Paddy Le Flufy

1. Hi Marcin,

   
   

   I hope you are well. I am writing to let you know my new book, Building Tomorrow: Averting Environmental Crisis With a New Economic System, is out now. You checked the section on OSE and I sent you an advance copy a few months ago.

   
   

   I have got some great blurbs for Building Tomorrow - for example, Rupert Read called it 'a treasure-trove of ideas for practical world-changers', Nathan Schneider said it's 'a powerful step toward achieving the world we need' and Manda Scott described it as 'a coherent imagining of a future that runs by different rules'. And Prof Julia Steinberger is already using it for her university teaching, saying in her blurb 'Building Tomorrow is exactly what my students are looking for: multiple examples of solutions and strategies for... building a new economy within planetary boundaries'.

   
   

   I would love to hear what you think of my book if you have read some of it, and it would be great if you could publicise it in some way. I have done some twitter threads about it, linked into a thread of threads here, my linkedin post about it is here, the Amazon US page is here, and below my sign-off are a short description & some blurbs.

   
   

   Thanks very much

   
   

   Best wishes

   
   

   Paddy Le FlufyAuthor of Building Tomorrow: Averting Environmental Crisis With a New Economic System, to be published in spring 2023@paddyleflufy
   
   
   
   

   About the book:

    

   Building Tomorrow: Averting Environmental Crisis With a New Economic System aims directly at creating systemic economic change by providing people with both a holistic vision of a new economic system and the tools with which to build it.

    

   The book focuses on six organisational technologies, each of which are being developed and implemented by pioneering experts and redesign fundamental aspects of our economic system, such as our development paradigm and how businesses are defined. The majority of the writing is about positive real-world examples and potential future developments, which show how people throughout society (such as the readers) can themselves help build parts of the new system.

    

   The technologies are the Doughnut development paradigm; the circular economy; the Future Guardian model of governance; regenerative organisational structures; the sovereign money system; and complementary currencies. 

    

   Blurbs:
   A treasure-trove of ideas for practical world-changers. Our world now desperately needs guardians for its future: Le Flufy’s book offers key elements of a greenprint for how such guardianship might be achieved, even yet.                        Prof. Rupert Read, author of Why climate breakdown matters and Co-Director of the Moderate Flank
   Building Tomorrow is an invaluable synthesis of radical ideas that should be common sense. Le Flufy clarifies concepts that I have seen floating around for years but didn't fully understand until reading him. This clarity is a powerful step toward achieving the world we need.
   Prof Nathan Schneider, author of Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition that Is Shaping the Next Economy
   When facing into our civilizational crisis, it’s easy to fall into despair. That’s the moment to turn to this illuminating book, which sheds much-needed light on some of the most important pathways that could lead toward a transformed, life-affirming civilization. Spanning a wide variety of domains, from circular economy to alternative currencies and beyond, this important book demonstrates inspiring, practical innovations already being implemented and shows how, together, they can weave an entirely new fabric for society.                       Jeremy Lent, author of The Patterning Instinct and The Web of Meaning
   Building Tomorrow is exactly what my students are looking for: multiple examples of solutions and strategies for organisations to take on the challenge of building a new economy within planetary boundaries. I really look forward to sharing the examples Paddy explores with my students.                       Prof Julia Steinberger, University of Lausanne
   A great read for anyone wanting to learn about better ways to organise our economy and make a transformative change towards sustainability.                        Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, Co-authors of The Spirit Level and The Inner Level.

   
   

   It’s such a relief - and a wonder - to engage with real, deep, granular thinking on exactly how we create systemic change… a coherent imagining of a future that runs by different rules... Essential reading for everyone who needs to know how we move forward.

                       Manda Scott, author and host of the Accidental Gods podcast

Links

• Building Tomorrow: Averting Environmental Crisis With a New Economic System