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An invisible red thread connects
those who are destined to meet
regardless of time, place
or circumstance. The thread may
stretch or tangle but will never break.
- Chinese Proverb
Tug on anything at all and you’ll
ﬁnd it is connected to everything
else in the universe.
- John Muir
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www.slowlivingsummit.org — www.strollingoftheheifers.com
2014 Slow Living Summit
A welcome from Orly Munzing, Stroll Founder
Since 2002, Strolling of the Heifers Weekend, famed for its Parade and Expo, has always featured a conference or
Summit as a kickoff event. In the early years, these gatherings were more specific to agriculture. Five years ago, the
idea of creating a Slow Living Summit with broader content came to me after I invited Woody Tasch, the founder of
Slow Money, to speak about his organization.
I was so inspired by Slow Money’s message that I approached my committee to discuss the creation of a Slow Living
Summit that would bring all the “slow” organizations together and create a holistic change across the board. We
immediately decided we needed a change in our mindset about how we lead our lives. Instead of living in the fast lane
that extracts from our communities, we realized that we needed to talk about living in the slow lane that gives back to our community. Slow Living means slowing down, being mindful, and thinking about how to give back to yourself, to others, to your environment,
to your community and your bioregion.
Orly
Munzing
We presented the Slow Living idea to Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, the president of Marlboro College. She encouraged us to think about
what ingredients are needed in such a life. In particular, she helped us realize that the arts are an integral part of Slow Living. The
arts help you slow down, and help you transform your thoughts and feelings to that higher, more mindful level.
In past Summits we included the arts, but not in a complete way. There were arts events in the evening after the main Summit sessions, and last year artists performed a preludes before keynote speakers. In Survey responses, Summiteers told us overwhelmingly
they wanted more artistic content in the Summit. They also told us that they learned much more about themselves from speakers
who told their stories, rather than from the typical Powerpoint presentations.
So we decided, this year, to turn to Linda McInerney and asked her to be the Summit’s artistic director. Linda is the founder of Old
Deerfield Productions, in which she creates innovative theatrical productions year after year that layer multiple forms of art over the
underlying dramatic story. We couldn’t think of a better person to help us try something new: to integrate a variety of art forms with
the spoken words — the stories — of our plenary speakers.
Linda set to work, and for many months now, our plenary speakers have been aligned with one or more artistic collaborators, who
will be on stage with them, adding layers of artistic expression. We’re excited to see what the results will be, and how you will react.
We hope that at this Summit, you’ll listen and learn, as well as contribute and connect.
We hope this Summit will model the importance of integrating the arts into our lives, and into our communities. Art makes us complete, and completes our communities. Just as we have integrated the arts into the Summit, we’re also working to integrate the arts
into our planning for the River Garden, our new home on Main Street, as a year-round cycle of programs focused on stimulating
innovation and education around farming, food systems, resilient communities and sustainable living.
Orly Munzing,
Founder and Executive Director, Strolling of the Heifers
We remember Joe Famolare
A great friend of Strolling of the Heifers
was Joe Famolare, longtime member of
our Board of Directors, who died last
summer, and who exemplified Slow
Living in many ways.
Stroll fans of a certain age may remember Joe as the iconic face in magazine
advertisements for Famolare shoes during the 1960s. Founded by his father in
1934, Famolare became, under Joe’s
Joe Famolare
leadership, a leading U.S. footwear
brand. His designs are on permanent display at the
Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. and in the
permanent collection of the Costume Institute, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the
Cincinnati Museum of Art in Ohio.
In 1994 Joe founded the Vermont Agricultural Business
Education Center (VABEC) in Brattleboro. Housed in a historically renovated antique farm on 120 acres, this center was
developed and is primarily a continuing education site
encouraging partnerships between business, government,
education and agriculture.
We miss Joe, we miss his sage advice and his great stories,
and we wish he were still here to enjoy the Summit and our
work on the River Garden.
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A welcome from Linda McInerney, the Summit’s Artistic Designer
I have found myself on the adventure of becoming the artistic director of the Slow Living Summit because I love Orly
Munzing. My husband introduced us five years ago at his bar here in the Latchis building and I fell in love with her. At
that time, Orly told me about what she called a “crazy idea”. She said, “You’ve heard of Slow Food, you’ve heard of
Slow Money. I want to do a conference that pulls it all together, about Slow Living.” I thought it was amazing. And here
we are.
Linda
McInerney Last year was my first opportunity to attend Slow Living. I was excited about the brilliant speakers but I had to tell Orly
afterwards that I was disappointed. I was disappointed because the whole thing seemed very left brain. It was lots of
talking heads. Now, they were very smart heads, to be sure, and I loved their thinking but I couldn’t help my own thoughts: “Isn’t all
this cognitive stuff what got us into this pickle? And aren’t we missing the whole idea of Slow by focusing on Power-Pointing our way
to the answers? And where is the art? Isn’t art woven into a Slow Life? How can we leave it out? Singing as we plant, dancing as we
harvest, where’s the ceremony, the ritual?” So I’m afraid that I over-shared and certainly over-gesticulated those thoughts to Orly,
who in her open-hearted way said, “You are absolutely right. You do it!” I was completely blown off my chair. I didn’t even know
what that meant, and because I was filled with terror I said, “OK!”
My job is to produce, present, create and direct theater and that is the approach I brought to the task. In the theater, my first step is
always to come to know the world of the play. I knew I had to begin there. What is this world of Slow Living I have entered? First I
studied our speakers and all that they have written. Do you have any idea how much Charles Eisenstein has written? Gulp! I also met
and spoke with them to gain some insight into who they are as people. Then I started pouring over books about creativity, learning
styles, mindsight, drawing on the right side of the brain, the intelligence of the heart, and this wildly overwhelming task took on a
simple elegance. What if we simply built creative collaborations between speakers and artists? And what if I served as a kind of midwife to that process to let the offering be born in whatever way it wanted to be born? I would just do what I usually do with a show.
Learn everything I could possibly learn about the characters, explore their relationships onstage, and find a way to tell the story in
the way it wants to be told.
Now we share the fruits of that process. We hope you enjoy our experiment in drawing, painting, singing, dancing, and tickling the
right side of your brain with the wondrous presenters: Charles Eisenstein, Samantha Eagle, Martin Ping, and Amit Sharma, and all the
artists they are working with. It has been my joy to come to know them and imagine the many ways that art might communicate their
ideas to you. We hope our intention is met and that you are touched by the work.
Slow Living Summit Planning Committee
ORLY MUNZING — Founder and Executive Director, Strolling of the Heifers
LINDA MCINERNEY — Artistic Director
MARTIN LANGEVELD — Coordinator
Cathy Berry
Paul DiLeo
Claire DiLeo
Samantha Eagle
Kristen Fledderjohn
Vicki Friedman
Thara Fuller
Julie Lineberger
Matthew Livingston
Alice Maes
Amit Sharma
Abby Sutton
Jill Terrell- Ouazzanni
Linda Weil
Alex Wilson
Jerelyn Wilson
With special thanks to:
Ellen McCulloch-Lovell — President,
Marlboro College
Sean Conley — Associate Dean of the
Marlboro College Graduate School
Donald Steinberg — President of World
Learning
As well as to:
Kelly Fletcher, Cheryl Young, Jeff
Mastroianni, Kevin Parry, Frederic Noyes,
Gail Nunziata, Darren Goldsmith, Bob
Dunbar, Don Skekel, David Woodberry,
and Brattleboro Community Television.
