An evidence-based optimism outlet
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."
May 10, 2026 9 min de lecture
Regenerative agriculture is not an ideological niche — it's a documented shift in business model. 70% higher profitability than conventional farms (PeerJ 2018), 1.22 t C/ha/yr sequestered (Frontiers 2024). With the honest obstacles.
May 3, 2026 7 min de lecture
Selected like jurors, 99 Irish citizens made possible what politicians had avoided for decades. Deliberative democracy works — here is the evidence, and its real limits.
May 3, 2026 10 min de lecture
280 million people work in cooperatives. Three basic income experiments have documented their effects. Amsterdam changed its economic compass. The WIR Bank has been financing Swiss SMEs since 1934. Here is the data.
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.
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.
Since the 1970s, Bhutan has replaced GDP with a Gross National Happiness Index covering 9 domains and 33 indicators. The index rose from 0.743 to 0.781 between 2010 and 2022. This small kingdom is experimenting in practice with what other countries debate in theory.
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.
