Can we reclaim our local and regional economies and steer them towards what matters to our communities and future generations? @lizzeidler.bsky.social on local government sell-offs and opportunities for a more community-focused, inclusive approach.

CTP is now part of #ClimatePerks, an initiative by @wearepossible.bsky.social, offering our employees more (paid) time off work if they ditch flights when they go on holiday. We’re calling for more organisations to join the clean travel movement! Read more here www.wearepossible.org/climate-perks

Recent headlines about local government sell offs have got Liz Zeidler, CTP's Co-Founder, angry. In her blog she turns anger to action to explore the bigger picture behind this asset stripping, and what can be done to stop it deepening.

CTP is now part of #ClimatePerks, an initiative by @wearepossible.bsky.social, offering our employees more (paid) time off work if they ditch flights when they go on holiday. We’re calling for more organisations to join the clean travel movement! Read more here www.wearepossible.org/climate-perks

Recent headlines about local government sell offs have got Liz Zeidler, CTP's Co-Founder, angry. In her blog she turns anger to action to explore the bigger picture behind this asset stripping, and what can be done to stop it deepening.

Recent headlines about local government sell offs have got Liz Zeidler, CTP's Co-Founder, angry. In her blog she turns anger to action to explore the bigger picture behind this asset stripping, and what can be done to stop it deepening.

'A demonstration that our lived experience of exclusion from money makes us experts in the change needed for a fairer, more prosperous economy' @powertochange.org.uk on what happens when people shut out of an economy are trusted to build one for themselves.

Recent headlines about local government sell offs have got Liz Zeidler, CTP's Co-Founder, angry. In her blog she turns anger to action to explore the bigger picture behind this asset stripping, and what can be done to stop it deepening.

“By embedding community wealth building into everything we do, from procurement to planning, we’re ensuring local people and businesses benefit directly from economic activity.” Highland Council marks progress on its community wealth building strategy.

How's your week? We're busy as ever at CTP but summer can be a time to be a bit more reflective. In the first of an occasional series, our Programmes and Policy Manager Rosie Maguire talks us through a sample of her learning, writing, listening and reading.

🎧 PODCAST: Is Prosperity Possible Without Growth? In an age of environmental crisis and rising inequality, is our obsession with economic growth doing more harm than good? Tim Jackson of @cusp.ac.uk on why rethinking our values may be the most important decision we face.

📆 Saturday 4 October: Join the Resurgence Trust online for a day of thought-provoking and progressive talks from some of the world’s most inspiring thinkers and activists, including Satish Kumar, lifelong activist and peace pilgrim who founded the Trust.

How's your week? We're busy as ever at CTP but summer can be a time to be a bit more reflective. In the first of an occasional series, our Programmes and Policy Manager Rosie Maguire talks us through a sample of her learning, writing, listening and reading.

'Retrofit isn’t just a technical fix for individual homes, it’s a social process rooted in trust, relationships, and shared understanding.' We love this article about retrofit as transformation. Read more:

📆 27 August: Policy briefing. Join Power to Change for a community business policy briefing, exploring recent developments and upcoming shifts in the policy landscape on high street regeneration and community ownership. Book your spot: www.powertochange.org.uk/event/policy...

When we're involved in projects on retrofit we're always thinking about housing that is warm enough in winter and cool enough in summer. And more – what do we need in places more generally, such as trees and green, open spaces, so that people can thrive?

'CWB practices enable us to rethink and rewire our local economies around the people and places they serve with the objective of increasing the flow, circulation and ownership of wealth.' Blog from @clesthinkdo.bsky.social on boosting local economies cles.org.uk/blog/boostin...

Kate Pickett argues that people in more unequal countries have a lower 'wellbeing-adjusted' life expectancy. If that’s true, does it make sense for governments to continue pursuing GDP growth as their primary economic strategy?

Lotus flowers are blooming again in Kashmir's Wular Lake, after 3 decades of decline following devastating floods that filled it with silt. A reminder of the power of taking care of the things and people around you. Or as we like to call it: wellbeing economics.

As this article from the US shows, it's not just cities and nature that are evolving solutions to climate damage: it's the very communities affected by it, bringing solutions and other benefits.

'Clean air policy making must involve communities affected by systemic inequality.' Co-creating clean air policy with young Londoners. urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/pol... @asthmaandlung.org.uk @impurbanhealth.bsky.social

Last year we worked with journalist @claregoff.bsky.social on the Wellbeing Economy in Action project, sharing stories of places creating policy based on impact on people and planet rather than growth. Here, Clare shares more examples of wellbeing approaches.

