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Tag: new economy
How the new economy can help us optimize for well-being instead of money
In the new economy, we redefine what it means for our society to grow and to be successful. Money becomes a means to other ends: well-being, sustainability, and equity. Our measure of success is when people are thriving.
How systems thinking can help us develop lasting solutions to our deepest challenges
Systems thinking is a new paradigm of analysis that encourages and enables us to understand complex and often hidden dynamics throughout our world.
How food forests can help us build healthy, thriving, beautiful communities
Food forests (or forest gardening) are a gardening or land management technique that seek to create a forest – usually in an urban environment – that is entirely devoted to growing edible plants.
How the steady-state economy can save the planet and promote human flourishing
GDP is not as closely correlated to well-being as we think. The steady-state economy is a theoretical alternative to today’s economy that refocuses from maximizing GDP at all costs to fostering long-term well-being and sustainability.
How polarity management can help us balance seemingly conflicting goals and values
Seemingly conflicting, but equally necessary truths are known as polarities. Polarities represent some of the fundamental tensions that come up in our organizations and in our lives as individuals.
How right to repair laws can save us money and preserve our natural resources
With right to repair, we imagine a different kind of system, where instead of throwing things out, we reuse, salvage, and rebuild.
“Our top priority is our customers”
Building a sustainable and equitable economy doesn’t require that we completely remake ourselves from the ground up. It mostly requires that businesses and institutions just live by the values they already claim to live by.
Competition is not the devil
How we consciously and intentionally use competition as a tool for a better world?
Digging for gold at the Right Livelihood Quest
Beyond the job titles, beyond the outfit – what has your life been preparing you perfectly for? That’s the core question of the Right Livelihood Quest.