Friday, October 9, 2009 Business
"Abundance comes not from stuff. In fact, stuff is an indication of non-abundance. Abundance is in the sacred; it's in the connection of love. We will find abundance through hard times when we find each other."
— Rebecca Adamson

Age Old Wisdom for the New Economy

Age Old Wisdom for the New Economy
"When we were looking for some wisdom on building a new economy, I immediately thought of Rebecca Adamson. Native peoples have developed societies that function within ecological limits and counter the tendency of societies to polarize between rich and poor, powerful and excluded. Adamson, a Cherokee, is founder of First Nations Development Institute and First Peoples Worldwide. She works globally with grassroots tribal communities, sits on the boards of the Corporation for Enterprise Development and is an advisor to the United Nations on rural development." This interview shares Adamson's view of what indigenous experience has to say about the economy.

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