Philosophy of Green Economics ConferenceSaturday 18th November 2006 10 am - 6 pm
at the Friends Meeting House, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster
Admission is £15.00 for the day, payable in advance. Plus vegetarian and vegan catering and all day tea and coffee. Bookings now open. Note that the venue is wheelchair accessible on the ground floor only.
Please register for the conference using the booking form on the website www.greeneconomics.org.uk and send your cheque payable to "The Green Economics Institute" to The Green Economics Institute, 6 Strachey Close, Tidmarsh, Reading RG8 8EP.
Programme
10 - 10.30 am Welcome and Coffee
10.30 - 11.45 am Introductory session
Plenary: The need for a Philosophy of Green Economics
Chair Dr Anne Chapman
Miriam Kennet Director Green Economics Institute, Mansfield College Oxford University, Roots and philosophy of Green Economics
Professor John O'Neill, Philosopher Lancaster University, Why we need a philosophy of Green Economics
Dr Philip Hutchinson Philosophy of Green Economics
11.45 am - 12.00 Coffee break
12 - 1.00 pm
Parallel Sessions;The aims of the economy
Professor Andrew Sayer, Sociology Lancaster University, The moral economy
Dr Pat Devine, Manchester University, Economist
1.00 - 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00 - 3.00 pm
Parallel sessions: Ethics and the economy for the world
Professor John Whitelegg Ethics and the environment
Professor Mary Mellor, 'Critical immanent realism: a philosophy for an embodied and embedded humanity'
3.00 - 4.00 pm
Parallel sessions:
The development of Issues, schools and tools in the evolution of Green Economics philosophy Professor John O'Neill, Philosopher Lancaster University, Why we need a philosophy of Green Economics
David Tyfield Philosopher
Anthony Alexander philosopher (to be confirmed)
4.00 - 4.30 pm Tea
4.30 - 5.15 pm
Parallel sessions: Suggestions in Economic philosophy
Dr Philip Hutchinson Philosophy of Green Economics
Dr David Rodway Philosopher "Ecologism: The new paradigm and revolution in perception & thought in philosophy, science, art, politics & economics - countering the neo-liberal (Cartesian) tyranny, and saving the planet".
5.15 - 6.00 pm
Parallel sessions: Towards a new economy for the world
Dr Anne Chapman The economy of the world
Dr Dan Rigby,Senior Lecturer, Environmental Economics, School of Economic Studies, Manchester University
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Miriam Kennet, Institute Director greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com