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Kate Raworth (sounds like ‘Ray-worth’) is a renegade 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 internationally acclaimed framework of Doughnut Economics has been widely influential amongst sustainable development thinkers, progressive businesses and political activists, and she has presented it to audiences ranging from the UN General Assembly to the Occupy movement. Her book, Doughnut Economics: seven ways to think like a 21st century economist was published in 2017 and has been translated into 18 languages.
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Launching Doughnut Economics Action Lab!
Published on: 30 Sep 20 in Kate Raworth – Website
by Kate Raworth
So you want to downscale the Doughnut ? Here’s how.
Published on: 16 Jul 20 in Kate Raworth – Website
by Kate Raworth
Seeking graphic designers for Doughnut Economics…
Published on: 15 May 20 in Kate Raworth – Website
by Kate Raworth
Introducing the Amsterdam City Doughnut
Published on: 8 Apr 20 in Kate Raworth – Website
by Kate Raworth
Ecological economics in the time of coronavirus
Published on: 1 Apr 20 in Kate Raworth – Website
by Kate Raworth
We’re recruiting! DEAL’s Digital Communications Lead
Published on: 24 Feb 20 in Kate Raworth – Website
by Kate Raworth
We’re recruiting! In search of DEAL’s Communities Lead…
Published on: 21 Jan 20 in Kate Raworth – Website
by Kate Raworth
Hive mind! What’s the 8th Way to Think Like a 21st Century Economist?
Published on: 6 Jun 19 in Kate Raworth – Website
by Kate Raworth
Everyone else! The Winners of the 8th Way to Think Like a 21st Century Economist
Published on: 6 Jun 19 in Kate Raworth – Website
by Kate Raworth
University Winners of The 8th Way to Think Like a 21st Century Economist!
Published on: 5 Jun 19 in Kate Raworth – Website
by Kate Raworth
School Winners of the 8th Way to Think Like a 21st Century Economist!
Published on: 4 Jun 19 in Kate Raworth – Website
by Kate Raworth
Economics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making for the future, guides multi-billion-dollar investments, and shapes our responses to climate change, inequality, and other environmental and social challenges that define our times.
Pity then, or more like disaster, that its fundamental ideas are centuries out of date yet are still taught in college courses worldwide and still used to address critical issues in government and business alike.
That’s why it is time, says renegade economist Kate Raworth, to revise our economic thinking for the 21st century. In Doughnut Economics, she sets out seven key ways to fundamentally reframe our understanding of what economics is and does. Along the way, she points out how we can break our addiction to growth; redesign money, finance, and business to be in service to people; and create economies that are regenerative and distributive by design.
Named after the now-iconic “doughnut” image that Raworth first drew to depict a sweet spot of human prosperity (an image that appealed to the Occupy Movement, the United Nations, eco-activists, and business leaders alike), Doughnut Economics offers a radically new compass for guiding global development, government policy, and corporate strategy, and sets new standards for what economic success looks like.
Raworth handpicks the best emergent ideas―from ecological, behavioral, feminist, and institutional economics to complexity thinking and Earth-systems science―to address this question: How can we turn economies that need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive, into economies that make us thrive, whether or not they grow?
Simple, playful, and eloquent, Doughnut Economics offers game-changing analysis and inspiration for a new generation of economic thinkers.
This week is a big week for Doughnut Economics. It’s the online launch of Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) – and at the heart of it is the Community Platform,
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Today is the launch of Creating City Portraits – a methodological guide for downscaling the Doughnut to the city and turning it into a tool for transformative action. The Doughnut
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Update: Applications are now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied! At Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL), our small team will be continually making presentations, publishing reports, creating videos, running
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Today is the launch of the Amsterdam City Doughnut, which takes the global concept of the Doughnut and turns it into a tool for transformative action in the city of
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Dear Friends of Doughnut Economics, I hope you and your family and community are well, safe, and looking out for each other. The need for new economic thinking is most
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Are you passionate about creating a world in which people and planet can thrive in balance? Do you have fantastic skills and experience in managing collaborative digital platforms and creating
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Are you passionate about creating a world in which people and planet can thrive in balance? Do you want to work with community-led organisations to turn the ideas of Doughnut
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Back in January, Rethinking Economics and Doughnut Economics launched a competition asking: What’s the 8th way to think like a 21st century economist? We got over 250 responses and our
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Back in January, Rethinking Economics and Doughnut Economics got together and launched a competition based on the ‘seven ways to think like a 21st century economist’ set out in Kate
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Back in January, Rethinking Economics and Doughnut Economics got together and launched a competition based on the ‘seven ways to think like a 21st century economist’ set out in Kate
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Back in January, Rethinking Economics and Doughnut Economics got together and launched a competition based on the ‘seven ways to think like a 21st century economist’ set out in Kate
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RT @Unpop_Science: Encouraging to see such broad support for banning octopus farms — even from people in the marine science community with whom I bitterly disagree. A rare consensus is forming, to which only the most extremist exploitationists object. https://theconversation.com/why-the-ethics-of-octopus-farming-is-so-troubling-202012?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton
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If you care about the future of UK politics I recommend watching this. https://twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1639689865238306816
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RT @fietsprofessor: 🚨 A gentle reminder for @TimmermansEU and the @EU_Commission 🚨 Our mobility challenge is not about NEWER cars. It is about much, much FEWER cars!
