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Doughnut Economics: Social Foundation vs Ecological Ceiling

Interactive 3D doughnut-economics model: tune material throughput, resource efficiency, redistribution and population scale, and watch 12 radial bars fall short of the social foundation or overshoot the ecological ceiling in real time.

Climate, Ecology & Environment3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 2D version

This simulator renders Kate Raworth's doughnut-economics model as a real 3D radial chart: 12 bars — six social minima and six ecological boundaries — arranged around two reference rings. Tune material throughput, resource efficiency, redistribution and population scale and watch each bar respond live: social bars that fall short of the inner ring signal a shortfall in human need, ecological bars that push past the outer ring signal a breached planetary boundary. Live readouts track how many dimensions sit inside the safe and just space between the two rings, making the central trade-off of sustainable development — growing an economy without shrinking the floor or blowing through the ceiling — something you can steer by hand.

⚙ Under the hood

An interactive 3D model of Kate Raworth's doughnut economics: tune material throughput, resource efficiency, redistribution and population scale, and watch 12 radial bars fall short of the social foundation or overshoot the ecological ceiling in real time.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install