Weavers Forum Day 2: Building Feminist Economies and Futures Rooted in Care, Not Extraction

Day 2 of the Weavers Forum invited us to imagine economies and futures rooted not in extraction, but in care, reciprocity, sovereignty and the sustaining of life.We were welcomed and held in the protective care and guidance of Nyamal  Biel Tutdeal, a space grounded in ancestral wisdom, power and remembrance. This grounding set the tone for a day of deep reflection, questioning and collective imagination.We also came together around the Tunisian documentary 'Standing in the Shadows' by Kadija Zammouli, which opened further questions about whose stories are made visible, whose labour is remembered, and whose lives and contributions are pushed into the shadows.From there, the day unfolded through a series of breakaway sessions, each offering a different entry point into feminist economics, care, sovereignty, creativity and power. Together, these conversations asked us to look beyond the economic systems we have inherited and to imagine what becomes possible when we place life, dignity and collective wellbeing at the centre.At the heart of the day was one guiding question:What could our economies look like if they were designed around life rather than extraction?We explored this question through conversations on Holding the Land: Indigenous Women’s Reparative Economies of Care, Memory & Sovereignty, examining the relationships between land, memory, repair and collective care.Other sessions unpacked the economics of erasur to the blueprints for life beyond GDP.The conversations also turned towards feminist culture and creativity, exploring how art, imagination and cultural practice can become tools for building care economies and rethinking social reproduction.Across these different sessions, the threads kept returning to one another: care, land, memory, creativity, sovereignty, power and the possibility of building economies that sustain rather than extract.Day 2 was ultimately an invitation to weave differently, to recognise the economies that already exist within communities, to honour the knowledge carried across generations, and to imagine feminist futures where care is not treated as an afterthought, but as the foundation of how we organise our lives, our communities and our economies.This episode takes us through those conversations, questions and moments of collective imagination from Day 2 of the Weavers Forum.