Barrington Institute engages global experts and local stakeholders to accomplish life-changing projects, including passenger rail revival, rural economic development resources, and online education. Barrington Institute works with the award-winning Berkshire Publishing Group as a hybrid social enterprise committed to “Knowledge for our common future.”
Food Security • Infrastructure • Climate Adaptation • Community • Leadership • Systems Thinking
The Train Campaign
The Train Campaign is working to foster a robust network of rail transportation options, based on a conviction that the future of rural America depends on connectivity and that we need to reshape the rural-urban relationship.
Train Time Podcast
Listen to our conversations with people leading the rail renaissance at Train Time, hosted by Karen Christensen. Click here for a list of programs.
Global Food Sustainability
Academic resources: social justice issues of poverty and hunger; food security; food sustainability in a time of rapid climate change; the role of big business in food production; sustainable food production and farming practices in different regions around the world; health and sustainability; water resources; policy making.
Green Living
Want to do your part? Here are a few things you can do.
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