Awakening to a new economics
Green shoots is our monthly series highlighting alternative business models, and for this post we look at B4RN broadband. Broadband internet has been in the news lately with the Labour … Continue reading Green shoots: B4RN Broadband
Bill McKibben is a leading American environmentalist and author of several bestselling titles on climate change, including the first popular explanation of the problem, The End of Nature. Among his … Continue reading Economic growth, wild nature and the Book of Job
Hilary Blake wonders what the Godly Play approach to children’s work might teach us about how we talk about economics. One of the premises behind Godly Play is that all … Continue reading Finding a language – economics and Godly Play
John Daniels on green growth: December 13: the day after UK Election Day. What will the world look like then? If Labour win, then it should starting to look a … Continue reading Green growth: panacea or oxymoron? Â
Sociologists have shown how inequality affects many different aspects of life, from economic development, to wellbeing, social stability and democracy. It has grown as a political priority in recent years. … Continue reading Tackling inequality and sustainability together
This story, written in the style of William Morris’ ‘News from Nowhere’, originally featured in the short story collection Radical Visions of Government. It is by Simon Parker, and is reproduced here under a … Continue reading Beneath the Stones – a story
I was reading the book God Unbound, by Brian McLaren last week. Subtitled ‘Theology in the Wild’, it’s a reflection on a trip to the Galapagos, combining travel writing with … Continue reading Do not worry about the GDP
John Daniels considers the need for autonomy and control in the divisive issue of Brexit: Leave versus Remain – never the twain shall meet, right? That’s certainly how things look … Continue reading Two tribes, one story
Joy in Enough 