What kind of economy nourishes the soul of a city?

In an era where traditional metrics like GDP fail to capture the true quality of our lives, we must ask: How do we measure what truly matters? Join us for an in-depth webinar exploring a transition from extractive growth to an economy rooted in dignity, mutual aid, and planetary health.

About the Webinar

This session moves beyond ideological debate to offer a practical framework for the Economy of Wellbeing. We explore cities not just as engines of efficiency, but as systems of care. By integrating post-growth economics, gift economy practices, and soulful livelihoods, we provide a compass for navigating economic life within our natural ecosystemic constraints.

Key Learning Pillars

• Beyond the Limits of GDP: Critiquing why current metrics fail to capture human and social wellbeing, and introducing Gaiamentry Economic Protocols (GEP)—a planetary-scale metric for a new era of consciousness.
• Measuring Genuine Wealth: Insights from the INNER KEY research (a study of 15,000 participants across 11 cities), addressing the tension between subjective data and governance.
• Wealth, Culture, and Reciprocity: Lessons from Indigenous wellbeing frameworks (The Medicine Wheel), living wage principles, and how low-income communities achieve high wellbeing through sharing and local collaboration.
• The New Philanthropy: Shifting from simple donations to “Giving Plus” (G+). How leaders and capital holders can deploy wealth for real social impact and systemic resilience.
• From Insight to Action: Practical LCARE recommendations for local administrations and community leaders to turn wellbeing data into place-based change.

Thematic Action Ideas

Systemic thinking in corporate and individual social responsibility.

Cooperative markets and skills festivals.

Basic income pilots and wellbeing economy indices.

Design of soulful livelihoods and shared economy practices.