This chapter discusses the financial crisis in Iceland in 2008 and the grassroots movement for constitutional change that followed. It explores the process of creating a new constitution, including the formation of a national assembly and the identification of values. The chapter also addresses the challenges faced in implementing the constitution and the ongoing fight for change through political means and civil disobedience.
Katrín Oddsdóttir is a founding mother of the still-not-ratified Iceland Constitution. In 2012, the people of Iceland told their Parliament to adopt a constitution based on the draft that she and 24 other Icelanders crafted. They had crafted their draft based upon the results from two citizens assemblies. We hear about that history and what it can teach us going forward.