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RT @JustStop_Oil: 🚨 BREAKING: LEEDS BARCLAYS BUILDING PAINTED ORANGE 🧯 Two Just Stop Oil supporters have been arrested after spraying Barclays Bank on Albion Street with orange paint, demanding an end to fossil fuel lending by banks. Barclays is Europe’s largest fossil fuel financier, providing… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1639617400676007942 https://t.co/JtHTS9mnTH
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RT @JKSteinberger: Finally caught up to @KateRaworth @SenSanders and @martinwolf_ discussing democracy & capitalism on @BBCRadio4 and I admit I started openly swearing when M Wolf declared “global dictatorship” would be required for fair & safe Doughnut Economics. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001jkjn
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RT @SR_Netherlands: Scientists and academics are currently blocking the entrance to the private jet terminal lounge at Eindhoven Airport using bikes. We are in a climate emergency. We must slash the unnecessary, planet-destroying luxury emissions of the rich. #BanPrivateJets #StopShortHaulFlights
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RT @ClimateDefiance: MAJOR UPDATE: we turned out in force to White House Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi’s keynote address. And we shut it down. The President committed ecocide. This cannot stand. This will not stand. https://t.co/SzI7B3CQTU
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RT @thoughtbox_ed: As we shift into spring & venture back out into our gardens, this image is worth considering. Anyone with an outdoor space has a choice to create a space that is good for more than just us, enabling an abundant ecosystem. Something as simple as not mowing the lawn works wonders!
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RT @daisydunnesci: Super proud of the whole @CarbonBrief team for going over every page of the full @IPCC_CH AR6 synthesis report (which has only just been released, following the release of the summary on Monday) Here’s our explainer on everything you need to know! https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-ipcc-wraps-up-its-most-in-depth-assessment-of-climate-change/
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RT @paulpowlesland: Proud to join over 100 other lawyers in signing a declaration of conscience withholding our services from supporting new fossil fuel projects & prosecuting peaceful climate protesters. In the week that the IPCC issued its ‘final warning to humanity’, lawyers must act responsibly
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RT @modacitylife: One year after Paris had built 52km of “corona tracks”, 60% of users were new cyclists, and the proportion of women increased 14%. With 62% public support, €250m will be invested by 2026 to make those popup lanes permanent, add 130km more, and build 130,000 bike parking spaces.
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RT @KuperSimon: Getting rid of huge cars is just about the easiest thing we can do for the climate – and given the sevenfold increase in SUVs since 2010, pretty important. It’s much easier than banning planes or cows. Me @FT https://www.ft.com/content/7612e3c0-0e10-4cfb-895d-40b2e5d083b9
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RT @GeorgeMonbiot: The logic of capitalism is the opposite of the logic of public service. That’s why, in the world’s only fully privatised water system (England’s), they’re doing the stupid stuff first. I mean the *really* stupid stuff. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/23/h20-scheme-water-severn-thames-hs2-england
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I had a blast talking doughnuts, citizening and how to remake the future with the brill @baratunde. Listen in to his ace podcast (and many more episodes) here: https://www.howtocitizen.com/episodes/a-new-shape-for-the-economy-kate-raworth @HowToCitizen
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RT @KateRaworth: Is growth a false god? (yes, obvs) In defence of human rights & planet Earth, I couldn’t resist joining this debate. Great to team up with @beth_stratford & @FRSAMatthew to explain why it’s time for rich nations to learn to thrive in a post-growth future. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001k7nq
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Is growth a false god? (yes, obvs) In defence of human rights & planet Earth, I couldn’t resist joining this debate. Great to team up with @beth_stratford & @FRSAMatthew to explain why it’s time for rich nations to learn to thrive in a post-growth future. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001k7nq
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RT @miaamormottley: Ramadan Mubarak to all Muslims in Barbados, the Caribbean and across the world! May you find peace and blessings during this holy month.
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RT @GeoEngMon: Passionate about #ClimateJustice? 🌏 Ready to coordinate diverse groups (front-line communities, grassroots organisations, Indigenous Peoples, lawyers & scientists)? 🌎 The HOME Alliance is hiring a Coordinator📅Deadline: March 31 2023 🌍 Learn more: https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2023/03/5003/
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RT @lizwathuti: In Belgium 🇧🇪 this week. I am deeply grateful and honored to receive the 2023 Amnesty International Chair Award at Ghent University in Belgium. Kenya 🇰🇪 to the world🌎. ❤️
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Here’s to the changemakers who have the vision, guts and commitment to think and act for a thriving future. Ipoh and Brussels both showing how to get started in creating a donut economy. https://twitter.com/barbaratrachte/status/1638589153242693633
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RT @JKSteinberger: Dear Journalists covering tomorrow’s IPCC report release, First of all, THANK YOU. Second of all, here are a couple of questions you should not be asking climate scientists, ever ever ever.
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RT @CarolineLucas: Hope you’re listening to #IPCC report right now @RishiSunak. Just in case you didn’t catch them say fossil fuels belong in the past, some policies for you: – cancel Cumbria coal mine – drop #Rosebank oil field – end de facto onshore wind ban – put solar panels on all new homes
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RT @CarolineLucas: If political leaders don’t act with greater ambition *now* our kids and grandkids will look back at this moment with such anger & bewilderment. How on earth could it be, knowing what we know, we didn’t act faster when we still had time? It’s the question that haunts me #IPCC
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RT @KateRaworth: Huge respect and solidarity with the women going on hunger strike today in recognition of the mothers worldwide who cannot afford to feed their children. Check out their Mothers Manifesto and join their call for action. https://sites.google.com/view/mothersmanifesto/home?authuser=0
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