Announcing Common Good
Walter Brueggemann, John McKnight and Peter Block are the curators and conversation partners for the first...
Tag Archives: common good
Peter Block on the Shadow Side of Culture
We live in a consumer driven market driven culture. How does this impact our lives? What...
The Consumer Economy and its Crushing Assumptions
By Peter Block What assumptions form the dominant free market consumer economy? What is an alternative...
The Jubilee Campaign
What is a Jubilee Year, and how does this Old Testament idea relate to today’s economy?...
In Search of the Tie That Binds
Photo: torkhum on Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0 In his article, John McKnight shares about two new...
A Case for Empathy
Trenton Davis with his Guatemalan family on a Habitat for Humanity trip in 2016 By: Trenton Davis This...
Jubilee Forum 4 – Professor Waleed El-Ansary
Jubilee Forum 4, December 3, 2015
Professor Waleed El-Ansary, Islamic Scholar and Xavier Professor of Islamic Studies, speaking from the perspective of the Koran and Islamic culture on debt and economics. This includes how the land and earnings were committed to the common good. This means there was no such thing as consumer debt. He also explains the close connection between art, production and the presence of God. There was never a separation between science, work and spiritual meaning.
Putting Technology to Work in Building Community
Ed Everett
Ed Everett, former city manager and now city strategist at nextdoor.com, talks about how technology and social media can bring neighbors closer together and strengthen community ties.
Working in the Gap to Enhance Productivity
Tom Mosgaller
Tom Mosgaller talks about the necessity of having “gappers” aka people who work in the space between citizens and institutions.
Co-Production
Edgar Cahn is a social innovator and has created TimeBanking, a unique way of building community...
Innovators Out of the Box
Al Etmanski explains the differences between ‘problems’ and ‘mysteries’ and each one’s role in our lives....
Measuring and Evaluating Community Initiatives
Tom Dewar talks about how his alternative community initiatives perpetuate self-organization for community-wide plans. They explain...
Using Local Assets for Effective Community
Mary Nelson speaks about creating and improving neighborly communities, starting with people having real relationships with...
Self-Organizing Systems
Harrison Owen names the New York City food system as an example of a self-organizing system.
Discovering Open Space
Harrison Owen discusses the idea of Open Space and naturalistic sharing and discussion.
