Simpler OneEarth Living Episode 0122—Chuck Collins
The Common Good Podcast
Chuck Collins on the Industry That Protects Wealth and How It Hurts Everyone--Most people feel on the outside of extreme wealth. Some aspire to it. Many consider it immoral. For most of us it’s a sideshow. But Chuck says, “No! It’s not a sideshow. It’s the main show. It affects all of us.” We pay the taxes that build what everyone uses. They avoid taxes, sometimes paying none, taking no responsibility for the common good though they benefit from it. Chuck explains who makes all this work.
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Ep. 1221--Della Duncan
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As a renegade economist, Della Duncan creates islands of alternative economics in the ocean of capitalism.
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Simpler OneEarth Living Episode 1121--Lauren Van Ham
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This episode tells how religions are working together to forge new possibilities in ecology, economics and women’s empowerment—all making real difference in their communities. Listen too for the importance of organizing as circles in the practice of cooperation. Previously, the circles of Jubilee. This time, United Religions Initiative's Lauren Van Ham in her work with United Religions Initiatives to form and empower Cooperation Circles around the world.
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Ep.1021-Encuentro
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A U.S./Mexico Conversation on Living the Alternative Worldview We Call OneEarth Jubilee
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Ep.0921-- Eric LeCompte, Jubilee USA Network
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Ep.0921-- Eric LeCompte, director of Jubilee USA Network: : Forgive Us Our Debts—Woes and Wins in Canceling Student Debt
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Ep.0821-Brenda Wyss
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Brenda Wyss: Feminist Economics Is Creating Just Systems That Meet Current Crises
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Episode 0721--Matt Brennan
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Matt Brennan: An Advocate for Your Congregation and Nonprofit on How to Install Solar Power
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Ep.0621-Carrie Radloff
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It’s far too easy to assume that not much good is happening in states that are fertile ground for the growth of right-wing ways of doing things. The states of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota have been just such fertile soils. And yet, precisely in the area where those three states meet on the Missouri River, this effective activist on environmental concerns helps us break through this stereotype that not much good can happen in areas dominated by right-wing politicians and profit-hungry corporations.
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Ep.0521-Neddy Astudillo
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As an eco-minister and eco-theologian, Neddy directs Green Faith in Florida and in Latin America. Be sure you go to the GreenFaith.org to learn far more about Neddy’s accomplishments and hopes.
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Ep.0421-Robin Rivet
The Common Good Podcast
Reversing Climate Crises through Informed Tree Actions
info_outlineIf you are part of a family struggling with student debt, you likely know that student debt now totals nearly $1.7 trillion, exceeding both total car loans and credit card loans. Only mortgage loans are a bigger part of economic debt. Rugged individualism holds that I must pay off the debt I incur. But that fails to recognize the structures of debt. Debt is not structured by individuals, but by powerful financial and political groups that make repayment strenuously difficult. For many, impossible. Such debt is immoral and destroys creativity to the extent that all, not just the debtor, suffer. That’s why, in a Jubilee worldview, debt is forgiven after a reasonable period of time. Jubilee refuses to marginalize people in perpetuity because of debt. All people must be treated as kin in the human family and that disallows any perpetual separation into loan makers and borrowers.
We pray, “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.” And for all who pray the "Trespasses" version, remember that the greatest trespasses are the structural ones that separate people from one another, dividing us into categories like have-gots and have-nots. With either version of the prayer, we’re praying to forgive economic evils that separate us from one another and from our souls.