To stay within planetary boundaries, we need to use materials and energy more wisely and reduce consumption. This requires changes that may feel like loss of comfort, identity or familiar routines. In this project, we develop a media intervention using short film stories about experiences of loss and new forms of value and wellbeing in sustainable transitions. During interactive sessions various stakeholders watch these films together and engage in facilitated dialogue about concerns, opportunities and solutions related to car-free or low-traffic neighbourhoods. We examine whether this shared experience helps build understanding, trust and support for sustainable decisions.
Economic transition: the costs and benefits of (in)action
What does an economy look like that focuses not on GDP growth, but on well-being, ecology and justice?
What is needed to achieve this sustainable economy and how is our current economic system holding back these changes?
We are exploring these questions from a practical perspective as part of the program: ‘Economic transition: the costs and benefits of (in)action’. Together with partners from academia, the professional sector, government and social movements, we are working to shape this transition, set it in motion and anchor it. In doing so, we actively apply knowledge in practice to bring about a transformation of our current economic system.