September 2012

Building Resilience in an Era of Financial Crisis: Nicole Foss public lecture

Next Friday, Sept 28th, at 8.30pm, in Django's Hostel, in Cloughjordan Eco-village, Co. Tipperary. Automatic Earth energy expert, editor/blogger and Feasta member, Nicole Foss (aka Stoneleigh) will give a lecture to launch the Feasta Members' Weekend in Cloughjordan. The lecture is open to everyone but please rsvp info@feasta.org if you plan to attend.

Policy packages (from Sharing for Survival)

We need to cut carbon emissions, and soon. But Nick Bardsley reminds us that any mechanism that we introduce in order to cut them - such as Cap and Share - will have to be accompanied by a number of other measures or it will prove counterproductive. Topics covered in his paper include a proposed substitute for the much-criticised Clean Development Mechanism, the current displacement of food production by biofuels, the relationship between food and energy use, the required shift away from debt-based money and the need for a land value tax.

Press Reports on Site Value Tax in Ireland

Image: tlindenbaum via Flickr Aaron McKenna picked up our arguments for a Site Value Tax over a property tax in his article in The Journal. See extract below Efficient use A better property tax (or at least a less bad one) would be a site value based tax, such as that economist Ronan Lyons [...]

Call for debate on Property Taxes by Dermot Lacey, Irish Labour Party

Smart Taxes does not agree with all of what Dermot has to say about a property tax below here – but that is not the point. The point is that we need this debate before any decision is made, hence we make space here for his opinion as a former Mayor of Dublin City. Don’t [...]

New research casting doubt on the safety of GM maize

“Safe” levels of GM Maize and Roundup can cause tumours, multiple organ damage and premature death in laboratory rats, finds the first peer-reviewed lifetime feeding trial.

“The Fair Tax” launch party

“The Fair Tax” was launched by Smart Taxes in Buswells hotel yesterday. Fr Sean Healy introduced the book with a call for general tax reform. He pointed out that Social Justice Ireland has always been a supporter of land value tax. A proposal for a land value tax to fund a citizens income has been floated in a recent European conference held on social justice issues, with which he heartily agrees. He commended the book using the words of economist Colm McCarthy in the preface.

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