MUM courses:
- Energy Use by Man and Nature
- Hands On Course In Sustainable Technologies
- Permaculture Design Certification
- Sustainability Forest Academy
- Artisan Foods and the Slow Food Movement
- Local Economy
Grinnell College courses:
Resource Center
Judy Wicks Summary
The Local living economy movement is about:
Maximizing relationships not maximizing profits
Growth in consciousness and Creativity not brands and market share
Democracy and decentralized ownership not concentrated wealth
A living return not the highest return
A fair price not the lowest price
Sharing not hoarding
Simplicity not gluttony
Life serving not self-serving
Partnership not domination
Cooperation based not competition based
Win-win exchange not win-lose exploitation
Family farms not factory farms
Biodiversity not mono-crops
Cultural diversity not monoculture
Creativity not conformity
Slow food not fast food
Our bucks not Starbucks
Our mart not Wal-Mart
Valuing life over lifestyle
Being more not having more
At it’s heart, our movement for local living economies is about love…….
Our power comes from protecting what we love; love of place, people, animals, nature, all of life on this beautiful planet Earth…...
What provides the energy and passion for all we must do in this movement is simply to allow ourselves to love what we love and in so doing find our place as humans in the family of life.
Judy Wicks
Bioneers 2007