Posts tagged with: sustainability

Can anthropology shed light on the financial crisis?

December 2, 2010 – 11:42 pm by Jo Poole

Posted in Investment, Uncategorized, Zero Growth Economy

At the recent Quaker Business Conference 2010, senior Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett explained why she thought the answer to the above question is ‘yes’. Before becoming a journalist, Gillian worked as a social anthropologist in Soviet Tajikistan while studying for a PhD. One of the things anthropologists observe is what is discussed and, perhaps [...]

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On acquiring the courage – and the means – to change things …

June 9, 2010 – 10:31 am by Tony Weekes

Posted in Better World Economics, Zero Growth Economy

On the wall of my mother’s bedroom were the words of the serenity prayer: “God, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change and the courage to change the things I can….” As our political leaders ignore the serious proposals for a new economics and a new economy – wheeling out, once [...]

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James Bruges

October 6, 2009 – 3:34 pm by James

Posted in About the bloggers

My name is James Bruges but hyphenated with my wife, Marion, as Wells-Bruges at Redland Meeting. I have served on the Quaker Economics Issues Group. I was an architect in Bristol and then took to writing. The Little Earth Book kept me busy through four editions. The Big Earth Book followed. I have just finished [...]

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Developers’ profit v local sustainability?

September 30, 2009 – 9:36 pm by cyn

Posted in Zero Growth Economy

I was at a public meeting last  night organised by our parish council to discuss the Borough Council’s options paper and core strategy which are part of the new planning  process, the Local Development Framework, which government  has introduced to replace the old Local Plan process. Gone are the direct questions about whether to support [...]

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