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Summit Partner: Marlboro College
Marlboro College’s Graduate & Professional Studies programs are proud to be
an organizer, sponsor and host of the fourth annual Slow Living Summit, and to
welcome you to Brattleboro.
Marlboro College provides independent thinkers with exceptional opportunities to broaden their intellectual horizons, benefit from a
small and close-knit learning community, create a strong framework for personal and career fulfillment, and make a positive difference in the world.
At the undergraduate campus, founded in 1946 in the town of Marlboro, and at our Center for Graduate and Professional Studies in
Brattleboro, students engage in deep exploration of their interests–and discover new avenues for using their skills to benefit themselves and others–in an atmosphere that cultivates both critical and creative thinking, nurtures both independence and interdependence, and explores social justice, sustainability and community.
Degree and certificate programs at the Center for Graduate and Professional Studies attract students from all over the East Coast
who go on to make a positive impact in their local communities. Our graduates start and run businesses, build social enterprises,
advocate at the municipal and state levels, and act in numerous other ways as agents of healthy, mindful and sustainable change.
These are times of remarkable, unpredictable transitions in our economy, society and ecology. We increasingly see the role of the
Graduate and Professional Studies as closely tied, in the words of Bill McKibben, to deepening our economy and making it responsive to many new needs on a local and regional level. Academic institutions have a key part to play in a sustainable future.
In this spirit we are proud to support the work of the 2014 Slow Living Summit.
Sean Conley
Director of Graduate & Professional Studies, Marlboro College
Summit Partner: World Learning
World Learning is proud to sponsor the 2014 Slow Living Summit. Founded in southern Vermont more than 80 years ago, today World Learning is a global nonprofit
advancing leadership in more than 60 countries through education, exchange, and development
programs.
Our high school and undergraduate programs, The Experiment in International Living and SIT Study Abroad, provide students
with immersive, life-transforming experiences in other cultures. They inspire alumni to explore food culture and changing global
diets; train community workers; promote sustainable business practices in the private sector; and, as one alumna told us, to
“continue learning, questioning, contributing, experiencing, and engaging.”
SIT Graduate Institute students go on to start nonprofits and become government and civic leaders and social entrepreneurs in
intercultural and international fields. SIT alumni are working worldwide to build healthy, sustainable communities, including here
in southern Vermont.
Through our international exchange and development programs, World Learning enhances the capacity of communities and
individuals to take ownership of their own development. Our exchanges connect leaders from 140 countries with their American
counterparts through study tours for government officials, scientists, activists, and others working to create a sustainable world.
Our development programs prepare communities to address critical issues such as poverty and HIV/AIDS, through positive, sustainable change.
All of our programs empower people to create a healthy, sustainable future and foster positive social change; we are very
pleased to support the Slow Living Summit.
Donald Steinberg
President and CEO, World Learning
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What is Slow Living?
The concept of Slow Living is built on the metaphor of “slow,”
as used by other visionary organizations like Slow Food and Slow
Money.
“Slow” encompasses several layers of meaning that go beyond
simply “sustainable.” Slow is the opposite of “fast” — fast food,
fast money, fast living — and all of the negative consequences
“fast” has had for the environment and for the health of people
and societies. “Slow” embodies cooperation, respect, sustainability, gratitude and resilience.
But “Living” is also a key word in our name and our vision.
“Living” should be mindful and purposeful, but also celebratory
and filled with beauty, joy and gratitude. Defining what is meant
by living well, or by a life well lived, is as relevant today as it was
to the ancients — and as difficult.
Combining these words, “Slow Living” is a more reflective
approach to answering how we live, work and play as human
beings on a fragile Earth.
When we Live Slow, we give back and become more strongly
connected to the Earth, to our communities, to our neighbors
and to ourselves. A Slow Life is one that seeks the right balance
between spirituality, sensuality, introspection and community. A
Slow Life recognizes our role as members of our bioregions and
of our Earth, taking a nourishing, rather than extractive approach.
The Slow Living Vision
The Slow Living Vision is of an Earth where humankind, honoring
and celebrating the profound connectedness of all people, places and living beings, gives back by co-creating mutually supportive communities, bioregions and economic systems — and
where we combine the wisdom of the past with a vision for the
future to ensure a balanced, fulfilling way of life for all generations to come.
The Slow Living Vision is already being realized all over the
world by an amazing array of people who are working on new
pathways. These include not only sustainable agriculture, community building, renewable energy, reforestation, social justice,
new economic models and resource conservation, but also
deeper explorations into the wisdom of indigenous people, feminine and masculine wisdom, and the roles of the arts, ethics,
philosophy, science, spirituality and religion in healing the Earth.
We come from all walks of life. We live in rural areas, small
towns, and large cities. We are young and old, wealthy and
struggling. We are all seeking a better way, a saner way, and a
happier way to live and organize their lives.
The Lintilhac Foundation’s central
purpose is to support organizations
that are making sustainable, positive
change for Vermont’s environment and
its people and providing Vermonters
the information and resources they
need to control their environmental
destinies and strong traditions of
democratic engagement.
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Summit Schedule
All plenaries are held in Brattleboro’s historic Greco-Deco Latchis Theatre at the foot of Main Street; you’ll find out
registration/information desk there as well, staffed during most Summit hours.
The Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, which is directly across the intersection from the Latchis, is offering free
admission to all Summiteers and invites you to stop in — just show your Summit badge!
Wednesday, June 4
2:00 – 5:00 PM
GATHERING — Latchis Lobby
Registration desk open in Latchis Theatre Lobby
2:00 – 5:00 PM Build our Peace Labyrinth — Plaza Park, across
from Latchis Theatre Help co-create the Peace Labyrinth
in Plaza Park. Facilitated by Ingrid Bredenberg
5:00 – 6:10 PM
NETWORKING RECEPTION — Latchis Main Theatre
Heavy hors d’oeuvres; mixed drinks compliments of Crop
Organic Vodka and Farmers Organic Gin
6:15-6:20 PM
Welcoming remarks — Latchis Main Theatre
Orly Munzing, Strolling of the Heifers founder and executive director.
6:20-6:50 PM
What’s this all about? A tone-setting introduction to the Summit’s themes and its unique, collaborative structure combining thought leaders and artists
— Latchis Main Theatre
Linda McInerney, the Summit’s artistic director and Erica
Wheeler, ‘sense of place’ artist, singer/songwriter, speaker, educator and conservation advocate
6:50-8:30 PM
OPENING PLENARY: The Well Being:
Health, Healing and Community
Lifestyle Medicine has three pillars —
creating a triad: Nutrition, Activity and
Stress Management. Together, they
Samantha share in the support of the individual. Dr.
