Our regular 3rd Tuesday of the month ‘Green Drinks’ in the Green Dragon (7.30pm) haven’t been that well attended in recent months. So this autumn we’re going to reinvigorate them by introducing a different theme every month and inviting an informed guest along to give a brief talk and instigate discussion. Check out the calendar for details…
The first of these new themed nights will happen on October 19th, where we will be talking about economics and livelihoods and have invited Dr. Gary Alexander to give a short outline of his work and research into more collaborative, trust-based economics. Gary is an active member of Transition Diss, a Trustee of the Transition Network and a core member of the Transition East support group. A few years ago he wrote eGaia: Growing a peaceful, sustainable Earth through communications and more recently drew together a vision for a sustainable Diss in 2030.
Anyone wanting a good bit of background reading in preparation for could do worse than the first installment of essays from Richard Heinberg’s new book The End of Growth, they’re freely available on-line and you can access them here
Thanks Ed.
Er, sorry about doing that Nick… for some reason the image you’d used got a bit stretched – so I swapped it… then I got carried away and added a bit about Gary. Hope you had a weekend.
Looking forward to this Nick!
Me again Nick, I know you “had a weekend”… what I meant to say was, I hope you had a good weekend!
Here’s something I cobbled together for a poster which was really quite inappropriate!
Mankind has an energy crisis – and therefore economic crisis – due to limited resources.
→ Consumption must fall. Otherwise, as non-renewable resources like oil, gas, phosphorous and uranium go past peak production (reach their limit) prices inexorably rise as supply falters. Many of these peaking resources have no ready alternative. The globalised economy cannot function with triple-digit oil prices. Industrial agriculture must have phosphorous.
→ Much touted economic growth cannot be achieved without increasing consumption & debt.
→ Capitalism dies (unless it can exist without private banks lending at interest). If the symptomatic financial crisis is violent then global turmoil will result.
→ A new economic paradigm is needed. Sustainability is surely the key.