Five Degrees of Change

‘The way we are living, with such intense consumerism, is not sustainable’ – Erinch Sahan

We need to completely rethink our economic structures – but luckily we already know how to do this, says Erinch Sahan, head of business and enterprise with the Doughnut Economics Action Lab, who supplies five policy and personal changes he would make for a greener world

Erinch Sahan, business and enterprise lead at Doughnut Economics Action Lab: ‘People are starting to say it isn’t just financials that can be material to your bottom line, but other ecological or social things.’ Picture: Daniel Lynch

When Kate Raworth, an Oxford economist, published Doughnut Economics in 2017, it became an unexpected international bestseller and sparked a global movement that is continuing to transform our understanding of economics today.

“Doughnut Economics is a compass for human prosperity in the 21st century and it pursues the aim of meeting the needs of all people within the means of our living planet,” Erinch Sahan, head of business and enterprise with the Doughnut Economics Action ...