Eagle
Eagle will discuss achieving one’s highest
potential of health and happiness in a sustainable lifestyle, resulting in The Well Being. When people think about our current medical system, it’s easy to
envision a sterile-appearing clinical setting and a prescription pad. However, this model often addresses only
symptoms, generating a recurring cycle of patient health
issues. Dr. Eagle advocates a “sustainable healthcare
movement” for preventing and reversing chronic condi-
tions. Instead of the fast-food mentality—take this pill for
that—she will discuss incorporating a new approach that
involves the application of evidence-based environmental, social, psychological and behavioral science to balance the Mind/Body/Spirit.
— Latchis Main Theatre Samantha Eagle, founder and medical director of
Biologic Integrative Healthcare and the Biologic Wellness
Center in Brattleboro, who specializes in Lifestyle and
Functional Medicine. Artistic collaborator: Lindel Hart,
performer, yoga instructor, and writer with the music of
John Sheldon, guitarist.
8:30 PM
EVENING ACTIVITIES: networking at local cafés, informal
open-space sessions, dinner options at local restaurants
Thursday, June 5
7:45-8:25 AM
GATHERING — Latchis Theatre Lobby
Registration, continental breakfast
8:30-10 AM
PLENARY 2: Time is running out,
let’s slow down In a time of grave
and urgent crisis, the “slow” movement
might seem a little bit frivolous. Don’t we
need to sacrifice everything in order to
Charles
deal with the enormity of the crisis at
Eisenstein hand? Or is it that urgency itself is part of
the problem? Join Charles for a deep dive
into a paradox that unlocks a new defining story of the
people
Charles Eisenstein, speaker and writer; author of The
More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible, The
Ascent of Humanity, Sacred Economics, and The Yoga of
Eating. Artistic collaborator: cellist Eugene Friesen,
world-renowned for his ground-breaking improvisational
work and long-time work with the Paul Winter Consort.
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Summit Schedule
10 – 10:25 AM
BREAK Refreshments in Latchis Theatre Lobby
10:30 AM – NOON
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: HEALTH, HEALING AND COMMUNITY (Breakout session related to Wed. evening’s plenary) Samantha Eagle,
founder and medical director of Biologic Integrative
Healthcare and the Biologic Wellness Center in
Brattleboro, who specializes in Lifestyle and Functional
Medicine. — Marlboro 2E
TIME IS RUNNING OUT (Breakout session related to
Thursday morning’s plenary) Charles Eisenstein, speaker and writer, author of The More Beautiful World Our
Hearts Know Is Possible, The Ascent of Humanity, Sacred
Economics, and The Yoga of Eating.
Artistic followup to the Thursday morning
plenary Cellist Eugene Friesen, world-renowned for
his ground-breaking improvisational work and long-time
work with the Paul Winter Consort. — Marlboro
Glassroom
Taking control of our food: Building a
New Food System Local schools including UMass,
Hampshire and Williams are taking significant steps to
support a reinvigorated local food system through local
sourcing, the fair food pledge and taking inventories of
idle farm land to match with aspiring farmers. This panel
will showcase the successful initiatives taking place at
area schools and will inspire all Summit participants with
what is already being done and what is possible.
— Marlboro 2C
Rachel Dutton, Sustainability Manager for UMASS
Auxiliary; Isabel Hansen; Beth Hooker, Director of Food,
Farm and Sustainability at Hampshire College
NOON – 1:35 PM NETWORKING LUNCH at the Robert H. Gibson River
Garden, Main Street
Farm-fresh local food — Sponsor exhibit tables open —
Book table featuring books by Summit authors and CDs
by Summit artists, presented by Everyone’s Books of
Brattleboro.
1:45 – 3:15 PM PLENARY 3: The Free-co-system:
Investing for personal and community wealth How might we more
holistically deploy personal and collective
“capital”? How do people of varying proAmit
fessions and backgrounds define their core
Sharma
“assets”, identify and engage “markets”,
mitigate “risks”, efficiently “leverage”
resources for growth and resilience, and ultimately build
meaningful “wealth?” Economically-centric in modern
parlance, these five words have carried loaded or varying
definitions, and their traditionally narrow definitions have
limited the manner in which our “investments” can
enhance our collective welfare. Through several interesting examples – globally, nationally and locally – this dialogue explores the organic nature of markets and communities. Come discuss how institutions and individuals
might consider their “investment” (in civic engagement,
energy, and economics) to strengthen our collective resilience and achieve greater “wealth” for ourselves and our
communities
Amit Sharma, investment professional who has worked at
the intersection of commercial enterprise, public policy
and the capital markets – with organizations in the public,
private and development sectors. Artistic collaborator:
Amy Johnquest, aka the Banner Queen, a painter who
offers handpainted sideshow banners reminiscent of old
carnivals and traveling circuses.
3:15 – 3:40 PM
3:45 – 5:15 PM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: The Free-co-system: A Practicum Breakout session related to the Thursday afternoon plenary, focused
on crafting a strategic business model and operational
plan for the Strolling of the Heifers’ new Center
— Glassroom, Marlboro 1
Amit Sharma, investment professional who has worked
at the intersection of commercial enterprise, public policy
and the capital markets – with organizations in the public,
private and development sectors. With Orly Munzing,
Strolling of the Heifers founder and executive director.
Yoga Mandala: A Yoga Workshop Mandala
means “circle” in Sanskrit, and “yoga” literally translates
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Summit Schedule
as “union”. In Jungian psychology a mandala is a symbol
representing the effort to reunify the self. Lindel Hart will
lead a contemplative yoga practice in which you’ll create
a three-dimensional mandala with your body in space, a
meditation on the circle of life. Use the creation of a yoga
mandala as a tool to reunite the disparate elements of
your Self into a cohesive, organic whole.
— Location to be announced, depends on weather!
Lindel Hart, owner/director of Hart Yoga in Shelburne
Falls, MA, and the yoga instructor at Deerfield Academy.
Slow Medicine, Local Medicine: Experiential
ramble to meet the plants In this roving session
you will explore the nearby landscape to ground and retune your vision to the green and breathing world. How
can we begin, today, to build intimate relationship with
the land? Learning about specific herbs for our ailments is
one path to deeper kinship with the green world and all
of Nature. Reclaim your right and responsibility to selfcare. Experience the plants directly and gain immediately
useful knowledge. Exercise your curiosity and wondermuscles, slowing into plant-time until you gently arrive at
Belonging. — Meet in front of Brattleboro Museum and
Art Center, across from Latchis Theatre
Larken Bunce, co-director, Vermont Center for Integrative
Herbalism
FILM: Food for Change: The story of co-operation in America Food For Change tells the littleknown story of the cooperative movement in the United
States from the Great Depression to the present. This
alternative economic model is presently experiencing a
resurgence in response to the 2008 market crash, widening wealth disparity, and the consolidation of the food
industry. (See related discussion session, Friday PM)
Shown with the generous support of the Brattleboro
Food Co-op — Latchis Main Theatre
Film producer Steve Alves will be on hand to answer
questions.
The Locavore Index and Measuring the Food
System: Much work is underway to strengthen local and
regional food systems, with the broad goal of improving
economic, environmental and social sustainability.
