Doughnut Economics Open Mandala
Social-Ecological Entrepreneuership Action/Reflection Canvas
Doughnut Economics Open Mandala is a tool designed to assist in the development and maturation of projects, initiatives and/or organisations from a socio-ecological development perspective from a holistic way using the Doughnuts Economics approach.
It's the things you don't know that will change your lives. - Wolf Vostell
In this sense, it is important to understand that it can be used from a systematised perspective, following a method or guide, but it can also be used from a completely intuitive approach and it can also be used to work with her individually or in a team. 
A possible guide for use could follow the following steps:
Define what you are going to use it for
Minimally define what you are going to use it for, whether you are focusing on an innovative initiative, a product or service or you are thinking about your whole organisation...
Observe and explore the whole figure
Before starting it is always advisable to take some time to make a complete review of all the elements of the tool.
Fill in the Donut
Look at each of the 12 areas that make up our "Safe and Fair Space" of work, the inside of the Donut, and try to write down the most relevant aspects of your initiative, product/service or organisation. Don't get blocked if any of the areas are blank, just keep moving forward focusing on your proposal.
Start conversations...
Choose the system of relating the information you prefer, Fluid Relationships, Complementary Relationships or Matching Relationships; and start interconnecting the work areas.
At this point new information should begin to emerge or the information you have already incorporated should begin to be questioned... Now the Mandala is working and the conversations will begin to emerge... now we just have to enjoy it and ask the right questions without fear!
Hopefully this tool will allow you in your own process to open up new and different ways of working and usefulness.
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Colleen Cummings
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Jaqueline Vasconcellos
Paris
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Sanjiv Shrivastava
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Tunay Koluaçık
Izmir, İzmir, Turkey
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Andrea Skrede
Norge
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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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Ryan Pleune
Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Ryan honors the natural and inherent beauty of human migration while still being accountable to repair settler colonial oppression and border imperialism. He resides on stolen native land, Tsêhéstáno (Cheyenne) and Hinono'eino (Arapaho) unceded territory and works towards reconciliation through Land Back initiatives. Ryan has taught and facilitated ecological literacy since 1998 both inside and outside the formal classroom with ages 5 through 18. He advocates for student achievement to be measured equally through mastery of academic skills and content, high-quality work, and character.
