Projects

Funded Projects in 2025

3 funded projects

Vermonters for a Clean Environment (VCE)

Measuring the Health Impacts of Electromagnetic Radiation in Vermont

Monitoring electromagnetic radiation across Vermont, educating the public on its risks, and advancing responsible policy through research and organizing — led by VCE’s Alison Despathy with Foundation for Convivial Living funding.

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The Marion Institute

The Three Brothers Quest

The Three Brothers Quest (3BQ) is a podcast where three WWII-era brothers and host Rob Williams explore consciousness, meaning, and the implications of AI across nineteen episodes—It is supported by the Foundation for Convivial Living.

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The Satish Kumar Foundation

The Steward Archive

The Steward Archive is a pilot project digitizing hundreds of lectures from three decades at Schumacher College—featuring thinkers like Fritjof Capra, Lynn Margulis, Vandana Shiva, and Satish Kumar—to preserve them and, where desired, share them with the public.

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Funded Projects in 2024

1 funded project

A Conversation with Vandana Shiva and Dougald Hine, Stockholm, Sweden

Finding Humility at the End of Modernity

FCL funding supported this 50-minute dialogue, filmed in Stockholm, with Dr. Vandana Shiva—recipient of the Right Livelihood and Sydney Peace Prizes—alongside author Dougald Hine (At Work in the Ruins) and Matthew Derr of Chelsea Green Publishing.

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Funded Projects in 2023

1 funded project

Ivan Illich: An Introduction to Convivial Living

FCL funding supported an 18-minute video introduction to the life and thinking of Austrian philosopher Ivan Illich, for which fellows Isabelle Cedotti and Neto Leão traveled the globe to interview six scholars who knew him—culminating with building pioneers Bill and Athena Steen in Canelo, Arizona.

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