Shut It Down
I doubt that readers who are not already activists will have heard of Lisa Fithian who, as it says on the back of this powerful…… Read More »
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
FROM WHAT IS TO WHAT IF
Rob Hopkins is best known for his role in co-founding Transition Town Totnes and Transition Network (transitionnetwork.org). He supports the vision of the World Social…… Read More »
THE MYTH GAP
With his extensive background as an activist and policy adviser to the British government and the UN, Alex is in a unique position to reflect…… Read More »
FUTURE POLITICS
It is not surprising that this brilliant and ground-breaking book was chosen as a Guardian book of the day and Prospect and Evening Standard book…… Read More »
The Living Wisdom of Trees
Fred Hageneder is a naturalist and harpist as well as being a co-founder of the Ancient Yew Group and the author of other books on…… Read More »
Simplify
Authors: Bob Hillary, Rosie Balyuzi
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
This is a delightful and highly practical book by a man who experimented in living off-grid in a yurt and is appropriately subtitled 'how to…… Read More »
After #MeToo
This book is a robust critical analysis of the #MeToo movement within the context of radical feminism by an emeritus professor of philosophy. It is…… Read More »
The Populist Manifesto
Authors: Andy Knott, Emmy Ecklundh
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
Given the current prevalence of both left and right wing populism, this volume invites readers to stand back and provides a provocative conceptual analysis of…… Read More »
How the West Was Lost
Civilisational decline is a theme raised elsewhere in this issue in books by William Ophuls and John Reed. This stimulating analysis proposes a diagnosis of…… Read More »
Pro Truth
This is an important, timely and practical book about how to reverse the trend towards post-truth politics, fake news and viral deception. Its starting point…… Read More »