Awakening to a new economics
The only account of Jacob and a well in the Old Testament is when Jacob is reunited with his uncle Laban and meets his future wife Rachel.  This takes place to … Continue reading ‘Our water is our life, so let’s preserve it’ – Jacob’s Well and the Theft of Palestinian Water, Part 1
There’s something quietly radical about asking a simple question: what can we do with the land we already have? You may remember a few weeks back I reported upon at … Continue reading Starting With What’s Already There
In a recent essay for Aeon, the journalist Gavin Evans explores a quiet but profound crisis: climate change is making parts of the world uninsurable. And when insurance fails, much … Continue reading When Insurance Breaks, What Is Enough?
How do we move from checking boxes for an award to nurturing a deeper, more joyful faith through our ecological efforts? At All Saints Church, Kings Heath our journey toward … Continue reading Silver Award or Sacred Soil? One Church’s Journey Beyond Eco-Policy to a Creed of Care
Here is a book review by Jeremy Williams of Snö, by Sverker Sörlin, that chimes with the recent themes we’ve been discussing… We had a brief flurry of snow a … Continue reading Book review: Snö, by Sverker Sörlin
Following my article on the Joy of Sledging, and anticipating more (yet sadly never appearing) snow this weekend. I hope you can forgive my bowdlerisation of Blake’s classic ‘Jerusalem’ in … Continue reading Did those feet in ancient time skate upon England’s lakes and rivers white?
The last book I read by Tim Jackson, Post Growth, saw him stepping back from what you might expect from an economist and taking a more narrative driven, philosophical approach. … Continue reading Book review: The Care Economy, by Tim Jackson
Advent Anxiety grows as lists of To-Dos grow longer and bank balances grow smaller. How ironic that Christmas, a holiday marking the birth of a child in a humble stable, … Continue reading Resisting Christmas Consumerism with the anticipation of Advent
Joy in Enough 