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Swimming in a New Sea: creating a different world of money with Jonathan Dawson of Schumacher College
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Swimming in a New Sea: creating a different world of money with Jonathan Dawson of Schumacher College
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64 minutes
Released:
Apr 21, 2021
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Jonathan Dawson, co-creator of the Masters in Regenerative Economics at Schumacher college, is a sustainability educator and a former President of the Global Ecovillage Network. He has around 20 years experience as a researcher, author, consultant and project manager in the field of small enterprise development in Africa and South Asia and before joining the College he was a long-term resident at the Findhorn ecovillage.Jonathan is the principal author of the Gaia Education sustainable economy curriculum www.gaiaeducation.org, drawn from best practice within ecovillages worldwide, that has been endorsed by UNITAR and adopted by UNESCO as a valuable contribution to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. He teaches this curriculum at universities, ecovillages and community centres in Brazil, Spain and Scotland. He has also adopted the curriculum to virtual format and teaches it through the Open University of Catalunya in Barcelona.In this week's wide-ranging discussion, we explore the differences between the hard, mechanistic view of economics and the wider, more regenerative view that is based in moral philosophy. From there, we look at the ways we can change the stories we tell ourselves about value and worth and the ways we are moving forward in an ever-changing world. Links: Articles: DAWSON J. Teaching Economics for the 21st Century, Resilience.org. http://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-10-06/teaching-economics-for-the-21st-centuryDAWSON J. Changing Stories: Using narrative to shift societal values, Resurgence (March, 2015) http://newstoryhub.com/2014/08/changing-stories-using-narrative-to-shift-societal-values/DAWSON J. A wave of disruption is sweeping in to challenge neoliberalism, Guardian, March 12, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/mar/12/disruption-challenge-neoliberalism-commons-political-systemBooks: Kate Raworth: Doughnut Economics https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Doughnut-Economics-by-Kate-Raworth-author/9781847941398Mariana Mazzucato: The Mission Economy: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Mission-Economy-by-Mariana-Mazzucato-author/9780241419731Tim Jackson: Post Growth: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Post-Growth-by-Tim-Jackson-author/9781509542529Kim Stanley Robinson: The Ministry for the Future (fiction): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Ministry-for-the-Future-by-Kim-Stanley-Robinson-author/9780356508832Bill Gates: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/How-to-Avoid-a-Climate-Disaster-by-Bill-Gates-author/9780241448304TED TALKRupert Sheldrake (banned by TED) https://youtu.be/JKHUaNAxsTg
Released:
Apr 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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