Naomi, a former project manager with Huntly and District Development Trust, had just completed a Master's in Ecological Economics. Her Friday Lunch discussed economics in light of the climate crisis, and detailed how ecological economic thinking is coming to the fore. Ecological economic thinking is built firmly on respect of local and global environmental limits and seeks to deliver a fair and just economic system for all.

Here are some resources from Naomi's talk, for anyone interested in reading further on the topic:

Academic StudiesDoughnut Economics - Kate Raworth 2018The Spirit Level - Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson 2009Less is More: how degrowth will save the world - Jason Hickel 2020Economics of Arrival - Katherine Trebeck and Jeremy Williams 2019The Good Ancestor - Roman Krznaric 2020

Useful LinksGood Life for All - https://goodlife.leeds.ac.uk/New Economics Foundation - https://neweconomics.org/The Anthropocene - http://www.anthropocene.info/index.phpTed Talk Dan O'Neill - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIG33QtLRyATed Talk Nicola Sturgeon - https://www.ted.com/talks/nicola_sturgeon_why_governments_should_prioritize_well_being?language=enExtinction: The Facts BBC iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mn4n