Economics
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Excerpt from “De-Growth in the Suburbs, A Radical Urban Imaginary. “
Over the next 4 weeks we will be sharing with you excerpt from Samuel Alexander and Brendan Gleeson’s new book, “Degrowth…
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Not Getting Burned Anymore
Sometimes I wonder if all of the modern ailments, which seem ever more numerous as the years pass, are really…
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How Well Do Data and Sustainability Go Together?
Recently I asked the question ‘should we debate the future of our cities?’. Topics that come to mind include whether…
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Understanding Urban Agriculture – Part 3, Calculating the Food Production Potential of a City
It has been well said that we do not see things as they are, but as we are ourselves. Every…
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Understanding Urban Agriculture – Part 2, Productivity, Potential and Possibilities
This is part two of a series of articles Angelo is writing, for part one please visit: https://www.permaculturenews.org/2016/10/05/understanding-urban-agriculture-part-1-present-state-historical-context/ People who…
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Money Is Not the Motive
What’s the use of happiness? It can’t buy you money. Henny Youngman I can’t say money doesn’t matter. A lack…
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The Food Forest: A Shining Example Of Permaculture in Australia
A direct pupil of Bill Mollison, the father of permaculture, Geoff Lawton takes his decades of experience on the road,…
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Film – A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (Premiere)
The overlapping economic, environmental, and cultural crises of our times can seem overwhelming, can seem like challenges so great and…
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Policies for a Post-Growth Economy
The 1972 publication of Limits to Growth sparked a controversy that has yet to subside. This book argued that if…
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Voluntary Frugality
This time, I’ve moved beyond dipping in here and there and really started to read David Holmgren’s Permaculture: Principles &…
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Organic Farming gets a Break
Are you an organic farmer trying to avoid paying promotion and marketing fees? Until recently you were straight out of…
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Fossil Fuel the Tipping Point – Structural Decline of Coal
Coal is being squeezed out by an increased tightening of environmental laws which might give a future outlook for other…
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