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Lukas Bunse
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Policy and Engagement Lead @WEAllScotland
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futureeconscot.bsky.social
The Scottish Government's new Climate Change Plan is welcome, but must be matched by a laser-like focus on delivery and implementation.

Read our full response: www.futureeconomy.scot/press/216-re...
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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weallscotland.bsky.social
We're delighted to share our Manifesto for a #WellbeingEconomy co-created with our members.

Our manifesto highlights how we can change the rules of our economy, using bold, achievable and transformative policies that put people and planet first. www.weallscotland.org/_files/ugd/e...
text along the top says 'Manifesto for a Wellbeing Economy' underneath is a picture of two women holding signs that say 'Let's redesign our economy for people and planet.' and 'Put justice and compassion at the heart of our economy.'
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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tonyrobertson82.bsky.social
Just a couple of days left to register for our 'What Would a Wellbeing Economy Strategy Look Like?' webinar with Gerry McCartney, 12pm on Thursday 2nd October

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September 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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weallscotland.bsky.social
There's still time to book your place for a special screening of Purpose: a Wellbeing Economies Film followed by a discussion featuring @maggiechapman.bsky.social, @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social, @sarahboyack.bsky.social

📍Scottish Parliament
🗓️ 24 Sept
www.tickettailor.com/events/wellb...
Reserve your space – Purpose: Scotland’s role in the Wellbeing Economy – The Holyrood Room, Scottish Parliament Building
Purpose: Scotland’s role in the Wellbeing Economy – The Holyrood Room, Scottish Parliament Building, Wed 24 Sep 2025 - In Scotland, one in four children are growing up in poverty. People are facing im...
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September 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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thirdforcenews.bsky.social
Community wealth building and the wellbeing economy: routes to a better future.

Lukas Bunse reflects on this year's community wealth building summit

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@dr-lukas-bunse.bsky.social
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#WellbeingEconomy
#CommunityWealthBuilding
Community wealth building and the wellbeing economy: routes to a better future - TFN
Lukas Bunse reflects on this year's community wealth building summit
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August 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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lmacfarlane.bsky.social
New data shows that child poverty in Scotland fell over the past year, thanks in part to new welfare payments

Meanwhile, the UK Government is actively pushing thousands more into poverty by slashing welfare

What does this stark divergence tell us? 🧵 www.gov.scot/news/child-p...
Child poverty in Scotland falls
UK Government decisions ‘hold back further progress’.
www.gov.scot
March 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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weallscotland.bsky.social
We are hiring!

We're delighted to announce that we're growing our team. We're looking for an enthusiastic and experienced individual to join us as our new Administration and Events Officer.

Applications close at 23:00 on 15 April. Find out more and apply today: www.weallscotland.org/vacancies
March 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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christinejberry.bsky.social
I wrote a thing about the unreality of the debate on disability benefits, where it comes from and how it affects us. It cost a few spoons to do it, but I think it would have cost more not to. Have a read if you're interested: www.christineberry.net/2025/03/the-...
The lies we tell ourselves: Starmer and the gaslighting of disabled people – Christine Berry
www.christineberry.net
March 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Reposted by Lukas Bunse
weallscotland.bsky.social
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Purpose film screenings sponsored by @corra.scot.

We loved seeing so many of you there, having inspiring conversations and seeing the commitment to redesigning our economy in Scotland. #WellbeingEconomy

📸 Emma Boyd
Three people sitting on chairs leading a panel discussion. A man is speaking into a microphone and the two women next to him are laughing. Four people sitting on chairs leading a panel discussion. One woman is speaking into a microphone while the others are looking out to the audience or at her smiling at what is being said. Three women in the audience smiling as they listen to what's being said on stage. A photo of the audience as a women asks a question to the panel. She is speaking into a microphone as people around her are looking at her.
March 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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francesryan.bsky.social
Politics is ultimately about choices: how you raise cash and where you spend it. Labour acts as if they are forced to cut disability benefits but leading economists say they can avoid it by taxing the super rich. Spending cuts are a political choice. Don’t let them pretend otherwise.
March 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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janrosenow.bsky.social
This is a great illustration of what the new energy order looks like:

➡️ large to small
➡️ centralised to decentralised
➡️ large grids to microgrids
➡️ one-directional to bi-directional
➡️ passive consumers to active prosumers

Of course simplified & highly stylised but it shows the direction of travel.
March 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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weallscotland.bsky.social
Have you booked your ticket for our Purpose film tour yet? Bookings now open for Banchory, Aberdeen, Dunbar and Glasgow.

