Thread by @ImmyKaur

There are only a few days left to apply to be part of what I think is going to be an inspiring collective journey this year, and I wanted to share a little bit more about why we put it together in this way, and why I think you should sign up if you can with one of the 12 hosts ♥️

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We started off with knowing that we wanted to explore more deeply as peer groups, how we even start to reimagine + practice new economic possibility at a neighbourhood scale. We knew from previous experiences starting from a learning circle, a book club, a small group to explore

.. deeply together, helps us all to have a similar starting point even if we interpret the ideas differently. We knew our friends at the incredible @EnrolYourself were experts in peer groups + how to explore ideas, + go on learning journeys together.

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Starting with a book, sticky ideas, + global movement such as #DoughnutEconomics means we are part of a global movement of peers taking the ideas of the page, + putting them in practice, as well open sourcing progress on a global platform @DoughnutEcon.

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We know we wanted to be able to do multiple things simultaneously:
+ spend time deeply with ideas, not just rush to action, explore histories, roots, + possible futures.
+ take the ideas off the pages and practice the futures we want to see.
+ share progress, possibilities, ..

… potential ways forward in increasingly uncertain, entangled, emergent and emergency times.
+ explore, value + centre many ways of being, knowing, + doing in the process.

We’ve started to prototype this with our 1st neighbourhood learning circle focused on #BraidingSweetgrass.

Which we will be repeating, but seeing the power of being in relationship with the ideas, practice, and learning from each other simultaneously was glorious. And being able to centre many different ways of learning, being able to say that no way is more important that the other…

… that theory, practice, literature, reflection, action, + many peoples different ways of engaging, processing, learning, doing are valued, everyone has something to learn, everything has something to share, + we can learn from elders, visionaries, ideas, books in ..

.. many different ways, holding them together in high esteem. Being patience with them, each other, compounding our learn whilst sitting in the urgency of these times, going from what is, to what might be, + recognising our generation as on that transition team.

There will be multiple fractals of peers. From partners learning together such as @DoughnutEcon, @EnrolYourself, @CIVIC_SQUARE and our wider partners + funders, 12 hosts who are a group of peers, who all will have 10-12 peers in their groups. We can learn together as a …

… global cohort what works, how we best learn together, go deeper, move to action in urgent times, but grounding ourselves in the ideas deep enough to feel confident, emboldened, knowledge, and fundamentally starting from @KateRaworth’s fundamental of ‘designing to distribute’..

… my overarching learning question designing, and crafting this is exactly how to do we do that in practice, how do you take ideas such as @DoughnutEcon, or @Trees_AI or so much more + practice it in the everyday, both deeply locally, whilst understanding the global entanglement

… + urgency of these times. Knowing, many of the things in this thread can be true together. 1/2 the programme will be a beautiful deep dive into the book + ideas in your peer group. The other half will be exploring your personal learning question deeper + taking the ideas ..

.. off the page. You will have something to learn, something to share, + we all have a responsibility to where we are now as a society, + to actively remake, reimagine, rewire just, equitable, safe futures + what better place to start that our streets, households, neighbourhoods

… of course it is not at all only this scale that matters, we need change simultaneously at many scales from city, states, nations, regulation, + more. But, this is the scale we feel most well placed to organise, spread, + nurture deeper momentum around. We ourselves ..

… at @CIVIC_SQUARE want to be among a movement bustling, inspiring, bold, thoughtful and practicing movement of peers working at this scale. Additionally, I have always been so inspired by @ZahraDavidson’s story of how @EnrolYourself started, when she was looking for a …

… next educational step, a masters, they were expensive, inaccessible + wanted to find a better way to do this. More affordable, more peer led + creating spaces where everyone’s knowledge is valued, + we can share + learn, + practice, in compounding cycles of learning …

Alongside, a your own peer group, we will be hosting whole group gatherings, spaces to learn, + curating incredible speakers, workshops, experiences all year for everyone together too. So, I short I think you should sign up for many reasons, if you want to actively shape ..

… + grow this movement + work, if you want to learn, if you want practice, if you want to be part of something with enough structure to help us movement forward, but not so much you can’t shape your journey, it you want to turn your apathy, or exhaustion, anger or frustration ..

… in how those governing us, are governing, + transform it into something more generative, if you want to inspire those around you to do so too. It might be some of this, or all of this, but I think it’s going to be absolutely incredible year ahead, + it’s an honour to ..

… have the chance to put this together. If you are a funder wanting to invest, grow, accelerate this work, also get in touch, perhaps also be an invested peer? For now, check out the hosts, apply now: bit.ly/DoughnutJourne…

We’d love to hear from people, writers, artists wanting to document the journey, learnings and more through the year, as well as those wanting to invest in the lab, and space to host this kind of work.

I’d love if you didn’t leave it until the last moment either, the 12 hosts are everyday people with jobs, lives and will be doing all the sifting of their amazing applications, and it would be amazing for them if it wasn’t last minute stress ♥️

This isn’t a programme that has the answers, no one has the answers, it’s a platform, an invitation, just enough structure for us organise together, learn together, move forward together, so your not a passive recipient, joining means being part of figuring out how we transition.