For people who want to explore different ideas for influencing our community plans and our use of the environment, in and around the Isle of Lewis and on the islands beyond.


Links to session pages

Session 0

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

Session 5

Session 6

Session 7


Session 7 - Be Agnostic About Growth


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We have an economy that needs to grow, wether or not it makes us thrive. We need an economy that makes us thrive, wether or not it grows

No country has ever ended human deprivation without a growing economy. And no country has ever ended ecological degradation with one

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Link to our Miro Board

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Homework for Session 8

Start to plan out your learning journey. Think of any resources you may need to help you complete your task so we can find ways to get/contact them.

Links

Animated Recap of Chapter 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zkqGEaztRM


Be agnostic about growth

Economists and academics back call to transform economy | WEAll

Home - Wellbeing Economy Alliance

Tim Jackson | Prosperity Without Growth 2e

'We're trying to turn the magnet towards optimism': Cate Blanchett on her new climate crisis podcast

Four-day week 'an overwhelming success' in Iceland

Brixton Pound - Local Currency has never been more needed!

Degrowth

https://www.youtube.com/embed/rAZavOcEnLg


Peer Groups

Matt & Marta | Rose & Mila | Derek & Julia

Leading Sessions:

Rose & Mila : Session 5 - Chapter 5

Derek: Session 6 - Chapter 6

Matt & Marta: Session 7 - Chapter 7

Other Reading

Links to books for further reading recommended by our group

Recommended reads from Rose:

How to avoid a climate disaster - Bill Gates

Net Positive - Paul Polman & Andrew Winston

Reimagining Capitalism - Rebecca Henderson

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Book Swap

If anyone has books they think might be enjoyed by the group and wouldn’t mind doing a book swap, let us know and we will add them here

Julia - Uprooting Islamaphobia ( Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan)

Julia - On time and water ( Andri Snaer Magnason)

Julia - Art as Social Practice - Technologies for change (Xtine Burrough & Judy Walgreen)


Doughnut Economics Action Lab

Turning Doughnut Economics from a radical idea into transformative action

DEAL

DEAL ONLINE EVENTS YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING

Doughnut Cities within a History of Urban Design | DEAL

The Doughnut Economics Book Club | DEAL

Extras


- The Miro world - Collaborative miro board for all the peer groups


Help!

If you need any help at all please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

For all things “doughnut” [email protected] and for any technical help [email protected]