What do you want to see on Oikos?

I’ve been thinking about the content on Oikos and I’m wanting to make it more regular and predictable.

Some of my aims in starting Oikos a little over a year ago were to:

• Get some discussion going on the economic aspects of environmental issues in Australia;
  
• Educate people interested in the environment about economic ways of looking at environmental issues – particularly because those aspects tend to be emphasised in political decision-making and because I think the proponents of environmentally damaging activities have a better handle on this than the opponents of these activities;
  
• Highlight dodgy reporting and analysis of environmental issues.
  
• Clarify my own thinking and educate myself about economics and environmental issues.

Since I’ve started there are quite a few more Australian blogs that discuss these issues from time to time, which is great.

I’m thinking about introducing some regular (weekly) segments, such as:

• My thoughts on big picture issues that have been on my mind – perhaps on a Monday;
  
• Explaining a particular economic concept that can help in looking at environmental issues – perhaps on a Wednesday; and
  
• A weekly round-up of posts from Australian blogs that have looked at environmental issues from an economic point of view, together with any particularly important environmental economics news stories and overseas developments – probably on a Friday.

I’m also interested in other areas that raise similar economic issues to the environment – public health, for example – and will start to write a bit on those issues.

What would you like to see on Oikos this year? What issues are you most interested in? Any comments and suggestions would be most welcome.