Unveiling the California Doughnut Snapshot (Past)
In this session, members of the California Doughnut Economics Coalition will reveal their California Doughnut Snapshot.
Please Note: This event has now finished and can no longer be joined.
Join us for this free and engaging presentation for Global Doughnut Day as we reveal our highly anticipated California Doughnut Snapshot, a visual and analytical tool designed to assess California's ecological and social well-being within the framework of Doughnut Economics.
California is the 5th largest economy in the world and has the highest relative poverty rate in the United States while being one of the most politically progressive states. This snapshot offers a unique perspective on how California is faring in balancing essential social foundations with the ecological boundaries of our planet.
In this presentation, we will begin with opening remarks from special guest - Michael Mezzatesta aka @michael_mezz We will then share the step-by-step process behind the creation of the snapshot, including data collection, stakeholder engagement, and adaptation of Doughnut Economics principles to the specific needs of California. We will also share key insights from the process shedding light on areas where California is excelling, as well as where critical gaps remain and have time for group celebration, discussion and questions.
Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of:
- The methodology used to tailor the Doughnut model to California's unique environmental, economic, and social landscape.
- Our major findings and what they reveal about California's progress toward sustainable development.
- Lessons learned from our coalition’s collaborative work, and how these learnings can inform policy, business practices, and community action.
- Next steps and how California residents, community organizers, policymakers, and government leaders can use our snapshot as a tool for driving transformative change.
This session is ideal for policymakers, sustainability advocates, and anyone interested in learning how Doughnut Economics can shape a thriving regenerative future for California.
Register here - https://givebutter.com/KnN1ia
Please note: this is a virtual event and a link provided upon registration.
California Doughnut Economics Coalition is a 501c3 organization based in California that seeks to Initiate regenerative and distributive economic systems throughout California, using 21st-century Doughnut Economics thinking. Learn more about our work at https://caldec.org
We would like to express immense gratitude to the Cisco Foundation for funding this crucial research.
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Della Duncan
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Della is a Renegade Economist based in the San Francisco, Bay Area. She teaches workshops and retreats about alternative economics around the world, supports individuals working to better align their values with their work as a Right Livelihood Coach, and offers consulting to organizations, businesses, and local governments contributing to equitable and sustainable economic systems change. Della is also the host of the Upstream Podcast challenging traditional economic thinking through documentaries and interviews, a Senior Fellow of Social and Economic Equity at the International Inequalities Institute in the London School of Economics, the Course Development Manager of Fritjof Capra’s Capra Course on the Systems View of Life, a Gross National Happiness Master Trainer, the Community Leader of Ingleside Community Power, a community-owned solar-power neighborhood cooperative, and a founding member of the Doughnut Economics California Coalition.
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Brian Dowling
Hacienda Heights, California, United States of America
I serve as Treasurer for the California Doughnut Economics Coalition (CalDEC.org).
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Taylor Seamount
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
I’m inspired to apply my art to find hope and meaning amid the climate crisis. Solar Punk Repaints In these imaginative realist landscapes, I modify my plein air paintings of my local Santa Cruz area, reimagining the location as an equitable and sustainable utopia. On social media I share painting process videos that explore the history and future of that location. Featuring Local Stewardship I also create plein air paintings that highlight local organizations that are responding positively to the crisis. This year I’m focusing on land stewardship. Sourcing How can I responsibly make and sell objects from the fruits of the earth during this time of over-extraction? I explore this through my laser woodworking of local redwood and internationally sourced bamboo plywood. Fairies I believe that ecologically balanced culture requires more than a utilitarian appreciation for nature. We need our reverence for nature to include sense of mystery which inspires humility. In many of my plein air landscapes I include glowing nature spirits, which I call fairies, as an embodiment of this sense of mystery.
