Awakening to a new economics
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
Glastonbury has been the subject of controversy this year, but something you may have missed is that recently the campaign group Money Rebellion (an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion that focuses … Continue reading Does the joy of festival going come at a cost?
Of all the world’s political ideas, degrowth and communism are among the hardest to sell. One would think then that a book subtitled ‘how degrowth communism can save the earth’ … Continue reading Book review: Slow Down, by Kohei Saito
One of the key arguments for continued economic growth is the oft repeated Neoliberal Mantra, ‘A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats.’ In other words constant, continual, perpetual, relentless, rapacious, Economic … Continue reading A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats -But Some Are More Lifted Than Others
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