Montana Ethic Project

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Montana Ethic Project: How to deal with wage disparity

Barkey

This is the 20th chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features Pat Barkey, director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research since 2008, speaking on “The Montana Wage Disparity.” You can watch the whole video below. Here is how it begins:

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Montana Ethic Project: Our constitution and right to know

Eck

This is the 19th chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features Dorothy Eck, a delegate to the Montana Constitutional Convention in 1972 and later a state senator for 20 years, speaking on “The Right to Know and the Montana Constitution.” You can watch the whole video below. Here is how it begins:

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Montana Ethic Project: What we owe Theodore Roosevelt

Brown

This is the 17th chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features former Montana Secretary of State Bob Brown speaking on “Teddy Roosevelt’s Shadow in Montana’s Big Sky.” You can watch the whole video below. Here is how it begins:
“Theodore Roosevelt disliked the nickname Teddy. However, he loved Montana, and he is deeply connected to our state.” (more…) Continue Reading →

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Montana Ethic Project: The life-changing effects of faith

Martz

This is the 16th chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features Judy Martz, a former governor of Montana and former Olympic speed skater, speaking on how she came to know the truth of the statement, “Trust in the Lord and He Will Direct Your Path.” You can watch the whole video below. Here is how it begins: (more…) Continue Reading →

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Montana Ethic Project: A good legacy a matter of choice

Yellowtail

This is the 15th chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features Bill Yellowtail, a former state senator from Wyola, speaking on “Futuring and Native Leadership.”

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“We Montanans are a people of a proud heritage. “Our cultural heroes, our magnificent landscape, our august statesmen all inspire. But the question for us is what will be our legacy? “Recently I listened to a bright young American Indian man challenge everyone of use to, ‘be a great ancestor.’ Continue Reading →

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Montana Ethic Project: What we can learn from Africa

Metcalfe

This is the 11th chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features George Metcalfe, a social entrepreneur for most of his life, speaking on the subject of “Economic Development in Africa and Its Relationship to Montana.” You can watch the whole video below. Here is how it begins:
“I’ve engaged in change and development endeavors for some 40 years in some 50 countries and 15 developing nations and economies in Eastern Europe and Africa. I’ve worked on similar projects in the United States, though not as often as overseas. “This topic that I’m dealing with today is important to me because I am a Montanan by birth. Continue Reading →

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Montana Ethic Project: On technological development

Rowe

This is the 10th chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features Bob Rowe, president and CEO of NorthWestern Energy, speaking on the subject of “Towards Technological Development.” You can watch the whole video below. Here is how it begins:
“To really understand Montana you have to understand the physical geography, the diversity of the place we live and our spirit of idealism. “But you also have to understand the people who founded Montana, who created its communities, its culture, and its economy. Obviously starting with the First Nations people from whom we still benefit so much today. Continue Reading →

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Montana Ethic Project: Our history, heroes and character

Tooley

This is the seventh chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features Chuck Tooley speaking on “The Montana Character.” Tooley is a former mayor of Billings—the longest-serving mayor in the city’s history, in fact—and now the owner of Tooley Communications. You can watch the whole video below. After reading the preamble to the Montana Constitution, Tooley begins his presentation by saying: (more…) Continue Reading →

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Montana Ethic Project: Can religion and politics co-exist?

Crist

This is the sixth chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features the Rev. Jessica Crist speaking on “Religion and Politics: Can They Co-exist?” Crist, who lives in Great Falls, is bishop of the Montana Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. You can watch the whole video below. Here is how this chapter opens: (more…) Continue Reading →

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Montana Ethic Project: How we led the way on conservation

Posewitz

This is the fifth chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features Jim Posewitz speaking on “Montana Sportsmen and the Hunter’s Ethic.”  Posewitz is the founder of Orion-The Hunter’s Institute, in Helena, considered the leading hunter ethics organization in North America. You can watch the whole video below. Here is how this chapter opens: (more…) Continue Reading →

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