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Published on July 08, 2021
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As part of our work to amplify the important work in the Wellbeing Economy movement, these WEAll Weekly Update blogs will share some of the latest and greatest updates from our membership and beyond. Please use the comment box to share any relevant updates from this week and keep the conversation going!
Weekly Reads
Pathways to good work: toolkit for community organisations
“Work that is decent and fair is crucial to creating a motivated and skilled workforce that is empowered to deliver high quality services and to innovate.”
A New Economics to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals – by Marcello Hernández-Blanco and Robert Costanza
“The Anthropocene” has been proposed as the new geological epoch in which we now live. We have left behind the Holocene, an epoch of stable climate conditions that permitted the development of human civilization.”
Open Letter: A Strong EU Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy
“This July, we therefore expect to see the European Commission’s Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy
propose strong instruments and laws to achieve the necessary change”
European Commission: Economic Policy-Making Beyond GDP: An Introduction
“Although GDP remains central to much of the European Commission’s economic analysis and communication, several steps have been taken over the last decade to acknowledge the ‘beyond GDP’ agenda and lay the groundwork for the collection and publication of new data on relevant variables that are not captured by GDP alone”
Silver-Spoon Oligarchs – Inequality.org
“There are several reasons we should be concerned about the formation of inherited wealth dynasties and the larger hidden wealth-preservation system that makes them possible”
Socio-economic conditions for satisfying human needs at low energy use: An international analysis of social provisioning. – Jefim Vogel, Julia K.Steinberger, Daniel W. O’Neill, William F. Lamb, Jaya Krishnakumar
“Here, we assess which socio-economic conditions might enable societies to satisfy human needs at low energy use, to reconcile human well-being with climate mitigation.”
Job Openings & Opportunities
- Communications Lead – WEAll Scotland
- Policy and Engagement Lead – WEAll Scotland
- Communications Officer – Network of Wellbeing
- Online Course: Social Network Analysis: The Networks Connecting People
- Director General, Net Zero [Scotland]
- International Projects Coordinator – 2050 Climate Group [Scotland]
- Senior Organiser, Social Justice; Programme Support Officer; Board positions – NEON
- Programme Manager, Community Wealth Building – North Ayrshire Council [Scotland]
- Programme Manager, Fair Work– North Ayrshire Council [Scotland]
What to Watch
- Health and Environment Case Studies Event
- IUTC Global Rights Index – 10 worst countries 2021
- Imagining a Post-Capitalist World with Tim Jackson – Majority Report
- Is industrial policy the key to building back better? – UNCTADO event
Listen Up
- It’s not all about the money, it’s about our wellbeing with Michael Weatherhead
- Feminism for the 99 Percent – Upstream Podcast
- Seeds back, land back! w/ Kayleigh Warren and Chasity Salvador
- Reasons To Be Cheerful Podcast feat. Katherine Trebeck
Upcoming Events
- July 6- 15: The Danish Institute for Human Rights: High Level Political Form
- July 7: Governance of the Platform Economy: a Virtual Fishbowl Conversation
- July 13: Economy for the Common Good
- July 14: Resourcing Reparations: Investing in Collective HealingResourcing Reparations: Investing in Collective Healing
- July 21: Caring for Every Body: Organising Towards Disability JusticeCaring for Every Body: Organising Towards Disability Justice
- July 23: Advancing Wellbeing by Transcending the Barriers of Whiteness
- July 27- 29th: Rethinking Economics Festival
- July 28: Co-creating methods to downscale the Doughnut: Share your thoughts!
- July 29: The Economics of Queerness
- Systems Innovation Event Series
- Next Economy MBA “Meet the Instructors” – LIFT Economy
- Regeneration Pollination “Speed Networking” Events – the Global Regeneration CoLab
- Decolonising Economics Events
WEAll Originals
Blogs:
- We’re Hiring: WEAll Scotland is recruiting for two exciting roles!
- WEAll Can: new wellbeing economy hub launches for Canada and sovereign Indigenous nations
- “The battle for better” in policy making – WEAll authors in dialogue with Lorenzo Fioramonti
- Ecological Economics Event Recap
Publications:
- Five Pathways Towards Health-Environment Policy in a Wellbeing Economy, Eloi Laurent, Fabio Battaglia, Amanda Janoo, Alessandro Galli, Giorgia Dalla Libera Marchiori, Raluca Munteanu, Claire Sommer
- WEAll Medium Publication
- WEAll Policy Design Guidebook
- Stories For Life
- Wellbeing Economy Messaging Guide– Positive Money, PIRC, NEON, and WEAll
From the Archives
- 10 Principles to Build Back Better
- Rebuilding to a US Wellbeing Economy
- What is a Wellbeing Economy?
- The Business of Wellbeing Guide
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