Finally, something we can actually do to make the change!
A podcast showing how small groups of people are growing big changes -- and how you can too
Welcome to Connectioning, where we connect the people and projects building an economy that supports all of us. Every week: the stories shifting culture, the people making it happen, and what you can do to start.
WECONOMY NEWS
Real communities, real change: in Bristol, 3,500 households rewrote local housing policy, ended a food desert, and built the city’s biggest community-owned wind turbine — generating £100k/year. Other episodes feature Fordhall Farm, East Marsh United, and Carrick Greengrocers, showing how local projects are building alternative economies today.
I posted a reel about this podcast and woke up to 1,500 notifications all saying the same two words about the current economy: “Screw this.”
Best comment, though? This one:
“Finally, something we can actually do to make the change!”
Matt Golding and Maryam Pasha’s Screw This, Let’s Try Something Else is five episodes of real communities building the alternative economy right now, plus a bonus episode featuring practical steps you can take to start, and it is hands down one of the most important things you can listen to this year.
Take action:
📚 Go straight to the podcast on Apple or Spotify!
EVENTS
Social Change Summit — Building Bridges
This Sunday, The Rising Foundation is bringing together organisations doing real grant-funded social change work — plus anyone who wants to hear about it. Grantee presentations, networking, and a look at what the Hozho Collective partnership is building.
This virtual event is free! This Sunday.
COMMUNITY & GLOBAL EVENTS
Turn your neighbourhood into a community!
Graham McBain is on a mission to turn 10k neighbourhoods into communities. Learn his simple protocols for building neighborhood community. (US based, open to all)
What’s happening in your corner of the WECONOMY world? Share it with us here.
THIS WEEK’S ONE THING
Hopeful Neighborhood Starter Kit
Download the free Hopeful Neighborhood Starter Kit for US residents — a practical guide to breaking the awkwardness and actually getting to know your neighbours. Takes five minutes to get. Could change everything.
FEEDBACK
Last week you told us: 56% of you don’t know where to start. 28% are doing this work alone. Thank you for telling us that. We are building just for you and your feedback helps shape it.
This week we want to go even deeper not into what you need, but into what you already know. Because the wellbeing economy isn’t something we’re inventing. It’s something we’re remembering.
Two questions. Answer in the poll, and please let us know your thoughts in the comments!
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NEXT TIME
Coming up next: Giant retailers are deciding to sell out to their employees instead of Private Equity, a guide to making the generational wealth transfer come to us.
Jessica Friday is a wellbeing economist and culture strategist. With a community wealth building story that’s been cited in Scottish Parliament and millions of views on her content worldwide, she coordinates hundreds of movements worldwide ditching the economy we have now for one that works for all of us.
To follow her journey, find her on the socials here.
The wellbeing economy isn’t coming. It’s already here. It’s happening right now around the world in and your neighbourhoods. Join us and learn how to start living it now.
So looking forward to listening to "Screw this" - I've been spending a lot of time around open source/maker types and am more convinced than ever that the future will grow up rather than trickle down. Great to see Connectioning developing.
I devoured the series in just a few days! Beyond excellent. Highly recommend.