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Category Archives: Living Well
Well-Being and the Viable Economy
A report on our café conversation on Well-Being and the Viable Economy: Monday 23 May. We had vibrant (and noisy) discussions about well-being and the viable economy at the latest of our Steady State Manchester conversations. We used Ketso (www.ketso.com) … Continue reading
Posted in event reports, Living Well, Viable Economy
Tagged café conversations, Carolyn Kagan, community, events, Ketso, policy, viable economy, well-being
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Building a picture of well-being in a viable economy
Our next cafe conversation will be on Monday 23rd May, at Cross Street Chapel, Manchester M2 1NL. 6.30-8.30pm Book now When it comes to happiness, social progress or well-being indexes, we are not in the top … Continue reading
Posted in event reports, events, international, Living Well, news
Tagged café conversations, EU Referendum, Europe, events, well-being
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The Viable Economy serialised – About Consumerism
We continue the serialisation of our intervention, The Viable Economy, this time with Chapter 11, “About Consumerism”, in which we make it clear that our opposition is not to individual people as consumers (calling for behaviour change), but to the … Continue reading
Trapped in techno-scientism; is this hindering Manchester becoming an eco-city? | Platform
Trapped in techno-scientism; is this hindering Manchester becoming an eco-city? | Platform. This is a provocative and very well written article by Nadine Andrews on the shortcomings of the dominant ideology, and hence strategies, here in Greater Manchester. It does … Continue reading
Posted in further reading, key concepts, Living Well, theory
Tagged climate change, culture, economic growth, growth, Nadine Andrews, technology, world views
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▶ Working less for economic, social and ecological wellbeing
▶ Audioboo / Would the world be better if we worked less?. Nice to hear some coverage of this on today’s Radio 4 Today programme: Andrew Simms from nef. Shorter hours is one of the ideas we present in In … Continue reading
Posted in economics, In Place of Growth, LinkedIn, Living Well, working time
Tagged bbc, nef, working time
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Our first reports published: “In Place of Growth” and “Living Well”
Steady State #Manchester is pleased to present its first two reports, In Place of Growth and Living Well. We have a launch event on 20 November details here. Both are published here in .pdf format. We can supply other versions … Continue reading
Posted in economics, further reading, In Place of Growth, LinkedIn, Living Well, news, Practical Solidarity, Reports, upcoming events
Tagged bioregion, countering arguments against steady-state, economy, Global South, growth, local currency, majority world, Plan C, social justice, solidarity
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