Online workshop together with the University of Exeter
The workshop series will introduce the Cornerstone Indicators and the framework that sits behind them. We will then work through the open source toolkit together to support participants to create a set of Cornerstone Indicators for the online Community of Practice. The idea is that after running through the process together, participants will then move on to create indicators for their own personal communities of place or purpose.
8 online workshops between
September 24 and November 26
Communities
Ecologies
Why?
Peter Lefort, Green Futures Network: I’ve been so excited to use the Cornerstone Indicators Toolkit since it was published, but have felt a bit daunted by the thought of doing it without practicing first. There are some bits that feel familiar and comfortable (running workshops) and some bits that feel unknown and a bit scary (data!) so I love the idea of working through it with others who will bring their own wisdom, perspectives, and energy to what feels like a resource with amazing potential.
Cornerstone Indicator Team: we created the open source toolkit because we wanted the work to be accessible to anyone who is interested. In an ideal world we would be happy to work closely with all the people who get in touch and support them to develop their own indicators, but unfortunately we are a small team and we don’t have the capacity to do that. We are really grateful to collaborate with Peter to explore the framework in an open, curious format and feel excited about the potential for communities around the world to shape and customise the process.
How?
Together we will work through the 3 Modules in the Cornerstone Indicators Toolkit. As we go, we will make space to check in on how we are finding the process. Does it all make sense? Would we feel comfortable running it in our own spaces? What else might we need, and can we support each other to meet those needs?
As a Community of Practice we will guide each other through the Toolkit process, sharing energy, enthusiasm, ideas, and perspectives.
During the Community of Practice we will be working through the Toolkit together, working with data we generate ourselves. For anyone who wants to then apply the Toolkit in our own contexts (hopefully many of us!) then we hold an intention to continue to meet as a peer-group, sharing feedback and ideas as we work to create new Cornerstone Indicators. This is likely to start in early 2026, and we will check-in with this intention as we work together.
Who we are
Peter Lefort runs the Green Futures Network at the University of Exeter, in which he convenes Communities of Practice on Climate Adaptation, Scope 3 Emissions, Doughnut Economics and Positive Tipping Points.
Emily Harris and Vlad Afanasiev steward the Next Economics Lab at Dark Matter Labs and look after the Cornerstone Indicators as part of a portfolio of economic innovation work.
Register for the workshops
September 24 - November 26
All sessions will be held on Wednesday between 2 - 4 pm CEST
Format: online
Cost: free
If you are unable to join us at those times you are very welcome to follow the process outside of the meetings, receiving the session notes and sharing your thoughts, experiences and questions over email.
Purpose?
Cost and Structure
Community
Scale
recording
alternative logistics
general