“There has never been a greater need to create the conditions for genuine dialogue and a space for inquiry." A new London art institution aimed at promoting global majority voices wants to be a space for 'difficult, urgent questions' alongside civil debate.

Advice from @uk.theconversation.com on how travellers can distinguish genuine sustainability from exaggerated environmental claims to attract eco-conscious travellers.

Regional economies: the role of industrial strategy as a pathway to greener growth - from IPPR.

Welcome to post-growth Europe – can anyone accept this new political reality? Via @uk.theconversation.com

The NHS ten-year health plan is missing a crucial ingredient: nature. Via @uk.theconversation.com

'Retrofit sounds like a boring word, but now I think it’s actually kind of a big deal'. Wisdom from Charlie, whose work experience with the National Retrofit Hub inspired these thoughts on the solutions, barriers and opportunities of retrofit.

🥳 A massive CTP welcome to our new Strategic Comms Manager Jo - read her intro blog about her storytelling background and pathway to CTP.

NEW PAPER - Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality. This paper traces 225 years of global trade, finance, and foreign wealth to show that what many call 'development' is often just unequal exchange.

New essay from ‪@clesthinkdo.bsky.social‬ and @thekingsfund.bsky.social: A new health duty for mayors and strategic authorities: getting it right. How can a new health duty for mayors and strategic authorities help tackle health inequalities? cles.org.uk/wp-content/u...

With another heatwave on the way, Zoe Williams has a question. Why do we pretend heatwaves are fun – and ignore the brutal, burning reality?

Global media giants unite to dispel the myth of climate indifference: most voters want bold climate policy, but politicians often don’t realise it. The 89 Percent Project is designed to make that public support impossible to ignore. Via Positive News

CTP's workshop at the 2025 #FofD ‪@festofdebate.bsky.social‬ was about finding ways to make decisions by putting people and place at the heart of the conversation. We've created a blog with our partners from SY Ecofit and SYMCA about how it went.

'The world needs a circular economy, but workers in developing countries shouldn’t pay the price'. ‪@uk.theconversation.com‬ on why it's vital to include people at the end of supply chains in debates about the circular economy to ensure their voices are heard.

'Tinkering won’t cut it. It’s time for transformation'. Blog from ‪@rethinkecon.bsky.social‬ on why we need to get serious about reforming economics in secondary schools.

World must move from ‘plunder to protection’ to save oceans, UN chief warns

REPORT 🔔 👇 Power in our Communities is a new joint report from @coopparty.party.coop‬ and ‪@lcefuk.bsky.social‬, making the case that building consensus for our net zero agenda must start at a local level. party.coop/community/po...

'Money, after all, is only a promise  –  so perhaps we should be asking, ‘what’s the promise we want our money to make?’ In the week the Sunday Times published its 36th Rich List, Mike Zeidler delves into the issue of extreme wealth, and where the responsibilities lie for its management.

We love to see this - combined authorities and anchor institutions facilitating regional networks. All power to your work www.linkedin.com/posts/westmi...

Reform UK has said it will scrap net zero and cut all renewable subsidies – this blog from ‪@neweconomics.bsky.social‬ looks at some of the possible impacts.

To celebrate #WorldBicycleDay, this blog published by @sustrans.bsky.social‬ on World Happiness Day in March highlights how cycling can bring people joy and a sense of achievement or empowerment.

Small, local pioneers making a big impact in communities. This is where lasting change can happen. Via Positive News.

What does the Rich List really measure? In an age when an individual can be richer than entire countries, Mike Zeidler, one of CTP’s co-founders and Board member invites us to reimagine our fetishising of extreme wealth.

Following our annual away day we're delighted that our Board member Brian Connolly included reflections from our event in his blog about strategic thinking in action, based on our event and the spring plenary hosted by ‪@youngacademysco.bsky.social‬

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With another bank holiday coming up we've been reflecting on the time we spend at work, our wellbeing and our productivity. Our blog asks whether now is the perfect time to prove to business leaders that a 4 day week is not only possible but better.

In the week the Sunday Times published its 36th Rich List, Mike Zeidler delves into the issue of extreme wealth, and where the responsibilities lie for its management. www.centreforthrivingplaces.org/what-does-th...

TOMORROW 📣 We can't wait to get stuck in to our 2025 @festivalofdebate event in Sheffield at 2pm in partnership with SY Ecofit CIC. The session will explore different ways of making decisions to achieve benefits for people, place and planet. Now sold out! festivalofdebate.com

In the week the Sunday Times published its 36th Rich List, Mike Zeidler delves into the issue of extreme wealth, and where the responsibilities lie for its management. www.centreforthrivingplaces.org/what-does-th...