Seeds of Violence, Seeds of Hope:

Exploring Economics in an Ecological Context

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Ed Dreby, Editor; Design by Kim Carlyle

Volume I: The Reader

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Purposes of the Project and the Resource 5

Organization of This Resource 5

About the FTE Project 6

Section 1 —Ecological Realities and Structural Violence

Earth as a Spaceship, by Kenneth Boulding 9

The Prescience of John Woolman and Martin Luther King, Jr., by Keith Helmuth 13

World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity, from the Union of Concerned Scientists 17

Structural Violence and Friends Testimonies, by Margaret Mansfield 20

Ecological Footprint Analysis, by Hollister Knowlton 23

Overview of the Natural Step, by David Damm-Luhr 25

Rising to the Challenge, by Lester Brown 27

A Perspective on Ecological Integrity, by David Ciscel and Ed Dreby 30

Section 2 —Fundamental Economic Concepts and Perspectives

Cycles and Growth in Nature and Economies, by Ed Dreby and Margaret Mansfield 35

Markets and Choices, by David Ross and Ed Dreby 42

Industrial Economies as Systems, by Ed Dreby and Margaret Mansfield 50

Money, Banking, and Finance, by Ed Dreby, assisted by Keith Helmuth and Gary Lapreziosa 57

Section 3—Ways Forward

Toward an Ecologically Integrated Life, by Susan Carlyle 69

Sustainable Agriculture, by Al Connor 72

What is Sustainable Design?, by Bill Marston 75

Friends Witness and the Search for a Sustainable Commerce, by Erbin Crowell 77

Renewable Electricity is Something Everyone Can Buy, by Ed Dreby 80

Socially Responsible Investing, by Alan Wright, Ph.D. 85

Meeting God Halfway, by Gray Cox 88

Ecological Integrity and Religious Faith, by Keith Helmuth 90

Appendix

Glossary 95

Contributors to Volume I 103