Welcome to Wellbeing Economy Cymru blog posts, exploring sustainable and inclusive economic practices in Wales. Our vision is an economy that prioritises environmental health, social equity, and long-term prosperity for everyone. Join us as we delve into innovative solutions, share inspiring stories, and collaborate on building a future where wellbeing is at the heart of economic progress.
How can Wales build an economythat is fair as well as prosperous? Putting Economic Justice at the heart of Economy Policy. As Wales approaches the next Senedd election, debates about the economy will inevitably focus on growth, jobs and investment. But another...
Why should food be at the heart of Welsh Government policy? And how can that be achieved in practice? Ahead of Wales' upcoming Senedd elections in May 2026, Wellbeing Economy Cymru is hosting a series of online discussion forums, asking what we want from the next...
How can Wales build the right kind of prosperity? 27th February 2026In the run-up to the 2026 Senedd elections, Wellbeing Economy Cymru has convened an online forum to ask a simple but urgent question: How can Wales build prosperity that is shared, sustainable and...
How can Wales build the right kind of prosperity? Shared, sustainable, and locally rooted. Ahead of Wales' upcoming Senedd elections in May 2026, Wellbeing Economy Cymru is hosting a series of online discussion forums, asking what we want from the next Senedd, and...
The Festival of Ideas 2025: Wales Confronts the Real Questions of Economic Change On 12 November, Wellbeing Economy Cymru welcomed hundreds of people to the Swansea Arena for the second annual Wellbeing Economy Festival of Ideas – a day of honest conversations about...
Co-creating an Economy that Works for the People and Places of WalesJoin leaders, decision-makers, changemakers, communities, businesses, academics, artists and activists from across Wales, as we come together to rethink our economy, its purpose, and its...
Economic Development and the Wellbeing Economy We are bringing together our panel of economic development managers and policymakers, to discuss what economic development looks like when it is designed to strengthen the Wellbeing Economy, rather than "business as...
Business in the Wellbeing Economy - March 2025 To coincide with BCorp month, we are delighted to bring together some voices from Wales' bcorp movement to discuss what it means to them, to do business in alignment with wellbeing economy principles. Building on the...
Wellbeing Economy Forum - January 2025 Join us for our first forum of 2025, where we are inviting organisations and communities from across Wales to share updates about what you're doing to put wellbeing economics into action. Following the success of our first...
"The shape of progress is not endless growth. It's thriving. And we already know, in our own bodies... that thriving lies in balance." Kate Raworth, Swansea 2024Inspiring words from the amazing Kate Raworth at the Wellbeing Economy Cymru Festival of Ideas last...
Land use has always mattered in Wales, and we invited people to join a conversation on January 11th 2024 about managing land in Wales in ways that benefit our economy, communities and the environment. Four speakers presented developments from widely varying...
One of the reasons we have such a strong emerging Wellbeing Economy movement in Wales is thanks to the hard work and dedication of a mixed collective of activists and changemakers, on a wide range of issues that matter to them. What motivates people to step up to try...
After a summer break, Wellbeing Economy Cymru returns with an open discussion forum to explore a Wellbeing Economy vision for Wales' tourism sector. Recent reports indicate that Wales is currently underperforming in its ability to attract visitors from in or out of...
With less than 200 days to go until the Senedd Election, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales Sophie Howe has launched her ‘Manifesto for the Future’, providing key recommendations that Sophie believes all political parties should consider within their manifesto...
The Welsh Government has announced its official membership of the Wellbeing Economy Governments (WEGo) partnership. In a statement by Jane Hutt, Deputy Minister and Chief Whip, the government said: “Covid-19 has dramatically changed our lives and will have a lasting...
Citizens must be brought into the discussion if we are to move towards a sustainable Welsh economy, writes Duncan Fisher The moment for the ascendancy of wellbeing economics in Wales has come. What next in Wales? In the previous three articles on wellbeing economics,...
Duncan Fisher explores how New Zealand’s, Scotland’s and Iceland’s approach to the economy is attempting to make their citizens happier. In two earlier posts, I have made the case for developed country Governments who want to stay in power through democratic means, to...
Duncan Fisher argues that measuring Gross Domestic Product is flawed and we must embrace a new economics by adopting the ‘doughnut’ In my first post, I described the lack of correlation between GDP and measures of happiness and the significant correlation between...
We will see the continued rise of populism unless we ditch the GDP obsession and change tack to wellbeing economics, argues Duncan Fisher This is the first article in a series exploring why misery drives populism and why moving to wellbeing economics is the answer....