May 31, 2012
BRATTLEBORO, Vt.-Equitable, inclusive, just, humane, civil, neighborly, connected, collaborative, globally responsible, environmental sustainable: These were some of the values discussed during the introductory plenary session of the 2012 Slow Living Summit in...
Oct 11, 2011
May 30-June 1, 2012, Downtown Brattleboro, Vermont The second annual Strolling of the Heifers Slow Living Summit is a world-changing (and life-changing) effort at cross-sector, sustainable transformation. In scheduled as well as open space sessions organized into...
Jun 20, 2011
by Chris Lindgren, reporting on the Slow Living Summit, Brattleboro, VT. Early June 2011. The Slow Living Summit session, Economy and Business: Building the Resilient New England Economy: Common Good Success Stories, was inspiring. Our first two presenters from Coop...
Jun 20, 2011
By Katherine Naylor, small-business owner and MBA Candidate at Marlboro College Grad School John Abrams, co-founder of Martha’s Vineyard-based design/build firm, South Mountain Company, spoke at the Slow Living Summit about building sustainable communities. He spoke...
Jun 3, 2011
by Lindsay Fahey, MBA candidate, Marlboro Graduate School While the Organic Trade Association (OTA) recently moved its headquarters to the Marlboro Graduate School last year, Christine Bushway, Executive Director and CEO, came straight from Capitol Hill to address...
Jun 3, 2011
By Mary Westervelt, MBA candidate, Marlboro Graduate School From Quality of Life: Whole Systems: EcoVillage at Ithaca and Ithaca New York Liz Walker, author and co-founder EcoVillage at Ithaca If Liz Walker were given the 140 characters of our SLS Tweeters, she might...
Jun 2, 2011
by Lindsay Fahey, MBA candidate, Marlboro Graduate School Gary Hirshberg, following a lunch catered by Entera Artisanal Catering, spoke on “The Role of Entrepreneurship and Large Scale Organics in Building a Resilient New England”. Prior to addressing summit attendees...
Jun 2, 2011
By Mary Westervelt, MBA candidate, Marlboro Graduate School Live-blogging from “Energy and Resources: Regional Energy Solutions: Visioning Sustainability based on Conservation and Local Renewables” by Steven Strong, Solar Design Associates Anyone...
Jun 2, 2011
By Robert Hart, MBA Candidate, Marlboro College Graduate School Terry Mollner, co-founder of Calvert Funds and founder of the Trusteeship Institute, and John Cavanagh of the Institute for Policy Studies discussed “Visioning a Resilient New England – the Economic...
Jun 2, 2011
By Robert Hart, MBA Candidate, Marlboro College Graduate School The Slow Living Summit kicked off at the historic Latchis Theater in Brattleboro, VT with a bang, an outstanding panel discussion. The speakers on the evening panel included Will Rapp, CEO...
