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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 3d

People around the world are hungry for economic systems change. Reclaim the Economy Week is a new moment for us to amplify and showcase the many ways we can redesign our economies.

Join info sessions on 6th October at 8am/2pm UTC and take action: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#postgrowthalliance

Black & white cut-outs of three people against a bright indigo and black background with white text reading, "Reclaim the Economy, 26 Jan - 1 Feb 2026, Join us to find out more about the new global week of action.

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wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · 9d

Join us next Monday to find out how you get involved in the new global week of action to redesign our economies in service of people and planet.

Session 1: 8am UTC zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Session 2: 2pm UTC zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#ReclaimTheEconomy is convened by @earth4all.life & WEAll.

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acriss-mon.bsky.social @acriss-mon.bsky.social · 21d

Housing is a human right which this economy doesn't agree with. This will only change when we have an economy of wellbeing, where housing (basic necessities) isn't treated like a means to make a living or to make a profit.

@wellbeing-economy.bsky.social is working on just this.

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Gerry McCartney @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social · 15d

1/5 We have published a new article in Lancet Public Health on how a transition to a #WellbeingEconomy might impact positively on population health tinyurl.com/yc4w9xbd @mmbuchs.bsky.social

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 13d

Coming up on 📅 9 October!

We're excited to co-host this online session on participatory governance and community-led change, organised in partnership with @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social.

👀See you there? zoom.us/meeting/regi...

wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · 28d

The Washington Economic Justice Alliance is making incredible progress co-creating solutions to poverty.

Join the Wellbeing Economy Alliance's Policy Makers Network and the Dr Lori Pfingst to hear all about it.

Thursday 9 October.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · 28d

The Washington Economic Justice Alliance is making incredible progress co-creating solutions to poverty.

Join the Wellbeing Economy Alliance's Policy Makers Network and the Dr Lori Pfingst to hear all about it.

Thursday 9 October.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · 12d

We are honoured and delighted to welcome Dr Lebohang Liepollo Pheko as our new Co-Chair.

Liepollo brings a wealth of relevant lived and practitioner experience to the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. Find out more: weall.org/latest-news

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Doughnut Economics Action Lab @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social · 13d

#GlobalDonutDays 2025 | Meet the DE Grassroots Global Community

Join @robshorter.bsky.social, DEAL's Communities & Art Lead, for a special session celebrating global #DoughnutEconomics connections.

🗓️ 25 Sep
⏰ 2 sessions: 9am & 4:30pm (UK Time)
📍 Online

Register (9am): tinyurl.com/yufdzr29

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Olivier De Schutter - UN Special Rapporteur on extreme povery @deschuttero.bsky.social · 19d

*Let’s stop pretending economic growth will end poverty*

My piece in El Mundo @elmundo.es.web.brid.gy ahead of the Conferencia Más Allá del Crecimiento in Madrid next week @beyondgrowth-es.bsky.social #MásAlládelCrecimiento

www.elmundo.es/opinion/2025...

Dejemos de fingir que el crecimiento económico acabará con la pobreza

Durante casi seis años, las Naciones Unidas me han encomendado la tarea de informar sobre las soluciones más prometedoras del mundo para erradicar la pobreza. Hoy puedo afirmar...

www.elmundo.es

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wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · 28d

The Washington Economic Justice Alliance is making incredible progress co-creating solutions to poverty.

Join the Wellbeing Economy Alliance's Policy Makers Network and the Dr Lori Pfingst to hear all about it.

Thursday 9 October.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · Sep 8

Next Tuesday we're teaming up with @earth4all.life to host an incredible panel exploring how we can redesign our economies.

The event is part of a global week of action to #drawtheline against inequality, genocide and destruction.

zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · Aug 27

🌊 Have you heard of the Blue Moral Economy?

For September's WEAll Talk join Tariq Al-Olaimy and Gopal D. Patel to explore this transformative framework for ocean health rooted in faith perspectives.

