Small Planet Institute
Frances Moore Lappé co-founded the Small Planet Institute in 2001, where they served as an author, speaker, and advocate for changing failing ideas and promoting a sustainable planet. Frances also co-founded the Small Planet Fund in the same year, which supports grassroots democracy movements addressing hunger and poverty worldwide. Prior to this, they co-founded and co-directed the Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy from 1975 to 1991, working to end injustices causing hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation.
Frances Moore Lappé attended Polytechnic High School but did not receive a degree from there. Frances later attended Earlham College and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966. Afterward, they attended the University of California, Berkeley.
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Small Planet Institute
Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé founded the Small Planet Institute in 2001. Small Planet Institute’s mission is to spread (via writing, speaking, and social media) an empowering understanding of democracy as the wide dispersion of power, transparency in public affairs, and a culture of mutual accountability. We call it Living Democracy, enabling each of us to act effectively on emerging solutions from electoral politics and economic life to the environment, hunger, agriculture, and beyond. Our vision is thus a future where all communities are thriving with dignity as Living Democracies, fulfilling our essential needs for personal power, meaning, and connection.