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From grassroots to global: the power of thinking small

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Abstract:
A 2002 position paper for the United Nations' World Summit on Sustainable Development originally published jointly by the Loyola University Economics Institute and the New Orleans Bread For the World, both NGOs under the Loyola University Twomey Center for Peace through Justice. The paper promotes a grassroots model of alternative economic development, citing the example of the successful Crecent City Farmers Market.

Citation

Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice, "From grassroots to global: the power of thinking small " (2003). Hurricane Katrina Archive. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:66455/

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  • Hurricane Katrina Archive

    Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are likely to have long-term effects on the cities and towns of the Gulf Coast . An interdisciplinary group of scholars, led by S4 Director John Logan, received support from NSF's Human and Social Dynamics program …

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