Since its foundation, Feasta has held an annual public lecture to promote awareness and inspire action. The texts of the first four lectures, together with other articles by the lecturers, are printed in the Feasta Review and published on the website. The more recent lectures are available in video format for online streaming. This is a list of the speakers and their lecture topics.
Date: 18 November 2004
Venue: Swift Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
As a Senior Fellow at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Energy, Environment, in Germany, Sachs leads a variety of projects on globalisation, sustainability and world trade. His talk surveyed resource conflicts around the world from the twin perspectives of fairness and justice.…
Date: 3-4 November 2003
Venue: Dublin and Belfast
Kelly, a US ethical business advocate, spoke on how the rights of shareholders in contemporary companies are similar in many respects to those enjoyed by the aristocracy of feudal regimes. Kelly is the author of Divine Right of Capital – Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy and the editor/co-founder of Business Ethics, a US publication on corporate social responsibility.…
Feasta Lecture 2002 “PEOPLE FIRST – Justice in a Global Economy” – Stan Thekaekara
Date: October 8-10 2002
Venue: Dublin, Galway and Cork
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Date: 30-31 October 2001
Venue: WWT, Castle Espie
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Date: July 4 2000
Venue: Trinity College Dublin
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Date: April 26 1999
Venue: Mother Redcaps, Christ Church, Back Lane, Dublin
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