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Videos & articles to accompany upcoming book on new economy built around mutual credit

Low Impact

I have a contract to produce a book about growing a new economy ‘in the cracks in capitalism’, with mutual credit at the core. This article is a listing of key resources: video interviews I’ve done with relevant people whilst researching the book, plus articles providing additional information. Book information.

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The growing popularity of degrowth

Grist

My work buddy Lucy gets on two stops down, always with a pair of scones, wheeling her bike next to mine in the locker downstairs before joining me in the sunny coach section. Twice a week, this; twice a week, we co-work from a cafe in the suburbs. “And one of the central ideas of degrowth is shorter working hours.”

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Paul Polman on his new book and 'courageous companies'

Business Green

Joel Makower talks to the former Unilever boss about his new book, 'Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take'. An icon of sustainable business has a new book. Joel Makower: So, Paul, this is your first book. What inspired you to write a book? How is this different?

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Q&A: ‘Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action’

DeSmogBlog

What will it take for the world to finally rally around rapid, sustained climate action? Fisher answers this critical question in her new book, Saving Ourselves: Climate Shocks to Climate Action. Michaela Herrmann: One of the core things you talked about in the book is a “climate shock.” Professor Dana R.

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How Canada’s Oil Sands ‘Bankrolled the Assault on Truth’

DeSmogBlog

These oil sands, sometimes called “tar sands,” which lie in northern Alberta, are one of the largest oil reserves in the world. These oil sands, sometimes called “tar sands,” which lie in northern Alberta, are one of the largest oil reserves in the world. and Canadian politics even today. It chose the oil sands.

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The conventional wisdom on how to talk about climate change? It’s wrong.

Grist

Faith Kearns thought she knew how to talk about science. In 2008, she was working in a fire center at the University of California, Berkeley, not long after getting her doctorate there. Kearns had already worked in communications for years. That really forced me into a reckoning about what science communication is,” she said.

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'We put climate change back on the political agenda': Assessing Extinction Rebellion's impact three years on

Business Green

Lawyer and activist Farhana Yamin considers XR’s cultural, political, and business impact three years after it drove London to a standstill in 2019. The world is in a fractious state - geopolitically, economically, and climatically.