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#35-20 Doughnut Economics … A 21st century guide to sustaining the planet

Kate Raworth’s address to the Meaning Conference of business people for change, in Brighton, England, in 2017. She explains the framework she has developed for living justly within the means of our planet and gives examples of businesses that are following the model. [Since this talk was recorded, Amsterdam has become the first city to adopt Doughnut Economics.]

Host(s): Frieda Werden
Featured Speakers/Guests: Kate Raworth (sounds like Ray-worth) is an economist focused on exploring the economic mindset needed to address the 21st century’s social and ecological challenges, and is the creator of the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries. She is a Senior Research Associate at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute, where she teaches on the Masters in Environmental Change and Management. She is also Professor of Practice at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Her book, Doughnut Economics: seven ways to think like a 21st century economist was published in 2017 and has been translated into 18 languages.

Credits: Audio courtesy of meaningconference.co.uk under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence. It’s viewable with illustrations on YouTube.

Comments: View Raworth’s 7 short stop-motion videos about Doughnut Economics at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkg2XMTWV4g.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ERqbZBJ2zvPUwDdGPcuGeaBz6e-j5LjV/view