{"id":678,"date":"2020-05-31T08:07:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T07:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/?p=678"},"modified":"2020-05-30T12:10:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T11:10:14","slug":"how-amsterdam-and-other-cities-are-adopting-a-new-model-to-support-their-citizens-and-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/cy\/how-amsterdam-and-other-cities-are-adopting-a-new-model-to-support-their-citizens-and-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"How Amsterdam and other cities are adopting a new model to support their citizens and the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month Amsterdam became one of the first cities in the world to adopt the \u201cdoughnut economics model\u201d as a means to help it become genuinely socially and ecologically sustainable. Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon are amongst other cities following suit.<\/b><\/p>\n

In the words of the model\u2019s inventor, Kate Raworth<\/a>, \u201cThis takes the global concept of the doughnut and turns it into a tool for transformative action\u201d.<\/p>\n

The doughnut model<\/h3>\n

Raworth\u2019s book Doughnut Economics<\/a> proposes the idea of a \u201dsafe and just space\u201d for humanity. This combines the concept of planetary boundaries with that of social boundaries. In the ring doughnut metaphor, the inner edge of the doughnut represents the sufficient level of resource use to meet people\u2019s needs, and the outer edge of the doughnut represents the planetary limits.<\/p>\n

\n