"Financial markets have largely treated nature as abundant, and therefore economically invisible. Its value is recognised only when it is damaged or lost, & this must change."
"Healthy ecosystems sustain livelihoods, protect communities & support economic activity. For BNM, nature is an emerging area of knowledge & practice."
Central Bank Governor. 🧵 6/
#doughnuteconomics — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #doughnuteconomics, aggregated by home.social.
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How do we make a peaceful transition to a wholly new system when the old one is sustained by those who profit most from the self-terminating zombie of predatory capitalism?
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Understanding Earth Overshoot Day: A Call for Ecological Awareness
by Rosalind Dean
This year, Earth Overshoot Day falls on Thursday, July 30th. This marks the date when humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year. For the rest of the year, we are going into deficit, liquidating resources and accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. We are using as many ecological resources as if we live on 1.7 Earths. We are busting our budget. This cannot go on. There is no Planet B.
This sounds dramatic, because it is dramatic. But behind the headlines is a lot of detailed work, comparing the resource demand of individuals, governments, and businesses against Earth’s capacity for biological regeneration. We have a finite amount of land, which can provide us with all sorts of biological services, but there are competing uses for it, especially:
● providing food, fibre, timber, minerals
● accommodating roads and buildings
● enabling energy production
● absorbing or neutralising economies’ waste, including CO2 from fossil fuel burning or steel production● providing crucial biological services like fresh water and clean air.
We live on a massively overused planet. There are some who say the answer is to go into space and find another planet. My response is, if we have not learned how to manage one planet, for goodness sake, let us not risk ruining another world.
The amount we extract from the planet has two elements: how many of us there are and how much we consume in material terms. Providing all the women who want it with safe, accessible family planning helps enormously in stabilising population, and switching our priorities to non-material goods that we value, like health, education, leisure and culture, could help reduce our demands on the natural world.
Victor Moriyama / Climate Visuals https://www.climatevisuals.org/Of course we must make sure that everyone has enough material goods for a decent life, like nutritious food and a warm, secure home. But a good life also includes a meaningful way to earn our living, time with our family and friends, and a society that respects us.
There is a finding in economics called the Easterlin Paradox that shows when people get richer, they are happier for a time, and then it drops away. Probably because the people they compare themselves to are also getting richer. However, the same Mr Easterlin also found that happiness can be increased, even at quite low levels of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), by policies promoting full employment and a strong social safety net.
Governments pay a great deal of attention to economic statistics, such as GDP, but these measures do not include ecological imbalances, and they only include some of the things that make our lives feel worthwhile – the ones that are paid for. It seems that we pay a lot of attention to the things we count, so it is an urgent job to find new or additional measures of social progress. And to make sure that Governments pay attention to these broader statistics that incorporate our sense of well-being.
This is a challenge, but work is being done by the UN and others to find ways to measure things like food security, health, education, political voice, social networks and housing.
● The UN Human Development Index includes life expectancy and education as well as per capita income.
● Most countries in the UN have also adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that aim to increase well-being without eroding humanity’s long-term resilience.
● The Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll), founded in 2018, is a global collaboration of organisations, movements, and individuals working together to transform the economic system to prioritise social and ecological wellbeing over mere financial growth.
● An index of Gross National Happiness has been developed in the Kingdom of Bhutan.
● Doughnut Economics looks at the space between a social foundation, meeting 12 essential needs, and an ecological ceiling in which there are 9 planetary boundaries that cannot be safely breached.
The UK’s own Earth Overshoot Day this year fell on May 16th. Our country’s ecological footprint is the equivalent of about 2.3 Earths per year. As a country, we are about twice as rich as we were 40 years ago. Do things feel twice as good? Maybe it is time to pay more attention to those things we cannot touch but help us feel secure, engaged, effective – and part of something bigger than ourselves.
