Gases

Gases or 'Green House Gases' are essays published by Green House Think Tank which explore a particular, usually topical issue or subject.

Victor Anderson

“TREEB” stands for The Real Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity.

What are the real basic causes of biodiversity loss and ecosystem decline? This question is asked and answered surprisingly rarely, and when it is, the most frequently proposed answers just scratch the surface of what is at stake.



Victor Anderson

The Fall of Neoliberalism

Green House's Victor Anderson puts current developments in long-term perspective in 'The Fall of Neoliberalism'.



Ann Pfeiffer

What do the Sustainable Development Goals mean for the UK?

Ann Pfeiffer's gas discusses the topic of the UN Sustainable development goals



Thomas Lines

State, market and democracy in Green politics

Thomas Lines's gas explores the topics of state, markets, money, democracy, common resources and places Green ideas on these topics in relation to socialism



Ray Cunningham

Can Greens be part of a broad Anti-Austerity Front in Europe?

Green House coordinator Ray Cunningham argues in this Gas that Greens should beware of the temptation to enter into political alliances based on opposition to austerity alone.



Green House Think Tank

CapGlobalCarbon

A proposal for non-governmental actors to create a new independent global system as a back-up to the inter-governmental negotiations to make sure the reductions in global carbon emissions required by climate science are achieved



Victor Anderson

Growth, Capitalism and the 'Green Economy': a response to Bill Blackwell

A response to Bill Blackwell’s ‘Why do capitalist economies need to grow?’



Green House Think Tank

Why do capitalist economies need to grow?

Bill Blackwater in this gas explores the topic of capitalist economic growth



Ray Cunningham

What’s the point of the EU? The World War I Centenary and the myth of the EU’s ‘peace mission’

Ray Cunningham explores the role, history and potential of the EU in this gas.



Thomas Lines

A Shorter Leash: Ideas for reforming the banking sector

In Lines' gas, he examines the banking sector and how it can be reformed to meet the actual needs of the economy, rather than the private interests of banks and their directors



Green House Think Tank

When businessmen fear growth

Hugh Small's gas exploring the topic of economic growth



Molly Scott Cato

Imagining Diversity: Moving from Monopoly Money to a Multi-Layer Currency World

In this gas, Molly Scott Cato explores the role of local currencies in reviving local economies, and examines national currency. She suggests we use the Euro as a common rather than a single currency