People across Bristol are grappling with massive increases in energy bills, the impact of inflation on everything from rent to buying weekly shops – and on top of that we now face a supply chain crisis which means things like Basics of life like tomatoes no longer exist on the shelf.
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The city has a history of activism — most recently in the international news when Black Lives Matter protesters tore down a statue of Edward Colston in the harbor to end veneration for the city’s British slave owners.
Activists, community leaders, academics, and those living in cities at the end of the current crisis have realized why—the climate crisis has affected salad crops in Spain, the war in Ukraine has pushed up gas prices across Europe, and everything from the Covid crisis to Slow recovery and lead to higher prices. But what can “heterodox” economics add to our understanding of our current predicament?
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Dr Ann Pettifor, Political Economist and The case for the Green New Deal, will be small is the future Events in Bristol on Saturday 17 June 2023 ecologist In cooperation with the Schumacher Institute.
She will discuss the transition to a low-carbon economy, which is now needed to avoid the climate crisis – but which will also create well-paying, secure jobs for people in Bristol, as it does for people across the country.
Professor Herbert Girardet will discuss how to transform Bristol from an oil city dependent on fossil fuels and extractive industries to an eco-city that produces its own food and commodities and regenerates the natural environment. Professor Girardet is our author abnormal series and Trustees of the Resurgence Trust, which publishes ecologist.
Dr James Meadway, director of the Progressive Economy Forum, will explain how seemingly disparate crises – environmental, social and economic – are intertwined and have the same roots. He will also advocate for major policy changes domestically and internationally.
The event will also include a panel discussion with Satish Kumar, Editor Emeritus Revival and Ecologists Magazine, Amy Hall, Co-editor new internationalistand Ruth Bergan, a Bristol resident and director of the Trade Justice Campaign.
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The United Nations predicts that by 2050, 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas such as Bristol. We know that global warming of 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels is now largely inevitable, and a catastrophic 3 degrees warming is a very real possibility. We have no choice but to revolutionize the way we live together in our cities.
