Universal Basic Income – the time has come
Feasta co-hosted two webinars on May 10 and May 17, at noon EST/5pm GMT, which explored the experience and the imperative of instituting a Universal Basic Income (UBI) for all people.
Events organised by Feasta
Banking on the community, investing locally for resilience: webinar on April 14
This event, jointly organised by Feasta and the Cork Environmental Forum, explored the potential for community-focused banking to help reorient the Irish economy in a healthier direction.
Food for Thought/Lón Intinne 2020 on September 11: video now out
This collective exploration of our response to COVID-19, the phenomenon of enforced absence, and our need for basic sustenance was organised by Afri, Feasta, Irish Seed Savers and Maynooth University.
Feasta and CEF webinar on June 5 – BEYOND GDP: Governance and Budgeting for Well-being
This groundbreaking webinar included speakers from Wales, Germany and Ireland's Central Statistics Office, and included discussion of legislation for well-being, and also of the potential benefits of developing an aggregate well-being index alongside a dashboard-style set of well-being indicators.
Workshop: Living well in the face of climate and ecological crises
Through a combination of interview-style conversation and small-group discussion, this event on December 7 will explore the mental health and emotional toll of our increasing awareness of climate change and environmental destruction.
Food for Thought/Lon Intinne, Friday May 17 2019
Our Food for Thought Collaborative event which took place on Friday May 17th in the GMIT, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. It was organised in partnership with Afri, Teacht Anair, Food Sovereignty Ireland and the IEN-organised National Biodiversity Week. The event came the day before Afri’s Annual Famine Walk in Louisburg.
Read the full report on this event
Food for Thought offered a reflective learning space which in 2019 focussed on transformational change. There were two guest speakers – Hannie van Geel from La Via Campesina and Michael McGaughan, author of Coming Home. While a central theme was …
