"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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[i]A call for a new political economy of attention: mindfulness as a new commons Peter Doran Our corporate culture has effectively severed us from human imagination. Our electronic devices intrude deeper and deeper into spaces that were once reserved for solitude, reflection and privacy. Our airwaves are filled with the tawdry and the… Continue reading A call for a new political economy of attention – Part One
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22 September 2015 Nobody gets up in the morning and says to herself: ‘That’s a fine day to accelerate climate change and put the world on course for concentrations that are unprecedented in human history.’ Nobody – at least I hope – gets up in the morning and celebrates the fact that we are living… Continue reading ADDRESS TO THE ENVIRONMENT WEEK SESSION AT PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS – OPEN GOVERNMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
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Nipun Mehta is the founder of ServiceSpace (formerly CharityFocus), an incubator of projects that works at the intersection of volunteerism, technology and gift-economy.Writing in Open Democracy (28.01.15) he – characteristically – puts his finger on the tensions invoked by the new langauge of the ‘gift economy’ once it becomes embedded within the discourses of the… Continue reading An Ecology of Peace Building – The Politics of Emergence
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The Political Economy of Attention – Mindful Commons and Wellbeing When everything counts, of course you have to count everything! The drive for more comprehensive measurement is entirely consistent with the biopolitics of neoliberalism and ‘cognitive capitalism’. In the meantime it is being lauded as part of the ‘Beyond GDP’ and wellbeing agenda. Cognitive capitalism… Continue reading Biopolitics, the Attention Economy and Wellbeing:In the ‘attention economy’, resistance and awareness are no longer strangers.
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You are welcome to comment on my draft chapters for an upcoming title, ‘Political Economy of Attention’
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22 September 2015 Nobody gets up in the morning and says to herself: ‘That’s a fine day to accelerate climate change and put the world on course for concentrations that are unprecedented in human history.’ Nobody – at least I hope – gets up in the morning and celebrates the fact that we are living… Continue reading ADDRESS TO THE ENVIRONMENT WEEK SESSION AT PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS – OPEN GOVERNMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
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Nipun Mehta is the founder of ServiceSpace (formerly CharityFocus), an incubator of projects that works at the intersection of volunteerism, technology and gift-economy.Writing in Open Democracy (28.01.15) he – characteristically – puts his finger on the tensions invoked by the new langauge of the ‘gift economy’ once it becomes embedded within the discourses of the… Continue reading An Ecology of Peace Building – The Politics of Emergence
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The Political Economy of Attention – Mindful Commons and Wellbeing When everything counts, of course you have to count everything! The drive for more comprehensive measurement is entirely consistent with the biopolitics of neoliberalism and ‘cognitive capitalism’. In the meantime it is being lauded as part of the ‘Beyond GDP’ and wellbeing agenda. Cognitive capitalism… Continue reading Biopolitics, the Attention Economy and Wellbeing:In the ‘attention economy’, resistance and awareness are no longer strangers.
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You are welcome to comment on my draft chapters for an upcoming title, ‘Political Economy of Attention’
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