A radical plan to decarbonize our economy and address climate change commonly known as the New Green Deal is becoming a hot public policy issue in America. But questions as to what the Green New Deal really is, and whether we could afford it; do not always command easy answers and generally tend to arouse the most passionate controversies.
This panel of distinguished speakers will present three different takes on the Green New Deal and, ask whether it holds the potential for transitioning the US economy towards a greener and more sustainable future.
Tom Ballou, Senior Financial Analyst and faculty member of the Henry George School
Marty Rowland, PhD., Licensed Environmental/Civil Engineer, Scholar in tradition of Henry George and Elinor Ostrom, and Trustee at the Henry George School
James Keenan, Social Justice Advocate and co-founder of Abba Lerner-Hyman Minsky Political Economy Society
Moderator: Ibrahima Drame, Director of Education at the Henry George School
Date: Wednesday, January 15th
Time: 6:30PM -8:00PM
Registration fee: $5
Payment or proof of payment must be provided at event.
Since its emergence in the late 1700s, Capitalism has been the most successful economic system that the world has ever seen. However, the colorful success stories cannot hide the grim realities of extreme income inequality, cyclical instability, social destitution and what has been termed by some as the ecological “death spiral”. In this interactive seminar, Ted Auerbach presents the democratic socialist alternative and, discusses its potential for recapturing the lost genius of American prosperity.
Mr. Auerbach is a New York based retired school teacher. He has been a peace and social justice activist for over 50 years.
Date: Monday November 18th, 2019
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Speaker: Ted Auerbach
Registration fee: $5
Payment or proof of payment must be provided at event.
As China experiments with its unique form of indigenous capitalism, it managed to pull 800 million people out of poverty in a record time while it maintained a strong economy despite the dire predictions of Western pundits. At the same time many of its counterparts in the West are facing very economically challenging times. In this interactive seminar Michael Bucher asks what’s driving China’s success story and what lessons the rest of the world can learn from one of the greatest social experiments of the century.
Instructor: Michael Bucher
Date: Friday November 15
Time : 6:30PM – 8:30PM
Our current system of neoliberal economics is a false and deceptive ideology that is causing enormous personal/planetary pain, grotesque wealth inequality and unending wars. Sacred Rule Economics sets forth principles and policies that guided several ancient civilizations in attaining a high degree of social harmony, overall well-being and the flourishing of the arts. This one-day forum will shine a light on these perennial wisdom teachings and suggest ways they can be put in place in New York and worldwide. By the end of the forum you may have clear ideas about what you can do to pull our country out of its current nosedive, end the corruption of economics, and build a “win-win” world that works for everyone.
Presenters:
Charles R. Avila: Executive Director of the Confederation of National Coconut Farmers’ Organizations of the Philippines. He is the author of the now classic book Ownership: Early Christian Teachings. A former mayor of the town of his birth (Tanauan Leyte), he has served as Consultant of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, as Secretary-General of the 18-nation Asian Cultural Forum on Development, a Research Fellow at the Centro Intercultural de Documentacion in Mexico, at the Institute for Food and Development Policy in San Francisco, a Staff Writer of South Magazine in London, a lecturer on agrarian reforms at the Land Reform Training Institute in Taiwan, and Deputy Secretary General of the Philippine Congress of Agrarian and Industrial Workers. Based in Manila he continues to be involved in the coconut levy funds case, mining issues, and the cause of the peasantry.
Alanna Hartzok: Co-founder/co-director of Earth Rights Institute, a United Nations NGO representative, and a transpersonal psychologist. She received the Radical Middle Book Award for her book The Earth Belongs to Everyone, a collection of 30 of her articles and essays and the International Earth Day Award presented by the Earth Society Foundation. She has given lectures and seminars in more than 30 countries and is currently working on implementation projects based on the public finance recommendations of the New Urban Agenda. Hartzok was the Green Party candidate for Congress in 2001 in her congressional district and the Democratic Party candidate in 2014. She enjoys tending to organic gardens, animals and grandchildren on her micro-farm in south central Pennsylvania.
