Awakening to a new economics
The Joy in Enough team met for a working weekend recently. John Payne tells us what was on the agenda: Ten members of the Joy in Enough (JiE) Enabling Group … Continue reading Planning weekend takes Joy in Enough forward
Throwaway culture is one of the more frustrating aspects of consumerism. It’s wasteful of resources and obviously bad for the environment, but it serves us badly too. We have to … Continue reading A life less throwaway
Niall Briggs, who is currently working on the Plenty programme, explains why a fair and sustainable economy needs to ask some difficult questions about economic growth: Growth seems to be … Continue reading We need to talk about growth
Bishop David Atkinson on the stories we tell about humanity and the natural world, an excerpt from the paper Climate and the Gospel. Atkinson’s latest book, Hope Rediscovered, is out … Continue reading The stories we tell ourselves
Joy in Enough has a couple of campaign actions going on behind the scenes. One is a declaration that will be signed by church leaders. The other is a small … Continue reading Steps towards Plenty
Hilary Blake, Development Officer for Joy in Enough, considers how our acceptance of limits depends on relationships and trust: In May I went with my family to the Lake District … Continue reading Learning to live with limits
A book review and reflection on how we consume, by Julia Kendal. Julia is a social justice advocate for the international development agency, Tearfund. She is also a writer, a regular … Continue reading Bread, Wine, Chocolate
It may seem a little quiet on the news front, but there’s lots going on around Joy in Enough behind the scenes. It seems like a good time to do … Continue reading What are we up to?
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