Living by means and ends

Timothy Phillips reports on a stimulating spring gathering in Edinburgh

by Timothy Phillips 13th May 2011

Small is beautiful; scale is essential. It is easy to see what I can do locally. It is much harder to see how my local choices affect the global economy. Are my decisions irrelevant, or am I the butterfly flapping its wings in the Rockies and causing a heatwave in Europe? How can I and my Friends be that butterfly – and produce intended change?