23rd September Updates, Links, & Events

Hiya from a hostel I have unexpectedly found myself in during NYC for Climate Week!

I am just stopping through on my way to Portugal for a top-secret invite-only likely-paradigm-shifting programme I’m excited to share with you soon. 👀

Last I left off, I think I had crashed and was taking a very long break after car and shelter sleeping all summer in the sweltering NC heat!

But you all have helped crowdfund over 20% of my crowdfunder for:

• My two books, Of Course and The Power Memo

• The community programme we’re building

• 12 episodes of Fridays Economics

• (and also getting some rest and spending some irreplaceable uninterrupted time with my kiddo for the first time in years)

Thank you x1000000 ❤️❤️❤️

And since the break?

I have now recorded more than 12 episodes of Fridays Economics, interviewing these legends in Environment, Economics, Solarpunk, the Cooperative movement, Social Enterprise, and much more.

Above: Me interviewing (clockwise from top left) Anthony Ellis of Coop Evolution, HelpBnk Heroes host and author Rob McCauley, new-on-the-scene Nouhaila (please go welcome here and check her latest video, it’s epic!), Hopeamine’s Mawuli, Michael Mezz of Better Futures, and Filmmaker and Social Entrepreneur Dan Edelstyn at Optimistic Productions, who helped me with the crowdfunder with his Crowdfunding Blueprint Book which I recommend if you’re crowdfunding something and if you end up purchasing through this link, also gives a little commission to me / Connectioning).

Btw, these are not actually funded yet 😬😬😬

But to do this right, I needed all these recorded, then to spend the next few months editing them so they can start going out before the end of the year.

After much thought, I am remaining nomadic until my TEDx trainings are finished, through February 2027. It doesn’t make much sense to be paying rent in a house I won’t be in because I have to be out of the country spreading the word about the new economy!

But I do feel no longer homeless because I no longer have to worry I won’t have a place to stay for the night.

Again, thank you.

Now I just have to get my TEDx talk into shape and finish writing your two books for how we coordinate to a new economy ASAP.

So please keep spreading the word about the crowdfunder, our next goal is to make it to the 20k mark in the next ten days, and the next 20% within 30 days so the next three months are funded in time and I can spend more of that time hard at work on those things (rather than in fight or flight).

We are only a few subs away from Bestseller status and you can also subscribe here to support!

Also behind the scenes, this wonderful woman, Lucinda Glenny, a superstar who’s going to be speaking in Parliament next month, and who I finally got to meet at Ideasfest!

— and the legendary Kevin Lovelady of Partnering for Purpose have been working on getting all the admin sorted to get our email lists in order so when they’re ready, you’re books get to you, and when the community opens up, you will get the memo. (Please thank them when you see them!)

I qualified for this incredible (and five figure 🤯) programme due to the size of my following, I think it will be a massive benefit to all of us that I’m excited to share with you soon!

Paid members, you’ll be getting an invite for a check in next Wednesday, checking in on how you are doing and getting your input on next steps for what we’re growing here.

Look for the invite in your email!

And if you would like in but cost is a barrier, please reach out to lucie@connectioning.io and ask for a scholarship.

Lastly, I wanted to fill you in a few things going on you might be interested in!

• Dan Edelstyn opens up his membership through midnight on Sunday, 27th September.

• Free screening of POWER STATION following the story of how they turned a whole street (and a school) into power stations, followed by a Q&A

• Announcing the People's Economy Academy — eight monthly sessions on economic democracy, the social and solidarity economy, and community wealth building, hosted by RMEOC, starting in October. Register here. See LI post for full details.

• On September 24, three teams from the Wealth Hackers Initiative walk through what they've built, how it's going, and what they're learning. September 24th let’s hack wealth! See more on their LI post.

• Y’all have GOT to see The Power Playbook a living library designed to help us build local power so the billionaires don’t call the shots — we do! More on Reynolds Taylor’s LI post here and follow her on Substack → Reynolds Taylor

• Don’t forget if you have an organisation that’s part of the 300 movements to a new economy please submit all the details to submissions@connectioning.io or comment on the main post so we can feature you once we launch that phase of the project!

The 300+ Movements to a Fair Economy that Works for All of Us

Know of any other events or funding opportunities or news? Please let us know in the comments along with what you are working on and how it’s going!

Let me know in the comments and glhf out there!

Friday