
Schumacher Centenary Research Day
FREE event with speakers and group discussions
Social and Economic crisis: what has the sustainability movement got to offer?
Friday 7th October; 10.30 – 5.30pm, Room 410, 35 Berkeley Square, GSOE, University of Bristol
This event is FREE but we will ask for £3.00 for tea and coffee, bring your own lunch. We need numbers for this so please register at: http://wwwschumachercentenaryresearchday.eventbrite.com/
A day of talks and discussion focussing on questions of sustainability and the ‘Big Society’ drawing on contemporary aspects of the work of E.F. Schumacher
Some themes:
· relations between state, regional and local forms – linked to questions of participatory democracy
· social justice and equity along with ecological health
· new options for governance that the sustainability movement might want to propose
· recession and sustainability and/or no-growth economics
More information about the programme for the day can be found here
You can register here
If there is anything else you would like to know contact lucy @ schumacherinstitute.org.uk