This conversation with Robin, Coordinator of Live Well Tasmania, explores how economies might be redesigned to support wellbeing, connection, and ecological care rather than endless growth. Drawing on her background in economics, environmental science, and community development, Robin discusses Community Based Income — a proposal for a liveable wage paid for caring, learning, and community contribution — and how it differs from universal basic income. The discussion moves through the psychosocial roots of unsustainability, the role of trust in economic life, and why inner transformation is inseparable from cultural and systems change. Together, the conversation asks what it would take to build an economy that truly enables people and communities to live well.

Robin is the Coordinator of Live Well Tasmania, where she has worked for the past decade to support community-led responses to sustainability, wellbeing, and social connection. She holds a Bachelor of Economics, a Qualifying Masters in Environmental Science, and a PhD in sustainable communities, and previously worked for 12 years with CSIRO. Robin also tutors in social science at the University of Tasmania. Her work focuses on the psychosocial dimensions of sustainability, the redesign of work and income, and the role of community-based approaches in fostering cultural transformation. Learn more: https://lwt.org.au/

Voices of the New Economy is a collaborative storytelling project of NENA. The podcast is produced by the Humanitarian Changemakers Network (HCN), an Anchor Organisation of NENA, as part of its commitment to strengthening economic literacy, amplifying community innovation, and supporting pathways to systemic change. Each episode features researchers, practitioners, organisers, and everyday changemakers working across disciplines and communities to re-imagine how our economies can serve people and planet.

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