From https://footprintnetwork.org/what-ecological-footprints-measure/ #CarbonFootprint #DoughnutEconomics #EarthOvershootDay #EcologicalFootprint #GDP #GrossNationalHappiness #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #UN #UNHumanDevelopmentIndex #WellbeingEconomyAlliance -
unitedforclimate.blogspot.com/2024/04/clim... Human Rights, Climate Justice Valuations, Doughnut Economics, Free Palestine, Free Ukraine, Justice, #CeasefireNOW #DoughnutEconomics #WeAreNature #NatureIsUs #ActNow 🤝 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 💙
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I see the lads in the FT letters pages this week have discovered Kate Raworth's "Doughnut Economics" almost ten years after the fact.
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#Economics #ClimateJustice #EconomicJustice #DeGrowth #DoughnutEconomics #KateRaworth
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#NewZealand / #Aotearoa - Toss it? No way! Bring it to our #RepairCafé and we will #FixIt!
#DoughnutEconomics Advocates New Zealand (#DEANZ)
"These are the items you can get repaired:
- Small electrical appliances
- Clothes that need patching, hemming, being let out or taken in
- Small items of furniture like a chair or coffee table
- Diagnosis of computers, laptops and electronics
- Bicycles
- Toys and other items glued, nailed, screwed, stitched or checked for mechanical faults
- General DIY fixers."Where to find a Repair Café in New Zealand:
https://repaircafe.doughnuteconomicsnz.com/locations-and-events#SolarPunkSunday #CircularEconomy #DoughnutEconomy #FixIt #RightToRepair #RepairCafesAotearoa #RepairCafesNewZealand #BikeRepair #ToyRepair #ApplianceRepair #ComputerDiagnosis
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Neoliberaler Rückschritt, Abbau von Arbeitnehmer- und Grundrechten
related ➡️ 🔗Wie zu erwarten: Viele kluge Gedanken von Eva von Redecker! Simon Schaupp argumentiert in eine ähnliche Richtung ... und der Ökonom ist halt anwesend ;)
#3sat #Arbeit #CareArbeit #Ausbeutung #AchtStundenTag #DoughnutEconomics #vonRedecker #anschaubefehl
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"Sweet dreams. How the doughnut diagram works to preempt more radical approaches to planning"
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14730952261448510
>This analysis shows that the doughnut diagram forecloses ways of seeing and enjoying that more fundamentally could challenge mainstream planning.#systemschange #donuteconomics #doughnuteconomics #kateraworth
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**Thursday**
I met with these orgs:- co-operative building the social capacity for digital autonomy through commoning https://democratictech.fund
- solidarity committee https://latinamerika-gruppene.no
- solidarity committee https://palestinakomiteen.no
- youth environmental group https://nu.no
- environmental action group https://www.folkmotfossilmakta.no
- anarchist news paper https://gateavisa.net
- mutual aid funding co-op https://bread.coop
- tech workers' co-op @agaricI met with solidarity brigadists from these orgs:
- CNA - Coordinador Nacional Agrario (Colombia), https://cnacolombia.org
- MST - Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (Brasil), https://mst.org.br
- Conavigua - Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala, https://conavigua.org.gt/esIn the general area of democratization and working class struggle, I went to and participated in:
- a book bath about a third housing sector, https://www.facebook.com/events/4550301785205231
- a seminar about anarchism and syndicalism in the norwegian workers' movement, https://www.lo.no/folketshjorne/hva-skjer/arrangementsliste/2026/april/en-annen-verden-er-mulig-martin-tranm%C3%A6l-og-syndikalismen/**Friday**
I met with these orgs:
- environmental action group @XR_Norway
- political party https://sv.noI met with folks of these orgs:
- network of orgs for donut economics @nettverket_smultringkonomi_norge
- digital hosting association/co-op for people https://datakollektivet.noAll but 2 of the orgs I've met with thus far are positive to becoming independent from big tech.
Most are trying to do *something*.
Some have done a critical review of their digital systems, evaluated alternatives, and developed contingency plans for when/if the US escalates their digital attacks on orgs daring to stand for love, freedom, equality, solidarity, and against fascism.
