Date: Wednesday, February 7 at 7.30 p.m
Venue: O’ Cadhain Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
A public lecture, organised by The Centre for the Study of the Platonic Tradition and the Programme in Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies. …
peak oil
Why confusion exists over when the oil peak will occur
This paper argues that the main reason why there is such a wide range of estimates about when oil peak will happen is one of definition: experts differ as to which type of oil we should be most concerned about. …
Response to the Green Paper: Towards a Sustainable Energy Future for Ireland
The Irish Government’s Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources published its Energy Green Paper, a discussion document on the country’s future energy supplies, on October 1st, and invited anyone interested to comment by December 1st. The Green Paper can be downloaded here in pdf format. The 98 comments the Department received have been posted on its website, here. Amazingly, the Green Paper ignored the near-certainty that global oil production will peak within the next 25 years. The only submissions which criticised the Department for this came from Feasta and from people associated with it or influenced by it. …
Life After Oil: Breaking the Habit – David Fleming, Ron Oxburgh, Michael Meacher and Richard Heinberg
Date: November 12-24, 2006
Venue: Schumacher College, The Old Postern, Dartington, Devon TQ9 6EA, UK…
Joined Up Thinking and Sustainability
Two Feasta Courses
The Cultivate Centre for Sustainable Living and Learning hosted two FEASTA courses in autumn 2006. Cultivate is located in Temple Bar (address below) and bookings can be made at Cultivate 01 6745773
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The Economic Challenge of Sustainability
This paper, which was written for CORI Justice, gives an overview of Feasta’s ideas about economic growth, money systems, peak oil, and the need for a land value tax and for citizen carbon quotas.
by Richard Douthwaite and Emer Ó Siochrú
The full document is included below, or download a PDF version.…
