February 16, 2010 – 12:36 am by Jo Poole
Building truth & integrity through our business:
Sustainable supply chains, carbon neutral, & well-being for people and the business.
Saturday, 24th April 2010, 0900 – 1600
Friends Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, BRISTOL BS6 6JE
Full details and booking information
This is our first meeting in the west country, and I hope to many of you are able to [...]
February 5, 2010 – 4:52 pm by suzannei
Thursday 4th March 6-8pm
The Quaker Centre 6-8pm Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London
A discussion with Tim Jackson and Kate Pickett, facilitated by Susan Seymour
Tim Jackson’s Prosperity Without Growth: Economics For a Finite Planet argues that the ecosystems that sustain our economies are collapsing under the impact of rising consumption and that we must devise a [...]
February 4, 2010 – 1:11 pm by Tony Weekes
The ECCR meeting on The Future of Banking (which took place at Friends House in mid November) has not – to my knowledge – been mentioned in Quakernomics. One of the speakers was particularly critical of the policies of the overseas loan and investment side of the work of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), [...]
January 12, 2010 – 7:49 pm by Jo Poole
The following events are scheduled for this year. More details will be posted as they approach here and on our main website, meanwhile I offer the following dates for your diaries.
Spring Gathering
Saturday, 24th April 2010. 0900 – 1700,
Friends Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, Bristol, BS6 6JE
Q&B Annual Gathering of Non-executive Directors
24-25th May 2010
Woodbrooke Quaker [...]
January 5, 2010 – 5:14 pm by suzannei
At this event, hosted by the New Economics Foundation, leading environmental economists will discuss the possibility of an international network promoting de-growth, and steady-state economies.
Speakers include Dr Stephen Spratt (nef), Dr Tim Jackson (nef fellow and author of Prosperity without Growth), Dr. Mauro Bonaiuti (University of Turin), Leida Rijnhout (ANPED) and Andre Reiche (Stuttgart University)
Tuesday 12 [...]
December 10, 2009 – 6:50 pm by test
Tagged international
London based Quakernomics users may be interested to attend a screening of the award-winning documentary ‘The End of Poverty?’ at the British Film Institute (BFI) in London on the 12th December at 2pm.
The screening, hosted by BFI and Share The World’s Resources, will be followed by a panel discussion featuring:
Irene Khan – Secretary General of Amnesty [...]
December 8, 2009 – 10:46 am by Susan Seymour
This event webcast live from the Trinity Institute in New York on 28/29 January to the St Pauls Institute in London seems very relevant to the Quakernomics debate.
http://justshare.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trinity-institute-invitation.pdf
Does Theology Have a Role In Shaping a New Economy?
At Trinity Institute’s 2010 Conference you’ll have an opportunity to help define the answer.
Whatever happens in the world economy [...]
November 3, 2009 – 1:12 pm by Jo Poole
Quakers & Business Group conference 2009
Wednesday 25th November 2009
0900 – 1700
Friends House, Euston, London
* A one-day event looking at successful ethical business from sole-traders to structured organizations.
* Using the Quaker Business Method, you will discern true business success for your business in this time of ethical turmoil.
* The day will include the option to follow [...]
October 23, 2009 – 4:31 pm by Sunniva
An Economics Fit for a Low-Carbon Future
Methodist Central Hall, Westminster
Mon 2nd November. 4pm-6pm
Speakers include:
Prof Tim Jackson, Economics Commissioner, SDC
Jo Swinson MP, Chair, All Party Parliamentary group on Wellbeing Economics
Lord Anthony Giddens, Emeritus Professor, LSE, author The Politics of Climate Change
Ed Crooks, Energy Editor, the Financial Times
The event is to make the launch of Tim [...]
October 21, 2009 – 4:31 pm by Simon Bond
Tagged green
Anne Pettifor in Reading
Anne Pettifor (who helped launch Jubilee 2000 and is one of the authors of the Green New Deal) gave a very interesting talk at Reading University yesterday (20th October). Her main focus was on the role of money in the economy and how it is created by the banks. She argued for [...]
