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Feasta submission on the European Commissions’ Economic Framework Review

This submission recommends that the existing EU economic governance framework be replaced by 'guard rails' that would ensure that environmental limits are not exceeded, and that nobody is put in danger by a rapidly transforming, and at times highly volatile and unstable, economy.

Podcast: Symbiosis and system change – potential lessons from mycology

Bill O'Dea, a specialist in mycology, talks with Seán Ò Conlaín and Caroline Whyte about the immense contribution that fungi make to the biosphere, the threats they are facing, and how their complex symbiotic relationship with other species could help to provide inspiration for the societal and economic changes that are needed to achieve a sustainable economy.

COP-26 Week 2 Update

Mike Sandler provides some reflections at the end of COP-26.

COP-26 Week 1 Update

Mike Sandler does a roundup of the news from the first week of COP-26, with input from youth delegate Saoirse Exton.

The Ministry for the Future: Book review by Mike Sandler

"The Ministry for the Future, and its author Kim Stanley Robinson (KSR), advance important ideas into the public sphere, and should be celebrated and promoted widely....but I do need to address the “Carbon Coin” in the room," writes Mike Sandler.

Breakdown or breakthrough?: Catalysing the Wellbeing Economy – event on October 19

The official launch of Ireland's Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) Hub featured Kate Raworth of Doughnut Economics and Katherine Trebeck of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. They joined with Jennifer Wallace of the Carnegie UK Trust, core members of the new WEAll Hub for Ireland, the Irish Doughnut Economics Network and other local Irish activists, North and South.

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