This month Dumfries Climate Kitchen hosted The Stove’s Reel to Real event, a screening of Anders Nilsson & Cecilia Paulsson’s thought-provoking documentary OUTGROW THE SYSTEM.
“The original meaning of the word ‘economy’ is ‘household management’. The economy of today however, is not householding, but rather consuming our finite natural resources at an alarming pace. Outgrow the System explores how we can return to the essence of the term and design an economic system that genuinely manages our scarce resources.” This is the film’s stark appraisal of a global economic system that is leading us to catastrophe and is no longer fit for the world we occupy.
A measured dose of both realism and hope; an explainer of what’s wrong with mainstream economics, and what can be done about it, the film sparked ideas, discussion and commitment from our audience. The recording of the Q&A with Anders & Cecilia is available here.
Read Stephen Shellard’s thoughts about the film here.
The conversation isn’t over! We want to hear your thoughts about how we can take some of the ideas from the film forwards, propagate them, expand them, refine them. We are stronger and more capable as a community. Add your comments below! Here’s a starter for 10…
Q: In the segment of the film about cooperatives, the success of the cooperatives, appeared to be measured using traditional economic values e.g. it was said they are more productive and need fewer middle managers (i.e. fewer people need to be employed). How does this measure align with the ethos of doughnut economics?