The goal of the Doughnut is to meet the needs of all people within the means of the living planet, but what does this mean for the neighbourhoods, cities, districts or nations where we live?
To help explore this question, DEAL has created a set of Doughnut Unrolled tools that unroll the Doughnut into four 'lenses' that consider the interplay between local aspirations and global responsibilities in your place – both socially and ecologically – and identify possible entry-points for transformative action.
This tool - Data Portrait of Place - is a handbook of approaches and useful resources for collecting locally relevant, data-led targets and indicators to create a holistic snapshot or a 'portrait' of your place's performance across each of the four lenses.
This content is hosted by a third party: YouTube (www.youtube.com). By clicking 'Show content' you confirm that you have read and agree to their Terms of service.
By clicking below you also consent to the creation of a cookie so we can remember your choice for one month. See our Privacy Notice for our full cookie policy.
The Data Portrait of Place handbook is available as a Google Doc or as a PDF (also available to download below, with accompanying Supplementary spreadsheet).
Why use this tool?
The Data Portrait of Place handbook provides guidance and useful resources for you to create a holistic data-led snapshot of what it means for your place to thrive while helping to bring humanity into the Doughnut.
A preview of the Data Portrait of Place handbook
It invites you to collect and compare desired outcomes versus current performance of your place using available data, offering a 'portrait' to discuss complex issues, which can keep evolving as more data is made available over time. For a collection of useful examples and results from the growing number of places that have already begun using the Data Portrait as an input to transformative action, see the accompanying Data Portraits in Action tool.
DEAL encourages you to use this data-led tool together with the Community Portrait of Place tool, which provides a complementary set of participatory workshop materials that can be used to invite the people of your place to share their knowledge, ideas, lived-experience and aspirations. Together, these tools draw upon both data and other diverse contributions to build a rich, multi-layered and holistic portrait of your place.
Healthy living systems rely on good feedback loops and we invite your comments, reflections and suggestion from using this tool to help us iterate and evolve for future versions.
You can do this in three ways:
Leave a comment in the section below called Join the conversation. The benefit of this approach is that everyone can see and benefit from what you share.
Contact the DEAL Team directly via the contact form, choosing the category 'Tools and Stories'.
Â
Acknowledgements
The Doughnut Unrolled methodology was conceptualised by Kate Raworth of Doughnut Economics Action Lab and Janine Benyus of Biomimicry 3.8, and this methodological handbook was written by Andrew Fanning, Kate Raworth, Olya Krestyaninova, and Fredrik Eriksson, with valuable contributions from Rob Shorter, Leonora Grcheva, and Ruurd Priester from Doughnut Economics Action Lab. We are so very grateful to the many, diverse contributors to this tool and earlier versions. Please see the extended acknowledgements section within the handbook for additional details.
I'm wondering whats the relationship between this method and the 7 principles that Kate Raworth outlined in her book? Are they mentioned in the document/methodology? On first glance I can't see them. - If I talk about the Doughnut, are the 7 principles still relevant? Are they relevant for a local place?
How do you feel the best approach to get this going in a city? I'm currently in Bergen, Norway (and staying for a while). I would love to propose this to them and even do a presentation, but I have no experience and am afraid I would not be able to do a good job. Is DEAL concerned about this? Can I just risk it? After studying this method and the material through?
00
Join the DEAL Community!
Get inspired, connect with others and become part of the movement. No matter how big or small your contribution is, you’re welcome to join!
Nathanael Card
Westhampton, Massachusetts, United States
I have an MSc in Ecological Design and interest in organizing some circular economic action in my community/-ies