VAL2011 Walking Away from Empire: Giving Up the Brass Ring - Guy McPherson @LocalFuture

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Recorded at the 2011 International Conference on Sustainability, Transition and Culture Change: Vision - Action - Leadership; an event organized by Local Future, a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization.

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VAL2011 Walking Away from Empire: Giving Up the Brass Ring - Guy McPherson