The century of limits
We have to assume that we have reached the century of limits, and the current model is no good for us. We have to plan and try to redistribute while reducing our impact.
building resilient economies
Tim Jackson and the Quest for Post Growth
Ecological economist Tim Jackson is one of the few serious scholars trying to imagine what a post-growth world might look like.
On Degrowth
Degrowth shines a light on the problem of growth on a planet with finite resources. It also envisions a smaller human society living on a shrinking economic pie…
The black elephant in the room
The Black Elephant In The Room, in this case, is that nothing grows forever. Unlike what our system – the Elephant in The Room – pretends to do, which is designed to do so and doesn’t know how to slow down.
Global to Local: Who Has the Map? | Michael Shuman, Judy Wicks, and Richard Heinberg
How do we build strong local living economies for a post-carbon world? Tune into a stimulating conversation about how to move forward.
Reclaiming hope from the dismal science
“Empowering and elegiac” might seem a strange description of a book on economics. Yet the prominent author and former economics minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis, chooses that phrase of praise for the new book Post Growth, by Tim Jackson.
Native hemp farming, opportunity to lead New Green Revolution
Our crop of choice, hemp, stands to be a leading material in a transformation from fossil fuel dependence to renewable energy stability.
Resources for a better future: GDP
Maybe we should rethink our metrics, measurements, and very meanings of progress, and start reorganising our economies in ways that celebrate human and non-human nature, rather than constrict it.
Kate Raworth on Why Our Times Demand ‘Doughnut Economics’
Since publishing Doughnut Economics in 2017, renegade British economist Kate Raworth has become a phenomenon that mainstream economics largely declines to acknowledge but increasingly cannot ignore.
How to implement Doughnut Economics in your community
You do not need to be an economist to change the goal of your economy to well-being for people and the planet. Here’s how you can bring Doughnut economics to your community.
Towards a recession-hardy Irish banking system
Despite the extreme difficulties and threats we’re facing, the potential for positive change at the moment is actually huge – including a move towards a much fairer, stabler and more efficient financial sector in Ireland.
An interview with Gail Haines of Green Mountain Spinnery
We weren’t raised to be worker cooperators; we we’re raised to be employer or an employee. You know it’s a pioneer type of thing.