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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"
size="+1"><b>Another
Economy is Possible: Introduction to the Solidarity Economy. </b></font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"
size="+1"><span style="font-weight: normal;">GreenPort
Forum, Tuesday, April 20 at 7pm at the Central Square Library, 45
Pearl St, Cambridge. </span></font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Arial Bold, sans-serif"
size="+1"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><span
style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Can
we solve the current environmental crisis in an economy driven by
profit and dependent on growth? Or must we rethink and transform
economic institutions and their underlying values? In fact, we are
already surrounded by a rich diversity of economic practices and
institutions rooted in values of sharing, cooperation,
sustainability, equality, subsidiarity/local-first, democracy, and
justice. This “solidarity economy” is growing in every continent,
often in response to the crises created by the dominant system.</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"
size="+1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span
style="font-weight: normal;">In
this interactive workshop, presenter Julie Matthaei, Professor of
Economics at Wellesley College and co-founder of the U.S. Solidarity
Economy Network (</span></span></font><font size="+1"><a
href="http://www.ussen.org/"><font color="#001af9"><font
face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span
style="font-weight: normal;">www.ussen.org</span></u></span></font></font></a></font><font
face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif" size="+1"><span
style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">)
will introduce the solidarity economy framework, and related
practices and institutions, with special focus on the emergence of
sustainable technologies and lifestyles.</span></span></font></p>
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