The Economics Working Group (EWG) was formed as a project of the Tides Center in 1993 to bring together professionals and advocates to examine underlying economic issues related to environmental sustainability and to promote public education on these issues. As a result of this dialogue, the EWG developed a General Agreement on a New Economy, GANE, which suggests a structure that would allow communities to move toward sustainability, equity and full employment. The purpose of GANE is to encourage dialogue and engagement on these fundamental issues through this website and through presentations and workshops around the country.
The other pages hosted on this site relate to work EWG has done with The Other Economic Summit (TOES) around the G-7 Summit and in opposing the MAI which would make it very difficult to move forward in a positive direction to build an environmentally sustainable economy.
Ruth Caplan serves as the director of the Economics Working Group. If after visiting the website, you would be interested in arranging a presentation or workshop, she can be reached at: