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For Love & MoneyEp 80 Katherine Trebeck: Beyond Business As Usual - Building the Wellbeing EconomyEpisode Summary
In this powerful and deeply thoughtful episode, political economist and changemaker Katherine Trebeck joins Carolyn to explore what it means to build an economy that works for people and planet. Katherine shares her journey from working with Oxfam and Rio Tinto to co-founding the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll), and how her work is reshaping the way we define economic success.
Together, they unpack the shortcomings of our current growth-at-all-costs model and what’s possible when we embrace a wellbeing economy — one designed with purpose, prevention, equity, and people-powered participation at its core. Katherine also reflects on t...2025-04-2758 min
Head2HeadEpisode 43 -The Compassionate EconomyIn this episode of Head2Head I talk with two remarkable political economists who are passionate and informed advocates of the “compassionate economy “ - the idea that economy should serve the people and not the other way around and is kinder to our life sustaining planet.Professor Liz Grant holds a chair in Global Health and Development at the University of Edinburgh and is responsible for developing and supporting global health partnerships with colleagues in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) communities, and for local and global advocacy translating global health research into action.Liz is a co...2025-04-2231 min
Sense-Making in a Changing WorldThe Wellbeing Economy with Dr Katherine Trebeck and Morag GambleJoin me in this episode with Dr Katherine Trebeck to imagine what an economy designed to serve people actually looks like and how we can make it happen. Come explore the root of today's crises and the seeds of the solutions with us.Dr. Katherine Trebeck is a leading political economist, writer, TedX speaker and leading advocate for economic system change. She co-founded the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, is writer-at-large at the University of Edinburgh, the Economic Change Lead at The Next Economy and played a pivotal role in establishing the Wellbeing Economy Governments (WEGo) partnership - among...2025-02-1957 min
Head2HeadEpisode 31-Katherine Trebeck on having a Wellbeing EconomyImagine an economy designed to serve people and planet rather than the other way around. Are there better, more sustainable, ways to run our economy? What kind of counrty do you want to live in? What’s an economy for anyway? These are kind of questions Dr Katherine Trebeck challenges us to ask if we are to have any hope of changing the entrenched neoliberal ideology that is exploiting both our people, our country and our planet in the name of greed.The economy isn’t something that is fixed and unchangeable. It’s a human creation so we...2025-01-0926 min
SeedsKatherine Trebeck on Wellbeing Economies, Mountains and System ChangeMy conversation with Katherine started with Mountains and Nature, before we talked about her life, career and systems change. This felt like a very grounded conversation as a result and I know you will enjoy hearing her insights about Wellbeing Economies and what they are. If you like this then there are 420 other conversations as well - you can find out more at www.theseeds.nz Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa site: https://www.weall.org.nz/ Katherine's site: https://katherinetrebeck.com/ Katherine is a political economist, writer and advocate for economic system change. Her r...2024-12-021h 06
SeedsPurpose Led Business for a New Economy: Panel Discussion with Rachel Brown, Manu Caddie, Kira Day and Kath Dewar at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance ConferenceYesterday afternoon faciliatated a fascinating conversation with some amazing people at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance conference in Pōneke Wellington. Joining me were Rachel Brown (Sustainable Business Network), Manu Caddie (Hikurangi Enterprises), Kira Day (B Labs) and Kath Dewar (Good Sense). We covered a lot of ground - the future of business, role of nature, philanthropy and hybrid structures, director duties and consideration of ESG, advice for a high growth startup acting sustainably, the new Community Housing Funding Agency and a whole lot more. If you like this content check out the 400+ other conversations on See...2024-11-281h 04
Head2HeadEpisode 25 - Gareth Hughes on Alternative EconomicsGareth was a Green MP for 10 years and is now the Director of The Well Being Economy Alliance of Aotearoa which not only examines the neoliberal status quo that drives our current economy but looks a the many alternative economic models we could adopt to have a fairer society. WeAll have an upcoming conference : Economics in the Public Good ( see details below)He is is the author of A Gentle Radical, a biography of the late Greens leader Jeanette Fitzsimons which was published two years after her death in 2022.If you are a...2024-11-1518 min
Decide for Impact podcastHow everything and everyone is related through understanding – Elif Kuş SaillardToday, we are learning from Elif Kuş Saillard.
Elif, a sociologist and methodologist, is a scientist of "understanding." With over two decades of expertise in qualitative methodologies and Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS), she founded the NAM Qualitative Research Center in Istanbul in 2013, training many social science researchers globally.
Elif developed the "Meaningful Experience Model" to help organizations and individuals cultivate meaningful experiences. Her pioneering "Understanding Leadership" program unlocks the superpower of understanding, promoting consensus and overcoming polarization. Through this work, she aims to contribute to a sustainable future by helping people enhance their understanding, fostering a more connected an...2024-08-2957 min
Express ChangeKatherine Trebeck — "The Clusterfuck Monologues"Katherine Trebeck is a political economist, writer and advocate for economic systems change. She is a co-founder of WEAll, short for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, as well as WEAll Scotland, its Scottish hub. She also initiated the Wellbeing Economy Governments initiative, in which the governments of Scotland, Iceland, New Zealand, Wales and Finland work together on creating wellbeing economies. After working and living in Scotland for well over a decade, she returned to her home country, Australia, in 2023, where she is now working on a range of different projects to advance the introduction of wellbeing economies.
