Environmental Justice and Carbon Pricing

In the face of conservative denialism, U.S. climate activists have generally presented a united front: we’ll take what we can get, and we won’t...

Towards Zero Waste by Feidhlim Harty: review

Caroline Whyte finds this book by Feidhlim Harty to be very accessible and full of useful information.

The Future of Money: a seminal conference in Frankfurt

This gathering brought together people from many countries and different walks of life to consider how we can best stabilise our dangerously rocky global...

Coronavirus, degrowth and self isolation

"What this crisis is trying to teach us are frightening truths about the ecological consequences of land use changes that have emerged as threats...

Being, nothingness, cumquats and Walter Scott

"Most work done today is not only futile, it is destructive – insurance, banking, advertising, market research, manufacture of useless shiny things; of cars,...

Ireland’s first climate lawsuit is potentially a historic turning point

Feasta climate group members today warmly welcomed the news that Friends of the Irish Environment has launched a legal action campaign against the Irish...

Resilience and Well Being Group

Humanity is faced with a series of devastating challenges that will utterly change our civilisation and dramatically impact our everyday life. These interrelated challenges...

Brexit, fracking and Einstein

"Watch how our politicians demonstrate Einstein's definition of madness - trying over and over again what has already failed - because they cannot grasp...

The role of innovative monetary policies in supporting a Green New Deal and a...

In this paper Deirdre de Búrca, who has been advocating a Green New Deal since 2009, discusses the politics and substance of such a...

4 – Market Structure

Feasta article note: This discussion meeting wasn’t the most interesting one for me. The conversation was about how the waste management market is currently...

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