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Kate Raworth
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Author of Doughnut Economics. Co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab. Teaching at Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute. She/her.
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    Kate Raworth
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    Apr 26, 2020
    "Systems thinking is too advanced for undergraduates" an economics professor once told me. I just taught the basics of feedback loops to my 11 y.o. twins and then they drew this. It's time to teach & use the tools we all need for the complex challenges we face now & ahead.
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    Kate Raworth
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    Sep 9, 2023
    This footage will seem so utterly bizarre - and angering - to our children's children.
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    Kate Raworth
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    Jan 18, 2022
    This is big and bleak news. The planetary boundary for chemical pollution (aka 'novel entities') has been quantified for the first time - and it's now clear that humanity is massively transgressing levels that are safe for life on Earth. Plastics! Read on. theguardian.com/environment/20…
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    Kate Raworth
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    Oct 30, 2022
    I am so so sorry to hear that the brilliant Herman Daly - founding father of ecological economics - has died. His paradigm-changing work flipped my little econ head inside out & inspired me to write a book on rewriting economics… Here are just some of his big ideas 1/n.
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    Kate Raworth
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    Sep 25, 2022
    The UK government's ruthless and reckless policies that "go for growth” require us all to ask the essential questions that Donella Meadows - mother of systems thinking - set out decades ago. So join me in answering these questions... 1/n
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    Kate Raworth
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    Jul 31, 2023
    This Tory government's aim to "max out" on North Sea fossil fuels up until 2050 is the most duplicitous and cynical abuse of power, and a devastating lack of vision and leadership. Can't wait to see them gone.
    UK must 'max out' North Sea oil and gas to go green, Tory minister claims
    From thenational.scot
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    Kate Raworth
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    Feb 14, 2019
    Very proud of my 10 year-old daughter today, and the many thousands of school students worldwide who are showing us all what leadership means. I look forward to joining them on the march in London tomorrow. #YouthStrike4Climate #SchoolStrike4Climate @GretaThunberg
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    Kate Raworth
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    Mar 4, 2023
    Wow. Go Germany. The future of travel is public.
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    Melissa & Chris Bruntlett
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    Mar 4, 2023
    Following the overwhelming success of the nine euro ticket experiment last summer, Germany will introduce a permanent €49 pass this spring. The monthly subscription will allow unlimited travel on buses, trams, subways, and local trains across every region in the entire country.
    A bright yellow U-Bahn passenger train waits at the platform with doors open at a station in Berlin.
    Two bright yellow trams wait at the platform side by side at the Alexanderplatz station in Berlin.
    A bright yellow passenger bus waits at a stop while passengers disembark on a street in Berlin.
    A bright yellow U-Bahn passenger train waits at the platform with doors closed at a station in Berlin.
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    Kate Raworth
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    Dec 5, 2018
    Economists tell me I make a ‘big mistake’ when I antagonise them. I would like to point out that economists have been antagonising ecologists, sociologists, historians, physicists, feminists, psychologists and political scientists for decades (sorry if I left anyone out).
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    Kate Raworth
    @KateRaworth
    Jun 25, 2019
    Three students who joined last week's climate strike have been banned from their school prom. @AlbanyAcademy - kudos for producing students with global engagement, long-term vision and personal conviction. Please reconsider. Twitter, if you agree pls RT. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
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    Kate Raworth
    @KateRaworth
    Mar 31, 2023
    While France is banning short-haul flights, the UK government is now promoting them, under the slogan 'Grow the Economy' More like 'Kill the Living World'. Policies like this, in times like these, will be recorded in the history books as ecocide.
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    Department for Transport
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    Mar 31, 2023
    From tomorrow, tax will be slashed on flights within the UK, a move that will help boost UK-wide connectivity. #AirPassengerDuty #Aviation
    Tax cuts on domestic flights. We're introducing a lower tax band for passenger flights within the UK.
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    Kate Raworth
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    Dec 2, 2022
    Brilliant analysis by @guardian. Thanks to decades of privatisation, the UK's water supply is managed not in the interests of UK households or the UK's wildlife but in the interests of corporate shareholders worldwide.
    England’s water: the world’s piggy bank
    From theguardian.com
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    Kate Raworth
    @KateRaworth
    Jul 5, 2024
    The book 'Doughnut Economics' opens with the story of Yuan Yang who, as a young economics student back in 2008, was challenging the outdated theory she was being taught. Last night she was elected as the first-ever MP for Earley & Woodley. Huge congratulations @YuanfenYang !
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    Kate Raworth
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    Dec 26, 2022
    I'm delighted to see this quote featured in today's @nytimes international edition. It's time to teach 21st century economics to 21st century students and @DoughnutEcon we've got plans for 2023...join us.
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