Around the world, there is a growing awareness that we are living through a unique moment in human history. Never before has the need for systemic change been more obvious or more urgent. The next 20-30 years portend massive implications for future generations, and radically re-shaping human systems to function within ecological limits while fostering social and economic justice is now imperative for people and planet. This seminar explores how democratising and humanising our economies is central to any viable alternative for the kind of system change that puts people and the planet before profits. Using examples from co-operative economies around the world, John Restakis reflects on the principles, practices, and pathways that underpin a transformative vision for a new political economy.
AUDIO – https://archive.org/details/John_Restakis_Mar_2018
SLIDES – https://archive.org/details/HumanizingTheEconomyPoliticalEconomyForPeoplePlanet
John Restakis is Executive Director of Community Evolution Foundation and former ED of the BC Co-operative Association in Vancouver, a position he held for sixteen years. He is Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Sustainable Community Development, Simon Fraser University, BC and is Research Associate for Co-operatives UK.
Hosted by the Geopolitics and Justice Research Cluster together with the School of Geography & Archeology.
Thu Mar 15th 4pm – Seminar Room 113, Department of Geography, NUI Galway
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