A colleague recently shared with me a copy of E.F. Schumacher’s book Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered. The book, originally published in 1973 energy crisis, is often considered the inspiration for the “buy local” and “fair trade” movements.
Read More(Boston, MA) October 31, 2018 – Sunwealth, the renewable energy investment firm working to change who has access to renewable energy by changing the way we invest in it, announced a $3 million loan from Reinvestment Fund to support Sunwealth’s renewable energy access work.
Read MoreFar too often, the concept of impact investing is solely linked to philanthropy, or the idea of concessionary returns. While such capital can be vital to those wishing to stimulate deep impact in high-risk, low-return asset classes, it is possible to have a similarly material impact in asset classes where the risk-adjusted return profile is far better.
Read MoreThe existing extractive energy economy isn’t working. Our dependence on coal, oil and gas contributes to global warming, the physical destruction of communities and pollution-related health issues which impact all of us – and disproportionately affect low-income people and communities of color. It’s not sustainable. And it’s fundamentally unjust.
Read MoreYou might remember that in 2009, the developed states of the United Nations made the commitment to raise $100 billion a year until 2020 to help the poorest countries combat climate change.
Read MoreIt’s easy to get discouraged. Whenever we flip through the news we witness manifestations of inequity and injustice, climate change and economic struggle. The national or global scale of the forces driving these issues are daunting, and at times we feel helpless to alter that course of action.
Read MoreJuly brings summer into full swing, with beach days, cookouts and ball games abound. We reserve the 4th to celebrate our independence as a nation, but it is far from the only form of independence we can rally around.
Read MoreThe city of Somerville is home to a myriad of descendants of early settler and immigrant families spanning the globe from Haiti and Brazil to the Mediterranean.
Read MoreClimate change is here, happening all around us, in little ways and big ways. We can’t stop it, although I and many others believe that we can slow it down and shift our economy, our built environment and our people to be more resilient and responsive to the impacts of climate change.
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