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This week on ProutNews Weekly , we explore an increasingly important question: Can economic growth strengthen nature instead of depleting it? For decades, success has often been measured by how much economies produce and consume. But communities around the world are demonstrating that prosperity and environmental stewardship don't have to be competing goals. Through the lens of PROUT (Progress...

This week on ProutNews Weekly , we explore how education shapes not only individual lives, but the future of entire communities. Through the lens of PROUT (Progressive Utilization Theory) , we examine three stories that show education as a force for rebuilding society, strengthening local economies, and investing in long-term human development. This week's stories include: Colombia: How educat...

Who controls food systems—and how should they be organised to serve both people and the natural world? Across the globe, food systems are under increasing pressure. Farmland is becoming more concentrated, rural communities are shrinking, supply chains are stretching across continents, and industrial agriculture often prioritises short-term profit over long-term ecological balance. At the same time...

This week on ProutNews Weekly, we explore one of the most important yet often overlooked questions in economic development: Who controls access to credit? Around the world, access to loans, savings, and financial services can determine whether individuals, families, and small businesses are able to improve their economic circumstances. But when financial decision-making becomes concentrated in lar...

This week on ProutNews Weekly, we explore global debates around one of the most pressing economic questions of our time: how to deal with extreme wealth concentration. From the perspective of PROUT (Progressive Utilization Theory), we examine current events not just as isolated political or economic developments, but through a wider question of economic democracy: who controls wealth, and what doe...

This week’s ProutNews Weekly explores the solidarity economy —a growing global shift toward cooperative ownership, mutual aid systems, and locally rooted economic structures designed to prioritise people over profit. Across three continents, we look at how communities and governments are experimenting with more decentralised and cooperative economic models, and what this means from a PROUT perspec...