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WEAll Weekly Update – May 6

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Published on May 06, 2021

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!

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Towards a wellbeing economy that serves people and nature European Environmental Bureau

This report, “provides a blueprint for the transition to a wellbeing economy which is built on three main pillars which can be referred to as the three Ds: the dismantling of exploitative structures, democratising economic governance and degrowing the economy.”

A review of the evidence on developing and supporting policy and practice networksCarnegie UK

“There are many reasons that people choose to develop networks as an approach to achieving a goal. We were interested in building our understanding of the evidence on the effectiveness of networks as a vehicle for policy and practice change.”

A counterintuitive response to the environmental crisis Systems Innovation Paris Hub

“To successfully change a system, we first need to understand its functioning. And to understand a system’s functioning we need to be able to observe its structure”

Build Back Fairer – Fair Trade Advocacy Office

“The current crisis has shown us not only how interdependent we all are but also how the destruction of nature, the deforestation as well as the climate and health crises are all interrelated, and share the exploitation of people and planet as a common root cause.”

How to Define and Build a Regenerative Business– Sustainable Brands

“Business needs to build regenerative systems that restorerenew, and heal, leaving nature and society better off and more resilient than we found them.”

Let’s not get back to normal – it wasn’t so niceScope NI

“Katherine Trebeck, Senior Strategic Advisor for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance argues the case for radical, lasting change.”

Introducing the Library of Economic Possibility

“The Ideaspace publishes weekly interviews and essays with authors, artists, designers, economists, researchers, venture capitalists, political activists, and others working on the frontiers of value and self-interest. “

A Future World: 10 things you can do to change everything and combat the climate crisis

“On Earth Day, the writers behind new book Planet on Fire set down a manifesto for ecological breakdown – this is what we can do right now, and how”

The importance of resource security for poverty eradicationMathis WackernagelLaurel HanscomPriyangi JayasingheDavid LinAdeline MurthyEvan Neill & Peter Raven 

“We analysed the unequal exposure of national economies to biocapacity constraints. We found that a growing number of people live in countries with both biocapacity deficits and below-average income. Low income thwarts these economies’ ability to compete for needed resources on the global market.”

From a Harmless Bet to Russian Roulette – Katherine Trebeck and Dirk Philipsen

Shall we continue to follow past wealth creation and place faith in inventiveness based on markets and monetary valuations? Or shall we take a broader perspective that acknowledges the enormous costs of wealth production and values life beyond the marketplace? 

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