Assessing the impact of this work requires data, and
there’s a lot of it out there but synthesizing it can be a
challenge. This session will paint a picture of what has
changed for the better, and for the worse, in our food system over the past couple of decades — including key
findings of the Strolling of the Heifers Locavore Index, the
Census of Agriculture and studies by the Economic
Research Service; followed by a discussion of changes in
the wholesale marketplace for local, regional and sustainably-sourced food. — Marlboro 2B
Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont Extension, and
Michael Rozyne, founder of Red Tomato.
Collaborative regional investment and
financing: New opportunities for the investor, donor,
nonprofit and entrepreneur that focuses on regional resilience and the common good. These panelists discuss
their investment and granting models in the evolving
world of local lending, financing and granting. Learn how
you can use these opportunities to collaborate and grow
while supporting your local region. They will be sharing
with you their challenges and opportunities as they
attempt to work with communities for the common good.
— Latchis 4
Janice St. Onge, President, VSJF Flexible Capital Fund,
L3C; Cathy Berry, Baldwin Investment Group; Nate Berry,
Sandy River Charitable Foundation; Debbie Rooney,
Vermont Community Foundation
4:30-6 PM
RELATED EVENT: Presentation of Project
Atlantic: Project Atlantic is a collaboration between
the Brattleboro Town Energy Committee and Brattleboro
area students, aiming to educate the public on its future
energy options as we head towards 2050, using European
nations as a starting point. Students in Mike Auerbach’s
Environmental Science and Policy course took on Project
Atlantic as their culminating project for the class. They
designed an energy-based documentary that will give the
public basic information about the latest in renewable
energy, energy efficiency, as well as examples of places
around the world, the country and Vermont that are putting these progressive energy schemes into practice. At
this sessions, the students will present their short films on
topics like Biogas, District Heat, Institutional Building
Efficiency, Wind and Solar, Geothermal, Agriculture and
New Nuclear Technology, woven together by a “News
Desk” narrative. Moderated by project advisor Mike
Auerbach. — Marlboro 2E
5:30 – 7:00 PM NETWORKING RECEPTION at the Robert H. Gibson
River Garden
Heavy hors d’oeuvres; beverages compliments of Crop
Organic Vodka and Farmers Organic Gin
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Summit Schedule
7:00 PM
FARM ART OPENING RECEPTION: At The Works
Bakery Café, Main Street
EVENING ACTIVITIES: networking at local cafés, informal open-space sessions, dinner options at local restaurants
Friday, June 6
7:45-8:25 AM
GATHERING
Registration, continental breakfast in the Latchis Theatre
Lobby
8:30 – 10:00 AM
PLENARY 4: Soil, Soul, and
Society: A love story in three
movements How can we navigate the
paradoxical journey between our sense of
urgency and our need to pause and
reflect? Can we find balance in the “inMartin
Ping
between-ness” of life’s polarities and,
perhaps, mine this tension zone for the
creative sparks that may reside there? How can we live
into and learn from nature and place? How can we cultivate the fertile soil of a rich inner life? How can we foster
meaningful relationships in family, work, and community?
Based in large part on experiences gained at Hawthorne
Valley over 30 years, we will explore these themes
through words and music. — Latchis Main Theatre Martin Ping, Executive Director of Hawthorne Valley in
Ghent, New York, an organization aimed at promoting
the integration of society and culture with education and
arts. Artistic collaborators: guitarist Seamus Maynard,
violinist Jonathan Talbott and cellist Jonah Thomas,
members of the group Quiet in the Head.
10:00 – 10:25 AM
10:30 AM – NOON
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Soil, Soul, and Society (breakout session related to
Friday morning’s plenary) — Latchis 4
Martin Ping, Executive Director of Hawthorne Valley in
Ghent, New York, an organization aimed at promoting
the integration of society and culture with education and
arts.
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Sell Out or Instill: What Happens to Small
Companies’ Social Mission When Acquired by
Multinationals? When Ben & Jerry’s, New Chapter,
and Stonyfield Farm were acquired by huge multinationals (Unilever, Procter & Gamble, and Danone, respectively), what happened to their defining values — their
“Social Mission”? It’s easy to assume that large corporations necessarily corrupt the smaller fish they gobble up;
it’s harder to conceive the opposite: namely, that the
socially responsible DNA of smaller companies gets
instilled into the larger firm, metabolizing throughout the
enterprise. In this intimate dialogue, leaders of these pioneering companies share detailed stories and effective
strategies of how they’ve not only retained their social
missions, but spread their values up the corporate food
chain. — Marlboro 2C
Panelists: Kyle Garner, CEO, New Chapter (a unit of
Procter & Gamble); Rob Michalak, Global Director of
Social Mission, Ben & Jerry’s (a unit of Unilever); Wood
Turner (invited), Vice President, Sustainability Innovation,
Stonyfield Farm; Bill Baue (Facilitator), a Corporate
Sustainability Architect who teaches in the Marlboro
Sustainability MBA program
The way it is with children — May what I do flow
from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the
way it is with children. (Rilke, The Book of Hours) Linda
McInerney and Terry Jenoure offer an invitation to share
personal stories and a conversation about processes for
excavating and telling them.
— Marlboro Glassroom
Linda McInerney, the Summit’s artistic director, founder/
director of Old Deerfield Productions, with artistic collaborator Terry Jenoure, singer and violinist, poet, multimedia artist and teacher.
The Slow Transportation Movement and the
Emergence of the Cargobike Drawing on concepts from the fields of sensory and neuropsychology,
we’ll investigate our interrelationships with the social and
ecological worlds we inhabit and why moving slower in
the world is not just a good idea, but a necessity in order
to effectively respond to local and global ecological challenges. We then consider the Slow Transportation
Movement, a model for engaging our bodies, attuning
our senses and slowing down. Finally, we’ll look at the
implications of the exciting, new bicycle designs and
technologies that are extending bikes and their range,
comfort, carrying capacity (kids & cargo), and hill climbing ease. We’ll have some amazing vehicles on hand to
Summit Schedule
see, touch and ride!
— Marlboro Graduate Lounge and Patio
Dave Cohen, psychotherapist and ecopsychologist
Lessons from a 10-mile diet If you drew a 10-mile
eating circle around your home, what would you eat?
What would you miss? What would you learn about yourself and your food system? Vicki Robin, author of Blessing
the Hands that Feed Us, did just that. In this workshop
you will hear her story and the lessons learned that can
help you explore your relationship with food and the
hands that feed you. This will be a true workshop with
exercises and handouts to anchor the stories, lectures
and conversations in your own growing/ shopping/ cooking/ eating/ ethical life. — Latchis Main Theatre
Vicki Robin, co-author of the perennial best seller, Your
Money or Your Life, and author of the new book, Blessing
the Hands that Feed Us
Cultural Capital: The Economics of Slow Art
American cultural anthropologist and author Angeles
Arrien writes: When we go to a medicine person or healer because we are feeling disheartened, dispirited or
depressed, he or she might ask questions like:
When did you stop singing?
When did you stop dancing?
When did you stop being enchanted by stories?
People need the arts, and artists need people. The Slow
Money and Slow Living movements come out of a desire
to invest in what really matters. This session will be a discussion of Slow Art and explore the value, profitably and
sustainability of the arts and creative expression in our
lives, in our communities and beyond. — Marlboro 2E
Erica Wheeler, ‘sense of place’ artist, singer/songwriter,
speaker, educator and conservation advocate
NOON – 1:35 PM NETWORKING LUNCH at the Robert H. Gibson River
Garden, Main Street
Farm-fresh local food — Sponsor exhibit tables open —
Book table featuring books by Summit authors and CDs
by Summit artists, presented by Everyone’s Books of
Brattleboro.
