Part of Series
The Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures include some of the foremost voices on a new economics. In October 1981 the E. F. Schumacher Society (now the Schumacher Center for a New Economics) hosted the first annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures, which were delivered by Wendell Berry, Hazel Henderson, and Wes Jackson. They offered a promising view of the world as it could and should be. It was a propitious beginning for what has become a respected tradition. We have garnered over the years a splendid compendium of lectures (edited by Hildegarde Hannum) that are acquainting people with a cultural and economic revolution in the making. Speakers challenge entrenched ways of thinking. They are sometimes profound, sometimes practical, sometimes funny, always provocative, and invariably their wisdom points the way to a future in which people, land, and community matter. The Lecturers include some of the leading proponents of a new economics. From the beginning the lectures have been printed as pamphlets in order to give them a permanent form; now they are also available on the Schumacher Center's website (centerforneweconomics.org) in both written and audio form. Publishing in ebook format continues to make their compelling messages available to a growing audience. The E. F. Schumacher Lecture Series includes talks by Gar Alperovitz, Thomas Berry, Wendell Berry, Dan Barber, Peter Barnes, Elise Boulding, David Brower, Majora Carter, Marie Cirillo, David Ehrenfeld, Neva Goodwin, Hunter Hannum, Alanna Hartzok, Richard Heinberg, Hazel Henderson, Ivan Illich, Wes Jackson, Jane Jacobs, Van Jones, Andrew Kimbrell, David Korten, Winona LaDuke, Anna Lappe, Frances Moore Lappe, Thomas Linzey, Amory Lovins, Oren Lyons, Jerry Mander, John McClaughry, Bill McKibben, John McKnight, Stephanie Mills, Stacey Mitchell, John Mohawk, David Morris, Helena Norberg Hodge, David Orr, Will Raap, Kirkpatrick Sale, Otto Scharmer, Juliet Schor, E. F. Schumacher, Michael Shuman, Catherine Sneed, Gus Speth, Robert Swann, John Todd, Nancy Todd, Stewart Wallis, Greg Watson, Judy Wicks, Susan Witt, and Arthur Zajonc. The Schumacher Center for a New Economics is supported by the generosity of its members and friends. Donations are tax-deductible. Schumacher Center for a New Economics 140 Jug End Road Great Barrington, MA 01230 USA centerforneweconomics.org
Author
Frances Moore Lappe—author of fifteen books, including three-million-copy bestseller Diet for a Small Planet—distills her world-spanning experience and wisdom in a conversational yet hard-hitting style to create a rare "aha" book. In nine short chapters, Lappe leaves readers feeling liberated and courageous. She flouts conventional right-versus-left divisions and affirms readers' basic sanity - their intuitive knowledge that it is possible to stop grasping at straws and grasp the real roots of today's crises, from hunger and poverty to climate change and terrorism. Because we are creatures of the mind, says Lappe, it is the power of "frame"—our core assumptions about how the world works—that determines outcomes. She pinpoints the dominant failing frame now driving out planet toward disaster. By interweaving fresh insights, startling facts, and stirring vignettes of ordinary people pursuing creative solutions to our most pressing global problems, Lappe uncovers a new, empowering "frame" through which real solutions are emerging worldwide." Frances Moore Lappé is married to Dr. Marc Lappé a former experimental pathologist interested in the problem of environmental contamination.
