2021 – Feasta

Podcast: dispersing the looming cloud of digital waste

Caroline Whyte and Seán Ó Conláin speak with Gerry McGovern, who is a specialist in identifying and reducing digital waste and the author of the book 'World Wide Waste: how digital is killing our planet and what we can do with it'.

Feasta submission on the European Commissions’ Economic Framework Review

This submission recommends that the existing EU economic governance framework be replaced by 'guard rails' that would ensure that environmental limits are not exceeded, and that nobody is put in danger by a rapidly transforming, and at times highly volatile and unstable, economy.

Possibilities for Germany’s new coalition government regarding Climate Dividends and Universal Basic Income

'Analysts are expecting a left-leaning government in Germany that is in support of actively combating climate change and responding to challenges including the migration crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and more,' writes Andrew Williard.

Henry David Thoreau, philosopher of post-traumatic growth

"In an age of destabilizing climate change, refugee crises, and global pandemics, with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the rise, Thoreau’s Walden is more relevant than ever," writes Brent Ranalli.

How To Stop Fascism by Paul Mason: review

"Paul Mason's voice remains an important one for those bent on the challenging task of introducing the political classes to the real world," writes Graham Barnes.

Podcast: Symbiosis and system change – potential lessons from mycology

Bill O'Dea, a specialist in mycology, talks with Seán Ò Conlaín and Caroline Whyte about the immense contribution that fungi make to the biosphere, the threats they are facing, and how their complex symbiotic relationship with other species could help to provide inspiration for the societal and economic changes that are needed to achieve a sustainable economy.

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