Our Accomplishments
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Eating Tomorrow: 2019
By Timothy A. Wise
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Daring Democracy: 2017
By Frances Moore Lappé and Adam Eichen
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Diet For a Small Planet: 1971
By France Moore Lappé
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50th Editon to be released in 2021!
Small Planet Project Accomplishments!
Produced Nine Thought Sparks Videos and accompanying blogs with over 13K combined views to date.
Formed Boston Democracy Circle with monthly dinner gatherings with 10-13 attendees typically
Spoke for more than 15 different events in 2019
Signed an agreement and made Progress on developing a Democracy Movement with Democracy Initiative
Published 44 articles by our co-founders and senior researchers on our site and with other news outlets such as Common Dreams, Medium, Earth Island Journal, and Center for Humans and Nature
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ADVISORY POSTS AND BOARDS
In 2006 Frances was chosen as a founding councilor of the 50-member, Hamburg-based World Future Council.
Frances is on the board of David Korten’s People-Centered Development Forum and serves on the advisory boards of the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Chez Panisse Foundation, and Earth Corps.
In 2011, Frances joined the advisory board of the television series, Kiss the Cook and the Farmer Too. The 13-part series illustrates that: "We are what we eat and the ways in which we produce, prepare, and consume food not only affect our personal health and well being but also the health of our environment and our communities."
In 2013, Frances was invited by the King of Bhutan to serve on the International Working Group for a New Development Paradigm. She contributed to Bhutan’s Happiness: Towards a New Development Paradigm, submitted to the UN in December of 2013 laying out a pathway to a sustainable development paradigm to ensure planetary wellbeing.
Frances' Honorary Degrees
Allegheny College, Pennsylvania
Anna Maria College, Massachusetts
California Lutheran University, California
Earlham College, Indiana
Grinnell College, Iowa
Hamline University, Minnesota
John F. Kennedy University, California
Kenyon College, Ohio
Lewis and Clark College, Oregon
Macalester College, Minnesota
Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania
New College, California
Niagara University, New York
Olivet College, Ohio
Saint Mary’s College, Indiana
Starr King School of Religious Leadership, California
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Michigan
Simmons College, Massachusetts
University of San Francisco, California