1:45-3:00 PM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Peruvian Healing, Personal Music: A journey into Ayahuasca Over the course of 20 ayahuasca ceremonies, conducted mostly in the Peruvian
Amazon, I experienced a deep shift in my perception of
reality. It seemed that, over the protests of my mind, the
powerful plant medicine was teaching me to live in my
heart. This caused a fundamental change in my
approach to music. In this workshop, I’ll share some stories of the journey, and demonstrate how it changed my
creative methods. — Marlboro Glassroom
John Sheldon, guitarist, singer, songwriter
No more throwaway people Our economy
doesn’t value such core activities as home care, community service, social justice activism and skill sharing. Time
Banking addresses that crucial unmet need. In this session we present Time Banking as a model of economics
that acknowledges the value of all people and the dignity
of all work. Our panel will explore the many uses of Time
Banks to create a more just society, looking forward and
applying these ideas in new and more inter-connected
ways that will build our impact. — with no more throwaway people. — Marlboro 2E
Edgar Cahn, founder of Time Banking, author of No
More Throwaway People; Stephanie Rearick, Director of
the Dane County, Wisconsin Time Bank, and Gwen
Hallsmith, author, founder of Global Community
Initiatives. Moderated by Linda Weil, former Time Bank
coordinator
Quiet In the Head Artistic followup to the Friday
morning plenary — Latchis 4
Guitarist Seamus Maynard, violinist Jonathan Talbott
and cellist Jonah Thomas, members of the group Quiet
in the Head
Storytelling workshop How can we live into and
learn from nature and place? How can we cultivate the
fertile soil of a rich inner life? How can we foster meaningful relationships in family, work, and community?We
ask these questions of adults, but people can begin to
explore meaningful ways to address these questions early
in life if adults are willing to tell them stories. Through
stories, we explore and share our humanity. We communicate our beliefs and values. Stories allow us to communicate across generations. In this workshop, we will
explore ways of recreating familiar stories to express values and ideas that have meaning and import for current
generations.
— Marlboro Graduate Lounge
Eshu Bumpus, renowned storyteller, an accomplished
jazz vocalist and a master at physical characterization
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(Re)Defining Corporate Sustainability to
Flourish Within Planetary Boundaries
Corporate Sustainability has developed over the past
decade or so with the noble goal of reducing negative
impacts on people and the planet in ways that still create
profits. Unfortunately, reducing negativity is not necessarily enough to achieve sustainability — nor is it a particularly inspiring goal! A new wave of practitioners are pioneering Context-Based Sustainability (CBS), which calls
for companies to operate within planetary boundaries
while enhancing social foundations in ways that enable
companies and society alike to flourish. This dynamic dialogue features perspectives from a corporate CBS innovator, a non-profit that piloted a context-based rating of
corporate sustainability performance, and an academic
who teaches in an MBA that’s redefining sustainability
through a context-based lens. — Marlboro 2C
Panelists: Mike Bellamente, Executive Director, Climate
Counts; Jed Davis, Sustainability Director, Cabot
Creamery Cooperative; Cary Gaunt, Professor, Marlboro
Sustainability MBA; Bill Baue (Facilitator), a Corporate
Sustainability Architect who teaches in the Marlboro
Sustainability MBA program
Food for Change — Co–ops & Food Security
Since the founding of the first successful co-operatives
170 years ago, food co-ops have enabled people to work
together to improve access to wholesome food, support
local economies and grow community ownership. Come
learn more about what food co-ops are doing to make
healthy food and co-op membership more available to
low income communities. (See related film showing,
Thursday PM) — Marlboro 2E
Moderator: Bonnie Hudspeth, Neighboring Food
Co-Op Association; Panelists: Suzette Snow-Cobb,
Franklin Community Co-op; Sabine Rhyne, Brattleboro
Food Co-op; Jen Risley, Monadnock Food Co-op
3:00 – 3:20 PM BREAK Regather at the Latchis Main Theatre
memory and story. It is an amazing amalgam of forms all
emanating from Terry who celebrates her Jamaican and
Puerto Rican roots, her Jazz mastery, and her poetry, all
while dancing with her hand-sewn dolls on the imagined
streets of her transplanted home: the Bronx. You have
never experienced anything like this show. — Latchis
Main Theatre Linda McInerney, the Summit’s artistic director, founder/
director of Old Deerfield Productions, with artistic collaborator Terry Jenoure, singer, violinist, poet, multi-media
artist and teacher.
5:30 PM-8:30 PM
Gallery Walk and Strolling of the Heifers
Street Festival Main Street & Downtown Brattleboro
Saturday, June 7:
10 am
Strolling of the Heifers Parade Main Street.
9 am – 4 pm
Slow Living Expo Brattleboro Common and
Brattleboro Retreat Grounds
Sunday, June 8:
8 am – 1 pm
Farmers Breakfast The Marina Restaurant, Putney
Road
8 am through the day
Tour de Heifer 15, 30 and 60-mile farm-to-farm, dirtroad cycling rides, beginning and ending at Lilac Ridge
Farm, West Brattleboro
10 a.m. – 4 p.m
Farm Tours self-guided exploration of five unique
and varied farms in the region
3:25-5:30 PM
PLENARY 5: Arts, humor, love and
story The presenters tell the story of
their creative collaboration on My Bronx
and share that work with the audience.The
expansive music theater piece features
Linda
original music and poetry by Ms. Jenoure
McInerney who brims with creativity. My Bronx is
vibrant, full of color and texture. The stories are woven together like a tapestry; it moves from
past to present bringing the audience on a ride through
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makes us stronger.
The high speed pace of daily life causes stress that can lead
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Slow Living Summit’s focus on building meaningful
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CABOT CREAMERY is a 1200+ farm family dairy
cooperative with members in New England and upstate
New York and a long tradition of producing award-winning
products. Our cooperative roots date back to 1919 and we
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Summit Session Locations
At the Latchis
Latchis Main Theatre — first
floor, straight back from the
lobby
Latchis 2 ("Ballroom") — second floor. Use stairs at back of
main theatre. For elevator access
inquire at Summit registration
desk.
Latchis 4 — first floor, adjacent
to the front entrance
At Marlboro
Graduate Center
Cross the intersection from the
Latchis, walk past the Brattleboro
Museum and Art Center.
Direction signs to all rooms will
be posted. Second floor is
accessible by stairs or elevator.
The Robert H.
Gibson
River Garden
Site of our lunches and Thursday
evening reception. From the
Latchis, walk north (up the hill)
two blocks and cross the street.
The River Garden is the green
steel and glass building.
Restroom Tips
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Even with 30 minutes between most sessions, restrooms can be in short supply. To avoid lines,
at the Marlboro Graduate Center remember there are restrooms on all four floors. Our sessions are on the first and second floors, but in the event of congestion, take stairs or elevator
up to the third or fourth floors.
