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Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

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Doughnut Economics Action Lab - how we are turning Doughnut Economics from a radical idea into transformative action.

Allies building economies fit for the 21st century

An overview of the core concept at the heart of Doughnut Economics, including how it has evolved since 2012 and interactive visualisations

Starting in 2020, “Brussels Donut” project explores various ways of implementing the Doughnut Economy, aiming to make the Doughnut a shared compass used by all actors of the region, to imagine the future of Brussels and to make coherent decisions in favour of the ecological and social transition. The project is now starting its second phase, during which the focus will be on raising awareness of the Brussels administrations and businesses to help them embark on the Donut journey, and also to turning the Brussels Doughnut Portrait into a live and operational dashboard for the transition of the Region.

After commissioning a study evaluating the possibilities of applying Doughnut Economics in Tomelilla, the town is bringing Doughnut Economics into their work and policies in various ways - by basing their Sustainability Report 2022 on the Doughnut, planning the development of a new school based on the principles of Doughnut Economics, developing a Data Portrait, and exploring the development of an impact assessment and evaluation tool.   

Copenhagen Council has voted to adopt Doughnut Economics as a guiding framework, and an overall management tool for the municipality’s finances and development. The proposal was developed by a working group from 7 city departments and various civil sector, industry, labour union, and expert representatives.

In 2022, Perak State launched their 5-year State Strategy that, as one of the strategy’s Flagship Programmes, sets an ambition for the city of Ipoh to be living in the Doughnut, and to use a monitoring framework using the Doughnut. 

The city explored Doughnut Economics through a series of workshops as part of a nation-wide study led by the German public sector consultancy PD.

Dublin City Council agreed a motion in 2022 to embed the principles of Doughnut Economics into their Local Economic and Community Plan (LECP) - a statutory six-year plan, with the aim to expand from a sustainable growth-based framework to pursuing the wellbeing and prosperity for all people and the environment.

Doughnut Economics was introduced to the district in 2023, with a series of internal discussions, presentations and four lenses workshops, exploring the ideas.  The process started with a discussion among some of elected officials, following which, the mayor formed an advisory committee. Following that, a cohort group of 20 residents was established to engage with the DE for the district of North Saanich, and multiple workshops were conducted for applying the four lenses to the district with the cohort group. Currently, the district is engaged in gathering public input for the community plan. They will then be introducing the four lenses of DE in wider discussions. The key intention is to develop a Rural District Portrait, with the intention of preserving the rural character of the place and developing a climate lens tool for decision making. Subsequently, the aim is that decisions on policy, planning, and development will be subjected to this climate lens tool. 

In Rhein-Kreis Neuss (Neuss County), they have based their sustainability strategy on Doughnut Economics, using a quantified Doughnut Portrait of the region as socio-ecological assessment guiding the strategy. 

Initiated by local convening, advocacy and momentum building by the Oxfordshire Doughnut Economics Collective, Oxfordshire County Council, supported by a team of local practitioners and researchers have developed a preliminary Data Portrait which will inform further action. 

The story of our Donut Days and our Donut Day Breakfast

A story about how doughnut economics inspired the formulation of 10 principles for building back better post Covid-19

For all the do-ers, creators and change makers that want to create a doughnut coalition in their city

Since the full lockdown of COVID-19 in March 2020 in Curaçao, Curaçao Doughnut Economy movement has emerged.

How a Doughnut learning community started in Amsterdam

How to build back better through doughnut economics at the existence of people within the the planetary boundary.

Towards more attention for goods and services provided outside the monetary economy

Platforms have been established and actions are underway to discover the recipe for a California Doughnut

TIME Magazine 1 Feb 2021 special issue on Countdown 2030 - Why 2030?