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Deirdre KentI write on the war, the economy, the environment and net energy decline, monetary reform, land taxes, climate change, the polycrisis, resilience, food security, local politics, community currencies, zero interest loans and NZ politics.
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Give Councils a New Superpower: Let Them Create Local Money
The Minister for Local Government has announced legislation to restrict council rates rises to between 2% and 4% a year.
Phew!
But there are exceptions. Councils will apparently be able to apply for time-limited exemptions in ex...
A History of Land Taxes, Local Rating Systems in New Zealand
A country influenced by Henry George and Premier Sir George Grey
ANZ, Willis St, Wellington, like all properties in Wellington, should be paying rates calculated on land value alone, and it was until a decade or two ago.
Europe's 2026 Heatwaves are Striking at the Food Supply
From cereal fields to vineyards, orchards and vegetable plots, repeated heat and drought are reducing yields, damaging quality and pushing up the cost of food.
Europe’s 2026 summer has brought a succession of intense heatwaves, beginning u...
Food Security in New Zealand:
We could grow lentils in New Zealand – it fixes nitrogen and reduces the need for fertiliser. Thanks to Pexels
New Zealand likes to tell itself a comforting story: we “feed 40 million people,” we grow mountains of dairy and meat, and we ar...
Richard Heinberg, Jason Hickel on the fantasy of green growth
A friend recently told me that Richard Heinberg had died suddenly after a two week illness. I was shocked because he has been such an important figure in the Limits to Growth movement and has written so much on the topic. Richard was Se...
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Researcher, activist, writer. Author of Healthy Money Healthy Planet –Developing Sustainability through New Money Systems. Climate action, resilience, collapse. TOP supporter.
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