Ariel Salleh, editor of Eco-Sufficiency & Global Justice, has a new article up on On Line Opinion about Labor's proposed resource tax. Ariel asks, 'Could Labor's proposed resource tax open the door for a “green new deal” or even “a new social contract” for Australians?'

You can read the article, 'Resource tax? Green new deal? Or new social contract?' on the On Line Opinion website.

Ariel Salleh is discussing the book Eco-Sufficiency & Global Justice and other writing at these events.

#24–25 October 2009, Melbourne, Australia
Green New Deal Conference, University of Melbourne
'Gender and Climate Politics' workshop with Jo Tenner, Women's Environment Network Australia

#5–8 November 2009, Amherst, USA
Rethinking Marxism Conference, University of Massachusetts

'From Metabolic Rift to Metabolic Value'
Panel: Studies in Marxian Theory of Value, with Jan Sailer, Freiburg University; and William Workman, University of New Brunswick

'Climate Crisis: Common but Differentiated Responsibilities'
Panel: Marxist Perspectives on Global Environmental Concerns, with Michelle Yates, UC Davis and Andrianna Vlachou, Athens University

#11 November 2009, New York, USA
Bluestockings Bookshop, 142 Allen St, Lower East Side, New York
Author talk: Eco-Sufficiency & Global Justice: Women write political ecology

#15 November 2009, Poland
Transdisciplinary Studies Program, University of Poznan
Public lecture: 'Women Write Polical Ecology'

#20 November 2009, Berlin, Germany
Institute for Social Analysis, Rosa Luxemburg Institute, Berlin
Paper: 'A Critical Feminist Reading of the Green New Deal'

#24 November 2009, Brisbane, Australia
Asia-Pacific Science & Technology Studies Network, Griffith University
Paper: 'Eco-Sufficiency and Vernacular Science'

Tune in to Ockham's Razor on Radio National this Sunday 4 October at 8.45 am to hear Ariel Salleh, editor of Eco-Sufficiency and Global Justice. The topic is "Is our sustainability science racist?"

Spinifex May release, Eco-Sufficiency & Global Justice, is featured in ed. 116 of Island magazine. A conversation between editor Ariel Salleh and contributor Susan Hawthorne covers the lack of diversity in discussions around ecology, sustainability and economics.

See attached extract and for more: www.islandmag.com