Make Money Matter

So we have this situation where the whole world is run on the assumption that economic growth is the major goal and all other aims like human happiness, humans having enough to eat and rare species being allowed to exist, that sort of thing, are secondary to that. We have this situation where we have … Continue reading →

Real Wealth and All That

Above image happily kidnapped from  ‘Essence of Life’ facebook page. My friend posted this picture-quote on her facebook wall the other day and I thought it was brilliant. So I’m sharing it with you! (At least partially because today is too much of a lazy Sunday for me to write one of the articles brewing … Continue reading →

On Wealth and Money

I think a major problem with our current global economic system is that we have confused money with wealth. This is something that came up in The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy and I think it couldn’t be more true. Allow me to quote: They have failed to follow the fundamental truth that money is not … Continue reading →

What’s Wrong with Money?

What’s wrong with money? Nothing, intrinsically. But it gets in the way. The monetary system is a system based on debt,  scarcity and never ending growth. The first two aren’t very nice and the third is impossible, so it strikes me this isn’t a very good tripod to place our lives on. I’m no economist, … Continue reading →

Here’s something I wrote earlier…

It’s nearing that time of year. I’d like to share with you a column I wrote last year for my college newspaper about Christmas. It’s fairly cynical, but it paves the way for my more positive response this year. Enjoy! At the time of writing it’s twenty-three days until Christmas. Without a doubt the holiday … Continue reading →