Richard W. Franke
e-mail  franker@mail.montclair.edu

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Presentations and Seminars

 

Local Democracy as a Means of Economic Development: The Kerala People’s Campaign for Democratic
Decentralization, 1996−2001 and 2006−2011

Powerpoint presentation at the Occupy Discussion Group, Ecovillage at Ithaca, 8 March 2012. In pdf format.

Shrinking the Footprint at Ecovillage at Ithaca.
Powerpoint presentation to League of Women Voters, 27 February 2012. In pdf format.

History of Sustainability Seminar: May 2011
Introductory notes for a seminar discussion of Lester Brown. 2011. World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse. New York: W. W. Norton & Company that was held at the History Center in Tompkins County on 12 May 2011.

Sustainability and Social Justice Speech 1 April 2011
Statement at the Rally for a Living Wage Sponsored by the Tompkins County Workers’ Center 1 April, 2011

History of Sustainability Seminar: March 2011
Introductory notes for a seminar discussion of  Simon Dresner. 2002. The Principles of Sustainability. London: Earthscan that was held at the History Center in Tompkins County on 10 March, 2011.

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Link to Richard W Franke’s other recent essays on racism and on sustainability.

  

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