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…
Wellbeing Frameworks: challenges and progress Many people would agree that we need to change the way in which we measure progress and move past the current narrow focus on GDP. Ireland, along with many other countries, has been developing a wellbeing framework that contains a dashboard of indicators which are intended to give a snapshot…
David Somekh of the EHFF and Caroline Whyte spoke with Jim Garrison. Jim is the founder of Ubiquity University, whose founding purpose is to develop learning experiences grounded in the world’s wisdom traditions blended with practical interpersonal and entrepreneurial skills. Jim has a doctorate in philosophical theology from Cambridge University and has been active throughout his…
Housing access and mass retrofitting in Ireland and Europe: challenges and solutions Seán Ó Conláin and Caroline Whyte interviewed Anne Barrington, who is the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Ó Cualann Cohousing Alliance in Ireland, and Uuriintuya Batsaikhan, an economist based in Brussels who oversees the research projects at Positive Money Europe. Topics…
The latest Feasta podcast episode featuring guest Lars Münter David Somekh and Caroline Whyte spoke with Lars Münter. Lars works on international relations for the Danish committee for health education, and he also manages the communication for Nordic Health 2030 and is a member of the EHFF’s Advisory Group and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance’s Danish…