How Nanaimo is Engaging with the Doughnut
Presentations by Nanaimo City Councillor Ben Geselbracht and Kate Raworth
The City of Nanaimo was inspired by Amsterdam and voted to officially adopt the Doughnut as a tool for reimagining the future of the city. In this hour-long webinar Kate Raworth presents DEAL's framework for any city or region that aims to live within the Doughnut, and is followed by Nanaimo City Councillor Ben Geselbracht who discusses Nanaimo's context, the city council's motivation to engage with and adapt the Doughnut, and their current plans and approach for putting it into practice in the city.
The webinar was hosted by the Parkland Institute in Alberta, Canada, in November 2021.
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Felix Surjadjaja
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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Marti Roach
Moraga, California, United States of America
Hello, I work locally on the climate emergency through 350 Bay Area, 350 Contra Costa and the Contra Costa Climate Action Network. I am very interested in finding links to other social justice issues in the community and building a broader local coalition for social justice and equitable climate solutions.
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John Adams
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
I retired early from my career in technology sales. The culture of corporate America was no longer working for me. Specifically the idea that there is a moral space, where as long as you are not breaking the law, your only responsibility was to shareholder value and pursuit of profit. Full acceptance of this leaves little space to connect with your values and principles. As I dug deeper into the concepts of Doughnut Economics the decision to retire from my professional job was a no-brainer. It was a purposeful transition from years of accumulating, to focusing on how to thrive so that I could live the concepts. This in turn has freed up my time and attention capacity to make sense of the current situation of the world, understand the underlying systems, and determine how I can contribute to help make positive change. I came to DEAL to find guidance on how to take action.
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Greg Hart
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
I am a partner in Future Fit Cities. A design and investment venture that is focused on bringing Doughnut-friendly ventures and infrastructure to life and to global impact. I am also a co-founder of InceptionU which is working on transitioning people to the essential competencies required for thriving in the desirable future. We need to be on a path to a regenerative future.
