Beyond GDP: Join the conversation about wellbeing economies
Alternative Futures is all about listening to different voices and sharing multiple solutions to the climate and biodiversity crisis we are facing, providing space for everyone to come together.
If you are ever told that "industry self-regulation" is good enough, even relating to matters of health and safety - you might want to read this article on the #Grenfell disaster by Kate Lamble for BBC News
Very thought provoking bullet points here 👇on the "State operating as a #PartnerState"
What would a commons-centric society or civilization look like ? (Ethical Economy + Partner State + Commons) @mbauwens
Adding the commons institutions to the mix: Transforming societies from a national bi-institutional format (market+state) to a cosmo-local tri-institutional format (market-state + commons).
In my search for ideas being developed and actions being taken to help progress #WellbeingEconomics & #WellbeingPolitics to take us towards #diversityrich #regenerative #mutualwellbeing /#qualityoflifeforall
this👇looks interesting
Advancing degrowth in Ireland requires an understanding of, and a reckoning with, the economic legacy of its colonised past, CUSP researcher Seán Fearon wri ...
For those who have reached the point where they can see the irrationalities of supposedly rational #economics and are looking forward to [truly rational] quality of life enabling #wellbeingeconomics 👇
"While governments outside of Westminster are experimenting with exciting new ideas – #doughnuteconomics, #wellbeingeconomics, #universalbasicincomes, and a #humanrightsfocusedeconomic agenda, to name a few – Britain looks set for another four years of #austerity (or at least austerity-lite) government."
Why I joined 70 #economists and human rights experts urging #Labour to change course | Kate Pickett | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/30/keir-starmer-economic-labour-tories-austerity-britain
To anyone curious about how #SystemsThinking can help us all transition to #WellbeingEconomics - this is a highly recommended book by researcher Gaya Herrington. Best of all, it's free and #OpenAccess 📖
https://www.mdpi.com/books/mono/6206-five-insights-for-avoiding-global-collapse
#DoughnutEconomics #Metacrisis #LimitsToGrowth #Earth4All #Wellbeing #Economics #ClimateCrisis #Commons #Sociocracy #Research
<p>Looming environmental and social breaking points, like climate change and massive inequalities, are becoming increasingly apparent and large in scale. In this book, Gaya Herrington puts today’s key societal challenges in perspective. Her analysis, rooted in her research on a 50-year-old model of the world that forecasted the onset of global collapse right around the present time, brings some structure to what otherwise might feel like the overwhelming task of achieving genuine societal sustainability.</p> <p>Herrington's research, first published in 2020 in Yale‘s <em>Journal of Industrial Ecology</em>, went viral after it revealed empirical data tracked closely with the predictions of this world model, which was introduced in the 1972 best seller <em>The Limits to Growth</em>. Her book <em>Five Insights for Avoiding Global Collapse</em> contains an exclusive research update based on 2022 data and is written in a more personable and accessible style than the journal article. Herrington also elaborates more in this book on the many interlinkages between our economic, environmental, and social predicaments, and on what her findings indicate for future global developments.</p> <p>Herington lays out why “business as usual” is not a viable option for global society and identifies the root cause of this unsustainable path. Most importantly, her book teaches us what systemic changes humanity still has time to make to achieve a better tomorrow. A future in which society has transformed beyond the mere avoidance of collapse and is truly thriving.</p> <p>You can read more about the question if we are on the Verge of Global Collapse <a href="https://blog.mdpi.com/2022/10/24/global-collapse-interview/">here</a>.</p> <div class="uncode_text_column"> </div> <p> </p>
Dorian Furlonger
CUSP 
Sara Nyberg
A.Stringer
Samuel Plumppu