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Is property more than just a commodity?
Dr Jonathan Burnside, January 2008
Price: FREE
Dr Jonathan Burnside discusses whether we should view property as more than just a commodity.
Keywords: The Environment
Insight: Is GDP an adequate measure of growth?
Dr Michael Schluter, January 2008
Price: FREE
In this five minute video, Dr Michael Schluter talks about the limitations of defining growth by GDP and suggests an alternative pattern for growth.
Keywords: Finance & the Economy
National policy issues & dilemmas
Paul Chambers, January 2008
Price: FREE
A consideration of national policy issues and dilemmas surrounding the climate change debate from our January 2008 conference by Dr Paul Chambers, who worked on climate
and energy policy for Defra, the Government's environment department.
Keywords: The Environment
Environment & development: Sudan
Brendan Bromwich, January 2008
Price: FREE
A case study from Sudan into the environment and development.
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs, The Environment
Church, community & household responses to climate change
Nick Spencer, January 2008
Price: FREE
An examination of possible church, community and household responses to climate change.
Keywords: The Environment
Biblical law - Humanity & the environment
Jonathan Burnside, January 2008
Price: FREE
This talk explores the complex relationship between humanity and the environment. There are four main ways in which this relationship is structured, according to the biblical materials: the creation narrative, divine judgements in the primeval history, the ‘post-diluvian’ blessing conferred by God upon humanity, and the ‘eco-laws’ in biblical law.
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, The Environment
Biblical law - People & land
Jonathan Burnside, January 2008
Price: FREE
Law and narrative work together to regulate the relationship between people and land. A key aspect of this narrative is divine ownership, which impacts on the practice of land ownership. This talk looks at different aspects of biblical land ownership although, as with biblical law, the focus is on rural land rather than urban property. The main focus will be on the ‘spectrum of sabbaths’ in biblical law, including the weekly sabbath, the sabbatical year and the jubilee year.
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, The Environment
Global warming international policy issues & dilemmas
Sir Brian Heap, January 2008
Price: FREE
This talk was given by the former Vice-President and Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society at our January 2008 conference. In it he considers: impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; world population growth; Millennium Development Goals; food production; GM crops; consumption.
Keywords: The Environment
Climate change - a Christian perspective
Sir John Houghton, January 2008
Price: FREE
In this talk the co-chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Scientific Assessment working group 1988-2002 presents what he believes to be the impact of climate change. He goes on to explain the IPCC process, the relationships between Christianity and climate change in the US, what he calls the "Denial Industry", concluding with the moral and Christian imperatives to take action.
Keywords: The Environment
New patterns of growth (talk)
Michael Schluter, January 2008
Price: FREE
This opening plenary talk to our January 2008 conference defines the term 'pattern of growth', looks at past and present patterns of growth, and considers the biblical pattern of growth. This is translated into realistic objectives for policy today.
Keywords: Finance & the Economy, The Environment