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Podcast: Rethinking Marketing
Dr Sarah Browne of Trinity Business School discusses the reasons why she moved away from teaching 'mainstream' marketing, ways in which academia can help to bring about a wellbeing economy, and her impressions of the Rethinking Growth conference. Interview with Seán Ó Conláin.
Podcast: Care and the Wellbeing Economy
Mark Garavan speaks with David Somekh about the power of dominant narratives and the need for a new vision of care.
Feasta's Mike Sandler was among the panellists at this event, which was part of the New York Climate Week.
Rethinking Growth: Towards a Wellbeing Economy for Ireland
Feasta co-hosted this conference on June 25 and 26 in Dublin which explored why a new economic approach is needed in Ireland, and how it will benefit people and planet.
Letter on Rethinking Growth in The Irish Times, by Mark Garavan

Not being heard: Ford, Kavanaugh and climate disruption

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There’s no time for William Nordhaus’s gradualism

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What does runaway warming look like?

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The climate crisis as seen by the economics mainstream

Economist William Nordhaus is currently much in the news after winning a major economics prize. However, Brian Davey argues that Nordhaus's views reflect an "elite fantasy of growth combined with R&D and techno-innovation to resolve the climate crisis, [which] can do a lot of damage." From Credo.

Kevin Anderson: 70% of emissions come from 20% of global population

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Outdated framing by the European Commission lessens our chances of keeping to 1.5 degrees

"If we're to have any chance if keeping to the 1.5 maximum target, the European Commision will need to be much more realistic about its priorities. I very much hope that the next time the EC does a consultation call on climate change, its framing will have shifted," writes Caroline Whyte.

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