A guest blog by Ci Davis Degrowth is a word that attracts strong opinions. The opportunity to talk to Jason Hickel, bestselling author of Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World, provides a chance to challenge some of the misrepresentations and misconceptions Jason is a world-renowned political economist, and ICREA Professor ICTA-UAB, andContinueContinue reading “Degrowth: A 21st Century Revolution”
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Sheffield City Council Gambles on Economic Growth to Produce Prosperity
A guest blog by Ci Davis Councillors have adopted ‘Sheffield’s Growth Plan 2025-2035’, endorsing Cllr Tom Hunt’s Foreword to the report that states, “strong and sustained economic growth is the route to Sheffield being a more prosperous City”. This is not surprising, there is an assumption that economic growth means progress or well-being, and allContinueContinue reading “Sheffield City Council Gambles on Economic Growth to Produce Prosperity”
South Yorkshire Citizens Assembly findings fraught with delays.
A guest blog by Ci Davis One hundred people, selected as a representative cross-section of the South Yorkshire population, met between October and December 2023 as members of the South Yorkshire Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change; I was one of the members. We were asked “to consider how we might respond to climate change andContinueContinue reading “South Yorkshire Citizens Assembly findings fraught with delays.”
The South Yorkshire Citizen’s Assembly On Climate- a participants view.
A guest blog by Ci Davis Four years ago, I sat with some other people from Extinction Rebellion in the office of Cllr Mark Jones, and we placed our Third Demand to him, urging for a Citizen’s Assembly (CA) to address the Climate Emergency, that the council had just declared. Our representative democracy is clearlyContinueContinue reading “The South Yorkshire Citizen’s Assembly On Climate- a participants view.”
