Redefining sustainability with the Doughnut: Bad Nauheim, Germany

Overview and background

Bad Nauheim was the first city in Germany to start working with Doughnut Economics. They started working with Doughnut Economics in 2021, aiming to embed a holistic perspective in the decision-making processes of the city administration and associated subsidiary companies. To date, they have created an adapted Bad Nauheim Doughnut as a compass and a common sustainability vision, a Doughnut Screening tool alongside structural changes to decision making structures. They have held an 8-months long Future Workshop citizen co-creation process to develop measures through the lenses of the Doughnut; the majority measures that were subsequently prioritized by the local parliament have since been launched and in some cases completed . They’ve also developed an Integrated Climate Protection Plan, and an Integrated Climate Adaptation Plan. Bad Nauheim hosted the first in-person DEAL Cities&Regions gathering for local governments working with Doughnut Economics in 2024.

In the webinar we'll hear in-depth about their experience and insights from their work with Doughnut Economics over the past 5 years.  
 
To read more about Bad Nauheim's work with Doughnut Economics:

•  Case study on DEAL's platform (in English, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese) 
•  Doughnut Economics as a Strategic Compass, a report including Bad Nauheim as one of the case studies (in English and German) 
• A story about the cities & regions gathering in 2024 (in English)
• Municipality's webpage about their sustainability, climate and Doughnut Economics work (in German)  

To learn more about other municipalities working with Doughnut Economics, check our Cities & Regions page. This is the third of a series of webinars focused on place-based action by municipalities and community groups championing Doughnut Economics.  To make sure you are informed about the next ones, subscribe to DEAL's newsletter, and check our events page. 

Host, presenter and format

Yuge Lei (Sustainability Advisor, City of Bad Nauheim) will be presenting. 
Leonora Grcheva (Cities & Regions Lead, Doughnut Economics Action Lab) will host the webinar. 

We are deliberately leaving a lot of time for questions and discussion with attendees. You are welcome to just attend the presentation part of the webinar. The webinar will be recorded and made available online. 

0-45 minutes: presentation from Bad Nauheim
45-75 minutes: Q&A from audience 

How to attend the webinar

Register via this Zoom link. 
Once registered, you'll receive a confirmation email with a calendar link so you can save the date.