Author: Genevieve Lawrence
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What was the most important event in the world during the last three months?
At the first meeting after the summer break, we began with a roundtable where everyone shared what they saw as the most significant event of the past three months. From there, we intended to choose several topics for deeper discussion at future meetings. The meeting opened with an email from a member who couldn’t attend.…
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Is there still a role for discussion in a divided World?
Our last meeting before summer break was held as usual at Javea Social Centre. The core 10 members were attending despite the heat, when quite a few left for cooler countries, or had visitors. The subject is very broad, and we tried to narrow it to a few main questions: For the first question, we…
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Can Governments Help Us Change Our Lifestyles?
With health services in developed countries increasingly burdened by chronic illness linked to lifestyle choices, last Friday of May, we talked about the role governments might play in supporting healthier ways of living. The discussion focused mainly on diet, specifically, the dominance of ultra-processed foods: cheap, convenient, and engineered for maximum craving, but lacking in…
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Is the Eurozone headed towards a cashless society?
The next Discussion Group meeting will be held as usual on 25th April, at the Javea Social Centre. The subject is important to everyone as everybody uses digital or paper money. If the Eurozone is headed towards a cashless society, how soon will it happen? The discussion will focus on a few subtopics : –…
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Does money motivate corporations and people more than any other factor?
Last Friday of the month, 29th March, we will hold the Discussion group meeting and expect provocative conversation where we’ll explore one of the most fundamental questions of our time: Are we kidding ourselves with talk of values, purpose, and ethics, while everything quietly bends to the logic of profit?Are corporations really just profit machines,…
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Have personal values changed in the modern World?
Last day of February, the Discussion group had its monthly meeting. We started the discussion by defining what our values are and came up with such terms as freedom, equality, love/compassion, honesty, integrity. We discussed if these personal core values still resonate with us. Some members gave examples from their own life when important values…