"Our forebears endured and sacrificed so much to protect and conserve this island that we share. Our forebears endured and sacrificed so much to get us to this moment. There's an enormous moral obligation on us now to ensure we maintain their legacy. It's vital we adopt the Rights of Nature. "Chosain agus chaomhnaigh ár sinsir dúlra na tíre leis na cianta. Tá sé de dhualgas orainn a chinntiú nach loitfear í i rith ár seal anseo. Tá sé riachtanach go nglacfar le na Rights of Nature." (Manchán Magan, Writer/Broadcaster)
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Book: A political economy of attention, mindfulness and consumerism: reclaiming the mindful commons The process by which capitalist investment seeks to re-engineer and privatize nature, government, social life and even genes and physical matter is at once breathtakingly ambitious and subtle and insidious. The great contribution of Peter Doran’s A Political Economy of Attention, Mindfulness… Continue reading David Bollier’s Preface
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A short film produced in collaboration with EJNI, Ravenhill Films, Newcastle University View here
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Book: A political economy of attention, mindfulness and consumerism: reclaiming the mindful commons The process by which capitalist investment seeks to re-engineer and privatize nature, government, social life and even genes and physical matter is at once breathtakingly ambitious and subtle and insidious. The great contribution of Peter Doran’s A Political Economy of Attention, Mindfulness… Continue reading David Bollier’s Preface
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First, we must grasp that humans consume compulsively—insatiably—in large part because our clever circuit for reward learning now encounters too few sources of small surprise. We may rail against the capitalist manipulations that drive consumption from the top down, but that will not satiate our innate, bottom-up drive to consume. Therefore, social policies should follow… Continue reading Peter Sterling on the Neurology of Consumer Behaviour
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