Another Teachable Moment from the Return of the Trillion Dollar Coin
Here at FEASTA we believe in recycling. And we have occasionally recycled (republished) old blogs when history repeats itself or comes close enough.
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2022 round-up, and appeal: please help Feasta to shift the economic narrative further in...
The turbulence of the past year has made it clearer than ever that our growth-fixated, resource-squandering, and savagely unjust economy is neither viable nor desirable....
COP-27 Reflections: Loss and Damage, and Cap and Share
The COP-27 climate conference in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt ended a few weeks ago. FEASTA provided badges to several youth activists to attend and gain entry...
Aggregate green growth is a mirage: we need to take a more scientific approach...
Caroline Whyte argues that there are plenty of measures that could be taken to help Ireland’s economy to become more vibrant, fair and...
Economics and the environment
This presentation given by Caroline Whyte to the UCC Economics and Environmental Societies on October 28 includes an overview of the reasons why a...
Bringing disaster preparedness into resilience politics
"We should not give up the campaigning against further overshoot but we now need to combine this fight with steps in communities to prepare...
Podcast: being young in a time of pandemic
In the latest episode of the Feasta/EHFF podcast series 'Bridging the Gaps', we hear from three young people about their experience of lockdown.
Feasta position paper on the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
What can the EU do to prevent carbon leakage - the sabotaging of its climate policy by non-EU industries? This submission provides some suggestions...
Lessons of 2020
"The COVID-19 pandemic is a test. Are we learning anything?" asks Mike Sandler.
‘Balancing with a Doughnut’: Feasta position paper on the revision of the European Commission’s...
This paper uses Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics model as a basis for a suite of reforms that include limiting fossil fuel production and imports...
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