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born 1947 United States
Paul Glover (born 18 July 1947) is founder of more than a dozen organizations and campaigns dedicated to ecology and social justice, including Ithaca HOURS local currency, Citizen Planners of Los Angeles, Philadelphia Orchard Project, and Health Democracy. He is author of six books on grassroots organizing, and a former teacher of urban studies at Temple University.
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“All national currencies are deep in debt-- indebted to nature-- because human economies extract from nature faster than we replenish.”
While Greens are horrified at corporate and consumer trashing of planet and society, our message is primarily confident and affirmative.
Located in a low-income Philadelphia neighborhood, the Patch Adams free clinic will provide community-based health care that is genuinely non-profit, preventive, humane and fun.
“Los Angeles is an army camped far from its sources of supply, using distant resources faster than nature renews them.”
“Dollars control people. Community currencies connect people.”
“Action without theory is reckless; theory without action is worthless.”
All of America's institutions have become too big to change. Like sumo wrestlers in a basketball game, they move too slow.
“Americans are everywhere very decent, magnificent and ignorant. They are generous and lovable; they hog the earth and blight the land.
The era of road widening in our narrow valley will end. The era of trollies, buses, bicycles, pedicabs, cargo bikes and pedestrian amenity will accelerate.
We printed our own money because we watched Federal dollars come to town, shake a few hands, then leave to buy rainforest lumber and fight wars.
As usual, the future will be different.
“Without the expansion of a Mutual Enterprise economy responsible to communities and nature, this present boom will bust, creating a Greater Depression than that of the 1930's.”
“While dissecting the universe scientists discovered that uranium, a metal invisibly boiling, can boil water to spark electricity. They believed the 'peaceful atom' would give cheap clean power. Recent years cause many to doubt this.”
"Creating is more fun than consuming."
“An empire can do a lot of damage as it flails deeper into quicksand. Wrapping ourselves in flags does not pull us free. Permanent war justifies permanent unquestioned dominance by military and industrial interests.”
"Life gets higher ratings than TV."
“Community organizers are motivated to promote the dignity of the nation, the beauty of people and planet. They don't tolerate injustice. History depends more on such common folks than on presidents and generals. Democracy works because of their generosity.”
“The world is coming to a beginning rather than an end. We have the knowledge, tools, creativity, and capital to proceed. Our challenge is merely to begin where we live, with whatever capabilities are at hand.”
“These new green laws, organizations and personal styles show understanding that, no matter how super our computers, we will never invent substitutes for food, water and air, that our nation will progress or erode with its soil, that ultimately the land is the law of the land.”
“War fans spit on the principles of the American Revolution when they charge obediently wherever their president points our flag. Many flag-wavers know little about the U.S. Constitution, but can explain soap operas and football in detail.”
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