Communities: Building Authority, Responsibility, and Capacity
An article by David Morris, reprinted from the State of the Union 1994.… Read More
Green Taxes
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5 Jul 1994 |
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This 1994 report by David Morris was originally presented at the Environmental Taxes Workshop, sponsored by ME3, ILSR, and Friends of the Earth on July 6, 1994. This report looked at the the status of Eco-taxes in the United States and Europe.… Read More
Ecology Nurtures Community
Date:
5 Nov 1993 |
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A speech by David Morris originally delivered as a keynote address to the Building With Value conference in Seattle, Washington in November 1993.
The Costs and Benefits of Closing Prairie Island
On June 8, 1993, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that the Minnesota legislature has the authority to authorize an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) at Prairie Island. The Court reasoned that since the facility might well become permanent the legislature has sole jurisdiction to make such an historic decision. It is important to note … Read More
A Globe of Villages: The tricky business of balancing community control with the demands of an interconnected planet
Date:
1 Sep 1993 |
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An interview with David Morris, by Sarah van Gelder published by Context Institute in 1993… Read More
Beating the BTU Tax: The 6 Percent Solution
On February 17, 1993, President Clinton proposed a domestic energy tax, quickly dubbed the Btu tax. When fully implemented in 1997, this tax will generate about $20 billion annually while imposing a small burden on any single customer. The Administration argues that this broad based tax will impose only a small burden on any individual consumer … Read More
The Carbohydrate Economy: Making Chemicals and Industrial Materials from Plant Matter
This 1992 report by David Morris and Irshad Ahmed was one of the first comprehensive looks at how plant matter derived products could replace many of our fossil fuel derived materials. One hundred and fifty years ago, all of our industrial materials were derived from plants. In 1992, plant matter accounted for less than 5% of … Read More
The Mondragon System: Cooperation at Work
This 1992 report by David Morris is a review of the Mondragon Cooperative in Spain. The report examines cooperative structure, management, education, finance, and banking.
The Mondragon Cooperative Corporation is a 35 year old experiment in building a comprehensive cooperative society in which labor plays the primary and dominant role. The Cooperative Group has amassed technical, managerial and financial resources comparable to those of a major corporation and used those resources to further social as well as economic goals that emphasize the importance of community and small and medium scale enterprise.
Making the Polluter Pay: The Case for a Minnesota Carbon Tax
This 1991 report by David Morris looked at the implications of establishing a carbon tax in Minnesota. Minnesota should impose a carbon tax designed to raise revenue rather than to change behavior. A reasonable tax might be $6 per ton, in line with taxes already imposed by European governments, although lower than those proposed by the European Commission. Such a tax would raise the cost of energy and raise revenues and might encourage efficiency.
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