Dear friend,
It's with delight that we invite you to a couple of exciting crowd-funded events taking place in Cork (in the Camden Palace Arts Centre at 6.30pm on Monday, the 23rd of July) and Dublin (outdoors in Dartmouth Square at 6pm on Wednesday, the 25th).
Charles Eisenstein (author of the inspiring works The Ascent of Humanity and, most recently, Sacred Economics) is coming to Ireland for two speaking dates and will be accompanied by Ireland's own Mark Boyle (author of The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living), who famously lived without money for over two years. Mark is also the founder of The Freeconomy Community, which consists of over 25,000 people worldwide sharing skills and tools on a money-less basis.
Specifically, these events will focus on debates around truly radical economic alternatives which, in a time of crisis such as that which Ireland is currently undergoing, suddenly enter the realm of possibility.
Charles, who is on the faculty of Goddard College, will be coming to Ireland after giving a course at Schumacher College in Totnes entitled "Ecology, Scarcity and the Gift Economy". His most recent book, Sacred Economics, traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation and competition, destroying community and the environment simultaneously. Today, he posits, these trends have reached their extreme - but in the wake of collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being.
This video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEZkQv25uEs) serves as a good introduction to Charles' thinking.
We hope to see you there, and please pass this on to anyone who you feel may be interested!
Facebook events for Cork and Dublin:
https://www.facebook.com/events/260813654018944/ - Cork
https://www.facebook.com/events/293950454034208/ - Dublin
