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  • 6 Jan
    2009
    Who Owns Fairtrade? A debate on who benefits, influences and controls Fairtrade
    24/02/2009 - 18:30
    24/02/2009 - 20:00

    The idea of fair trade has become increasingly popular amongst consumers and some producers. But who does fair-trade really benefit? The producers, the consumers or the farmers?

    Speakers:

  • 5 Dec
    2008
    THE ECONOMIC CRISIS: Towards sustainable economies and livelihoods
    20/01/2009 - 10:00
    20/01/2009 - 16:00

    A day conference organised by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.

  • 26 Nov
    2008
    Interfaith pioneer acclaimed the acceptable face of capitalism

    Sir Sigmund Sternberg, a co-founder of the Three Faiths Forum, which promotes understanding between Christians, Jews and Muslims, has been presented with a Responsible Capitalism Lifetime Achievement Award.

  • 20 Oct
    2008
    Towards an economy worth believing in

    A paper summarising some recent interventions from faith bodies on the debate about economy, globally and locally. It also highlights the historic links between Christian thought/action and oikonomia (the management of the household), some different stances on markets, and Ekklesia's own research paper, Is God bankrupt? - a response to a British and Irish churches' report on 'prosperity with a purpose', published in 2005. A brief update has been included relating to the 2008 credit crunch / banking crisis.

    Simon Barrow
  • 25 Sep
    2008
    Alternatives to Capitalism, Jeremy Vine Show, BBC Radio 2, 25 September 2008
    Radio 2Jonathan Bartley debates with Tim Montgomerie of Conservative Home, the shortcomings o
  • 16 Jun
    2008
    Giving Voice to the Earth
    26/07/2008 - 09:00
    26/07/2008 - 19:00

    A day conference, organised by Peace Brigades International UK, will explore threats to biodiversity and climate change presented by deforestation, pollution and mono-crop cultivation.

  • 22 Apr
    2008
    Unravelling blood, oil and prophets

    The bludgeoning conclusion of Paul Thomas Anderson's much-lauded, Oscar-nominated film "There Will Be Blood," which has recently been released on DVD, features a preacher forced to renounce his faith in God and admit charlatanry. Spencer Dew investigates.

  • 19 Feb
    2008
    Travel Light: Following Jesus in a Consumer Culture
    01/03/2008 - 10:00
    01/03/2008 - 15:00

    The Breathe Conference aims to equip and inspire us to live well for Christ in a consumer culture.

  • 1 Feb
    2008
    Challenging the neo-liberal paradigm

    In a provocative short article in the International Herald Tribune newspaper, Phillip Blond argues that the dominant neo-liberal model of global economy is in crisis, and that both the political right and the political left have failed to understand the nature of the challenge this embodies.

  • 19 Nov
    2007
    Economic growth and solutions to climate change ~ are they compatible?
    21/11/2007 - 18:30

    Are solutions to climate change being hijacked by the pervading pro-economic growth mindset of our time?

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