each.
ten will be given away
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marcus butler of photopoet.earth. copyright © 2010 - 2021 |
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Grand Prize • PHOTO PRINT
choice from above photos by Marcus Butler
This is an exclusive offer of one signed 13 x 19 inch
museum archival print by a well-loved local photographer with a large following across the country.
Marcus does not yet sell to the public from his enormous collection of photos spanning over thirty years.
Each photo will be printed by the photographer for perfect rendoring.
The selection of four was hand-picked for our campaign and two reflect sites that are no longer intact.
The madrone has fallen into the sea; the glacier is melting.
Time to act now!
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Drawing to be held when we reach 150 donors.
Help us reach our goal by winter solstice!
To be entered to win, donate $10 or more monthly.
$120 annually.
Pay by check or online.
Thank you!
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OUR NEW OFFICE IN CHIMACUM, WASHINGTON |
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The Institute is hosting Community Circles for Common Ground on Wednesdays, starting Dec. 1 at the Chimacum Grange. Learn more. |
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Bioregional baseline indicators permit the evaluation of project and program plans. This is particularly important in Environmental Impact Statements as required by the National Environmental Protection Act and for Social Impact Assessments following a natural disaster or other emergency. This information is critical to maintaining quality of life and protecting the environment. Other purposes include the evaluation of nonprofit programs, corporate branding claims, regional comprehensive plans and the certification of sustainable business and tourism activity. These indicators are based on real input from local people in a position to know about, or be affected by the project or program. |
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The season of great migration. How do they know where they are going? Geomagnetics, they say. How do we know? Who holds accountable and on what measure? If it is markets, then obviously something is amiss. We need to get control of what we eat on the media feeds. If it doesn't serve your greater knowing, then don't eat it. Focus on building a sustainable economy rather than railing against the one that doesn't work. Give your attention to what is worthwhile. Water it and watch it grow. Be real and create a new economy right where you live and with your neighbors. You don't need market middle people. Do it yourself. Learn to communicate and barter and trade. Be a player in your own economic paradise.
Caring for the web of life is the measure of sustainable. Each action, project and claim must be assessed against that measure of goodness. If it fails this test, then we redesign upfront. We have everything we need to make that work.
Why economics for peace? Peace is a necessary condition in the sustainability equation. Our environmental problems are human-made and relate directly to the ill-advised and inequitable appropriation of resources. To restore the web of life, we need to be aware as individuals, as tribes, as communities, and as regions how we sustain our own production without giving future generations the short end of the stick. In any case, stealing is not people-friendly, earth-friendly, or sustainable.
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Research
by Bioregion
Baseline Indicators of Community Well-Being and Ecosystem Stewardship
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We have a plan!
Our plan is to focus on the essentials.
We work at the nexus where peace and sustainability meet the groundwork of democracy.
As a public policy and research institute, we strengthen local input in decisions that may change for better or worse characteristic resilience in a particular bioregion. This is the groundwork of democracy for a sustainable future.
We must unite our understanding in order to calibrate the claims being made to resolve crisis, disaster or to advance progress for its own sake.
As participants in a sustainable democracy and economy, we need to know where we are going. Landmarks on a vast horizon help us navigate unknowns and such is the future. No one knows the future and if they claim they do, then you know something is amiss.
So we need a way to protect what is most important as we move into the future. Our plan is to ensure through participatory research, a set of baseline indicators of community well-being and ecosystem stewardship as understood by locals in their places - whether urban tenement, gated community or rural countryside.
We are partnering with a local Grange in the Salish Sea bioregion to teach social fieldwork to locals in a three county area. This is a one-year study which we plan to replicate across the country. The Institute's participatory research framework is designed to provide full support to each bioregional study team.
We encourage individuals to self-identify as possible coordinators for their bioregion. We will support team-building for this purpose. Contact us at salishsea@econ4peace.org, if you are interested in exploring the role of research coordinator, or forward our newsletter to someone who may. Thank you.
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ECONOMICS FOR PEACE INSTITUTE | epi |
Connecting people to research that makes sense
The Institute is a 501c3 charitable organization.
We are based in Chimacum, Washington and Boulder, Colorado.
| mail | Economics for Peace Institute • PO Box 1837 • Port Townsend, WA • 98368
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Vision
The Institute promotes participatory research and participatory economic development. The Institute advances locally-derived, place-based indicators of community well-being and ecosystem stewardship.
The Institute teaches participatory action research (PAR), social fieldwork and other forms of qualitative research for planners, agency staff, academics, conservation specialists, community organizers, and others. The Institute develops local and regional practitioner networks in participatory research.
The Institute strengthens local economic viability through practical demonstration of cooperative and sustainable business practices. Examples include locally-sourced online markets, participatory ecotourism, and cooperatives. Each demonstration project is evaluated and/or certified in a participatory way, by local people through place-based indicators of community well-being and ecosystem stewardship.
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