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Lynn Woolsey speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma California October 2009. U.S. Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-CA, Sonoma County District) is in her 9th term as a representative of California's 6th District. Her journey from welfare mom to business owner, Mayor of Petaluma, and now Congresswoman has informed her progressive policies and provided one of the strongest backbones in the Congress. Woolsey is Co-Chair of the Progressive…
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A.T. Ariyaratne speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma California October 2009. -- In 2004, 3 million people in Sri Lanka celebrated the International Day of Peace when spiritual leader Dr. Ari Ariyaratne invited his war-plagued nation to join together for a day of peaceful meditation. Dr. Ariyaratne, compared by many to Gandhi, is the founder of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement. Sarvodaya is a Sanskrit word for "everybody wakes…
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Don Shaffer speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma California October 2009. Don Shaffer is President & CEO of RSF Social Finance. Prior to joining RSF, Don served as Executive Director of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), developing it into an alliance of over 15,000 independently owned businesses across the U.S. and Canada. He has also served as Interim Executive Director of Investors’ Circle, a network…
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Vandana Shiva speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma California October 2009. Vandana Shiva was born in India and is a physicist, environmental activist and author. She is one of the leaders of the International Forum on Globalization and is the founder of the Navdanya Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (www.navdanya.org) She is the author of many books, including Water Wars: Pollution, Profits, and Privatization, Biopiracy:…
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Vandana Shiva speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma California October 2009. Vandana Shiva was born in India and is a physicist, environmental activist and author. She is one of the leaders of the International Forum on Globalization and is the founder of the Navdanya Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (www.navdanya.org) She is the author of many books, including Water Wars: Pollution, Profits, and Privatization, Biopiracy:…
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