5. 8/22/2011 5 Why Sustainability Requires Local Accountability Political Power Lower Carbon Footprint Global Models
6. 8/22/2011 6 Why Sustainability Requires Local Accountability Political Power Lower Carbon Footprint Global Models
7. 8/22/2011 7 Why Sustainability Requires Local Accountability Political Power Lower Carbon Footprint Global Models
8. 8/22/2011 8 Why Sustainability Requires Local Accountability Political Power Lower Carbon Footprint Global Models
9. 8/22/2011 9 A New Definition of Sustainability The ability of a community to provide for its own needs, present and future, without compromising the ability of other communities to provide for their needs, present and future.
11. 8/22/2011 11 Three Rules for Local Prosperity (1) Maximize local ownership of business. (2) Maximize local self-reliance. (3) Spread models of triple-bottom line success.
34. Patrick Henry:(with minor edits) “Why stand we here idle? Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains…? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me community or give me death!"
35. For More Information: Michael Shuman 202-669-1220 shuman@igc.org www.small-mart.org www.livingeconomies.org