Bridging the Gap episode 10 The Importance of Being Seen In the first podcast of 2024 Seán Ó Conláin speaks with Thobile Chittenden, network co-lead of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll), about her early childhood at the end of the apartheid regime in South Africa and how that experience has influenced her, leading eventually to…
Highlights of 2023 From the editor: The show must go on. We’re in the circus of the health ecosystem and the wider chaos of early 21st century world events. A tough and turbulent environment, but quixotically we believe, as do a small but energetic and motivated minority, that we might be able…
World Mental Health Day 2023 As passionate advocates for good mental health in the context of prevention, something not adequately installed in many health systems, we’re delighted to see this topic high on the agenda of the EU Mental health conference 2023 We had the pleasure of talking to Dr Meri Larivaara about the work…
Healthcare on a burning platform In this month’s podcast, David Somekh of the EHFF and Caroline Whyte spoke with Bogi Eliasen, the Director of Health at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS). Bogi initiated the Nordic Health 2030 process and has a key role in both the global Future Proofing Health Index and Movement Health 2030, that…
Transforming the treadmill : work in a post-growth economy In the latest episode of the “Bridging the Gaps Podcast” by our partners at Feasta Caroline Whyte spoke with Katy Wiese, the Policy Manager for Economic Transition and Gender Equality at the European Environmental Bureau, and Jan Mayrhofer, the Policy and Advocacy Manager for Sustainability at…
A second harvest of the past ten years Following our ten-year retrospective at Easter, this time we’re digging a bit deeper to select a number of the activities we engaged in between 2014 and 2021. Including: – Patient Empowerment & Health Literacy – Self-Management of Chronic Conditions – Networking and collaborating with other…
David Somekh and Caroline Whyte interview futurist Bill Sharpe, author of the book ‘Three Horizons: the Patterning of Hope’. Bill explains how he came to be working in this area, the potential offered by the Three Horizons method, and describes some recent projects in healthcare and regenerative agriculture. FEASTA and EHFF · Three horizons, hope and…
Beyond Growth, Beyond Europe…and Beyond Politics In this podcast, Seán Ó Conláin and Caroline Whyte exchanged some initial thoughts on the European Parliament’s recent conference, “Beyond Growth: Pathways Towards Sustainable Prosperity in the EU,” which they both attended from May 15-17. They placed the conference in the context of a highly unbalanced world trade system that…
Politicians and the wellbeing economy David Somekh of the EHFF and Caroline interviewed Laura Rayner, who is a policy analyst at the European Policy Centre in Brussels. Laura is currently working on the Wellbeing Economy Policy Lab, which is a crosscutting work programme to analyse how the EU can develop and implement policies leading to…
Community Wealth Building and the next economic system Caroline Whyte spoke with Sarah McKinley, who is the director of community wealth building programs for The Democracy Collaborative, working out of her home office in Brussels, Belgium. The Democracy Collaborative, like Feasta and the EHFF, is a member of the global Wellbeing Economy Alliance. Sarah’s background is…