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<p>I don't think the graphic came through, so I've attached it.
Please have a look.</p>
<p>Susan K<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/15/2020 12:38 PM, Susan Koswan
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<p>Hi GRENers,</p>
<p>I cut and pasted my column and the Doughnut graphic today
because I think the Doughnut Economy template is a model
everyone can wrap their head around that addresses both social
and environmental issues in one package. I'm feeling somewhat
evangelical about this and I would love to see community wide
collaboration around this model. <br>
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<p>Best,</p>
<p>Susan K<br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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<h1 class="c-article-headline__heading">The Real DEAL: Doughnut
Economics Action Lab</h1>
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an ‘economic transformation that promotes human flourishing
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<div class="article__byline"><span class="article__author-by">By
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Koswan</span><span class="article__author-credit">Special
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<p class="text-block-container">Economist Kate Raworth is my new
superhero. So is University of Waterloo PhD candidate Sophie
Sanniti, who introduced me to Raworth’s <a
class="text-block__link"
href="https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Doughnut Economics</a>. I mean, how
many people have the audacity to challenge The Economy and come
up with a better model?</p>
<p class="text-block-container">We have to face the fact that we
humans have made a bloody mess of this fine planet and are
jeopardizing our future. Doughnut Economics just might be our
way forward. Like the Theory of Everything, hotly pursued by
physicists the world over, Doughnut Economics proposes a new
inclusive social and economic model that aspires to “meet the
needs of all within the means of the planet.” Raworth subtitles
her book: “7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist.”</p>
<p class="text-block-container">Our current economic model of
unfettered capitalism — The Economy with a capital E — is
killing us. The sweet spot must be found that puts everyone
between the outer boundaries of the Earth’s capacity to provide,
and the inner boundaries that proscribe the essential physical
and social requirements: the classic doughnut shape.</p>
<p class="text-block-container">At the end of September, Raworth’s
team launched <a class="text-block__link"
href="https://doughnuteconomics.org/" moz-do-not-send="true">DEAL:
Doughnut Economics Action Lab</a> based out of the United
Kingdom. The work-in-progress is organized around five themes:
communities and art; cities and places; education and research;
business and enterprise; and government and policy. DEAL is
building connections with pioneering changemakers around the
world for an “economic transformation that promotes human
flourishing for all on a thriving planet.”</p>
<p class="text-block-container">We have to shift from Gross
Domestic Product to embedding the economy into our social
systems as a tool, and not the guiding light. We are social
beings, not potential customers. The economy is not simply
supply and demand, but a dynamic, complex system of exchanging
goods and services. We can no longer extract, produce and throw
away, but have to rethink all processes — industrial and natural
— to repurpose and regenerate without producing waste. We have
to finally say this is enough; we can survive and thrive without
having to continually grow. As the C40 Cities say, “We need to
invest in a thriving society, rather than return to an
unsustainable race to devour our natural resources.”</p>
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<p class="text-block-container">What does that look like? What
role do our cities play?</p>
<p class="text-block-container">Raworth has partnered with <a
class="text-block__link" href="https://www.c40.org/"
moz-do-not-send="true">C40 Cities</a> — a network of cities
committed to addressing climate change — to produce a working
model for city-based actions that keep us all in the doughnut.
The C40 mayors have produced an <a class="text-block__link"
href="https://c40.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/#36000001Enhz/a/1Q000000kVoY/kuR1PLHMGR2K9eEbo8aivV.xPegZVTqwt.EjX.4a.hk"
moz-do-not-send="true">agenda</a> that includes actions cities
can take to build back better. If we expect to have a green and
just recovery from the pandemic and survive the climate crisis,
we must all speak up to embrace and practice this model. There
is no question that a great deal of pressure is put on local
politicians to do it all. But their proximity and agility make
them ideal and accessible partners with local non-government
organizations. </p>
<p class="text-block-container">Many of the changes we’ve made to
protect public health during this pandemic also address climate
change and bring more of us into the doughnut. They include
working from home, replacing car lanes with protected bike
lanes, walking and biking through our neighbourhoods, reduced
air travel, the need for a universal basic income, and even the
heightened interest in home gardening. The tiny homes on Lot 42
and a number of local hotels opening up rooms for our homeless
also address some of the social inequities.</p>
<p class="text-block-container">Thing is, these changes can’t be
temporary, thinking we’ll get back to normal when the pandemic
is done. Our normal needs to be better and Raworth’s Doughnut
model provides the tools to do that.</p>
<p class="text-block-container">Right now, Toronto, Montreal and
Vancouver are the only Canadian cities that are part of the C40
Cities. Waterloo Region has been a leader in sustainability in
many ways, but it is time for us to leap in wholeheartedly with
the full commitment to a carbon-neutral, socially just community
that the Doughnut model represents.</p>
<p class="text-block-container">Environmental and social justice
advocates are fragmented and issue-driven. A lack of resources
and collective power forces them to react and put out fires. We
need to collaborate and work around the common themes in the
Doughnut model for Waterloo Region to become one of the many
Doughnut cities that are popping up worldwide. Action is the key
word here and anyone can sign up at <a class="text-block__link"
href="https://doughnuteconomics.org/" moz-do-not-send="true">doughnuteconomics.org</a>
to make the magic happen.</p>
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<p class="text-block-container">Because ain’t nobody don’t like
doughnuts.</p>
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