Awakening to a new economics
The vast majority of us now accept that single use plastics are a bad thing. Most people will take a reusable cup for their morning takeaway coffee. So how long will it take for national and local government to realise that, if … Continue reading Retrofit First – an argument in favour of retaining the building that has been built
In an age where so much of what we create is destined to be discarded, the idea of designing for disassembly offers the possibility of a quiet revolution. It’s a … Continue reading Weaving Futures – Further Reflections from the Sustainable Fashion Forum
Yanis Varoufakis’s Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism argues that the capitalist system has been replaced by a new, even more exploitative economic order he calls technofeudalism.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
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
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
Gather Movement are a group of people who are passionate about working together to see their localities improved socially, culturally, environmentally and spiritually and are involved in bringing the Christian … Continue reading The Gather Movement – connecting up care in Coventry, the country and around the world!
BLOG: In an age when an individual can be richer than entire countries, Mike Zeidler, one of the Centre for Thriving Places’s co-founders and Board member invites us to reimagine … Continue reading What does the Rich List really measure?Â
March 19, 2025 In a development that has left some long-time customers concerned, UK renewable energy provider Good Energy has been acquired by Esyasoft, a company based in Dubai with … Continue reading Good Energy – Takeover, or Makeover?
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