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Economy ‘fit for purpose’ needs democracy ‘fit for purpose’

lightbulbI went to an excellent Sustainable Development Commission/Earthscan panel discussion yesterday afternoon for the launch of Professor Tim Jackson’s new book, “Prosperity without Growth”. Other panelists were Professor Lord Tony Giddens, Jo Swinson MP and Ed Crooks.

The discussion was based on…

Examples of parliamentary innovation for sustainable development: Hungary, Finland, Israel.. and the UK?

lightbulbOne common question in our work is ‘what sorts of changes could help to get democracy working for sustainable development? Give me some examples’.

One answer is to point to existing examples of innovations designed to help parliaments to integrate long-term thinking…