What I want from our new government in 2026
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Exploring enclosure, colonisation and denaturing through an ancestral past, towards the possibilities of a re-commoned future.
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Will our political future be more Aristotelian or Hobbesian?
2026 will decide
Expert briefings aim to reshape New Zealand's election conversation
Bringing "the Reality of Everything" to a screen near you
The Opportunity Party is proposing a land tax
An idea with a long history - and arguably the reason for the rise of neoclassical economics
Politicians know what needs to be done
They just need the mandate to do it
We are led to believe that it takes a majority to precipitate social change
But the evidence is that a small, engaged minority drives transformational change
Today was just the beginning... now to amplify awareness and mobilise collective action
My final words to the Reality of Everything Symposium
The Reality of Everything: symposium tackles the crises shaping everyday life in New Zealand
Media release
What is a polycrisis and what does it mean for Aotearoa?
Talking about the Reality of Everything Symposium on RNZ Nights
Deconstructing Nicola: How public finance myths and moral language shape us
Guest post by Searchlight
Could it be that Trump and Willis are closet degrowthers?
I ask the question on everybody’s lips…
Record numbers of children are hungry and families homeless
But that's alright because the books will be back in surplus one year early*
"It's the maze not the mouse"
The corrosive myth that "to save the world" all we have to do is change our own behaviour
The crunch is coming
Plant some beans… and talk about it
Your cute dancing cat video just killed a polar bear!
Imagine a world where environmental harm was de-globalised
"Public services are the linchpin for living well within limits"
Julia Steinberger on the Living Well Within Limits Project
We live in the best place in the world
Let’s keep it that way
The signs of overshoot are everywhere
Will we continue to ignore them, or urgently reset our path?
How do we move to a more food-secure future?
By transitioning to a plant-rich food system, one meal at a time
Market fundamentalism, biospheric blindness and homegrown peas
Our economy is organised around ‘efficiency’ not resilience