Making climate and environmental crisis tangible
A workshop concept to make climate and environmental crisis tangible
Based on emotion and body work, a workshop concept was developed in the context of the donut economy that focuses on the physical and emotional connections between climate change and sustainable communities. Integrating the body and its emotions into community sustainability processes is an important step in transforming our economy. For this transformation, not only a technical but also a cultural change is needed, because with a strong sustainability awareness in the population, measures for sustainable communities have more political scope and transformative processes can be initiated from civil society. Using a variety of methods, the participants will become aware of the physical and emotional impact of climate change on them and what individual responsibility they have for the climate crisis through their position on earth.
The workshop is divided into a lecture on the importance of a holistic experience of the climate and environmental crisis, an assessment of the participants on how to act in a donut-compliant way and various exercises on emotion and body work. For example, participants can use a collective writing exercise and a role play to develop an awareness of the communal problem areas in the field of sustainability, or they can feel the consequences of the climate and environmental crisis by visiting a specific place in the community, such as a drought-damaged forest or a busy intersection.
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Egil Petter Stræte
Oslo, Norway
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Christina Lambert
Arvada, Colorado
I'm taking a Permaculture course, Kate and Doughnut Economics were mentioned in the social permaculture section. I am in the process of creating a food garden on my city property. My values align with both permaculture and doughnut economics. I am embracing my values and searching for a different way of living on this earth. I am excited to learning more from Doughnut Economics.
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Ken Novak
St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa USA
Ken Novak, Ph.D. is a public speaker, father of eight children, retired military officer, a hospice bereavement support chaplain and adjunct university professor. I do believe the future belongs to the storyteller, and donut economics is rewriting the narrative of our shared humanity. Currently, I am trying a new project with my business ethics students in seeing if they can help "advise" Mr. Tom Vazzo, CEO of Homeboys Inc. and author of The Homeboy Way, in considering how his desire for "Economic Equality Capitalism" (p.146) can be framed within the considerations of donut economics, especially with respect to the social foundation. Mr. Vazzo's "new way forward" includes a radical idea of putting "our best business minds to use in creating companies with huge employment returns as opposed to creating companies with huge financial returns as the priority" (p.149). That's bending the curve of growth toward people, and specific for Vazzo's consideration it means "invest[ing] in people who are just beginning to see life bloom before them." #socialjustice, ,
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Sanjiv Shrivastava
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Victoria Kruger
Norfolk
MSc Sustainability Apprentice
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Jonas Bothe
Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
I studied environmental sciences, economics and an international master's degree in sustainable development. For more than 10 years, I was working in the field of "sustainable business" as a process facilitator, workshop leader and consultant. My topics are growth independence, education for sustainable development and community-based forms of business development. I am partner at NELA. Next Economy Lab (nexteconomylab.de) which is based in Bonn (Germany).
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Ana Arribas Sebastián
Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain
I'm a Social Worker and a Master's graduate in Development and International Relations, with a specialization in Global Gender Studies. I grew up in a small town surrounded by mountains and that was (and still is) what made me aware of how important is respecting the planet that hosts us while guaranteeing the fundamental rights of all human beings. I'm still learning how to achieve both goals and I hope to learn and share experiences here that lead us toward it. Nowadays, I am working on the relationship between climate change and gender equality and actively committed to find alternatives to the current system in order to achieve sustainable development.
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Carolina Tomaz
Brazil
I describe myself as a XXI century economist, who adopts systemic and transdisciplinary thinking, and understands the world as a complex socio-ecological system. My goal is to work with regenerative projects for the development of inclusive, intelligent, and sustainable cities and communities. I have been particularly interested in applying the Doughnut economy model for cities, business and organisations. I have experience with projects planning and management, structuration and implementation of new governance models, and group's facilitation collaborative methods to co-create more effective and sustainable solutions for social problems. I'm part of the Donut Brasil network, and together we are experiencing the tools and knowledge of the Doughnut Economics in many projects and in the Latin America and Brazil contexts.
