Doughnut Economics Collective Toronto (DECTO)

Curious to learn more about the power of co-operatives and a great local Ontario-based example??? Check out SolarShare Co-op's upcoming webinar which will provide an overview of the co-op sector, exploring what sets co-operatives apart and why they’re a better way to do business.

The problem with "green" growth. Hear more from Timothée Parrique and other visionary economists and thinkers like Katherine Trebeck, Dasho Lhatu, Sacha McMeeking and Kate Raworth in our wellbeing economy policy design course, co-created with Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) and ZOE Institute for Future-fit Economies https://lnkd.in/e-G7PnmR #wellbeingeconomy #greengrowth #degrowth #policydesign

???? Last chance to sign up to join our Toronto Doughnut Economics Book Club! Sign ups close March 15. If you're interested in joining, please fill out this form: https://lnkd.in/gB_h92ta

??26 case studies of businesses - now published & ready for you to explore. ??26 businesses from around the world, different sectors, sizes, organisational models... some #StewardOwned, others #Mutuals, #Coops, #SocialEnterprises, #EmployeeOwned, #FairTradeEnterprises... all showing ways to unlock ambitious impact through regenerative & distributive enterprise design. Some highlights: ?? 5 businesses using #StewardOwnership at different stages of their journey ?? 4 banks & funds using #CommunityOwnership & governance - all with a deep place-based orientation ?? 3 farmer, artisan or waste-picker owned businesses (one supporting >3m farmers) - innovating the #Coop model to deeply embed stakeholders into decision-making ?? 3 businesses designed fully around the principles of #FairTrade, shaping trading relationships to prioritise producers ?? 3 businesses using guardian shares or mission-locks as part of a #SocialEnterprise model to prioritise purpose ?? 2 models of #EmployeeOwnership with different levels of ownership sharing ... and many more next generation enterprise designs enabling strategies & approaches that are crucial for helping humanity into the Doughnut. Kate Raworth & I ran a 90 minute tour of these case studies with an amazing team of case study authors who gave insights & highlights: Sabita Banerji, Asuncion Aguilar, Valeria Radosavljevi?, Rachita Misra, Thami Schweichler, Alex from Guerrilla Media Collective, Sujay Hammannavar, Wynnie Zhao, Tim Frenneaux, Alain Boribon, Sascha Glasl, Bryony Jansen - van Tuyll, Jennifer Lowe, Saundharaya Khanna, Vanessa Rosenthal, Mason Chock, Renée Cullinan. ??Watch the launch webinar with these ?? amazing authors, researchers & founders: https://lnkd.in/ekeF3itK ??Full set of case studies: https://lnkd.in/g5BUqzju

???? We’re excited to announce that we are launching a?Doughnut Economics Book Club here in Toronto! This will be an opportunity to gather with like-minded folks, discuss topics such as alternative economies and degrowth, and create a stronger sense of community. No need to have a background in any of these concepts, the book is quite accessible and all are welcome! If you're interested in joining, please fill out this form: https://lnkd.in/gB_h92ta Based on interest and capacity, we will reach out to accepted members (first come, first serve).?Deadline to sign up is March 15. #doughnuteconomics #torontobookclub #torontoclimate #torontosustainability #degrowth #degrowthtoronto #wellbeingeconomy

Interested in how different business models and design can create regenerative & distributive impact? Join this upcoming webinar with Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL), Kate Raworth, and a group of researchers including DECTO's Wynnie Zhao, to learn more. ??: https://lnkd.in/erYWEw3U Make sure to follow DECTO on socials or join our email list (link in bio) to stay up to date - we'll be launching an initiative this year for businesses who are interested in exploring doughnut-aligned business tools.

We got more book recs, so here's a part 2 to our reading list for 2025 with our favourite doughnut-aligned books focused on people and planet. Stay tuned as we'll soon be announcing details for our upcoming...BOOK CLUB!???? #doughnuteconomics #degrowth #postgrowth #regenerative #sustainability #torontosustainability #planetaryboundaries #DEAL Christopher Marquis

Really interesting new study from Jason Hickel, Kate Raworth and others - "Post-growth: the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries" ?????? Taken from the summary of the research: ? There are increasing concerns that continued economic growth in high-income countries might not be environmentally sustainable, socially beneficial, or economically achievable. ? The central idea of post-growth is to replace the goal of increasing GDP with the goal of improving human wellbeing within planetary boundaries. ? Key advances discussed in this Review include: the development of ecological macroeconomic models that test policies for managing without growth; understanding and reducing the growth dependencies that tie social welfare to increasing GDP in the current economy; and characterising the policies and provisioning systems that would allow resource use to be reduced while improving human wellbeing. ? Despite recent advances in post-growth research, important questions remain, such as the politics of transition, and transformations in the relationship between the Global North and the Global South. This was published in The Lancet - there's a link to the full study (no login/paywall) in the comments below ?? (To clarify: I haven't read it in full yet - I am saving it for some bedtime reading) ?? #postgrowth #planetaryboundaries #gdp #degrowth

Happy new year everyone! Wishing everyone a year filled with community, purpose, good health, and peace. Curious about what the DECTO team and community is reading? We've put together a reading list for 2025 with our favourite doughnut-aligned books focused on people and planet. Comment below if you have any other recs! Stay tuned as we may be coming out soon with more book-related updates... ??????????? #doughnuteconomics #degrowth #postgrowth #regenerative #sustainability #torontosustainability #planetaryboundaries #DEAL Kate Raworth Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

What is degrowth? If there is one point of consensus in the degrowth scholarship, it is that degrowth defies consensual definition. As of now, there is no widely accepted definition within the field.?The disagreement is not that much about the essence of the idea, which is rather consistent throughout the literature, but rather about finding one short and easy definition that encapsulates all the diverse meanings behind the term. This is what I attempt to do in this paper, which builds an operational definition of degrowth in five steps. The section titles correspond to the actual elements of the definition given in order, degrowth being defined as: (1) a downscaling of production and consumption? (2) to reduce ecological footprints,? (3) planned democratically? (4) in a way that is equitable? (5) while securing wellbeing. The downscaling of production and consumption is the conceptual core of degrowth, its key defining feature.?Even though they may differ in essence and magnitude, all forms of degrowth involve, by definition, producing and consuming less. The four principles further clarify the nature of that downscaling. They can be considered necessary requirements for a downscaling of production and consumption to be considered degrowth. The essential point here is that degrowth is inherently multi-dimensional. What makes degrowth whole as a strategy is the co-existence of these principles applied to a specific process. Considering the quantity of ink that has been spilled disagreeing over definitions, it might seem foolish to hope for settling the debate once and for all. The modular definition that I propose should be seen as a starting point from which to welcome critical interrogation from scholars who feel inspired to invent better definitions of degrowth. To download the paper:?https://lnkd.in/eZfb9C_d