2016 – Page 3

Cultivating Hope, Managing Despair: Responding Positively to the Challenge of Climate Change and the Environmental & Economic Crises We Face

A workshop faciliated by John Sharry and John Gibbons, Thursday 27th October 2.00 – 4:30pm VENUE: Tailors Hall Christchurch, Dublin 8,

Towards Climate Safety and Justice briefing report

This report summarises the outcomes from a two-day event on June 8 and 9 2016 that was organised by Feasta, Cultivate and Trócaire. It provided a briefing on CapGlobalCarbon - a campaign organised by members of Feasta's climate group - set it in the context of the commons, divestment and social justice, and generated ideas about how to implement it as part of a broader citizens' movement for a fair and sustainable transition from fossil fuels.

Marginal productivity theory

This chapter of Credo, by Brian Davey, describes the “marginal revolution” of neoclassical economics. The idea of marginal productivity and payments to “factors of production” was developed for ideological reasons to counter thinkers like Marx and George. The theoretical framework learned by generations of students is contradicted by the evidence. The ideas of capital and land in neoclassical economics are incoherent.

Who are the parasites? The radical implications of classical economics

In this chapter of Credo, Brian Davey discusses the differences between classical and neoclassical economics, and the implications for taxation and the distribution of power. Those following the current controversy over taxation in Ireland should find his argument interesting.

Ecocide for climate safety: Setting up a system to Keep It In The Ground

Erik-Jan Van Oosten discusses the relationship between CapGlobalCarbon and ecocide law: "A global law against ecocide and a global cap on fossil carbon extraction seem to me the two key, mutually reinforcing, conditions for a sustainable society."

Blockchain & Sustainable Communities: Potential & Pitfalls

This one day workshop on Friday October 28 at the Ecovillage in Cloughjordan is organised by NUI Galway School of Law, FEASTA, and Cultivate, and aims to explore the possible future applications of blockchain technology in the development and coherence of sustainable communities.

Subscribe to the Feasta Newslist