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Exploring options for collaboration
Brighton, 15 April 2013
Along with the Brighton and Hove Food Partnership and Elona Hoover at Brighton University, Rachael Durrant and Rebecca White of the SLRG ran a day long workshop looking at community-university links around sustainable food systems on the 15th of April. It was attended by 30 people representing civil society organisations, grassroots community groups, Sussex and Brighton Universities, the County Council and food enterprises.
Workshop by Tim Jackson and Peter Victor, Toronto 1 May 2013
The Metcalf Foundation’s Environment Program invites you to an informative and lively event, featuring two leading thinkers on issues of growth and environmental and economic sustainability: Tim Jackson and Peter Victor. Professor Jackson will present the work he and Professor Victor are currently conducting, as Metcalf Fellows, to interpret what green economy means at community scale...Read more
Bronwyn Hayward on »Rethinking Citizenship - Education in Times of Crisis«, 24 April 2013
The online seminar will focus on her research into ways to support children as citizens experiencing dangerous environmental change including: climate change, socio-environmental deprivation and natural hazards. She will draw in particular on the role of schools in supporting communities through difficult times - drawing on the many earthquakes that her home city of Christchurch New Zealand has suffered...Read more
Tim Jackson on Economics for a Finite Planet at University of Cambridge, 20 March 2013
The Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Cambridge are designed to attract speakers of international standing and repute to give their views on Sustainable Development. Speakers include leading experts from Cambridge University as well as from other leading universities, government bodies, multi-national corporations and international organisations. The lecture can be followed here.
Tim Jackson interviewed by Kajsa Boglind, Sveriges Radio
Tim Jackson was interviewed for the Swedish Radio programme Konflikt, broadcast on Swedish national radio on Saturday March 9th. The interview with radio journalist Kajsa Boglind explored what Prof Jackson calls the myth of growth - the idea that only economic growth can provide for economic stability and social progress - one of the defining ideologies of modern capitalism. ...Listen to the interview here.
Dr Bronwyn Hayward appointed Trustee
SLRG Visiting Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Canterbury, Dr Bronwyn Hayward has been appointed new trustee to the Telecom Foundation New Zealand, the umbrella organisation for the Telecom’s charitable initiatives.
Tim Jackson on Huffington Post Live Panel
Whether you work from home or in an office, part-time or full-time, the 9 to 5 dynamic has evolved. Is an economic future with fewer jobs & fewer work hours inevitable? Tim Jackson speaks at online panel discussion on Huffington Post live about work productivity and implications of quantity versus quality. ...Read more
SLRG Director, Tim Jackson, featured in an Austrian documentary
Green Policies that are killing Nature, a film by Ulrich Eichelmann, Austria 2012
The documentary explores the limitations of prevailing responses to climate change, in particular the concept of ‘green growth’. It takes you behind the scenes of energy policies disguised as green solutions to climate change. ...Read more
Tim Jackson in discussion with Tomáš Sedláček, 2 March 2013
Our society is confronted with a profound dilemma. On the one hand, we need economic growth to secure social wellbeing. On the other hand, we are now demanding more from our planet than it can bear. This dilemma is the starting point for 'Prosperity Without Growth. Economics for a Finite Planet' by the British professor Tim Jackson. On 2nd March he visits Mind the Book – a Belgian book festival held this year in Antwerp – to discuss his work with Tomáš Sedláček, renowned Czech economist and author of the Economics of Good and Evil.
Ian Christie joins O2/Telefonica UK sustainable development advisory panel
Ian Christie, Research Fellow in the Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group and the Centre for Environmental Strategy has been appointed to the Sustainable Development Expert Advisory Panel for 02/Telefonica UK. The Panel is chaired by Jonathon Porritt and includes external representatives from academic life, business and NGOs.
Keynote by Tim Jackson, 01 February 2013
Tim Jackson speaks at Interdisciplinary Symposium on Sustainable Development in Namur, Belgium: Saving the Green Economy: prosperity, sustainability and work "after the crisis". ... Find Livestream here.
Tim Jackson speaks at Interdisciplinary Symposium on Sustainable Development in Namur, Belgium: Saving the Green Economy: prosperity, sustainability and work "after the crisis". ... Find Livestream here.
