
Dimensions of the Doughnut
An introduction to each of the 21 social and ecological dimensions of the Doughnut

Version 2.0 (September 2024)
🌍🌎🌏 ¡También disponibles en Español!
Overview
This tool is a series of slides that show each of the 21 dimensions of the Doughnut. For each dimension, there is a short description, the data for the Global Doughnut (soon Doughnut 3.0!), and images of live initiatives/projects happening in practice all over the world.
These initiatives aim to capture the essence of the dimension and how we may move towards the Doughnut for each of them. There is still a lot of movement to be done in this respect, but each example shows a range of actions happening around the world to inspire and encourage people, particularly young people, who are so aware of the social and ecological challenges globally, and many of whom are so involved in leading action.
This tool can be used as a resource to support teaching in or outside education spaces, to present and/or expand ideas about the Doughnut, as well as a practical tool to use in workshop activities. A tool to use in everything that has to do with opening pathways towards distributive and regenerative futures!
Click here to view this tool in Google Slides (también disponible en Español)
Acknowledgements
The Dimensions of the Doughnut Version 2.0 tool was created by Aimee Laurel, Carolina Escobar-Tello, Kate Raworth, and Ruurd Priester, with contributions by the DEAL Team.
Version History
Version 1.0 was published in September 2020; available at this link and also as a .pdf file below. Version 1.0 was created by Rob Shorter with contributions by Kate Raworth, Andrew Fanning, Carlota Sanz, Karn Spydar Lee Bianco, and Ruurd Priester.
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An Oxfordshire Doughnut Economics Project
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Doughnut in the Metropolis
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ACT! as a Doughnut Project in Frankfurt
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Transforming next gen managers in Business schools
Imagine an international Business School like SKEMA, teaching future managers how to apply Donut Economics to companies!
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Doughnut Economics and Leadership
We asked ChatGPT to clarify how Doughnut Economics relates to leadership principles in the 21st century.
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Brian Harp
New York, United States of America
I am country boy at heart, and growing up in the farming communities of the USA midwest taught me the value of nature and work. After attending college, applying technology and working with many different types of people, I believe using technology in new and positive ways holds significant promise to help our world stay net positive. However, I believe it must always be done with a human element since having a human connection prompts the biggest change.
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Jens Franke
Ballydehob, West Cork, Munster, Irland
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Sílvia de Sousa
Full Sutton, England, United Kingdom
Hello! Olá! I am a firm believer in the Doughnut Economics - as a good rogue economist!! I have two children and I really do want Economic thinking and acting to change, to see a clean, fair, just and sustainable World for them to grow and thrive in! Utopia? I am interested in rural food poverty in "rich countries" and how we can wiggle out of it using the Doughnut! I also believe that children are our future, and we should strive to include "doughnuts" in our children's education, as early and as often as possible. So, if you can, please HELP!
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Andrew Webster
Hayward, California, United States of America
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John Burton
South Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
I currently consult about applied economics after a long career owning a technology services business. I have an interest in Distributed Ledger applications and I am interested in connecting others with a passion for understanding everyday economic issues.
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Ellen Sjong
Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norge
Ellen Sjong is a trained special education teacher and lecturer with a master's degree in pedagogy, educational management. She has worked at all levels of the school from kindergarten to high school and taught systemic thinking and Appreciative Inquiry at the college level. She was the initiator og "Smultringøkonomi Tønsberg" and the first Doughnut Festival in Norway (2022) together with Bjørn Hauger. In 2024 she cofounded "Nettverket Smultringøkonomi Norge" together with a group of others. This network is now working to build a coalition of organizations in Norway for a new and truely sustainable economy. Ellen has created the tool "Doughnut model for children" associated with planetary boundaries cards for different ages. She is particularly interested in how we must learn to think and act systemically.
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Maria Jose Lopez Signorelli
Santiago de Chile, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile
Chilean sociologist with an academic certificate in International Relations. Experience in higher education research. I am concerned about how the existing economic and human resources are misused and fail to meet societal needs, as well as the imperative need to reorient the institutional and financial arrangements of the system to meet broader development goals.
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Eva Marina Valencia Leñero
Mexico City, Mexico
| Sustainability Transitions Specialist | Co-Founder of Mexico City's Doughnut Economic Coalition + Scaling Coordinator in CIMMYT-CGIAR After finishing my MSc in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management in Lund University with a thesis to downscale the doughnut for Mexico City's water policies, I learned research was not enough to make a change. For this reason, I have co-founded the Tricolor Coalition (Mexico City's Doughnut Economic Coalition) to collaborate with other agents of change to promote sustainability transitions in Mexico City. We are now developing community, informative, and capacity building activities to support Mexico City's agents of change interested in promoting this transition. I am currently also working as a Scaling Coordinator in the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. In my job, I continue to learn about systems thinking approaches, and about what types of food innovations could be scaled (why? and where?) to create more impact. Moreover, I also have experience in international and national public administrations, and I have specialized in the water-food-energy sectors and climate change challenges.