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We need to embrace the principles of ecological economics to ensure a sustainable and just future for all.

Just within the past month, I, a widower, have moved from my independent studio apartment in downtown Montpelier to a studio room in the assisted living floor in Chestnut Place.

Few Americans have studied the plight of formerly industrialized cities more closely than Alan Mallach. Throughout his career, the noted community development expert has delved into the challenges facing many small and medium-sized communities that have had to deal with concentrated deindustrialization, disinvestment, and population contraction. He has distilled much

Rich economies are not going to downscale their production and consumption, and greening of production is not going to address the problems. The capitalist system based on higher consumption has not only led to the present environmental crisis but also caused extreme inequality and severe financial instability, throwing the entire world into turmoil from time to time, as last seen in 2008. The inescapable conclusion is that it is impossible to decouple material extraction from economic growth

David Schwartzman argues it is essential to distinguish good growth from bad growth.