Gases
Gases or 'Green House Gases' are essays published by Green House Think Tank which explore a particular, usually topical issue or subject.
A critique of the RSA’s ‘Inclusive Growth Commission'
In the latest Green House Gas, Jonathan Essex and Rupert Read question some of the fundamental assumptions of the RSA Commission's work
Claims for a Decent Life and a True Democracy
John Blewitt explores the intellectual legacy of William Morris and Edward Carpenter, both of whom were active in the socialist movement in the late nineteenth century and are often seen to today as progenitors of the twentieth-century green movement.
Newer Times
Andy Pearmain's Newer Times takes up a generation later the idea of the famous Marxism Today ‘New Times’ thesis. Pearmain suggests that the coming of robotisation is going to fundamentally change the nature of our society and our politics.
Good Sharing, Bad Sharing Why we need a political regulatory framework for the Sharing Economy
Reinhard Loske's gas discusses a proposal to set up a sharing economy
Green Politics and International Development
Peter Newell's gas argues we need to include green politics into models of development that provide prosperity and respect sustainability.
Paris: Optimism, Pessimism and Realism
Brian Heatley argues that the real meaning of the Paris Climate Agreement is that it is now almost inevitable that there will be 3-4 degrees C of warming by 2100, and that we urgently need to face this and its political implications
“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.
The Fall of Neoliberalism
Green House's Victor Anderson puts current developments in long-term perspective in 'The Fall of Neoliberalism'.
What do the Sustainable Development Goals mean for the UK?
Ann Pfeiffer's gas discusses the topic of the UN Sustainable development goals
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
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.