DELVES - Localised Vital Engagement Strategy
DELVES - Doughnut Economics Localised Vital Engagement Strategy
DELVES – Doughnut Economics Localised Vital Engagement Strategy
**NOTE: The use of the DELVES model in 2021 by UN Youth (Vic) run as the Waves of Wellbeings program has resulted in 3 new wellbeing co-designed prototypes and the advancement of Beneficial Actualisation Theory : Please visit https://www.thecoast.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Benefical-Actualisation-Theory-Explained-2022-v5.pdf ** February 2022
Overview
DELVES is sense-making tool and methodology to gauge interest and to activate the Doughnut Economic model or support collective action strategies at a community and neighbourhood level. Communities of interest dig into to the doughnut’s ecological ceilings and social foundations using an experiential / transformative literacy process to uncover conditions that hold complex problems in place, shifting potential into existence and improving the odds of an intervention's success. DELVES enables everyone, everywhere to get actively involved in co-designing and implementing systems change prototypes that are relevant to local and cultural context and actionable within a place-based perspective.
Why use it?
Uncover conditions that hold complex problems in place.
Shifting potential into existence.
Improving the odds of an intervention's success.
Who is it for?
Facilitators, Community Members, Policy Makers, Teachers, Change Makers and Entrepreneurs.
How long does it take?
DELVES is flexible in time and scale, from a micro practice to a 10 x weekly session (1.5 hour each)
How many people is it for?
DELVES has a flexible / scalable format from small groups 4-6 people up to 100+
What materials do you need?
DELVES is a peer run, peer lead and will require facilitators to develop session content to local context and culture.
What does the facilitator need to know or be able to do?
Understanding of Benefit Mindset Theory, Beneficial Action Theory and Theory U is helpful. See list of Resource links below.
Acknowledgements
DELVES is an adaption of the Waves of Wellbeings (a sense-making tool for activating regenerative and transformative collective action) co-developed by UN Youth (Vic) and the Being Well – Doing Good initiative which piloted during Melbourne, Australia’s COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020. The findings from the Melbourne Doughnut report in April 2021 have been included in the latest pilot. We acknowledge the expanded Vital Engagement theory of Cedomir Ignjatovic, Theory U, Benefit Mindset, Beneficial Action, UChicago CSR Developmental Framework, Regenerative Practitioner - A Field Guide , Regenesis - Regenerative Development and Design, Regen Melbourne and the generous contributions from the Social Solidarity Circles around the world.
Links
Beneficial Actualisation Theory.
https://www.thecoast.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Benefical-Actualisation-Theory-Explained-2022-v5.pdf
DELVES – INFOGRAPHIC
https://www.thecoast.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/DELVES-Doughnut-and-WoW-1.pdf
Waves of Wellbeings - Action Reflection Learning Journey: Overview
https://www.thecoast.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Waves-of-Wellbeings-overview-2021-v2i-1.pdf
REGEN MELBOURNE – Towards a Regenerative Melbourne ( Full Report) Melbourne Doughnut
https://www.regen.melbourne/s/Towards-a-Regenerative-Melbourne-Report-April-2021.pdf
Highlight Report
https://www.regen.melbourne/s/Towards-a-Regenerative-Melbourne-Highlights-Report-April-2021.pdf
Vital Engagement Theory (expanded) Investigating flow at work and vital engagement of working adults across three years
Benefit Mindset Theory
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0e79/809c371a908d8108a072d90a968886696506.pdf
Beneficial Action Theory
https://www.thecoast.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Beneficial-Action-Toumbourou-2016.pdf
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Myles Beaufort
Brisbane, Australia
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Luciano Villalba
Tandil, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Hello, I am Luciano, from Argentina. I have a degree in industrial engineering and then I made a Master and a PhD in Environmental Sciences. My fields of interest are environmental history, the studies of sciences and technologies, the circular economy, sustainability transitions, etc., etc.!
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Alex Mikulich
Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
I am a Catholic social ethicist, award winning author, antiracism facilitator, and ecological activist. My Unlearning White Supremacy: A Spirituality for Racial Liberation is being published by Orbis Books. The last chapter addresses "Ecological Intimacy" and the intersections between ecological destruction and anti-Black supremacy.
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Deborah Weinreb
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
I am a social practice artist based in Bristol in the UK. In 2020 I was a part of an 'Artists Make Change' group looking at the importance and challenges of artists in relation to the economic doughnut. The main premise was the importance of Art, Culture and Creativity as a social foundation and its power in developing ideas, thoughts, behaviour changes and so much more. From this research many notes were collected. I like visual outcomes so one of my lockdown projects was producing a graphic that encompassed much of what we discussed in an open way that could inspire thought in others. Commonly known as the Art Doughnut it is a large complex graphic and so is not very screen friendly. However you can view it here and fall in on a word/phrase or 2 that you will hopefully find motivating. I am now working with Dr Cara Courage to try and extend the ethos of the Art Doughnut so if you have any ideas please do get in touch. We are especially interested in developing a web friendly version ( probably an animation), so any funding ideas for this would be very welcome. If you would like to see a bit more about Social Art Projects you can visit a notebook website that I put together while researching projects in the USA. Besides links to projects there are many interesting articles on the blog. This was one successful and uplifting project I visited. Assembly, an arts program run by the non-profit organization Recess that’s an alternative to incarceration.
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Tom Owen-Smith
Lambeth, London Borough of Lambeth, England, United Kingdom
Doughnut Economics is an inspirational text, and I am keen to be part of building it out to change our economy and society. I am the Sustainability lead at SUMS Consulting – we are a not-for-profit membership organisation providing consultancy services to the university sector, mostly in the UK. One aim is to make universities run sustainably and in harmony with their place. Universities are also at the centre of knowledge production and can make big contributions to the paradigm shift through their research, education and ability to bring people together. I hope to learn from this community and share ideas for change – both for my work and for living my own life.
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Laurel Gallagher
Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom
Co-director of Urban Wilderness CIC an arts organisation embedded in Stoke-on-Trent. Our work is situated in hyper-local public spaces where our actions disrupt established narratives and re-imagine alternative futures. We work collaboratively with artists, communities and academics to build meaningful relationships, share power and instigate change.
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Jovita Rodrigues
Sancoale Goa, India
I studied political science and economic, and practiced law . Now an Executive and Life Coach, interested in bringing transformation in my community and state, through this platform. To empower the youth to be more creative in the the way they want to live within the community and the world, so that they can bring about healthy changes in the environment.