“It was exciting for me to participate in the policy lab on "Sustainable Prosperity made in Europe" and to see the responsiveness of European policymakers. Now as we are working on the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, the 230 transformative policies unveiled today by ZOE can contribute to move Europe forward into a safe and just space.”

Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General, European Commission, DG Research and Innovation)

“ZOE’s policy database is a powerful tool for policymakers seeking to put Doughnut Economics into practice and create a thriving future. Dive in."

Prof. Kate Raworth (University of Oxford, Doughnut Economics Action Lab)

"More than ever, we need to reorientate our economic model to take planetary boundaries into account and build a resilient society centered on citizens' well-being . And this is precisely what ZOE's projects and expertise are about: designing the right policies to build sustainable prosperity in a post-growth world."

Philippe Lamberts (MEP, Co-President Greens/EFA group)

"ZOE has put together an incredibly comprehensive and accessible summary of transformative policies. This is exactly what we need to build a world that goes Beyond GDP."

Prof. Lorenzo Fioramonti (Member of Parliament, Author)

"With its vast collection of transformative policies ZOE is giving policymakers the necessary tool to combine post-COVID-19 policies with a high social and ecological ambition. A great contribution to the challenge of not falling back to business as usual."

Patrizia Heidegger (Director of Global Policies and Sustainability, European Environmental Bureau)

"As the governments around the world grasp for ideas to deal with an unprecedented confluence of challenges, if only old out-dated recipes are laying around, that is what they will find. By bringing together such a powerful suite of policies this platform from policy experts the ZOE-Institute steps in. With this platform, governments have at their fingertips new thinking, ideas, and practices that are fit for our time”

Dr. Katherine Trebeck (Wellbeing Economy Alliance)

While recovering from the crisis, Europe must now take the chance to pave the way for lasting stability. Europe must enable Europeans to flourish while safeguarding its ecological ceiling. It must liberate economic stability and prosperity from economic growth and break away from outdated imperatives.

We do not claim this is an easy shift, and we are not saying we have all the solutions. In fact, we do not even have all the questions yet. But we are part of a nascent global alliance that is willing to work on them.