{"id":107,"date":"2016-05-31T15:58:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T15:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/eco-justice-collaborative\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2025-12-13T17:49:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T17:49:28","slug":"the-dilemmas-we-face","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/eco-justice-collaborative\/the-dilemmas-we-face\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dilemmas We Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The economies of virtually all nations are managed to promote growth. People with plenty are induced to acquire more and those in debt are induced to borrow more.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yet more growth makes the wealthiest even wealthier, while unemployment, hunger and violence are widespread. And human economies are already far larger than Earth\u2019s commonwealth of life can continue to support<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The purpose:<\/strong> to help Friends learn about the growth dilemma and alternatives to our current growth-based economy, and to foster a wider dialogue about reforming our economic system so it serves justice and the commonwealth of life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The \u00a0agenda:<\/strong><em>\u201c\u2026to plant seeds for future harvest\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Build awareness<\/strong> among Friends about the economy\u2019s systemic failures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Convince<\/strong> Friends Committee on National Legislation to address the Growth Dilemma.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Communicate<\/strong> about the growth dilemma with policy makers, policy allies, and staff in Washington D.C.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Promote<\/strong> a Yearly Meeting minute that calls for \u201ca paradigm shift in perspective\u201d about ecology and the economic system.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collaborate<\/strong> with Quaker\u00a0Institute for the Future on publications about the failures of, and alternatives to, the growth economy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Opportunities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Browse the discussion materials, articles and links at our web page on the PYM website.<\/li>\n<li>Use our questions, queries and graphics for a discussion at your monthly meeting.<\/li>\n<li>Invite a GDP resource person to your monthly or quarterly meeting for a presentation.<\/li>\n<li>Become a GDP Contact from your monthly meeting to a national network of Friends.<\/li>\n<li>Come to our monthly meetings for discussion and discernment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Core Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/eco-justice-collaborative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/05\/Core-Principals.pdf\">Core Principles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/eco-justice-collaborative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/05\/GDP-Brochure.pdf\">The Growth Dilemma Project Brochure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The economies of virtually all nations are managed to promote growth. 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