Using College Savings to Teach about the Two Economies

My daughter Kaylin graduated from college last spring. But her education about our economy began as I started thinking about saving for that education when she was still a young girl. From the start, I decided that whatever I could set aside for her college, I would divide it evenly between traditional investments in a socially screened mutual fund and a community investment, like a loan fund or deposit in a community development bank.

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Seven Partnerships for a One Earth Economy

We like partnering! And here are seven JEM is doing to advance economic practices that fit on one planet. Think a about these and then leave a comment below on which partnerships you are in that do the same.

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Wild and Wooly Lenten Journey

Of late I have burnt the midnight oil for JEM’s digital life. It has kept me busy for hours and hours. It keeps me off the streets, and off the boob tube. But as great as it is helping out this extensively (otherwise unemployed these last couple months), being holed up in the digital den is not like being in the real world. So there is a plan for that.

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