Awakening to a new economics
As COP 30 approaches, here is a serialised article recollecting activism I was involved in during the run up to COP26, back in 2021, to inspire us in our endeavours. … Continue reading Whatever happened to the Coat of Hopes?
Yanis Varoufakis’s Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism argues that the capitalist system has been replaced by a new, even more exploitative economic order he calls technofeudalism. The book has generated significant … Continue reading Book review: Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
Wednesday 15 October 7pm – 8.15pm. Online. With Mike Mullins Mike is a leadership coach and spiritual retreat facilitator, whose background is in Catholic mysticism and psychology. He has run … Continue reading Challenging Ourselves – How has Christianity Contributed to Ecological Crisis?
The book of Jeremiah offers a stark picture of collapse. In one passage, the prophet describes a reversal of Creation itself: the earth “without form and void,” light extinguished, towns … Continue reading When the Earth Mourns: Jeremiah, Idols, and the Cry of Creation
Last week, I was fortunate to spend some time on retreat at Hawkwood College for Future Thinking near Stroud. Something I thought I should write about as the college is … Continue reading May the Hawkwood spring ever flow…
“Improbably funny US drama about Saint Clare of Assisi’s renouncement of worldly wealth” Time-out (1) Earlier this week I went to see a performance of “Poor Clare”, by Chiara Atik, … Continue reading “Poor Clare” and the tricky question of wealth
Part of Joy in Enough is the idea that the small things that spring up in nooks and crannies of society and illustrate a nicer, kinder way of living in … Continue reading Joy in Enough at Northfield Community Garden
The Hell Bus in Glasgow during COP26 Between the Pope auctioning off his autographed Lamborghini for charity, Lockheed Martin bidding to run NHS GP surgeries, and the FBI’s social media … Continue reading Overtaken by Reality: Satire Inside a Dystopia
Joy in Enough 