There are also restrooms in the lobby of the Latchis and at the River Garden. Or when walking
to or from the River Garden, visit the friendly restrooms at Sam's or at the Works Bakery Café.
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Summit Speakers & Artists
For biographical details, please visit the Speakers and Artists page at www.SlowLivingSummit.org
Steve Alves — filmmaker, Food for Change
Bill Baue — Corporate Sustainability Architect
MikeBellamente — Executive Director, Climate Counts
Cathy Berry — Managing director, Baldwin Investment
Management, LLC
Nate Berry — Program Director, Sandy River Charitable
Foundation
Ingrid Bredenberg — Strategic coach and creativity
expert, Bredenberg Associates
Eshu Bumpus — Storyteller, Folktales.net
Larken Bunce — Co-director, Vermont Center for
Integrative Herbalism
Edgar Cahn — Founder, Time Banks USA
Dave Cohen — psychotherapist and ecopsychologist
Jed Davis — Director of Sustainability, Cabot Creamery
Co-operative
Rachel Dutton — Sustainability Manager, University of
Massachusetts Amherst Auxiliary Enterprises
Dr. Samantha K. Eagle — founder, medical director of
Biologic Integrative Healthcare, LLC and the Biologic
Wellness Center, Brattleboro
Charles Eisenstein — speaker and writer
Eugene Friesen — cellist
Kyle Garner — CEO, New Chapter
Cary Gaunt — Sustainability and spirituality teacher,
retreat leader, and consultant
Vern Grubinger — Universtiy of Vermont Extension
Professor
Gwendolyn Hallsmith — author, founder of
Global Community
Isabel Hansen — co-leader, Sustainable Agriculture subgroup at Kinetic, Williams College
Lindel Hart — owner/director of Hart Yoga
Beth Hooker — director of Food, Farm and
Sustainability, Hampshire College. Bonnie Hudspeth — membership & outreach coordinator, Neighboring Food Co-op Association
Terry Jenoure — visual artist, musician, writer, and educator
Amy Johnquest — artist, Banner Queen
Martin Langeveld — marketing director, Strolling of the
Heifers
Seamus Maynard — guitarist, Quiet In The Head
Linda Mcinerney — founder, director, Old Deerfield
Productions
Rob Michalak — Global Director of Social Mission, Ben
& Jerry’s
Orly Munzing — founder and executive director,
Strolling of the Heifers
Martin Ping — executive director, Hawthorne Valley
Stephanie Rearick — director, Dane County TimeBank
Sabine Rhyne — Shareholder and Community Relations
Manager, Brattleboro Food Co-op.
Jen Risley —Marketing & Membership Manager,
Monadnock Food Co-op
Vicki Robin — author and social innovator
Debbie Rooney — VP for Finance & CFO, Vermont
Community Foundation
Amit Sharma — financial professional and entrepreneur
John Sheldon — guitarist
Suzette Snow-Cobb — Marketing & Membership
Manager, Franklin Community Co-op
Janice St. Onge — President, VSJF Flexible Capital
Fund, L3C
Jonathan Talbott — violinist, Quiet In The Head
Jonah Thomas — cellist, Quiet In The Head
Linda Weil — environmentalist and sustainability advocate
Erica Wheeler — sense of place artist, speaker, educator
and conservation advocate
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River Charitable Foundation endeavors to engender the
physical and social well being and encourage the human
spirit of our neighbors throughout the world.
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AGRO LIVING This website adds my voice to the current conversation regarding food, global aid and the
environment. I think we need to concentrate on reassessing today’s challenges, then review, reprioritize and
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PARTNERS
MARLBORO COLLEGE Marlboro College Graduate
and Professional Studies offers Masters Degrees in management and education that develop the whole person,
advancing careers and cultivating the skills and networks
to excel in both life and work. Learning is designed
around small, in-person classes at our campus in
Brattleboro, Vermont, and is complemented by online
work and collaboration. Studying at Marlboro means
being a part of a rich learning community that supports
academic and individual goals. The concept of “praxis”,
a continuing cycle of learning and doing, inhabits the
lives of our students as they apply their studies to their
current jobs through class projects and real life experience. For more information, please go to marlboro.edu.
GLOBAL ROUND TABLE LEADERSHIP The mission of
Global Round Table Leadership (GRTL) is to steward the
emergence of a just, harmonious, and integrous world
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by engaging people in the practice of whole leadership.
To be a whole leader is commit to building thriving relationships with oneself, one another and the systems of
which we are a part. GRTL works across all societal divisions by strengthening the essential qualities of our
humanity: our compassion, collective wisdom, wholeness, equality and the positive strength of our human
spirit.
WORLD LEARNING unlocks the potential of people to
address critical global issues through international education, exchange, and development programs. We work
in Vermont and in more than 70 countries to enhance the
capacity and commitment of individuals, institutions, and
communities to create a more peaceful, just and sustainable world.
BUILDING GREEN, Inc. provides authoritative information on sustainable design practices and products to
building industry professional and higher education
institutions. They publish Environmental Building News
and GreenSpec®, a database of environmentally preferable building products.
SLOW MONEY‘S vision is to inspire new ways of thinking about what it means to be an investor in the 21st
century, promoting principles of soil fertility, sense of
place, cultural, ecological & economic diversity, and
nurture capital. Slow Money is connecting investors to
small food enterprises, catalyzing the flow of capital to
local food systems and stimulating a national conversation about finance, culture and the soil.
BRONZE SPONSORS
KEURIG GREEN MOUNTAIN As a leader in specialty
coffee, coffee makers, teas and other beverages, Keurig
Green Mountain (Keurig) (NASDAQ: GMCR), is recognized for its award-winning beverages, innovative brewing technology, and socially responsible business practices. The Company has inspired consumer passion for
its products by revolutionizing beverage preparation at
home and in the workplace. Keurig supports local and
global communities by investing in sustainably-grown
coffee and by its active involvement in a variety of social
and environmental projects. By helping consumers drink
for themselves, we believe we can brew a better world.
For more information visit: www.KeurigGreenMountain.
com. To purchase Keurig® products visit: www.Keurig.
com or www.Keurig.ca.
LINESYNC ARCHITECTURE LineSync Architecture satisfies client needs through creativity, ingenuity, and
attention to detail. Social and environmental responsibility are integral. Innovative energy-efficient materials
and methods are employed in all projects: institutional,
commercial & residential. For publications and awards:
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The flagship projects of the LINTILHAC FOUNDATION
have been the support of the midwifery program at
Fletcher Allen Health Care and support for student
scholarships and scientific research at the University of
Vermont and Middlebury College. The Foundation has
also moved aggressively to address consumer and environmental advocacy issues and believes it is important to
make polluters — not taxpayers — pay to clean up toxic
wastes and pollution in Vermont streams and ground
water. The Foundation also works to foster a new generation of clean, renewable energy and energy-efficient
technologies.
VERMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE is the only public
institution of higher learning in Vermont whose mission
is applied education. One of the five Vermont State
Colleges, Vermont Tech serves students from throughout
Vermont, New England, and beyond at its two primary
campuses in Williston and Randolph Center, and at nine
nursing campuses located throughout the state. Our
academic programs encompass a wide range of engineering, agricultural, health, and business fields that are
vital to producing the knowledge workers need most by
employers in the state and in the region. www.vtc.edu
PATRONS
ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND in Keene, NH
provides transformative education through scholarship,
innovation, and community action for a just and sustainable society. We offer an MBA in Sustainability in accelerated, weekend, and fully online formats, a 16 month MS
in Resource Management and Conservation program for
working professionals, and other practice oriented master’s and doctoral programs in Environmental Studies,
Education and Psychology.
BEN & JERRY’S started in 1978 as a community scoop
shop in Burlington, VT. It now produces a wide variety of
super-premium ice cream and ice cream novelties, using
high-quality ingredients including dairy from Vermont
family farmers who are members of the St. Albans
Cooperative Creamery and who do not treat their cows
with the synthetic hormone rBGH. Ben & Jerry’s products are distributed nationwide and in selected foreign
countries in supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience
stores, franchised Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops, restaurants
and other venues. Ben & Jerry’s, is a Vermont corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Unilever, and a certified B Corp, operating its business on a Mission
Statement emphasizing a sustainable concept of linked
prosperity for stakeholders throughout its three mission
pillars of product quality, economic reward and progressive social change. Contributions in 2013 made via the
employee-led Ben & Jerry’s Foundation totaled about
$2-million. Additionally, the company makes significant
product donations to community groups and nonprofits
both in Vermont and across the nation. For more, please
visit www.benjerry.com.
GRASSROOTS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT is an impact
investment manager based in the US. Grassroots and its
India-based partner, Caspian Advisors, co-manage four
microfinance funds. Grassroots activities are motivated
by a belief that those blessed with abundant human and
financial resources have an obligation to pursue economic justice and community empowerment both at
home and globally. We seek out and collaborate actively
with others with shared values.
TRILLIUM ASSET MANAGEMENT is the oldest investment advisor exclusively focused on sustainable and
responsible investing (SRI). We believe examining environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors as an
integrated part of the investment process can lower
portfolio risk and help identify the best managed companies. With over $1.4 billion in assets under management, we have been managing equity and fixed income
investments for high net worth individuals, foundations,
endowments, religious institutions, and other non-profits
since 1982. A leader in shareholder advocacy and public
policy work, our goal is to deliver both impact and performance to our investors.
SUSTAINING SPONSORS
CABOT CREAMERY is a 1200+ farm family dairy cooperative with members in New England and upstate New
York and a long tradition of producing award-winning
products. Our cooperative roots date back to 1919 and
we are proud to be the first dairy co-op certified as a B
corp.
NEW SOCIETY PUBLISHERS has been publishing
books to build a new society for over 30 years. We are
an activist, solutions-oriented publisher focused on
bringing you tools for a world of change.
TRUST COMPANY OF VERMONT is employee-owned
and Vermont-based in perpetuity. We offer both clients
and staff a stable environment where relationships can
endure for generations. Our 24 professionals practice
the crafts of trust administration and investment management with the knowledge and skill to promote individual client objectives with flexibility and focus. Several
of the founders of The Trust Company of Vermont were
responsible for the creation of one of the first socially
responsible Common Trust Funds in the country.
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
BIOLOGIC INTEGRATIVE HEALTHCARE, LLC (BIH) is
dedicated to providing high quality, evidence-based
care. Their practitioners share a core philosophy, promising to educate, support and guide members of the community toward optimal health and wellbeing. Offering
family healthcare with a focus on Preventive and Lifestyle
Medicine, BIH fosters healing of acute, chronic and
degenerative conditions using an Integrative model to
establish the most effective and least invasive treatment
plan.
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF VERMONT, an
independent, nonprofit, Vermont-based company has
brought security and stability to Vermont businesses and
families for more than 70 years. We’re committed to the
health of Vermonters, outstanding member experience
and responsible cost management for all of the people
whose lives we touch. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Vermont had the extraordinary privilege in 2013 to work
directly with thousands of Vermont businesses to guide
their transition to qualified health plans and assure no
gaps in coverage. As Vermont’s reforms continue in 2014
and beyond, our top priorities are to advocate for
Vermonters and keep small business and individuals
covered. We remain committed to our promise. We’ll
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Founded in 1984, CHELSEA GREEN PUBLISHING is
regarded as the preeminent independent publisher of
books on the practice and politics of sustainability. Recent
publications include Occupy World Street by Ross Jackson;
Local Dollars, Local Sense by Michael Shuman; The
Transition Companion by Rob Hopkins; and The Small
Scale Poultry Flock by Harvey Ussery.
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF VERMONT
is
Vermont’s second largest college, serving over 7,000 students each semester. With twelve locations and extensive
online learning options, our students don’t have to travel
far from their communities to access twenty degree and
six certificate programs, workforce, secondary and continuing education opportunities, and academic and veterans support services. http://ccv.edu
THE COOPERATIVE FUND OF NEW ENGLAND (CFNE)
was founded in 1975 by co-op activists and social investors to provide financial and technical assistance to food
cooperatives. Since then, the organization has expanded
its focus, offering development loans and technical assistance to a wide range of co-ops and nonprofit groups that
share CFNE’s vision of equality, justice, and social responsibility. CFNE is a bridge between socially responsible
investors and cooperatives, community oriented nonprofits, and worker-owned businesses in New England
(and parts of New York).
EVERYONE’S BOOKS in Brattleboro is our Summit book
vendor — stop by their table at lunchtime to browse and
purchase books by Summit authors. The store, located at
25 Elliott Street, is a family-owned independent bookstore
specializing in books about social change, the environment, and multicultural children’s books. Many of their
books are by original, creative, and progressive authors.
Everyone’s books is committed to providing a friendly,
personal place where folks can come to shop, meet, rant
about right-wing government, nurse a baby, or learn.
FIELDSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS is a Vermont-based
private investment firm that provides long-term capital,
strategic guidance, and operational support to companies
well positioned for profitable growth. We invest our capital and professional expertise in helping business owners
take their companies to the next level while building long
lasting business value. Visit www.FieldstoneCap.com.
GREEN MOUNTAIN COLLEGE Green Mountain
College’s Online Graduate Programs offer students continued education in Master of Business Administration in
Sustainable Business (MBA), Master of Science in
Environmental Studies (MSES), and Master of Science in
Sustainable Food Systems (MSFS). As a recognized leader
in Environmental Education, our Online Graduate
Programs enable students to pursue their Master’s Degree
while maintaining their full-time professional career. To
learn more or get started, Contact our Graduate
Admissions Office today.
HAWTHORNE VALLEY ASSOCIATION Since 1972,
Hawthorne Valley Association has been dedicated to promoting social and cultural renewal through the integration
of education, agriculture, and the arts. The 400-acre campus includes an early childhood through grade 12 Waldorf
school; working Biodynamic farm; on-farm education
programs; a full-line natural foods store; social, ecological,
and cultural research groups; teacher training programs;
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and more. Our work is based on genuine human relationships, wonder and love of nature, and continued commitment to self-development and lifelong learning in a social
context. Visitors welcome! For more information, please
call 518-672-4465, visit www.hawthornevalleyassociation.
org, or stop by 327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY 12075.
