NOFA-NH/SP Book Study Starts: "Life After Progress" by Local Futures

This winter join NOFA-NH and Seacoast Permaculture for a 6-part Zoom book discussion of "Life After Progress: Technology, Community and the New Economy" edited by Helena Norberg-Hodge and Steven Gorelick.

We will meet every other Thursday, 7-8:30pm on Zoom: January 2, January 16, January 30, February 13, and February 27, & March 13.

For our first meeting, please read the Foreward, Introduction and Part 1 (pages i-18).

ABOUT THE BOOK: From a renowned pioneer of the localization movement, an anthology of essays challenging the narrative that technological progress and an increasingly globalized economy will lead us to a better world. This collection has been selected from 30 years of published articles, book chapters and blog posts by the staff of Local Futures, internationally known as pioneers of the emerging localization movement. Some of these writings involve a fundamental rethinking of our most basic assumptions—about progress, poverty, and happiness—while others seek the root causes of our multiple crises. All of them point towards the most strategic steps we can take to confront these problems and bring a healthier, happier world into being. Several of these prescient essays were written decades ago, but they have become even more relevant today as the need for systemic change becomes more apparent.

ABOUT THE EDITOR: Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of the international non-profit organisation, Local Futures, a pioneer of the new economy movement, and the convenor of World Localization Day. She is the author of ‘Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh’, ‘Local is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness’, and ‘From the Ground Up: Rethinking Industrial Agriculture’. She is also the producer of the award-winning documentary ‘The Economics of Happiness’.

COST/REGISTRATION: Register here for the whole 6 session series for only $15 per person. We will be grateful for donations beyond that at your discretion! If you do not want to use paypal, we always take checks to Seacoast Permaculture, 219 France Rd, Barrington NH 03825.

The series will be facilitated by Seacoast Permaculture & NOFA-NH members who are involved in organic growing, education and social justice movements. The goal of our book study is to expand our knowledge and understanding of organic farming, permaculture and food systems and to bring members together to build our community.

Our cosponsor is NOFA-NH - The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire (NOFA-NH) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated promoting organic, regenerative, ecologically sound farming, gardening, eating, and land care practices for healthy communities. We help people build local, just, and sustainable food systems. More info here: https://www.nofanh.org/