My Letter to the Hobart City Council

Kate Raworth's 'Doughnut'

I recently sent an email to Cr. Holly Ewin, to raise the possibility of doing a 'doughnut analysis' of Hobart

I recently read Kate Raworth's 'Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist'. I was so inspired by what I found, that I did a massive chalk graffiti in the city centre to draw attention to this revolutionary idea.

What is a 'doughnut analysis'? You can find out by listening to Kate's Ted Talk on the issue here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhcrbcg8HBw

Here is the email:

"Hello Counsellor, thanks for your time.

My name is Nathaniel Roach. I am the guy who did the sculpture in Franklin Square and I am also responsible for leaving Kate Raworth's 'Doughnut Economics' in the reading room.

I have been in contact with Kate Raworth on Twitter, and she has an app in development which is designed to make doughnut analyses of city's, towns, businesses and nations easier.

At the time the app was still in development, so I am currently trying to get hold of her again to ask whether it is available yet.

When it becomes available, would you be interested in taking a look? I was thinking that we could perhaps use it to do a Doughnut Analysis of Hobart.

If you're not sure what I mean, I would love to sit and have a chat with you about it.

Personally I feel it would be a very useful tool, specifically for setting goals and targets for the city.

I have attached a document from Oxfam with further information for your perusal. Also attached is the conversation I had with Kate.

Regards,

Nathaniel Roach."

After doing the graff, I posted on Twitter. Kate noticed. Here was her response:

Kate Raworth and myself, having a chat on Twitter

I am currently waiting for a response from Kate, but I have sent her a message to see if the city-doughnut tool is ready yet.

With any luck, we should have a doughnut analysis of Hobart some time in the near future. With it I'm hoping we can start to set targets and goals to get our beautiful city into the safe and just space for humanity.

I'm hoping that we could eventually be a world leader in aiming towards an environmentally sustainable economy, that also provides a social foundation that will make living in Hobart both ethically and ecologically sound.

Cr. Holly Ewin