Dear Colleagues,

We are entering a period of emerging cultural transition driven by major changes in the Earth System—changes we have forged collectively yet which remain beyond any individual’s control. The term “Anthropocene Transition” names the beginning of this transformation in the human-Earth relationship.

In response to increasing systemic turbulence, communities, organisations and regions around the world are experimenting with new approaches to production, consumption, distribution and exchange. An increasingly mechanised workforce brings challenges as well as opportunities for the future of work that is both valued and meaningful. Innovations that support peer-to-peer exchange and sharing economies are growing in prominence across the globe. Alternative digital currencies are displacing national currencies and blockchain technologies promise to fundamentally change key institutions. Grassroots movements are also taking hold, from community supported agriculture schemes like Food Connect, the global Transition Towns movement, the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies in the USA, universal basic income trials in Finland, Kenya, Canada and elsewhere, and countless community-based energy projects. Alternative tax systems, new green investment models and innovative financial instruments (e.g., green bonds) have the potential to make a significant impact on the transition to a sustainable economy.

This special issue is calling for papers that deal with both the theoretical and practical considerations of creating a new economy for the Anthropocene. An economy focused on sustainable wellbeing rather than endless, inequitable growth.

Dr. Scott Kelly
Prof. Robert Costanza
Guest Editors

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• new economics;

• sustainability;

• post-growth;

• steady state economics;

• anthropocene;

• limits to growth;

• ecological economics;

• wellbeing economics;

• donut economics