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Privatised water companies 'which were sold off with no debt and handed £1.5bn — have borrowed £53bn, the equivalent of around £2,000 per household. Much of that has been used not for new investment but to pay £72bn in dividends.' Financial Times on.ft.com/32s0Y2v

melissa mean - 3 recommendations:

- Read the Power to Change report.
- Read Mariana Mazzucato
- Read CIVIC SQUARE 3 Degree Neighbourhood report. medium.com/neighbourhood-…

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What happens when you put the power and knowledge to 'do' #retrofit in the hands of local people?

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We have economies that need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive. Now we need economies that enable us to thrive, whether or not they grow. Here's what I just wrote about it in The Guardian 1/2
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“Whenever we build, we either contribute to or counteract dominant processes of change.”

—Material Cultures

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Whilst the findings can feel alarming, it’s also a chance to look honestly at where we are + where we need to get to, knowing that we might have to oppose a lot and, more importantly, propose and demonstrate a lot more that we can only do working together. bit.ly/DoughnutPortra…

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Check out our recent collab with the #transitionresourcecircle on decolonising philanthropy>>

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Post Capitalist philanthropy: Wealth as a Transition Pathway

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“Whenever we build, we either contribute to or counteract dominant processes of change.”

—Material Cultures

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‘In these dynamic of rapid moments of change that it is so critical to keep alternatives alive — and to boldly invest in them — to advance the likelihood that the present polycrisis yields a just, regenerative and distributed approach to our future’ medium.com/neighbourhood-…

Medium Esmée Fairbairn Lankelly Chase thirtypercy Paul Hamlyn Foundation Joseph Rowntree Foundation 00 [zero zero] bit.ly/Neighbourhood3

We humbly share this as part of our Neighbourhood Public Square publication as we shape physical infrastructure for challenges + abundant possibilities ahead, including what climate modelling means for the criticality of neighbourhood civic infrastructure. bit.ly/Neighbourhood3

Building on Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL)'s foundational work + our #NeighbourhoodDoughnut demonstrator, we utilise The Doughnut For Urban Development as an operational tool to discern strategic interventions that will have the most multi-layered + generative co-benefits. bit.ly/Neighbourhood3

Alongside confronting the consequences of a warmer planet, we need to actively reimagine how our neighbourhoods and economies function. We invite you to hold these tensions with us. This work is absolutely not an acceptance or endorsement of a +3ºC future. bit.ly/Neighbourhood3

Immediate action to adapt to global temperature rises are necessary but only dealing with climate breakdown on a symptomatic level will create new industries of growth + extraction that exacerbate historic violence whilst feeding local + global injustices. bit.ly/Neighbourhood3

An increase of +3ºC by 2100 pushes us far beyond global tipping point thresholds, threatening food supply, energy security + destabilising the global economy. We need to be aware of + prepare for the worst whilst building towards a new more hopeful future. bit.ly/Neighbourhood3