Greening The Apocalypse

Satyajit Das is a former banker with over 35 years' experience in financial markets and is an expert on the complex financial instruments at the heart of the Global Financial Crisis. We talk about the size, nature and corruption of the financial industries, and what the end of growth might look like. Das's books include Extreme Money and the recent A Banquet of Consequences.

Talking intentional communities and natural building with Dr Samuel Alexander. Sam is the founder of The Simplicity Institute which is an educational and research group which envisions a simple way of life. His most recent books are Simple Living in History: Pioneers of the Deep Future and Entropia: Life Beyond Industrial Civilisation. The latter book led one reader to offer him some land. The land and project there (in Moe, Gippsland) is called Wurruk'an, and it's an on the ground experiment where the theories of voluntary simplicity are put to the test.

This evenings guest is Mariam Issa, a woman who carries many arrows in her quiver, including author, story teller and public speaker, community building cook and gardener, advocate for cultural diversity, social justice and equality. She also shares her life with her husband and 5 children. Her bio says: "Mariam speaks English, Somali, Swahili and & Arabic, and in all languages she speaks her mind."See: www.mariamissa.com.au, www.raw-australia.org.au