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Cost of living feel a little bit insane? That's because it is.

Our wages are no way close to keeping up with rent, hosuing, food, healthcare is increasing.

Embrace the madness and embrace the rage, as denying it will not help us.

We need to question our society and it's fckd up logics. We need to question our so-called leaders, disrupt and redistribute power.

Check the link in bio for the full article that breaks it down.

I connect the dots between increasing cost of living, how our food system is setup and the interconnections to our economy and who it extracts from.

We then explore the requirements for life to exist on earth - also known as our Planetary Boundaries. We have to acknowledge how our system works before we can move towards hope.

There is hope.

Using Kate Raworth's embedded economy I look at the contributions from Market, State, Household and Commons - and the evidence that cooperative and commons-based management of our world does bring positive social, environmental AND economic benefits.

How do we get to hope?

"Each bioregion has its unique features, so humanity in each region needs to behave and govern its regions differently. As Indigenous languages are lost, so is our knowledge of how to care for Country. "- Polycentric self-governance and Indigenous knowledge - Dr Shann Turnbull, Prof Natalie P. Stoianoff & Prof Anne Poelina

We need to deepen our understanding of place, and each community needs to honour its unique environment. Polycentricly governed co-operatives that care for communities and our places.

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Disclaimer: I am not an economist, I just give a sh!t and am trying to find a way forward. I intend to keep it updated - let me know where I've gone wrong, or other important elements and arguments to add.

Keep an eye out for some Bioregional Institute and Regen Places Network announcements this month.