Katherine's...2024-04-3026 min
Team BlickkontaktKatherine TrebeckIn this episode we are joined by Catherine Trebeck, an advocate for economic system change and co-founder of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. Catherine shares her journey from working in international trade to advocating for a wellbeing economy, inspired by a conversation with a lecturer who encouraged her to look upstream and question the political economy. Catherine reflects on the power of understanding our common humanity and the importance of recognizing our shared needs and values. She emphasizes the need for a broader base in the economic change movement and the importance of making connections between our common human needs and...2024-04-1656 minExpress ChangeDiscover Express Change!A brief introduction to our new podcast!
Art has an incredible influence on how we feel and think about the world, whether it's film, music, or storytelling. We explore how the arts can help us work towards true sustainability and against democratic, societal and ecological breakdown.
In this teaser, you'll need only six minutes to meet the incredible range of people we've interviewed so far for our first season — they are, alphabetically ordered by last names:
Báyò Akómoláfé – https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/
Mapumba Cilombo – https://www.mapumbamusic.com/
Katja...2024-03-2106 minDecide for Impact podcastNot-for-profit businesses as an alternative – Jennifer HintonToday, we are learning from Jennifer Hinton.
Jennifer is a systems researcher and activist in the field of sustainable economy. Her work focuses on how societies relate to profit and how this relationship affects global sustainability challenges.
She developed relationship-to-profit theory, which explains how key aspects of business and markets drive social and ecological sustainability outcomes. She started developing this theory in the book How on Earth, which outlines a conceptual model of a not-for-profit market economy – the Not-for-Profit World model.
She holds a PhD in Sustainability Science from Stockholm University and a PhD in Economics from the University of Cl...2024-01-111h 04
Post-Growth Australia PodcastPGAP live at the NENA conference: Life After CapitalismPGAP recently had the pleasure of travelling to Canberra to record live at the 2023 New Economy Network Australia (NENA) conference: ‘Life after Capitalism’. We recorded a collage of presentions and interviews with conferences attendees into order to showcase nearly two hours of Post-Growth goodness. This episode includes well-known names such as Tom Ballard, Donnie MacLurcan, Anitra Nelson and Gareth Hughes.
(graphic courtesy of NENA)
PGAP acknowledges the Ngunnawal, First Custodians of the country where the recordings of this conference took place. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that colonisation cont...2023-12-141h 55
The reMAKERsSeason 3: Episode 11The economy is just how we produce and provide for one another. So what if we threw out the old indicators of growth and profit, and instead measured its success by our collective wellbeing?On this episode of the reMAKERS podcast, we talk to Amanda Janoo (Economics and Policy Lead) and Lisa Hough-Stewart (Implementation Lead) from the global Wellbeing Economy Alliance — about the countries and businesses that are doing just that. We learn that the term ‘economy’, and the indicators of GDP, stock market growth and employment, didn’t enter the public discourse until the 1930s, as peop...2023-11-2330 min
The RegenNarration Podcast161 Excerpt. We Can Create a New Normal: Live panel launch for Regenerating Investment in Food & FarmingThis is an excerpt of one of the most pivotal conversations on the podcast this year. So many conversations since, and attempts to navigate the paradigm change talked about here, have come back to this launch event, and the stories expressed in it. Having just returned from the Re:Connection Festival in the northern rivers, and a little tour around it, I’ll have more out on the podcast soon about some of this trailblazing work going on.This conversation marked the launch of a major report and project by not-for-profit outfit, Sustainable Table (you might remember Ja...2023-11-1643 min
SeedsA post-growth future and what it means for larger business: Seeds Conference session with Jennifer Wilkins, Dr Katherine Trebeck & Dr Donnie MaclurcanAudio from Seeds Impact Conference - Panel of Jennifer Wilkins, Dr Katherine Trebeck & Dr Donnie Maclurcan discussing Larger business in a post-growth economy This panel conversation between global experts in economics beyond growth, Katherine Trebeck and Donnie Maclurcan, hosted by Jennifer Wilkins, will explore the challenging question of how existing larger businesses, especially multinational enterprises and corporations, can begin to prepare for a post-growth future. Jennifer Wilkins is a researcher and advisor in degrowth, a concept for an economic transformation to a lower metabolism, equitable post-growth economy that is socially and environmentally sustainable. D...2023-10-0846 min
Reasons RevisitedReasons Revisited: Beyond GDPStop the press! We're bringing you an extra dose of RTBC each week, as we dig back into our audio archives and brief you on a big idea that's having a moment. This week the UK's GDP estimates showed the economy shrunk in July, sparking fears of a recession. But what if there was a different way to measure a country's economic success? We spoke to Katherine Trebeck, Annie Quick and Kate Raworth about the alternatives, from doughnut economics to New Zealand's Wellbeing Budget. Can we move beyond our obsession with growth? And where do we go next?2023-09-1513 min
The RegenNarration Podcast175. Doing the Impossible: Judith Schwartz on transcending our impasses to heal the earth & each otherTen years ago now, award-winning writer and journalist, Judith Schwartz wrote the book ‘Cows Save the Planet: and Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth'. Then came 'Water In Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World'. And then, a few years ago, in an extraordinary global tour of earth repair, came 'The Reindeer Chronicles: and Other Inspiring Stories of Working With Nature to Heal the Earth'. That award-winning book featured stories from Norway, Spain, Hawai’i, New Mexico, the Middle East, and Australia – Kachana Station, in fact, the 200,000 acre station in the East Kimberley that’s the subj...2023-08-011h 22