Some orgs are already using digital infrastructure which secures their continued organizational capability; and have been for years.#democraticTechFund #LAG #Palestine #Palestina #solidarity #abyaYala #latinAmerica #NU #naturOgUngdom #folkMotFossilMakta #gateAvisa #breadCoop #agaricCollective #CNA #MST #coNaViGua #housing #anarchism #syndicalism #workers #workersMovement #LO #union #climate #extinctionRebellion #SV #socialism #donutEconomics #doughnutEconomics #sustainability #datakollektivet #alleTilAllheimen #allheimen
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@simon_brooke @Maker_of_Things @alexisbushnell but our education system and news media tell us we are all homo-economicus self-intereested, rational value maximisers. So we have a tendency to adopt that behaviour, because we would not want to feel stupid. #DoughnutEconomics book for details.
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Mehr Kate Raworth und weniger Katherina Reiche wagen!
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/125691-000-A/outgrow-the-system-wirtschaft-neu-denken/
#KateRaworth #DoughnutEconomics #TimotheeParrique #WelleingEconomyAlliance #WEAll #Degrowth #PlanetaryBoundaries
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Fanning, A.L., Raworth, K. Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries monitors a world out of balance. Nature 646, 47–56 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09385-1 #DoughnutEconomics
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Dive into the Doughnut! This clear, visual explainer shows what the "safe and just space for humanity" means — between the Social Foundation and the Ecological Ceiling. Inspiring, practical, and perfect for changemakers. #DoughnutEconomics #Doughnut #Sustainability #ClimateAction #SocialJustice #CircularEconomy #English
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Does economic growth harm the planet? | BBC Sunday Morning Live debate with Tim Jackson, Daze Aghaji and Andy Mayer → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/tj-bbcsml-03-26/
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Economic growth has a near mythical status in the affections of economists and politicians. But wishful thinking won’t solve the climate crisis. #Postgrowth economics is not about returning to the cave but about breaking free from our intellectual prisons.—@ProfTimJackson
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Join us (Regenerative Currency Federation) for an online discussion of "Purpose" - the film https://bit.ly/purposethefilm on January 29th 2.30pm EST
#ReclaimTheEconomy #PostGrowth #WellbeingEconomy #DoughnutEconomics #CommunityEconomy #RegenerativeEconomy #LocalCurrency
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It's #ReclaimTheEconomyWeek from tomorrow!
https://www.reclaimtheeconomy.org/
Not too late to organise something or at least participate....
#ReclaimTheEconomy #PostGrowth #WellbeingEconomy #DoughnutEconomics #CommunityEconomy
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Have you heard about @doughnuteconomics ? 🤔 If Yes, great! 😃 In the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) people are exploring how companies, communities, cities and individuals can work towards acting within the #doughnut 🍩
If you're wondering especially how #companies 🏬🏭can do this, I highly recommend watching the linked #video 🎞️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViHwewmuArI – and for even more information, check out the webpage 🔗 https://doughnuteconomics.org/themes/business-enterprise .
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EVENT | January DE Grassroots Global Connections
📅 Jan 15 | 2 sessions: 9 AM or 4:30 PM (UK time)Join the first DE Grassroots Global Connections session of 2026 to connect with local organisers worldwide who are putting #DoughnutEconomics into practice:
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And it's great to see acknowledgement of #IndigenousEconomics, #DoughnutEconomics, #degrowth, #WellbeingEconomies and #Post-growthEconomics.
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UPDATES | Schools & #Education
refreshed Schools & Education page:
https://doughnuteconomics.org/themes/schools-educationPlus, new videos to support transformative education for regenerative futures through #DoughnutEconomics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0GL611hRRm_DpqPt95ociK_uJqGbbTr_
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Like Sheffield, Melbourne is undertaking a radical project to reimagine the city in service of people and planet – here's how 👇 ✍️ Alison Whitten (first published in @[email protected]) #Sheffield #Melbourne #DoughnutEconomics #SheffieldCityGoals #RegenMelbourne
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Like Sheffield, Melbourne is undertaking a radical project to reimagine the city in service of people and planet – here's how 👇 ✍️ Alison Whitten (first published in @[email protected]) #Sheffield #Melbourne #DoughnutEconomics #SheffieldCityGoals #RegenMelbourne
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unitedforclimate.blogspot.com/2024/04/clim... #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide #HumanRights #RightsofNature #ClimateJusticeValuations #DoughnutEconomics #FreePalestine #FreeUkraine #Justice #CeasefireNOW
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CW: Care Economy "The Economy itself as Care" (the activities itself as care)...
