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The future is not written. Women and men are already building a different world — in their farms, laboratories, communes. Bloomii documents these paths.
"We are not looking for easy optimism that ignores obstacles — that would be wishful thinking. We seek a desirable future that is plausible, given the real constraints of the economy, politics, and human nature."
September 6, 20267 min read
From Iceland to the United Kingdom, rigorously measured trials show that reducing working hours can increase productivity, health and team loyalty — without losing a single euro in revenue.
August 30, 20268 min read
What if your doctor prescribed a choir class instead of an anxiolytic? In the United Kingdom, this is no longer a utopian idea — it is national health policy, with 3,000 dedicated professionals and solid clinical evidence behind it.
August 23, 20267 min read
In April 2020, during lockdown, Amsterdam adopted a new economic framework: doughnut economics. A 21-dimension compass that measures whether an economy is genuinely healthy — neither too little, nor too much.
The same AI that predicted the shape of nearly every known protein is now helping researchers understand the molecular biology of endangered species — from honeybee immunity proteins to poorly studied organisms with no prior structural data.
Born in Boston in 2002, the Village Movement offers a simple model: neighbours organise collectively to enable older adults to stay at home, with mutual services and a solidarity network. The movement has spread to hundreds of cities across the United States.
A mining town in Pas-de-Calais marked by unemployment and slag heaps, Loos-en-Gohelle installed 2,600 m² of solar panels on its municipal buildings. Since 2021, these installations cover 90% of public energy needs and generate €50,000 of energy per year.
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Rewilding, regenerative agriculture, oceans, forests — nature reclaiming its rights.
Technologies that serve life rather than extract from it.
Participatory governance, cooperatives, commons — new forms of the collective.
What living better means in a world that is genuinely changing.
The alternative economic models that are already working.
From Iceland to the United Kingdom, rigorously measured trials show that reducing working hours can increase productivity, health and team loyalty — without losing a single euro in revenue.
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What if your doctor prescribed a choir class instead of an anxiolytic? In the United Kingdom, this is no longer a utopian idea — it is national health policy, with 3,000 dedicated professionals and solid clinical evidence behind it.
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In April 2020, during lockdown, Amsterdam adopted a new economic framework: doughnut economics. A 21-dimension compass that measures whether an economy is genuinely healthy — neither too little, nor too much.
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For 40 years, community land trusts have proved that a family can own a home at an affordable price — and that it stays affordable for whoever comes next. A mechanism born in Burlington, flourishing in Brussels, now arriving in France.
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Since 2008, a quiet legal revolution has been transforming our relationship to the natural world. From rivers to forests, dozens of countries now recognise entire ecosystems' right to exist, to be protected — and to argue their case before a court.
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In 1989, a Brazilian city handed part of its budget directly to residents. Within a decade: running water in 98% of homes, health budget tripled, infant mortality down 20%. Since then, 11,500 cities have followed.
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Keeping your smartphone for 7 years rather than 3 reduces its annual carbon footprint by 44%. Fairphone proves it. And the circular economy movement shows this logic can transform an entire industry.
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Medellín lowered its temperature by 2°C in three years. Paris has planted 129,000 trees since 2020. A 2026 meta-analysis shows that urban forests already cool 914 million people — with important nuances about what they can and cannot do.
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80% of the world's rennet has been produced without animals since 1990. The same technology promises dairy proteins with 91–97% fewer emissions — with important nuances on costs, European regulation and patent concentration.
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Individualism as inevitable, cohousing reserved for idealists? Across Europe, tens of thousands of people prove otherwise — with measured data on loneliness, health and life satisfaction.
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Wildpoldsried: 500% energy surplus, $7M yearly. Schoonschip & Enercoop show how citizen microgrids work — and the conditions that make them last.
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59% of young people describe themselves as extremely worried about the climate — and those who feel this anxiety engage more politically than those who don't. Science is redefining eco-anxiety: not a pathology to cure, but an adaptive signal to transform into collective force.
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From Alaska to Finland, through Stockton and Kenya, six rigorously documented experiments contradict the myth of dependency. Recipients work more, invest more, and do better.
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The same AI that predicted the shape of nearly every known protein is now helping researchers understand the molecular biology of endangered species — from honeybee immunity proteins to poorly studied organisms with no prior structural data.
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The Social and Solidarity Economy accounts for 10% of French employment and brings together 2.6 million people. From cooperatives to mutual health insurers, the economic alternative isn't a utopia — it's already a discreet pillar of the French economy.
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Wikipedia, Linux, OpenStreetMap: three projects built by millions of people with no single owner. Harvard puts their replacement value at $8.8 trillion. The data demolish the idea that open collaboration cannot work at scale.
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A meta-analysis of 3.4 million people confirms it: social isolation increases mortality risk by 29%. But large-scale programmes — social prescribing in the UK, moais in Okinawa, village movements in the US — prove this epidemic is reversible.
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Porto Alegre: water access 75%→98% in 10 years; health budgets nearly tripled. 7,000+ cities now use participatory budgeting — data over dogma.
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Born in Boston in 2002, the Village Movement offers a simple model: neighbours organise collectively to enable older adults to stay at home, with mutual services and a solidarity network. The movement has spread to hundreds of cities across the United States.
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A mining town in Pas-de-Calais marked by unemployment and slag heaps, Loos-en-Gohelle installed 2,600 m² of solar panels on its municipal buildings. Since 2021, these installations cover 90% of public energy needs and generate €50,000 of energy per year.
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An ISO 14067-certified lifecycle analysis shows that proteins produced by precision fermentation generate 91 to 97% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than conventional dairy proteins, with 96 to 99% less water consumption.
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In 1999, the Spanish city of Pontevedra pedestrianised 300,000 m² of its town centre and reduced traffic from 80,000 to 7,000 vehicles per day. Result: CO2 emissions down more than 70%, no fatal accident since 2011, and 12,000 new residents attracted to the city.
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The moai okinawa tradition: in Okinawa, about half the population participates in a moai — an informal mutual support group, some of which have lasted more than 90 years. Okinawan women live on average 8 years longer than American women. Social connection is probably one of the decisive factors.
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A study published in 2024 in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems demonstrates that seven agroecological practices all increase carbon sequestration in soils and vegetation — with agroforestry leading at 1.22 t C/ha/yr.
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With 4.4 million euskos in circulation and 6.5 million transactions in 2024, the local currency of the French Basque Country stands as Europe's largest — and a real-world laboratory for short supply chains.
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Contact with nature is often relegated to 'alternative medicine'. Clinical data tell a different story: 21% less cortisol in 10 to 30 minutes, strengthened immune cells, reduced mortality risk. Here is the state of the evidence.
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REScoop.eu, the European federation of citizen energy cooperatives, brings together 743 member organisations in more than 28 countries. These structures allow ordinary citizens to become co-owners of their local renewable energy production.
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The WEGo (Wellbeing Economy Governments) partnership, launched in 2018, brings together Scotland, Iceland, New Zealand, Wales, Finland and Canada around a shared goal: developing public policies that measure wellbeing rather than growth alone.
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A B Lab Europe study covering 7 European countries shows that between 2019 and 2022, 76% of certified B Corp companies recorded revenue growth, compared to 60% of non-certified companies. During the COVID crisis, they were more likely to maintain their activity.
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The bhutan happiness index — known as the Gross National Happiness (GNH) Index — has, since the 1970s, measured national happiness across 9 domains and 33 indicators. The index rose from 0.743 to 0.781 (2010–2022). Discover what half a century of alternative GDP shows.
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