Saturday 17 October 2009
CHAIR: Stewart Wallis, Executive Director of nef
LECTURES
Jayati Ghosh THE MARKET THAT FAILED
Andrew Simms THE TERRIBLE FREEDOM BEFORE THE DUSK
Stacy Mitchell A NEW DEAL FOR LOCAL ECONOMIES
WORKSHOPS
David Boyle on local money flows
John Christensen The Attack on Democracy: tax havens as the engines of chaos
Liz Cox & Ciaran Mundy
Transition to a Low Carbon High Well being Future
Nick Robins Investing in a Low Carbon Economy
Guest Artist: Rory McLeod
In partnership with nef (new economics foundation)
BRISTOL SCHUMACHER CONFERENCE 2009
Chair: Jonathon Porritt
TRANSFORMING ECONOMIC LIFE
A Millennial Challenge
by James Robertson
Rob Hopkins of Transition Towns Networks was awarded the 2008 Schumacher Award at the Bristol Schumacher Lectures.
Saturday 24 October
350 - International Day of Climate Action
On 24 October, people in 181 countries came together for the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet's history. At over 5200 events around the world, people gathered to call for strong action and bold leadership on the climate crisis.
www.350.org