Publications

Green House Think Tank publishes many different sorts of contribution to green politics. This includes the regulation publication of Reports, Gases, Green Reads and Newsletters, however have also published Books, Pamphlets, Consultation responses, and comms materials like flyers, posters, booklets and digital images.

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



Rupert Read

Post-growth Common sense: Political Communications for the Future

How should we describe the post-growth economy? Where is the term or frame that we are looking for? That was the central appointed task of this report.



Molly Scott Cato

Can't Pay, Won't Pay: Debt, the Myth of Austerity and the Failure of Green Investment

There is a false consensus around austerity, which prevents investment into supporting a sustainable economy. This report proposes establishing a Citizen's Audit to explore debt, its consequences and alternatives to repayment.



Andrew Dobson

The Politics of Post-Growth

A post-growth world is inevitable. More technically, there is no evidence for the possibility of the absolute decoupling of economic growth and environmental degradation. The question is: will the post-growth world be unplanned or planned, catastrophic or benign?



Jonathan Essex

How to Make Do and Mend our Economy

This report is about how ‘building’ a post-growth future cannot take for granted building in the literal sense: building comes at a huge ecological cost and tends to drive up consumption in all other areas.



Alex Warleigh-Lack

Greening the EU

Is the EU just for capitalists? Can it really help in the transition to a sustainable way of life? Warleigh-Lack concludes with 5 suggested priorities for Green politicians within the EU



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



Jonathan Essex

Inquiry into Green Finance by the Environmental Audit Committee

In our evidence, written by Molly Scott Cato and Jonathan Essex, we suggested using an Energy Return on Energy Invested measure to assess whether an investment is green, and a much greater emphasis on public and co-operative financing of green infrastructure.



Brian Heatley

Smaller but Better: Post-Growth Public Services

In this report Andrew Pearmain and Brian Heatley argue for a distinctively Green approach to public services which goes beyond simple opposition to austerity.



Molly Scott Cato

The Paradox of Green Keynesianism

The persistent economic recession and the need for a transition to green infrastructure and industrial systems has led many environmentalists to call for a form of Green Keynesianism. But how can this co-exist with the fundamental commitment amongst green economists to an end to economic growth?