Organiser · strategist · community economist

Hi, I’m Guppi — a new messenger of old strategies.

I spend my time thinking, writing and organising around community economics and capitalism’s polycrisis. We live in a system that harms so many of us — attending to it demands creativity, courage and commitment. If you’re curious, you’re in the right place.

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Selected work

Projects I’ve been involved in…

PLACEHOLDER (interim, pending final imagery): report cover for Resourcing the Solidarity Economy

Resourcing the Solidarity Economy

Co-lead · Good Ancestor Movement

Insights into financing the solidarity organising ecosystem in the UK.

Solidarity Economics
Community Wealth Building
Community Economics
Philanthropy
Resource redistribution

PLACEHOLDER (interim, pending final imagery): duotone photo of a community workshop session for Reimagining Public Health

Reimagining Public Health

Main Author · Common Wealth

Public health practices as a route to building economic power in communities.

Community Wealth Building
Just Transition Strategy
Health Justice
Climate Justice

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Nourishing Economics

Co-Director · Decolonising Economics

Building the power of global majority economic thought and practice.

Solidarity Economics
Community Wealth Building
Regenerative Economics
Community Economics
Decolonial Economics
Resource redistribution

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In good company

People I’ve collaborated with

In print

Words in the world

Briefings, reports and films I’ve contributed to.

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I’m always up for a chat — I welcome conversations, ideas, proposals and reflections.