Occupy Education: Two reviews
In her review of Tina Evans' new book Occupy Education, Anne Ryan writes that it is"part of a lineage that seeks to repair the conceptual rift between humans and nature which exists in western...
View ArticleSustainable currency and the green economy: An Irish perspective
While "green technology" is an important response to the convergent crises that Ireland and other nations face, it is important not to overlook two other important macroeconomic issues: our current...
View ArticleA Potent Nostalgia
In his new book, organic farmer and Feasta member Patrick Noble makes the case that those of us who do real, tangible work - "trade's people" - hold the key to the future. He believes that we should...
View ArticleIt isn’t too late…a plea to make a decision in favour of Site Value Tax
by Konrad. The Irish government has covered discussion of the proposed property tax in a blanket of silence. We fear the worst. The developers, speculators and banks are set for another bail-out by...
View ArticleIgnorance by Consensus
A consensus becomes established out of the persistence of what it attempts to describe. It is inherently retrospective. It tends to assume that what has been, must continue. A couple of decades of low...
View ArticleCap and Share in India (from Sharing for Survival)
Should the funds from Cap and Share be distributed equally to individuals or are there better ways of using them? Indians are even more in need of financial help than those suffering from austerity...
View ArticleSubmission to the Irish Environmental Protection Agency on their draft...
Feasta recently made a brief submission to the EPA on their draft Strategic Plan which you can download from this site. We suggest altering some of the draft's terminology to make it clearer that...
View ArticleRevolution Justified: Review
by John Jopling. How could governments be forced to take the necessary measures to address climate change? In his book Revolution Justified, Roger Cox suggests that legal action may provide the best...
View ArticleClimate activists in India are taking the litigation route
Anandi Sharan writes that "the post-Milton Friedman era is not throwing up new answers easily for thinking people across the world and the same is the case in India. Pollution, unemployment and poverty...
View ArticleCultivating sustainable and ethical prosperity with basic income
This paper by Anne Ryan examines the role of basic income in constructing a dynamic, diverse and democratic social economy. ‘Basic income’ means a regular, sufficient and unconditional income,...
View ArticleThe Wealth of the Commons: Review
by John Jopling. This book explores the possibility that the concept of the Commons provides us with the model we need to build just and sustainable human societies in place of the currently dominant...
View ArticleA Potent Nostalgia: Chapter 1
In this second excerpt from his book, Feasta member Patrick Noble further expands his argument about power and modernity. He maintains that true modernity has nothing to do with hierarchical power and...
View ArticleMoney and Sustainability – The Missing Link: Review
So here we have it. The austerity versus Keynsian spending debate is about as useful as arguing whether the earth is flat or sitting on the back of a pile of turtles. Neither will provide sustainable...
View ArticleEconomic growth, population growth and climate change
This newly-updated paper by David Knight presents abundant evidence that economic growth, rather than population growth, is the main determinant of increased fossil fuel emissions. Planned carbon and...
View ArticleNotes from the Environ 2013 colloquium
Feasta member Willi Kiefel attended this event and was impressed by the high standard of research and presentations. Converting the hard work done by researchers into political reality is a challenge...
View ArticleAllan Savory: How to green the world’s deserts and reverse climate change
In 2009, Allan Savory of the Savory Institute was invited to Dublin to give the Feasta Annual Lecture. His work on transforming the way livestock is managed in order to reverse degradation of arid...
View ArticleSettlements (from A Potent Nostalgia)
We have inherited the same social patterning that our ancestors held in pre-history (I speculate!) and though we may live in a great city we must, by nature create appropriate villages within. Our...
View ArticleCo-creating a Global Climate Commons regime
In this presentation given at Maynooth last week, John Jopling explains why governments cannot be expected to adequately address the climate crisis and instead proposes a commons-based approach that...
View ArticleDegrowth in a small peripheral European state
Could a small peripheral state be a pioneer for adapting to degrowth? Brian Davey comments on two articles on the economy of Croatia that were recently published by the Green European Journal. The...
View ArticleFinancing Renewable Energy Projects
Financing of renewable energy projects is hampered by two systemic economic effects - market 'externalities' that make them appear less attractive (versus fossil fuel development) than they should; and...
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