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We are gearing up to traverse (at least symbolically) America looking for communities that are rebuilding their economy around People, Planet and Profit and American Made. We will start here in New England…the hub of our beginning as a country. While learning from our history, we hope to discover exciting innovations that are moving us … Continue reading
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american made magazine is ready for the next step and has entered the MassChallege! And so now you ask what is the MassChallenge? MassChallenge is a Boston, Massachusetts incubator and accelerator program for startup businesses. Aside from the potential funding that you qualify for if selected as a final winner, after the 3 month accelerator … Continue reading
Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,600 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 27 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the complete report. In the scope of most visited blogging sites 1,600 views could … Continue reading
Each holiday season across the country the tradition of the”Holiday Stroll” brings community to the central square, where streets are dotted by small shops stocked with beautiful artisans’ wares – crafted with skill and love. Pamela McKay, like many other artisans, works out of her home. She retreats to her studio as soon as her … Continue reading
Small to midsize businesses are the life blood of the American economy, or at least historically they were. In the article we referenced at the Daily Mail for our Black Friday post, Mark Duell cited: Small businesses are not necessarily better employers in terms of wages, benefits, opportunities for advancement and other measures, said North … Continue reading
What does it mean to create a local economy? Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology at Boston College has a few ideas worth exploring on the biggest shopping day of the year. Schor explains in her new book, Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth (The Penguin Press 2010) that time should be our most valued commodity … Continue reading
“…All the summer there was no want; and now began to come in store of fowl, as winter approached, of which this place did abound when they came first (but afterward decreased by degrees). And besides waterfowl there was great store of wild turkeys, of which they took many …” William Bradford writing in Of … Continue reading
The Slow Food International movement has changed the way we consume, grow and relate to our food. It all started with one man, Carlo Petrini, and his opposition to the opening of a McDonalds in his local community. Imagine…one man took a stand that is now shaping a global movement around our relationship with our food. In … Continue reading
Barbara Kruger is a favorite American artist. Her work questions our sense of autonomy against the massive messaging of commercialism and social ideals coming out of Madison Avenue. This holiday season american made magazine will be challenging the notion of “I shop therefore I am” as well. Our new american made magazine 2011 Toy Book cover, … Continue reading
american made magazine spent the day October 15, 2011 with Occupy Wall Street. From the student assembly at 12:00 noon in Washington Square Park, to Time Square, back to Washington Square Park to witness a General Assembly, and then finally ending a very long day in Zuccotti Park (Liberty Park) at 2:00 AM. It was … Continue reading
I’ve watched the trailer of the new Sesame Workshop program – Growing Hope Against Hunger, which aired as a one hour special on PBS October 9, 2011. My heart broke, and yours should too. We have all heard the statistics over and over. The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that 17 million American children … Continue reading
I purposely left the screen shot, without an edit, as a simple demonstration of the ease and mastery of Apple products and as a testament to Steve Jobs, an American genius who changed communications for the 21st century. With the simple click of a few keys on my Apple MacBook Pro I was able to … Continue reading
The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYCY) discusses new Free Trade agreements moving through The United States House of Representatives right now, with the support of President Obama. These 3 new agreements will open trade with South Korea, Columbia and Panama. How will this improve our economy? Have we asked enough questions and reflected on previous Free … Continue reading
MIT is examining manufacturing in America…and although incredibly interesting, the initial presentation is to some degree, dare I say, limiting. MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is once again tackling the challenges of American manufacturing, innovation and economics. The new series is a follow-up to the 1990 book Made in America - Regaining the Productive Edge by Michael L. … Continue reading
This is our follow-up to visiting Occupy Wall Street and even with all the challenges they face, they are feeling pretty bullish about their efforts. If you do a Google search of Occupy Wall Street you can see the latest media take. Click on the Occupy Wall Street link above, and find a live feed around-the-clock and interviews … Continue reading
The Bee’s Knees meaning: Excellent – the highest of quality! Excellence is exactly what we found on a beautiful fall day along the Rockaway boardwalk at the NYC Honey Festival this past weekend. Over 1,000 people attended (a count provided by the organizers) to taste local honey and learn the innate human necessity of the … Continue reading
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A Little Aside
- Over the summer I was transfixed watching "Made In America" with Diane Sawyer on ABC World News. After a decade in the consumer products licensing industry, where a significant percentage of the products manufactured in brand licensing is made outside of the United States, I thought to myself...well this is going to be intriguing. (more…)
