Church Leads Relief for the Unhoused after the Hurricane

Sometimes a church can do a better job of solving the problem of post-disaster emergency housing than either a city government or a federal agency.  That was the situation in Asheville when Grace Covenant Presbyterian stepped in to solve the problem for the hundreds of people who lost their homes–apartments, trailers, or houses –thanks to […]

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An Economy of Reciprocity Based in Abundance

I had the opportunity to go last week, with Rosa Lee, to the Ostrom workshop  at the University of Indiana to explain the post-disaster economy I see sprouting through several initiatives in and around Swannanoa where we live; it was the epicenter of Hurricane Helene.  Our neighborhood, which is often called Swannana-nowhere in the Asheville […]

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