Bravo to Etsy for the inspiring interview with Judy Wicks on this week. Judy will be speaking at the Hello Etsy conference in Berlin in a few weeks and I am more than excited to possibly have the opportunity to meet her. I will have the Art Stops Traffic "business" plan in hand just in case I actually snag 5 minutes with this amazing icon! Here is a summary of Ms. Wicks' beliefs excerpted from the interview:
The Local Living Economies Movement is about:
Maximizing relationships, not maximizing profits,
Growth of consciousness, not materialism,
Democracy and decentralized ownership, not concentrated wealth,
A living return, not the highest return,
A fair price, not the lowest price,
A living wage, not the minimum wage,
Sharing, not hoarding,
Simplicity, not gluttony,
Life serving, not self-serving,
Partnership, not domination,
Cooperation based, not competition based,
Win-win exchange, not win-loose exploitation,
Family farms, not factory farms,
Bio-diversity, not monocrops,
Cultural diversity, not monoculture,
Creativity, not conformity,
Slow food, not fast food,
Our bucks, not Starbucks,
Our mart, not Wal-Mart,
Valuing life, over life-style,
And as the Earth Charter says,
“Being more, not having more.”
Well said.
