NICK MEYNEN

“Now with this crisis even the IMF, even the economists are saying we’re not going to go back to the neoliberal era. And they were defending this era for decades. So, I have hope that maybe we can now transition to something like a Wellbeing Era, where countries are already saying “we want to be a wellbeing economy. New Zealand is telling every ministry: Tell us how you are improving the wellbeing of the New Zealand people. So that means wellbeing has become the cop who rules over the others. There are countries like Bhutan who have thirty years of experience of doing that. They call it Gross National Happiness." Through his work as the Senior Policy Officer Economic Transition at the European Environmental Bureau (the largest network of environmental citizens’ organisations in Europe) Meynen exposes what causes the burning out of people and planet and works on wellbeing for all. He is also the author of four books, including his most recent Turning Point: The pandemic as an opportunity for change, publishes essays and opinions, gives lectures and takes direct action. · eeb.org ·eeb.org/library/turning-point/ · eeb.org/library/escaping-the-growth-and-jobs-treadmill/ · eeb.org/library/towards-a-wellbeing-economy-that-serves-people-and-nature/ · goodreads.com/author/show/6442056.Nick_Meynen · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info Poem read in the podcast is by Nick Meynen, Bastiaan Lochs & Marie-Amelie Brun