Secure your spot: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Türetim Ekonomisi Derneği @turetimed.bsky.social · Jul 30

By joining the summit online, you can be part of the global transformation from wherever you are! 🌍

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wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · Aug 6

What does it mean to resist with beauty, dignity, and craft?

For August's WEAll Talk, we're honoured to hear the extraordinary stories behind @peaceflowing.bsky.social
Pushpanath Krishnamurthy's new book, The Unreasonable Transformers of South India.

Secure your spot: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · Jul 22

Extreme weather is intensifying.

Food & energy costs are rising.

Environmental & human rights defenders are facing crackdowns.

Whilst billionaires profit & prop up industries polluting our land, air, & water.

Join us on the streets this September
drawtheline.world

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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · Jun 9

Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality.
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
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World Inequality Lab @wid.world · Jun 9

🚨Global economic relations have long been defined by imbalances and unequal power, not by self-correcting market forces, NEW STUDY finds.

@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.

wid.world/news-article...

Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality - WID - World Inequality Database

In a new study, Gastón Nievas and Thomas Piketty examine patterns of global imbalances, current account surplus/deficit and net foreign wealth accumulation over more than two centuries.

wid.world

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Finance for Development Lab @findevlab.bsky.social · Jun 20

The Vatican-backed Jubilee Report: A Blueprint for Tackling the Debt and Development Crises and Creating the Financial Foundations for a Sustainable People-Centered Global Economy launches today! #JubileeReport, #Jubilee2025, #TurnDebtIntoHope

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Caritas Europa @caritaseuropa.bsky.social · Jun 23

🔙 On Friday, a landmark Vatican-backed report was released, commissioned by Pope Francis for #Jubilee2025.

Authored by 30+ top economists, it calls for urgent action on the #debtcrisis and fairer financial systems putting people and planet before profit. The EU must lead the way.

📖 bit.ly/4kNj3e8

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Kate Raworth @kateraworth.bsky.social · Jul 1

Calling all academics interested in integrating the concepts of Doughnut Economics into your teaching, and joining a group of peers doing the same - we are hosting a webinar today on this very topic, Tues 1st July at 4.30pm UK time - do join us if you can. doughnuteconomics.org/events/acade...

Academic Community of Practice webinar | DEAL

Doughnut Economics for University: How to bring the doughnut into your teaching

doughnuteconomics.org

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wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · Jun 30

This Wednesday!

wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · Jun 24

We're thrilled to be hosting the launch of a brand new 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 book full of the latest insights on wellbeing science and policy from 41 authors across 18 countries🔓

🗓️ Wednesday 2 July
🕒 3pm UTC
📍 Zoom

🎟️ zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#wellbeingeconomy

wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · Jun 27

You can watch the full interview in English at youtu.be/9M7lN-vTx64

Iceland's President Halla Tómasdóttir on the need for a wellbeing economy - CNN

YouTube video by Wellbeing Economy Alliance - WEAll

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wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · Jun 27

"Wellbeing cannot be pursued when we pursue profit or economic growth at the expense of everything that matters to us as human beings."

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President of Iceland, Halla Tómasdóttir, spoke to CNN at the recent Wellbeing Economy Forum.

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wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · Jun 26

“If time is money, then whose time has always been spent to enrich others?”

Lebohang Liepollo Pheko gives a characteristically stirring contribution on time justice at ISEE - Degrowth Conference in Oslo.

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wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · Jun 24

We're thrilled to be hosting the launch of a brand new 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 book full of the latest insights on wellbeing science and policy from 41 authors across 18 countries🔓

🗓️ Wednesday 2 July
🕒 3pm UTC
📍 Zoom

🎟️ zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#wellbeingeconomy

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wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · Jun 23

Tomorrow.

Join WEAll’s Health Working Group to explore why planetary health is essential to reimagining better health systems.

Featuring @courtghoward.bsky.social Shama Karkal & Liz Willets.

zoom.us/meeting/regi...