Universal Basic Income and a Wellbeing Economy: a Proposal for Ireland
On July 24th we launched a new paper on Universal Basic Income, produced with support from the Irish Environmental Pillar and the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment.
Hormuz and Dividend
"The oil, and the Hormuz Strait it goes through, is part of a commons that belongs to everyone," writes Mike Sandler, who makes a bold proposal.
Morgan Ody (La Via Campesina) and Sophia Murphy (IATP) were guest speakers at this Local Food Economies webinar.
Finding Steady Ground in a Time of Crisis
This workshop with John Sharry and Oana Marian will provide a space to process our emotions and explore how we can cultivate courage and emotional resilience to act constructively in response to the challenges that are proliferating in the world.
Oil Windfall Profits Tax & Dividend
Mike Sandler suggests a way to tackle profiteering from the Iran war by oil companies, while supporting low-income households and the energy transition.
Podcast: The Role of Creativity in Health
Will Nicholson, the convenor of the Northern Ireland Creative Health Network, talks with David Somekh and Caroline Whyte about the power of the arts in supporting community and individual wellbeing.
Feasta Annual Report
Highlights of our work in 2025 included projects on housing, local food economies, cultural creatives, and resilience and wellbeing
COP30 delegates' report
"Against the backdrop of oppressive humidity, torrential rain and even a fire breaking out in the venue, there was cause for hope outside the formal, UNFCCC-driven process," writes Patrick Brown, while Harsh Patel provides some key observations and progress points.
We recommend that Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies build wellbeing and planetary-boundary indicators into objectives, monitoring, and appraisal.
In partnership with An Taisce, Friends of the Earth Ireland, CAIM (Communities Against the Injustice of Mining), Oxfam and The Wellbeing Economy Alliance Ireland, we co-hosted the Dublin premier of 'The Cost of Growth' documentary film in the Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin, at 6pm on Wednesday June 24th.
Roisin Markham gave a presentation on the Wellbeing Economy on behalf of Feasta during this event in Kinvara, Co. Galway, Â on Saturday April 25. The event was organised by CELT and the Irish Environmental Network, with support from Galway County PPN, Galway City PPN, and Clare PPN.
This workshop on March 19 2026 brought together academics, civil servants, former ministers, politicians, business leaders and civil society figures to examine what combination of institutions, practices and citizen-led processes Ireland needs to embed long-term governance.
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