Addicted to Growth? Fenner Conference videos now available
December 7, 2018
In October 2014 the NSW Chapter of the Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy organised the 2014 Fenner Conference on the environment for the Australian Academy of Science “Addicted to Growth? How to move to a Steady State Economy in Australia’. Its proceedings are now available on Youtube. Links to the videos are provided below.
Keynote address Dr Brian Czech, President of CASSE international, author of ‘Supply Shock’ -‘A steady state economy – the time is now’
Topic 1: ‘Why the growth economy is broken: the environmental science of endless growth’
Robert Costanza
Ian Lowe
Panel Discussion – Chair Prof Gary Luck
Topic 2: ‘Capitalism and the steady state economy – uneasy bedfellows?’
Panel Discussion Dr Brian Czech and Dr Kerryn Higgs joining – Chair Dr Haydn Washington
Topic 3: “Key aspects of a steady state economy”
Panel Discussion Dr Brian Czech, Prof Ian Lowe – Chair A/Prof Mark Diesendorf
Topic 4: Throughput and consumerism – a key elephant in the room
Erik Assadourian -‘Reengineering Cultures to Survive the Turbulent Centuries Ahead’
Richard Wilkinson – ‘A convenient Truth: a sustainable society better for all of us’
Dr Simon Michaux – ‘Society transition through peak industrialisation’
Panel Discussion A/Prof. Mark Diesendorf, Dr Haydn Washington – Chair Dr Anna Schlunke
Topic 5: Ethics, equity and equality
Panel Discussion including Dr Richard Denniss
Topic 6: Policy and political process towards a steady state economy
Steven Dovers – ‘Policy instruments for a steady-state economy’
Panel Discussion Dr Brian Czech and Prof. Robert Costanza joining – Chair Dr Paul Twomey
