Summer Reading & Listening
Here are some of the things stimulating thinking below the hood of Manna Gum, going into 2025. Jon’s top picks ‘The Road to the Great War’, six-part podcast series, The Rest is History, eps.469-474. —…
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For those with ears to hear, this book remains a stirring call to seriously consider whether ‘technology is in the saddle and rides humankind’. If the Luddites are thought of at all, they are generally…
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2025 is an election year. This is the year when it will be revealed that Manna Gum has infiltrated its operatives into all the major political parties. When the election result is in you will see a host…
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William Cooper, Pastor Sir Doug Nicholls, and the Failed Referendum
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Living on Stolen land
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Caring for Those with Climate Anxiety in Church Communities
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A Teenager Faces a Warming World
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How we are all implicated in the suffering of the DRC
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Towards constructive climate conversations
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The experience and reproduction of poverty
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A biblical perspective on the agricultural challenges of the coming century
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Cheese
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What is it about air travel?
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Ethical consumption & low-income labour
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Update on Climate Change
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The economics of remote Aboriginal communities (5)
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The economics of remote Aboriginal communities (4)
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The economics of remote Aboriginal communities (3)
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The economics of remote Aboriginal communities (2)
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The economics of remote Aboriginal communities (1) - History
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Post-capitalism by Design not Disaster
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Towards Tax Justice
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Imagining a new economy
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The case for "green growth" is flawed
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Manna Gum's back-of-the-envelope Budget Papers
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The problem of e-waste
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A journey into the murky world of carbon offsets
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The housing affordability crisis
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Repentance, renewal & agriculture
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Self-Mastery as Alternative to Consumer Culture
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Understanding the global food crisis
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The Unrealised Promises of Recycling
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Who are the poor and what do they really want?
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Imagining Alternatives to Normalised Destruction
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The alienation of indigenous groups in our region
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Reflections on the economic crisis and stimulus package
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Waking up to climate change
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Hard questions about aid
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