Introduce yourself!

Woot!! Haha yes hopefully we get the chance to share the cards and a salad on a common table :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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I registered for the North American onboarding tomorrow. Looking forward to it !

And thanks for letting me share the pod :slight_smile: I included links below on spotify and apple podcasts. Episodes are hosted by yours truly and another coach, Francesco who I met in an online coaching community (coaches with impact). Episode 14 includes our 1 year anniversary microphone upgrade. Wow what a difference for recording and audio quality. You can notice the difference from the other episodes.

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Hi everyone! My name is Petra, great to join a community of like-minded people :slight_smile:

I have a background in environmental studies and 5+ years experience working in multi-criteria decision analysis with 1000minds. (By the way, great to see you here Margreet – we met briefly through this work!)

During this time I have been working remotely from Guatemala, and have become really interested in indigenous rights & governance, sustainable tourism development, and evaluating trade-offs in sustainability applications. That’s why I’ve decided to pursure a master’s program in Environment and Resource Management this year, and hope to apply what I learn to the sustainable tourism sector – in particular with indigenous communities here in Guatemala :slight_smile:

I feel that the ideas behind ecological economics are quite similar to traditional indigenous worldviews about our relationship with nature and with our communities, at least from what I’ve learned in the Americas. I’d be super interested in exploring that more deeply, in particular, incorporating traditional indigenous knowledge into wellbeing economy frameworks!

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Hi, I’m James. I’m a community-led development practitioner for the community and economic development agency of the north of Scotland. Prior to this I spent some time in the third and private sectors. Although I work for an NGO, I subscribe to heterodox economics, including Modern Monetary Theory.

I discovered WEAll last week after hearing Lisa Hough-Stewart at an event and thinking, this really resonates with me.

Outside of work I shoot recurve archery, build and paint miniatures and enjoy tabletop and card games - I’m a massive nerd basically! I also quite like watching ‘boxsets’ with my other half, we recently finished the second series of The Pitt and I think that might be thirty of the best hours of television ever produced.

I’m not much of a cook to be honest, but I can make a mean cheese toasty.

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:waving_hand: Hello everyone!

I’m Jeny, originally from the Philippines and now based in Sweden.

My work has taken me across sustainability, circular economy, and wellbeing, but one thing has remained constant: I’m endlessly curious about human behaviour and the patterns that shape how we think, decide, and interact with the systems around us.

That curiosity is what brought me to WEAll. I care deeply about creating the conditions where both people and the planet can thrive, and I’m currently growing Safe Harbour—a wellbeing initiative exploring burnout prevention, human flourishing, and more sustainable ways of living and working.

Outside of work, you’ll usually find me strength training, walking in nature, reading, or writing.

I’m looking forward to learning from you all, exchanging ideas, and contributing wherever I can. :herb:

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Hi - I’m Matt

An Architectural Technologist from Edinburgh.

Increasingly disillusioned by politics, corporate power, wealth accumulation and environmental degradation.

Trying to figure out how I can make a positive impact by finding like mind people so we can all pull in the right direction.

I’m looking forward to learning more here and finding the opportunities to do better.

:slightly_smiling_face:

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Yay! Wonderful to have you here @James_Turner and definitely going to give The Pitts a try this weekend! Thanks too to @Lisa for connecting you :hugs:

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Wonderful to have you here Jeny! :folded_hands:t5:

Welcome Matt AKA @MikeRoc, connecting you with @Michael, who is also based there :dizzy:

Yes, hi @MikeRoc . As Thobile said, I am based in Edinburgh. Happy to meet to discuss how to get involved with the movement. You can reach me at michael@weall.org

Hi all at WEALL,
I’m Pins, from sunny Brighton, UK.
Looking forward to participating here, I first heard about WEALL while studying at Schumacher College in 2023. Having decided everything about everything needed to change and it was time to re-educate myself.

