"members, partners, vision sharing "
July 13th, 2005
Dear Friends,
This letter is being sent to request tax-deductible membership
support for the E. F. Schumacher Society.
The E. F. Schumacher Society has dedicated itself to building
sustainable local economies that link people, land, and
community. The Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures and
resultant publications are a forum for visionary voices
in this work. The Library provides a written record
of theory and practice for shaping decentralized economies.
Our model programs of citizen support for farmers and other
small productive businesses provide working examples for
communities concerned with the future of their local economies. For
the purpose of sharing ideas and fellowship the Schumacher
conferences gather together those hard at work developing
innovative programs.
Over the past few years an increasing number of young
people have been drawn to the work of the Schumacher Society
because it offers practical steps for building more stable
economies and communities. Like Gandhi, they feel
intuitively that there is a limit to the effectiveness
of protest, sensing that the truly radical approach is
to shape an alternative to that which they oppose.
These young people bring new energy, new skills, new approaches,
new contacts to the growing work of the Schumacher Society. They
reinvigorate us, giving a young voice to the now classic
body of thought and action. The Society’s content-rich
web site reflects twenty-five years of the dedicated work
of an earlier generation, but the site itself was built
by a younger generation wishing to share the material in
a contemporary format. Last month the site drew on
average 5,800 “hits” per day.
Throughout its twenty five years the Society has
been supported primarily by the generosity of its members—individuals
who share a vision of a better world fashioned by a complex
of vibrant and diverse regional economies and regional
cultures. Our basic operating budget has grown from
$2,500 in 1980 to $25,000 in 1985 to $280,000 in
2005. We still rely on donations from concerned individuals. There
is much more to be done, but without your help it won’t
happen.
Please add your support for the E. F. Schumacher Society
with a 2005 tax-deductible membership gift at a level of
your choice. You may donate on-line through a secure
site hosted by our friends at Zenn New Media:
https://www.smallisbeautiful.org/donation_form.html
Or simply send a check to E. F. Schumacher Society, 140
Jug End Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230. For your
convenience, we have added a printable donation form at
the end of this email.
Thank you,
Susan Witt, Executive Director
E. F. Schumacher Society
www.smallisbeautiful.org
Board of Directors: Starling Childs, Hildegarde Hannum,
Eric Harris-Braun, Constance Packard, Katie Smith, Benjamin
Strauss, Ganson Taggart, and Nancy Jack Todd.
Board of Founders: Ian Baldwin, David Ehrenfeld,
Satish Kumar, John McClaughry, and Kirkpatrick Sale.
Advisory Board: Tanya Berry, Thomas Berry, Wendell Berry,
Olivia Dreier, Jane Jacobs, Hazel Henderson, Wes Jackson,
Amory Lovins, John McKnight, David Orr, Michael Shuman,
Cathrine Sneed, Lewis Solomon, John Todd, Greg Watson,
and Arthur Zajonc.
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E. F. Schumacher Society Membership/Donation Form
Name
Address
City/State/Zip Code
Country
Email
Included is my/our tax-deductible annual membership donation
to support the general operations of the E. F. Schumacher
Society:
_______$50, _______$100, _______$250, _______$500, _______$1,000,
_______Other
Included is an additional donation to support:
________Local
Currency Projects,
________Publications Program,
________Annual Lectures,
________Seminars/Conferences,
________Library
Please return to
E. F. Schumacher Society
140 Jug End Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230
