“There is a ‘crisis of listening’ in contemporary societies” (Jim Macnamara) This research finding was an inspiration for this website and for PEP’s continued interest in listening, especially as it relates to politics and democracy. According to Andrew Dobson, democratic politics has been dominated by ‘voice’ over ‘listening’ since the time of Aristotle … but…
David Hall, editor of A Careful Revolution: How to Survive the Low-Emissions Transition and his co-authors are to be congratulated for presenting a comprehensive set of perspectives on the daunting task facing us as we embark on a low-emissions transition. The authors in this collection are mindful that this book, part of an ongoing series…
PEP Partner, John Pennington, has article about localism in the May 2019 volume of the NZ Local Government Magazine. If the image of it above isn’t readable, it’s available here – it’s free to get a log in if you don’t already have one.