Time: 7pm, Friday August 1 A kilogram of beef contains between 15,000 and 100,000 litres of embodied water. For every kilogram of wheat grown in Australia, seven kilograms of topsoil are lost. We give lip service to concerns about peak oil and greenhouse gases, yet...
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Film Night – Global Haywire
Tuesday July 22nd at 6.45pm for 7pm, Level 1/ 27 Hardware Lane, Melb Join us for a warm night of films! See the Earthsharing Challenge film Who Owns Anglesea? This 10 minute short film shines a spotlight on housing affordability and how this effects the seaside town...
Economics for Activists
Short Course: Tues Oct 14th - Nov 11th, 6.15 - 8pm Following last years highly successful economics for activists series of workshops, Karl Fitzgerald is set to help join the dots between the myriad of issues facing solid citizens in this day and age. Designed for...
Affordable Housing & Community Land Trusts
Monday April 21st, 7pm, Prosper Australia rooms, free Inspired by the gammut of short sighted housing policies dominating the press, Prosper Australia has invited our resident expert Leo Foley to discuss the role of Community Land Trusts in assisting housing...
Deeper in Debt
Thursday March 13th, 7.00pm, Frank Halkyard Library, Prosper Australia rooms in conversation with Bryan Kavanagh Join leading economics commentator Steve Keen as he discusses his new report Deeper in Debt. (PDF, 1.5MB) Assoc Professor Keen, author of Debunking...
The Comics of Economics
7pm, January 10th, Horses Bazaar, 397 Little Lonsdale Street Be part of a world first as international comedian Ross Ashcroft (London) delivers his first geonomics based comedy routine! Yes its time we took the mickey out of our two dimensional economic system and...
Frank De Jong Tour Itinerary
Frank De Jong's confirmed appearances: Sat July 14th, National Greens Convention (Green Members only) Tues 17th, "Speculating on the Earth's Future", Whitehorse Greens, Place: Meeting Room 1, Box Hill Library (Entrance just to left of main library entrance in...
True Cost Economics Forum
"Economics - the fast track to Sustainability" Friday July 20th The 2007 TCE Forum will feature Frank De Jong, leader of the Ontario Greens (Canada). He is an expert on environmental economics, having coined the term 'the invisible green hand' of market forces. Frank...
Unlocking the Riches of Oz
Fri June 15th, 7.15pm The launch of Bryan Kavanagh's (LVRG) groundbreaking report Bryan Kavanagh will take us through his world leading statistics, analysing economic trends over the 34 years the report covers. He will deliver insights on how the property market is...
Economics for Activists
Tuesday evenings in May, 6.15pm - 8pm, starting May 1st Ever wanted to read between the lines of the newspaper? Arm yourself with the tools of modern warfare as Karl Fitzgerald takes you through the key understandings required to 'follow the money'. Topics covered:...