Introduce yourself!

Greetings WeAll community! I’m pretty sure I learned about this community while listening to a podcast, maybe Nonviolence Radio or Accidental Gods? I’m an educator and a parent and grandparent motivated to help in ushering in new cultural ways of being that will benefit all beings for generations. I believe that imagination is a powerful tool for building a world in which all beings are thriving. As a founding member of a fledgling Peace Fellowship in my faith community, I am interested in learning ways we can work/ play locally to build wellbeing economies in our wider community.

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Welcome @rbrooking so happy to have your perspective here!

Hello!! I’m Dan from Toronto, representing SoDy (the ‘historical policy lab’). What the heck does that mean?? Check us out: so-dy.org

So happy to join this AMAZING community :grinning_cat_with_smiling_eyes:

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A warm welcome @SoDyDan! Your website and the intro video is really interesting. I’m just looping in my wonderful colleague @KatePetriw who is based in the Toronto area too. Hoping you might find a time to connect. Warm regards, Margreet

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Hi everyone, I’m Dave. I recently discovered WEAll and felt a deep yes - this is exactly the kind of work I want to support and be part of.

I’ve spent over 20 years as a community builder and systems thinker in the startup world, including working with some of the earliest social networks focused on positive impact. I’ve worked across mission-driven platforms, spiritual spaces, and wellness companies. Through all of it, I’ve come to understand not only what uplifts people, but also what burns them out.

These days, I’m focused on helping build what’s next. I’m especially drawn to regenerative business models, participatory frameworks, and emotionally intelligent leadership. I believe in the kind of economy WEAll is championing - one where dignity, purpose, and shared wellbeing are at the center.

I’m currently envisioning a company called The Resonance Company that would align with many of the principles this community holds dear - things like shared compensation, collaborative leadership, and soul-aligned offerings. I’m here to connect, contribute, and be part of this shift in any way I can.

Grateful to be here,

Dave

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Thanks @Margreet!! Yes, when I had my onboarding call with Thobile, they suggested I reach out to @KatePetriw (which is still sadly on my to-do list…). Always up for a chat :grinning_cat:

I’m Abdul Semakula from Kampala, Uganda. In Uganda we have a rich totemic system, and I’m of the pangolin totem. The pangolin does not thrive in captivity because of its specialised diet (ants) which also makes it the guardian of the forest maintaining healthy soils and biodiversity. I too have been trying to escape this colonial-founded mechanistic narrative which keeps all of us captive to its extractive interests, rediscovering myself as a guardian of our biocultural heritage of Obuntu, living in right relation with nature.

Heartwarming to be among unlearners, and relearners, feeding on a living systems diet and evolve to higher-orders of consciousness and potential.

During the climate week, i had the opportunity to do a podcast with Maearth’s The Regeneration will be Funded, which was uploaded yesterday https://shorturl.at/wPL8q

This coincided with the launch of our updated webpage about Obuntu Resets https://obunturesets.com/ which is aimed at naturalising money from a tool of extraction to regeneration through units of care that flow towards enriching life relations in a place bioregion by restoring trust in place.

Feel free to support in any way you can to upcoming relational activities at the bottom of the page, connection to potential funding partners or sharing both links.

With gratitude.
Abdul Semakula

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A very warm welcome, @asemakula! What a great podcast and I loved learning more about Obuntu Resets on your webpage. Let’s stay in touch!

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What an interesting project! I look forward to following it.

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Hola!! My name is Tomás, psychologist and founder of BWell Lab, for human development and organizational well-being. It’s a collective of 12 diverse professionals united by purpose: bringing people together in well-being. Feel free to connect with us, it would be great to know more from this intentional community. :slight_smile:

LinkedIn BWell Lab https://www.linkedin.com/company/bwell-lab

Web: https://bwell-lab.net/

Wishing you a happy holidays, from BWell Lab! :smiley:

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Thanks @TomasNores for introducing yourself here!
Great to see your team too and looking forward to engaging with you on this space :slight_smile:
Wishing you happy holidays too,
Aamirah

Michael from Columbus, OH. Found WEAll a few years ago through social media and fell in love with the mission.

Looking forward to getting more involved next year and trying to bring a group officially to Columbus.

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Hi Dave. Welcome. Add a website link when you get it running. Also, where are you located?

Hi Dan, Some interesting ideas. I am vaguely familiar with Clio Dynamics (right term) and more so with Spiral Dynamics.

Watched the initial animation and will check out some more of the writing. What is next for you and your team?

Hi everyone!

we are excited to join the WeAll Community and contribute perspectives from our five years of work as founder of the Non-Profit organization SaveClimate.Earth and developer of the ECO climate-currency model.

:bullseye: Our focus has been on understanding why current instruments like the EU-ETS and CO₂ pricing struggle to deliver deep, systemic emission reductions, especially given the intertwined interests of politics, industry, and citizens.

:light_bulb: We’re particularly interested in approaches that reconnect climate action with ecological limits and deliberately decouple it from the constraints of our monetary system. We look forward to bringing these insights into our discussions on climate justice, social fairness, and effective long-term governance.

Looking forward to working with you all,

Angela and Jens
SaveClimate.Earth

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Hi Oliver,
I’m interested in the England Hub and any local activities. I’m exploring the idea of getting the retired community (as I am) more interested and focused on the health of their grandchildren’s only viable platform :globe_showing_europe_africa:,
Regards,
Stephen

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Hi @SoundFlyer , what a beautifully succinct way of putting it! The England Hub is just about to have a bit of a formal launch to tie in with Reclaim The Economy week, so hopefully we’ll have an influx of new people from a wide range of backgrounds and personal circumstances. It would be great to hear your thoughts - if you email me at england@weall.org we can have a chat (don’t forget to sign up for the newsletter too!).

Oliver

Hi all! I’m so thrilled to be joining this community, and can’t wait to get to know many of you soon. :yellow_heart:

I am a former USAID policy and strategy advisor, currently transitioning from 10+ years in Washington, DC, to a very different life in rural upstate NY. I mostly find myself focusing on three things these days = (1) part-time work at our local public library; (2) renovating a 100-year-old, 450 sq ft bungalow (so tiny! still so much work!); and (3) co-creating the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible! Cooking, baking, and eating are my primary pleasures so this third question is hard to answer… I’m not sure I make them better than anyone else on the planet (high bar!), but the other day I made some extremely delicious rosemary apricot shortbread bars – yum!

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Hi WEAll community :slight_smile:

I’m Lucy - I work for Caritas Europa and we have just joined the Alliance!

We are a Catholic network made up of national Caritas organisations in Europe. Caritas Europa has 49 members in 46 European countries. We are part of the global Caritas confederation with 160 countries.

We have a heartfelt commitment to fight poverty and social exclusion as well as to promote integral human development, social justice and sustainable social systems in Europe and throughout the world. In the Caritas Europa secretariat, we do policy and advocacy to the EU institutions on social, migration, international development cooperation and humanitarian aid affairs.

We have been working on a wellbeing economy, or a just economy as we call it, for the last two and a half years. See here the publication we wrote in 2024: Going beyond economic growth - www.caritas.eu We are now also doing policy and advocacy work on a just economy together with other organisations based in Brussels.

Looking forward to working with you all!

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Hello everyone! I’m Cristiano, an educator working in adult education, human development and community-based learning. I’m interested in wellbeing economy, social inclusion and education as a driver of systemic change. Looking forward to learning and collaborating with this community.

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