Our Knox Community and the Doughnut
These interviews show how the concepts of Doughnut Economics relate to their experience of living in Knox.
Knox City has seen an increase in the number of residents fighting for what they believe is right and using their time constructively to promote these causes. The existing community groups created an alliance to amplify the efforts in conservation and to mitigate the effects of climate change.
I interviewed some of these passionate and driven people and modelled their response in the Doughnut. My intention was to increase awareness, in the local community and government, about how the City of Knox can thrive considering the planet and the needs of society.
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Mehak Sheikh
Tarneit, Victoria, Australia
WYN Hub is a resource and networking hub that facilitates the growth of the social enterprise and ethical business sector in Melbourne’s Western suburbs. It’s founded with the vision and opportunity for businesses to be a foundational lever for creating a more just and equitable society. It's being led by Mehak Sheikh. Mehak Sheikh is a connector by nature, and a facilitator by choice. She approaches her work from a lens of Systems Change, Co-design and Place-based advocacy and community organising. She gets most excited learning, researching and talking about social entrepreneurship, youth participation, intercultural dialogue, and when she is designing shared spaces that centre conversations around wellbeing. Her career journey is inspired by her educational background in Psychology and influences such as bell hooks (revolutionary), Priya Parker (author) and Deeyah Khan (filmmaker). She has often been the go-to person in a professional capacity to support culture conversations, community engagement, and big-picture thinking. Outside of her day job as the Young Mayors’ Program Manager for Victoria, Mehak is the lead strategist at WYN (Widen Your Network) Hub and has co-founded a collective for intimate place-based gatherings that centre the human experience and justice, once strangers. She is also an advisor for local social enterprises, community organisations and placemaking initiatives in Melbourne’s West, including an arts and culture retail social enterprise, Khush Zouq and Building Cultural Connections Australia Inc.
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Ann Gosline
Patagonia, Arizona, United States of America
I am involved with a network of organizations working to further a restorative economy and particularly involved with building healthy economies through restoring ecosystems.