"The Economy itself as Care"
"Health rather than wealth""The dynamic we should be seeking is not growth, but care."
"And that we need to shift from thinking of care as a sector of the economy, to care as the economy itself- it's activities itself as care"
#Quotes from #KateRaworth and #TimJackson ➡️ @ProfTimJackson
📼 Edited video clips by #FreeSchool
#CaringEconomy + #Partnerism / #CareEconomy
#Degrowth / PostGrowth #WellbeingEconomy + #DoughnutEconomics #Conviviality as our own #SystemChange #Care #Economy@JayatiGhosh
@jks
@xinjing
@jasonhickel @Liegey
@markhburtonEdits with #care by #FreeSchool
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#economics nerds rejoice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FXtijIRiLw
Doughnut Economics for University Courses | DEAL
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If you're interested in Doughnut Economics (or are new to the concept) here's a new paper in Nature from Kate Raworth (instigator of the approach) & Andrew Fanning setting out some further developments in the concept & analysis.
Of course, they conclude GDP is both inaccurate & dysfunctional when it comes to shaping a response to the climate crisis.
Its not a quick read but may be worth taking the time to look at over the weekend...
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Delighted to have a question answered by @kateraworth.bsky.social in today’s launch event for the new ‘Doughnut 3.0’ model that is central to #DoughnutEconomics. I asked ‘What does a more-than-human doughnut look like, and would it be any different?’ Plenty of food for thought in the response.
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Delighted to have a question answered by @kateraworth.bsky.social in today’s launch event for the new ‘Doughnut 3.0’ model that is central to #DoughnutEconomics. I asked ‘What does a more-than-human doughnut look like, and would it be any different?’ Plenty of food for thought in the response.
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🧩 Re-imagining a New Economy that works for people and the planet—If you missed today’s workshop exploring the new report by Ben Kellard et al., there’s another chance to join the discussion tomorrow: 🗓️7 Oct, 5 pm (BST).
🔗 Details and registration → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/event-ne-oct2025 #WellbeingEconomy—
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This is an excellent discussion of the tensions between @kateraworth.bsky.social's #DoughnutEconomics and the anti-imperialist argument from Max Ajl. developingeconomics.org/2025/08/05/t...
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How can all of us on this planet #thrive in life 😃, while not having a too big negative environmental 🌍 impact? #DoughnutEconomics is an answer to this question! Or, rather it puts out a framework, and now it's up to all of us to get into the #doughnut 🍩.
Watch this amazing #video (you won't be bored, I promise) which is a great introduction to Doughnut Economics and seven (eight) ways to think like a 21st century economist.
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Will prosperity ever be measured in health, not wealth? ⚕️🌳
🗓️ Join @ProfTimJackson and #KateRaworth on 17 Sept in London to explore what an economy centered on care could look like. From the state of our healthcare and planetary systems to our relationship with patriarchy and profit, this event will show why a new economics guided by care for people and the planet is not only possible, but urgently needed.
🎟️ Tickets via https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/the-care-economy-tim-jackson-in-conversation-with-kate-raworth/
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#doughnuteconomics #alternatives #sustainability
Not only better for the environment and society, but also a much nicer place for people.
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“Renegade #economist' #KateRaworth comes up with some excellent recommendations for #books on #economics in this @fivebooks.com piece. I reviewed her #book #DoughnutEconomics on my blog back in the saner times of 2023 … doncurren.blogspot.com/2023/10/on-s...
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3lsd4ixcrac2s
Book Review: On Squeezing a Ne...
