United Kingdom
A series of round table events took place across the world, as the Manifesto was being drafted. The discussions helped to inform the writing of the Manifesto. Video, audio and reports from the round tables were featured in the Multimedia Manifesto. This section features all the reports, media and other information from the events.
“Limits to Growth Forum”, Sussex, 11 March 2011
The ‘Limits to Growth Forum’ brought together a series of expert speakers to address the inherent problems of our current economic system, and explore the possible alternatives for ‘beyond growth’ economics. Speakers included Andrew Simms (New Economics Forum), Caroline Lucas MP (Green Party), Prof Peter Victor (York University), Richard Wilkinson (author, “The Spirit Level”), Molly Scott Cato (Cardiff Institute for Co-operative Studies) and Prof Mary Mellor (Northumbria University). The forum was part of Green Week at the University of Sussex.
Brighton & Hove round table
15th March 2010 – a round table in Brighton brought together invitees from local business, government and community organisations to discuss innovation, sustainability and development in Brighton & Hove and beyond.
STEPS Centre Symposium ’09: Multimedia
The STEPS Centre’s Annual Symposium focussed on our New Manifesto project. We attempted to capture a flavour of the discussions by recording video interviews, taking photos, by bloggers contributing thier thoughts and by making speaker presentations available.
IDS Alumni event
On 30 June 2009 we held a Manifesto event with Institute of Development Studies alumni, as part of a two-day alumni reunion in Brighton, UK.
UK 1st students round table
27 May 2009 – Science, Society and Development MA students at the Institute of Development Studies and SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research took part in a Manifesto roundtable organised by Linda Waldman, Research Fellow at IDS.
