Feasta – The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability

Banking on the community, investing locally for resilience: webinar on April 14
This event, jointly organised by Feasta and the Cork Environmental Forum, will explore the potential for community-focused banking to help reorient the Irish economy in a healthier direction.
Podcast: crises and collectivity
Professor John Drury and Cormac Russell speak with David Somekh about their research into ways in which communities can come together when the circumstances call for it.
Auctioning Carbon Permits—a Primer for the U.S.A.
Brent Ranalli describes the optimal way to organise an auction for carbon permits as part of a system for reliably capping the supply of fossil fuel at the point of extraction or import.
Podcast: health, justice and the environment – the core issues
David Somekh of EHFF interviews Tsvetelina Filipova on her research into health and the environment in Europe, and David and Caroline Whyte interview ecological economist Éloi Laurent about his focus on justice as a basis for environmental action.

Patrick Noble: a tribute

We were terribly sad to learn of the recent death, after a short illness, of Patrick Noble, a long-time Feasta member and frequent contributor to the Feasta website. Patrick’s stimulating and provocative writing made extensive use of direct references and allusions to history and the arts, which gave it a vast richness.

2020 Feasta Annual Report

2020 was both difficult and exciting for Feasta. You can read a summary of what we did over the year in this Annual Report (PDF document, 4.2 MB)

De-growth Discussion 5: Build Back Later

Brian Davey and Tim Watkins talk about the proposed "Great Reset" and why it is unlikely to happen. Instead, they argue, energy and resource shortages are likely to result in a very different post-pandemic economy.

Intentional Money Revisited

"Governments and banks must get used to the outrageous idea that they should take a position on the Quality of money / credit that they issue," argues Graham Barnes.

De-growth Discussion 4: the coming mental health crisis

Examining the historical roots of psychiatry, Brian Davey and Tim Watkins question whether a collapsing economy may lead to widespread blaming, scapegoating and maltreatment of victims.

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