by Mark Garavan
This paper adopts a solution-based approach to the challenge of imagining a new democratic model for Ireland. It proposes a form of governance based on existing institutional and legal possibilities.…
Sustainable Development
Sustainable Economics and the Global Ecosystem – Presentations by Emer O’Siochru and David Korowicz
Date: 7.30-9.30 pm, 3rd June 2008
Venue: Cork Environmental Forum, Radisson SAS (Cork) Airport Hotel…
Sustainable Residential Developments in Urban Areas
Response to Irish Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government Consultation Call Feb 2008:
by Emer Ó Siochrú
In general, we welcome these Guidelines and Urban Design Manual as they comprise a good outline of current best practice, an improvement on the current situation. But we fear that the Guidelines are too late; they address an economic reality that is rapidly changing; they largely ignore pressures in rural areas and they are not ambitious enough to properly address the energy, climate and social challenges currently facing Ireland.
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The Economic Challenge of Sustainability
This paper, which was written for CORI Justice, gives an overview of Feasta’s ideas about economic growth, money systems, peak oil, and the need for a land value tax and for citizen carbon quotas.
by Richard Douthwaite and Emer Ó Siochrú
The full document is included below, or download a PDF version.…
Submission re Draft Guidelines for Development Plans
This was submitted by Feasta to the Irish Department of the Environment in response to its recent consultation call with regard to Development Plans.
Taming the Tiger
Introduction to the Second Feasta Review by John Jopling
Why the growth tiger is unsustainable and what can be done about it.
I have just been informed that my niece is pregnant: when born, her baby will be my parents’ first great-grandchild. I hope he or she will share my good fortune and live a healthy life in a secure and supportive society. But what are the prospects for this?
The prospects for any unborn child depend to a crucial extent on the economic system within which he or she lives. So, to broaden the question: does our
