Thursday 8th October 2009

Tackling inequality and climate change – can we do both?

Public services are facing the twin challenges of rising need and increasingly constrained resources. This is in the context of an impending environmental crisis and wider inequalities than the UK has seen since the 1940s. We know that inequalities are socially corrosive, but are they also at the root of climate change? Could climate policy also have a role to play in levelling disparities in wealth? Or should social issues be held secondary before the threat facing everyone is dealt with? Our panel of experts will discuss the relationship between our economic system and the environment and whether, with so many calls on public spending, it is possible to tackle both.

Time: 18.30
Speakers: Kate Pickett, Caroline Lucas, Stephen Spratt.
Chair: TBA
Location: Hub, King’s Cross

To reserve free tickets, please email eva.neitzert@neweconomics.org

Saturday 17th October 2009

Bristol Schumacher Conference: From the Ashes of the Crash

Rebuilding the new economics.

Time: 10.00 – 17.00
Speakers: Andrew Simms, Jayati Ghosh, Stacey Mitchell, David Boyle, Liz Cox, Nick Robins, John Christensen.
Chair: Stewart Wallis
Guest artist: Rory McLeod
Location: Bristol Council House

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Photo by MorBCN

Sunday 18th October 2009

The Bigger Picture: Tales of how it turned out right

nef will be joining artist-activist group PLATFORM and their collaborators as part of C Words, a two-month investigation into carbon, climate, capital and culture, How did you get here and where are we going?

Based on PLATFORM’s 25 years of research, art and action, C Words cross-examines the present and looks to the next two decades. How did we get here? Where are we going? Who’s deciding? Who’s made invisible? Whose future matters? PLATFORM members will be in residence at the Arnolfini Centre throughout the project.

Beginning with the terrible freedom before dusk, we’ll be telling tales of how it could turn out. Scattered here and there, the seeds of a new economy are taking root. Farmers markets, rooftop solar cells, community banks and local shops are multiplying and new currencies emerging. The Ministry of Trying to do Something About It will issue personal ration books exploring value, justice and rationing over a nice cup of tea.

Time: 11.00 – 17.00
Speakers: Andrew Simms, Jayati Ghosh, Stacey Mitchell, David Boyle, Clare Patey, Peter Lipman and many more.
Location: The Arnolfini Centre

Photo by Nico Cavalatto

Friday 23rd October 2009

The Bigger Picture: A celebration of the life and work of Anita Roddick

An invitation-only event for The Bigger Picture, celebrating the life and work of Anita Roddick.

Time: 18.30
Location: Hub, King’s Cross