Find out more and book your space today: www.weallscotland.org/purpose-film
Purpose film | WEAll Scotland
This inspiring film follows the stories of Katharine Trebeck and Lorenzo Fioramonti as they work to transform our economy so that it puts people and planet first.
www.weallscotland.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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cusp.ac.uk
Post-growth: the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries—New paper by Giorgos Kallis, Jason Hickel, Daniel W O’Neill, Tim Jackson, Peter A Victor, Kate Raworth, Juliet B Schor, Julia K Steinberger, Diana Ürge-Vorsatz → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/... cc #postgrowth #degrowth #wellbeingeconomy
Post-growth: the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries
A comprehensive new review by leading experts in the sustainability science field is challenging the long-held assumption that economic growth is necessary for societal progress. Published in The L…
cusp.ac.uk
January 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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weallscotland.bsky.social
📢 New report out now highlights how our economy is failing the people of Scotland.

We joined voices with leading academics and economists to call for the people of Scotland to have more of a say in the decisions that impact their lives.

Find out more: www.weallscotland.org/post/new-rep...
"In a just and compassionate Scotland, everyone should have the opportunity to thrive. But right now people are struggling as we face increasing financial and environmental crises caused by our outdated economic model. We need to include the people of Scotland in the conversation about how we redesign our economy so that it delivers social justice on a healthy planet. We need a Wellbeing Economy." Aileen McLeod, Director, Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland
January 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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futureeconscot.bsky.social
“Without a step-change, we are now at risk of going backwards.”

Important new report from Scotland’s Just Transition Commission, highlighting the need for more ambitious policy to ensure Scotland delivers a just transition.
Front page of Conditions for Success, the 2024 annual report of Scotland's Just Transition Commission. Foreword: "It has been a particularly busy and productive year for the Commission, as we zeroed in on the question of how the climate transition is reshaping different places across the country. We chose to visit Grangemouth, Shetland, Dumfries and Galloway and Aberdeen, each of them just transition “hot-spots” with distinctive local characteristics. "A consistent theme of our work this year has been a shift away from a sense that a just transition would be a “nice-to-have”. Instead, we have seen and heard very directly how success on this agenda is already critical to the lives and livelihoods of people up and down the country, and sure to grow in prominence in the years ahead. Workers fear they are facing a “cliff edge” at the same time as storms and floods have grown increasingly frequent and severe." Satwat Rehman Co-Chair Just Transition Commission Professor Dave Reay Co-Chair Just Transition Commission
December 17, 2024 at 3:48 PM
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weallscotland.bsky.social
Yesterday's #ScottishBudget brought some welcome measures that are a step in the right direction.

But we must move beyond expensive sticking plaster solutions and use the full budgetary powers to enable our communities to thrive.

Read our full response: www.weallscotland.org/post/scottis...
Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland responds to Scottish Budget
Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland responds to Scottish Government draft budget
www.weallscotland.org
December 5, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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neilmcinroy.bsky.social
The Scottish Community Wealth Building Centre for Excellence has launched - an online hub to guide and inspire action for fairer, stronger local economies.

Read the article here 👇
edas.org.uk/2024/11/29/com…
#CommunityWealthBuildingn#EDASAS
https://edas.org.uk/2024/11/29/com…
November 30, 2024 at 7:11 AM
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miriambrett.bsky.social
“Ultimately there is no way to address Scotland’s housing crisis without scaling up the supply of social housing.”

@lmacfarlane.bsky.social spoke with the Financial Times about measures to complement rent controls and investment in the planning system.
www.ft.com/content/1ede...
Scottish rent controls spark tensions as developers demand ‘assurances’
Caps for increases would be tied to inflation under SNP’s new housing bill
www.ft.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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futureeconscot.bsky.social
Important new analysis from @neweconomics.bsky.social showing how skyrocketing land values have driven the UK’s housing affordability crisis. ⬇️
neweconomics.bsky.social New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · Nov 20
🏡New research🏡 A price premium for landowners is artificially inflating land prices and blocking the government from building the social homes needed to ease the housing crisis and meet its own housebuilding targets. The price of land drives unaffordable UK house prices.
November 20, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Reposted by Lukas Bunse
weallscotland.bsky.social
Our economy isn't working for people or planet.

We need a #WellbeingEconomy that delivers social justice on a healthy planet.
November 18, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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weallscotland.bsky.social
What is economic democracy and why is it important for redesigning our economy to deliver social justice on a healthy planet?

Join the next meeting of the CPG on Wellbeing Economy to discuss this and more.

🗓️ Friday 6 Dec
⏰ 11am
📍 online

Book your space: www.tickettailor.com/events/wellb...
Reserve your space – Building a democratic Wellbeing Economy in Scotland – Zoom
Participation and democratic decision-making in our economy is a key principle of the Wellbeing Economy and is attracting incre...
www.tickettailor.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:40 AM