College works to eliminate student debtTrinity College, in Chicago, is making unprecedented progress in creating a system of funding higher education that does not leave…Jul 7, 20231Jul 7, 20231
Measuring social capital to create a loan fundFor the Watershed Fund, I am proposing that we only can lend to farmers who have $10k of stored gratitude in the system we could harvest…Jun 11, 2023Jun 11, 2023
It’s all about reciprocityWith the Watershed Fund, what we are finding as we connect the social and economic networks in our food system, that mutuality is what…Jun 8, 2023Jun 8, 2023
We’ve raised a fund for affordable loans to local farmers.We’ve raised a year of operating capital to launch The Watershed Fund, which offers zero interest loans to local farmer serving our farm…Jun 7, 2023Jun 7, 2023
Tourism leaders are not manning the barricades before next Wednesday’s meeting.The tourism development folks have responded to my article about them. Their only quibble was with the picture of their members from two…May 26, 2023May 26, 2023
Why people of faith need to show up at public hearingsThe following is theologian Willie James Jennings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_James_Jennings. on why people of faith should show…May 24, 2023May 24, 2023
My statement at the Buncombe County Tourism Development Board on why they need to fund affordable…This is action I am taking next week to get involved with the story I wrote…May 24, 2023May 24, 2023
Making Asheville’s tourism millions work for the people who are doing the workBrian Williamson, like a lot of people in Asheville, was not happy with how tourists and the tourism industry had taken over the city…May 17, 2023May 17, 2023
Impact dao meets neighborhood investment trusts?I’m meeting today with two top researchers, thought leaders in the impact dao space. I want to know if you can use impactdaos as the…Apr 20, 20232Apr 20, 20232
Pandemic causing a Darwinian shift in adaptability.The new Messenger RNA vaccines are a major step forward in responding to viruses; they use the body’s own machinery, the RNA that carries…Nov 22, 20202Nov 22, 20202