MERRITT & MERRITT & MOULTON is a B Corporation
law firm based in Burlington, Vermont representing
emerging growth companies with a focus on financing and
intellectual property. The firm also represents angel, family office, venture capital and private equity investors and
is an active participant in the New England venture ecosystem. Ken Merritt, Managing Director of Merritt &
Merritt & Moulton, is a Founding Member of the Slow
Money Alliance. He also serves on the Board of Directors
of the Investors’ Circle (Incubator of Slow Money).
The MONEY AND IMPACT INVESTING DIRECTORY
highlights topics, resources and organizations focused on
creating positive social and environmental impacts
through money, business, and investing.
THE NEIGHBORING FOOD CO-OP ASSOCIATION
(NFCA) includes over 30 food co-ops in New England that
are working together toward a shared vision of a thriving
regional economy, rooted in a healthy, just and sustainable
food system and a vibrant community of co-operative
enterprise. To find a food co-op near you, please visit
www.nfca.coop.
REAL PICKLES is a small, worker-owned cooperative
based in western Massachusetts producing pickled products that are raw, vinegar-free, and 100% organic. Our
products are made using the traditional natural fermentation process that has been used for centuries all over the
world. In support of a regional food system, we buy all of
our vegetables from family farms in the Northeast and sell
our products only within the Northeast. For more information please, visit www.realpickles.com.
Slow Living® is a start-up lifestyle company and
umbrella brand founded in 2010 by business development
consultant, Jason Drebitko. Drebitko coined Slow Living®
as a consumer behavior philosophy that translates across
product categories into purchasing decisions based on a
common set of product characteristics. These include: the
highest quality construction and materials; traditional
processes involving high levels of skill and substantial
hand work; low volume and often individual production;
inherent beauty; vernacular reverence; attention to design
and detail; and heritage or brand story. Slow Living® aims
to be the world’s leading brand community, media outlet,
e-commerce and business directory showcasing and supporting authentic products, companies and experiences
that emphasize quality over quantity, along with environmental and social responsibility. slowlivingtoday.com,
facebook.com/slowliving
STAKEHOLDERS CAPITAL is a full service investment
management firm committed to advancing Sustainable
Responsible Investing (SRI). We create and manage portfolios for individuals, businesses and foundations that
meet both their financial goals and ethical standards.
StakeHolders offers a sophisticated strategy to reduce
volatility. We invest in funds based on a conviction that
they offer competitive returns with access to broad diversification at a lower cost to clients. StakeHolders Capital is
independent and does not receive commissions or referral fees of any kind. To learn more, visit us at: www.
stakeholderscapital.com.
STERLING COLLEGE is a small and progressive liberal
arts college in northern Vermont. Our small size, our environmental focus, and our commitment to grassroots sustainability all make us unique. Sterling College offers
Bachelor of Arts degrees in Ecology, Sustainable Food
Systems, Environmental Humanities, Outdoor Education,
and Sustainable Agriculture. Students can also choose to
design their own major, and some examples include
Agroecology, Environmental Justice, Conservation
Education, and International Agriculture and Business.
Sterling was among the very first colleges in the United
States to link the liberal arts to environmental stewardship. Sterling believes that the well-being of humanity
depends on small, interconnected communities, committed to conscientious practices in agriculture and energy
use, and in stewardship of our air, soil, and water.
Additionally, as the only federally recognized Work
College in the Northeast, all students work to support the
community, regardless of financial aid award.
STEVENS & ASSOCIATES is an integrated firm offering
architectural design, structural and civil engineering, and
landscape architecture from its offices in Brattleboro,
Vermont. Our work includes historic preservation, new
construction, master planning, and state and local environmental permitting.
THE WINDHAM REGIONAL CAREER CENTER is a
regional career and technical school providing a diverse
selection of career preparation programs for all students
attending the Brattleboro Campus. The courses and programs are designed to allow students great flexibility in
developing a course of study that supports personal and
career development. The Center also offers adult education and workforce development opportunities for the
Windham county region. Contact us via www.wrccvt.com
or call 802-451-3965.
LODGING PARTNERS
THE VERMONT SUSTAINABLE JOBS FUND, located in
Montpelier, Vermont, was created by the Vermont
Legislature in 1995 to accelerate the development of
Vermont’s green economy. We provide early stage grant
funding , technical assistance , and loans to entrepreneurs, businesses, farmers, networks and others interested in developing jobs and markets in the green economy.
VERMONT WILDERNESS SCHOOL specializes in programming for children and adults focused on cultivating
long-term mentoring relationships rooted in community,
nature connection, and earth living skills. Our programs
include the Southern Vermont Permaculture Design
Course, Oyase Community School, Full Moon Girls, Otter
Day Camp and the Vermont Art of Mentoring Workshop.
Inspired by the ways of Earth-based, indigenous cultures,
we envision a future where the majority of our needs are
met in a vibrant, local economy that serves both humans
and nature alike.
YANKEE FARM CREDIT is a farmers credit cooperative.
It is part of the national Farm Credit System created by
Congress in 1916. Yankee Farm Credit provides $450 million in loans to 1,300 customers throughout Vermont and
neighboring counties in New York and New Hampshire.
The association also provides financial services including
recordkeeping, tax preparation, and crop insurance.
Yankee Farm Credit serves all types of agriculture including the forest products industry. The cooperative is owned
by its member-customers and governed by farmer-directors. A portion of profits is returned to members as
patronage refunds. For more information please see www.
yankeeaca.com.
Additional in-kind assistance from:
We appreciate the support of these local hotels and inns who offer
reduced rates to Summiteers (mention Slow Living Summit when
reserving your room:
Super 8, Brattleboro — $54 per night — (802) 254-8889
Latchis Hotel, Brattleboro — $80 for room with twin beds or one full
size bed — (802) 254-6300
Hampton Inn, Brattleboro — $85-99 per night — (802) 254-5700
Colonial Motel, Brattleboro — (no special rate) — (802) 257-7733
Taylor for Flowers — KeyBank — The Works Bakery Café
Media Partners
FOOD SPONSORS
We appreciate the healthy foods donated by these in-kind sponsors:
Against the Grain — Applegate — Black River Produce —
Brueggers Bagels — Burlington Food Service — Cabot Creamery
Cooperative — Cape Cod Potato — Clif Bars — Commonwealth
Dairy — Distler’s Pretzels — Drews — Equal Exchange — G
Housen — Grafton Village Cheese Company — Green Mountain
Coffee — King Arthur Flour — Olivia’s Croutons — Pepsi / Leader
Distribution Systems — Pete & Gerry’s Organic Eggs — Putney
Pasta — Real Pickles — Reinhart Food Service — Rudi’s — Sahale
Snacks — Stonewood — Vermont Creamery — Vermont Farmstead
Cheese Company — Vermont Fresh Pasta — Vermont Peanut
Butter — Vermont Smoke and Cure — Whitney’s Castleton
Crackers — Yolo Snacks
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Geothermal + Solar PV = NET ZERO Energy
Proud to Support the Slow Living Summit
Your Local Renewable Energy Provider
Solar PV
(Photovoltaic)
Geothermal
Since 1975
www.isasolar.com
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Net Zero
Integrated Systems
802.257.7493
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