For work I’m the Business & Enterprise Lead at Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) or ‘part of that doughnut thing’ as a friend calls it. I’m also chair of a food business membership group called the Food Network for Ethical Trade, and lead Deep Time Walks in community, for students and businesses. I also have my hands happily (mostly) full as a single mum to two young adults and daughter to two 85 year-olds on the care economy side.

Outside of all that, I love cheese and make a mean tiramisu.

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@Pins - so lovely to see you here :waving_hand: ! And a huge thank you already for your valuable inputs into the Policies for Regenerative Business module :folded_hands:. I’m looking forward to meeting you online or in person some time soon! Warm wishes, Margreet (Knowledge and Policy co-lead at WEAll and working closely with Xiaoting on content for policymakers)

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‘part of that doughnut thing’.. hehe love it! Welcome! We also look forward to the upcoming Doughnut Days- please do share any ways this community can get involved!
Not sure if you’re already connected with @Michael, who is focused on Business and Finance on our side and worked closely with Erinch previously too!

Hi, my name is Taiwo Frances. I am an academic and live in Musselburgh, Scotland, with my three daughters. I first discovered the WEAll community through a colleague, who introduced me to its work. I was immediately intrigued by WEAll’s commitment to promoting a wellbeing economy and creating a world in which people and the planet can thrive.

Outside reserach and teaching, I enjoy walking along Portobello Beach, watching the waves and reading by the sea. I find being close to the water both relaxing and refreshing.

And if there is one dish I would confidently say I cook exceptionally well, it is Moinmoin, a delicious traditional Nigerian bean dish. I might even claim to make the best Moinmoin on the planet!

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Hello, my name is Calvin Willis. I’m born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and currently reside there in the neighborhood I grew up in, Bed-Stuy. I learned about WEAll through instagram and have been intrigued ever since. My philosophy is that economics is a wannabe science, in part to some of the issues described in Module 2 regarding how the field is approached like physics with “laws” and etc. To see an organization also have the idea that “the entire point of money is to buy our wellbeing, so the economy should just focus on well-being instead” is refreshing. All my friends look at me crazy when I highlight this, so it’s good to know I’m not alone in this thinking.

For fun I enjoy basketball and watching sports along with traveling and reading. I’m a lifelong learner, so I ick up a new random skill to learn a couple times a year to keep myself interesting.

I can say with confidence that I make the best baked Mac and cheese on the planet along with the best candied yams you’ll ever taste.

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You are not alone. Except for that best mac n cheese part

Welcome Calvin - it’s great to have you here :waving_hand: !

Welcome Taiwo :waving_hand: !

Greetings from Berlin. My name is Fritz Walter, and I’m thrilled to be a new member of the global WE’ALL movement. I joined WE’ALL just last month, but I’ve been a member of the Economy for the Common Good Berlin-Brandenburg since 2020. As a facilitator and dialogic organizational consultant, I’ve frequently facilitated pro bono workshops for the Economy for the Common Good Hub Berlin-Brandenburg. The first workshop focused on the association’s mission statement as a prerequisite for introducing the sociocracy model.

Last year and again at the end of October this year, we’ll set goals for the coming year.

I live in Berlin-Schöneberg. I see my mission as supporting initiatives in civil society, local communities, and organizations that work toward a better world, so that their energy isn’t lost and they can continue to develop and grow. My approach can be translated into English as follows: “Strengthening generative systems and setting them in motion.”

I’m also a facilitator for ENKELTAUGLICH LEBEN and KLIMAFREUNDLICH LEBEN. These are two wonderful educational seminars for groups of up to 10 people. In “LIVING FOR OUR GRANDCHILDREN,” participants try out and implement their own activities to live more sustainably in the future, while in “CLIMATE-FRIENDLY LIVING,” they explore actions to reduce their carbon footprint in the areas of mobility, housing/energy, consumption, and nutrition.

For more information contact me under fritz.walter@ECOnGOOD.org.

AHOI

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Welcome Fritz! If you are not yet aware of them, I would be happy to connect you to the German WEAll hub - Systems Delta. Regards, Michael