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Communities: Let's Get Started!
A collection of tools & stories to apply the ideas of Doughnut Economics to your community
Version 1.0 (May 2023)
Summary image picture credit: CIVIC SQUARE
Overview
Communities: Let's Get Started is a collection of tools & stories to apply the ideas of Doughnut Economics to your community, whether at the household, street or neighbourhood scale or connecting as networks for systemic change at the city, region or national scale.
The tool contains over 25 tools and 20 stories - with contributions from people, groups, networks and organisations from around the world - to help you get started with your community in your own unique context.
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Why use it?
Doughnut Economics covers so much that it can feel overwhelming! Use this tool to find ways to get started in putting the ideas into practice with your community.
Use it as a signpost to see things you would like to…
- do straight away
- do in future
- share with others
Who is it for?
We believe this tool could be for anyone, whether you're interested in:
- learning more about the ideas by yourself or with others;
- introducing the ideas to others in your household, street or neighbourhood and exploring their implications together; or
- connecting with others at the city, region or national scale to work towards the deeper systemic shifts that are needed.
How long does it take?
It could take just 5 or 10 minutes to flick through some of the possibilities in the tool, but if you want to go deeper, you can set aside an hour or two to read some of the tools and stories contained within Communities: Let's Get Started.
Some of the tools contained here are processes that you can start now but are several months or years long.
Use it as a signpost for things you might want to do straight away, do in future or share with others.
Acknowledgements
This tool was made by Rob Shorter, with design contributions from Ruurd Priester; Doughnut Economics conceptual contributions from Kate Raworth; communications and technical support from Aimee Laurel and Karn Bianco.
Tool contributions from Mona Ebdrup, Magda Petford, CIVIC SQUARE, Huddlecraft, Jacob Rask, Kavita Purohit, Nettes Derbyshire, Charlotte Bailey, Zoe Gilbertson, The Jump and Leonora Grcheva.
Story contributions from Rieta Aliredjo, Nicole Hartmann, Ben McCallan, Olivia Carpenter-Lomax, Steph Bleach, Roisin Markham, Louise Byng, Tim Frenneaux, Miho Shimizu, Chris Paddock, Robertson Work, Karin Eyben, Sikander Bizenjo, Andrew Fanning, Rosana Rezende, Emi Imai, Alice Howard-Vyse, Kiran Kashyap, Pete Dowson, Zohar Ianovici, Rosa Tibosch, Nicole Barling-Luke, Eva Valencia Lenero, Franziska Raedeker, Dave Kearney-Brown, Della Duncan, Brian Dowling, Anne Sheridan, Aaron Blanco, Bjørn Hauger, Ellen Sjong and Kate Raworth.
Thank you to everyone for their generous contributions!
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The Isle of Wight Doughnut
Introducing the Isle of Wight's Doughnut portrait at the Biosphere Festival
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Youngsters downscaling the Doughnut in the Hague
Using arts and the doughnut economy model youngsters become agents of change.
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Evento de bienvenida a la Alianza Donut España ADE
Grabación evento bienvenida a Alianza Donut España ADE. 14 de Febrero de 2024
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Lincoln Global Donut Day
Climate Hope Lincoln and Lincoln Climate Commission joined the Global Donut Day 2023.
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Cornwall's Global Donut Day
A summary of our contribution to the worldwide event on 13 November 2023
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From 'normal' to 'natural': downscaling to village
An story of how a tiny village can explore ways to evolve their initiatives
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WS the 4 Doughnut Lenses in Complexo da Penha, RJ
Experience Report of the Doughnut Workshop conducted in Penha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Donut Brasil bursts into life!
Connecting diverse communities of practice around the idea and principles of the Donut
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Antonios Triantafyllakis
Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
I’m a strategic consultant, learning designer, and gamification expert with over 20 years of experience helping organisations drive social and environmental impact through experiential learning. I've had the privilege of working with over 40 organisations and training more than 2,000 individuals across three continents, creating transformative learning experiences that build 21st-century skills. My work bridges gamification with sustainability, equipping purpose-driven organisations to achieve measurable impact through playful and experiential approaches. I’m passionate about fostering a world of equal rights and opportunities where diverse, active citizens work towards an inclusive, innovative, and sustainable future. If you’re a purpose-driven organisation, an educator, or a changemaker seeking to amplify your impact and cultivate future-ready skills, let’s explore how we can make a difference together. I’m ready to collaborate and bring lasting change. Let’s change the world together!
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Carolina Tomaz
Brazil
I describe myself as a XXI century economist, who adopts systemic and transdisciplinary thinking, and understands the world as a complex socio-ecological system. My goal is to work with regenerative projects for the development of inclusive, intelligent, and sustainable cities and communities. I have been particularly interested in applying the Doughnut economy model for cities, business and organisations. I have experience with projects planning and management, structuration and implementation of new governance models, and group's facilitation collaborative methods to co-create more effective and sustainable solutions for social problems. I'm part of the Donut Brasil network, and together we are experiencing the tools and knowledge of the Doughnut Economics in many projects and in the Latin America and Brazil contexts.
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Cyrus Mbugua
Nairobi, Kenya
Am passionate about Sustainability and the Circular Economy.
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Grant Gibson
Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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Adolfo Chautón Pérez
Cáceres, Extremadura, España & Marvão, Alentejo, Portugal
I am Spanish, I have a degree in Geography, a Masters in Strategic Territorial Development and have been living betwenn Spain in Portugal, in the frontier since October 2019. Professionally, I have 20 years of experience, always as a freelancer, working in different areas related to the territory: planning, participation, dynamization... For the last 15 years I have been working as a facilitator in territorial innovation and socio-ecological entrepreneurship, both as a facilitator of processes, as a trainer and mentor of social innovation projects or as a writer of several strategic territorial planning projects based on social innovation, both at regional and national level in Spain and internationally. As an independent researcher, I have developed several projects in which the Doughnut Economics model is always one of the strategic components. + info I am currently coordinating the BoraBeirã project in which the "LojaPlaneta" initiative is integrated. [Banner_Embajadora.png] [ ] #EMBAJADORA_ADE https://www.alianzadonut.es/
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Karn Bianco
Scotland, United Kingdom
Hello there 👋 I'm the Digital Platform Lead here at DEAL, which means I lead the design, development and management of this website, the DEAL Community Platform. My professional background is in game development as a programmer. I'm interested in using play to help people explore important and complex topics. I'm also a freelance writer covering the games industry, technology and climate change I've been involved in the fossil fuel divestment movement as a campaigner, combining the need for climate action with tangible steps towards a more regenerative economic system. I also helped found the game workers branch of the IWGB - the UK's first trade union dedicated to empowering and improving the rights of workers in the games industry.
