'It feels cool to be a cog in change': how doughnut economics is reshaping a Swedish town

A casual mention of Kate Raworth's theory has grown into the basis for decision making in TomelillaIn a small town in Sweden, the local authority is carrying out an unusual experiment.In 2021 one of the team had been reading an article about the concept of doughnut economics - a circular way of thinking about the way we use resources - and he brought it up. "I just mentioned it casually at a meeting, as a tool to evaluate our new quality of life programme, and it grew from there," says Stefan Persson, Tomelilla's organisational development manager. Continue reading...