Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Vermonter Susan Clark has co-authored the new book, Slow Democracy: Rediscovering Community, Bringing Decision Making Back Home.
Eric Becker is Chief Investment Officer at Clean Yield Asset Management in Norwich, on how to invest your money in local businesses, and how local businesses can attract local investment.
VBSR’s Scott Buckingham previewed next week’s VBSR conference.
Carl Etnier hosted.
Elon Musk becoming the planet’s first trillionaire should make us tremble for the future of self-governing republics. When you have Musk’s level of wealth, you’re no longer just buying another mansion or private jet, you’re buying a media outlet, a senator, and maybe, in Musk’s case, elevating a president. That is the dangerous power of concentrated wealth to distort markets, politics, and society.
July 8, 2026
Two weeks of tense UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany, have produced few tangible outcomes as diplomats faced “gridlock”.
June 23, 2026
In honor of World Localization Day, Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder of Local Futures and pioneer of the Localization movement, reflects on decades of work as an activist and the dangers that global, deregulated corporations pose to the global economy and the environmental movement.
June 19, 2026
