Awakening to a new economics
This weekend I will be at Hilfield Friary attending a retreat entitled ‘Reconnecting to the Divine in Nature’, something I am very much looking forward to. For those of you … Continue reading “Reconnecting to Divine in Nature”
Guy Standing is a radical economist and the author of the counter-cultural The Plunder of the Commons and Basic Income. Both of those books looked at what we share and … Continue reading Prof. Guy Standing: The Politics of Time
What is the role of fiction in creating a fairer and greener economy? How can we use stories to open up imaginative possibilities in a world losing its way? Tony … Continue reading Jeremy Williams and Tony Emerson: Stories to Change Our World
Advent Conspiracy began in 2006, the brain-child of three pastors in the United States who were frustrated with the stresses of Christmas. Consumerism is at its height in the weeks … Continue reading The Advent Conspiracy
Ruth Jarman invites us to celebrate a simpler and more authentic Christmas. Think of the stable described in Luke’s gospel – the straw, the smell of animals, unwashed visitors from … Continue reading Let’s reclaim Christmas!
An absolutely basic response to climate change ought to be to commit to not making it worse, right? Apparently not: plenty of countries still subsidise fossil fuels. The oil giants … Continue reading Book review: Badvertising, by Andrew Simms & Leo Murray
Bill McKibben is one of the most influential activists in the climate movement, a prolific writer, and a Christian. His latest book is “as much memoir as I’m likely to … Continue reading The Flag, the Cross and the Station Wagon, by Bill McKibben
Many a parent has stood in the doorway of a child’s bedroom and wondered how it came to this. Toys spilling from boxes, drawers. Components of this mixed with elements … Continue reading How many toys do children need?
Joy in Enough 