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Communal Living – breaking the ice once and for all through food solidarity

By: Lateef Salami

On October 1, 1960, as Nigeria gained independence, the population of the entire country was around 45.1 million. Fast forward to the year 2020, according to U.N, the estimated population of Nigeria is above 206 million. This can be seen as a rapidly exploding population when compared to other nations in Europe like UK (52.2 million in 1960 to 67.9million in year 2020) over the same period of...

Portrayals of Degrowth in the Press: ‘Free market magic’ vs ‘Radical doomsayers’

By: Anna Pringle

This blog post analyzes press coverage of degrowth in Western European (English language) newspapers and magazines between January 2015 and October 2020.  Using media theory concepts such as agenda setting and framing, it explores how degrowth is being considered in the press, particularly as a potential response to climate change.

Can Degrowth-informed Education Transform Society?

By: Sofia Getzin

Education for sustainable development (ESD) is the educational stream of the sustainability discourse. One rather critical component of ESD has a lot in common with the degrowth discourse. Nevertheless, ESD has blind spots that prevent it from effectively contributing to socio-ecological transformations. Key points from the degrowth discourse could help making a degrowth-informed ESD an active...

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‘Sense of Place’ Discourses in Anti-fracking Struggles and Lessons for Degrowth

By: Javier Lloveras, Adam Marshall

What is the role of ‘sense of place’ discourses in anti-fracking struggles and can the degrowth movement learn anything from them? To understand the role of place in socio-ecological struggles it is important to move beyond the conventional view whereby places are reduced to physical locations. Instead, space becomes a place when actors ascribe physical locations with specific meanings,...

The potential of degrowth and buen vivir in addressing underdevelopment and conflict in the Global South

By: Barbara Magalhães Teixeira

What is the potential role of degrowth and buen vivir in addressing underdevelopment and conflict in the Global South? Underdevelopment and conflict are often portrayed as the most important challenges for countries in the Global South. Not only are they important, but they are also related....

Beating the Clock: A review of 'Four Thousand Weeks' and 'Breaking Things at Work'

By: Tom Smith

In November 2021, more than 4.5 million people voluntarily left their jobs in the US, the highest number since records began. Popularly known as the ‘Great Resignation’, the ongoing rejection of work-as-we-knew-it may not be a social movement in the normal sense of the term, but it is certainly a sign of rolling social upheaval. The increasing bargaining power of labour in the Covid economy,...

Reflections on time, and how we care for one another

By: Clare Hollins

Time, as we know it, is largely a social construct. With so much of our autonomy taken away by the pandemic—particularly our freedom of movement and, for many of us, ability to earn an income— we’ve had to do what humans always do and make do with what we have, get creative, and focus our time and energy on the reciprocal networks of care that are so essential for our survival.

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Embodying degrowth and turning the movement inside out

By: The EmboDegrowth Lab

The language of a ‘degrowth transition’ is useful for mobilizing people and their collectives around policy objectives, but it retains an image of expert political actors who will ‘transition’ us from one state to another. We offer an alternative theory of change that aims for a ‘degrowth transformation’, or deeper shifts in ideology and daily practices. It will not be enough to solely focus on...

Alt-Shift , a Degrowth Festival, 1st Edition!

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The Shift Slow association is happy to announce that tickets are open for Alt - Shift, a Degrowth Festival, 1st Edition!

Notes on Degrowth and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

By: Jamie Tyberg

In the April 2022 issue of Monthly Review, degrowth scholars laid out a vision for an ecosocialist degrowth. They reasoned that, fundamentally, degrowth “requires the social appropriation of the main means of (re)production and a democratic, participatory, ecological planning.”(1) That, only when “people, at various scales, exercise direct power democratically,” can we determine “what is to be...

The impacts of a multimodal port on Colombia's Pacific coast

By: Dario Berrio-Gil, Manpreet Rajput

The contested construction of a new port raises significant ecological and social concerns on the Pacific coast of Colombia.

Reordering the concept of well-being with Epicurus and the hierarchy of desires

By: Riina Bhatia

Redefining happiness and wellbeing to ensure a sustainable future.

Was documenta15 a Degrowth Art Event?

By: Julian Willming

In 2022, art collectives and curators of documenta15 restructured the practice of producing and presenting art: away from classicism and economical individualism towards a culture of commoning knowledge, sufficiency and embodied community. Is documenta15 thus a degrowth art event? Yes, to some extent. The way it failed demonstrates an important lesson for the degrowth movement.

Beyond information: A statement on the evolution of degrowth.info

By: The degrowth.info international editorial team

As the world around us changes, so do the ambitions of degrowth.info. In this post, we share some reflections on the past year of our collective and set out new directions for 2023.

Reflections on dynamics of strategy in degrowth

By: Susan Paulson

Pauslon explores her own engagement with the topic of strategy, and how her reflections on the topic changed through various engagements over the last years. In this open and honest sharing, Paulson acknowledges her blindspots but also illuminates new insights for fellow degrowthers.

Stop Cop City! Revisiting Degrowth & Permanent Ecological Conflict

By: Alexander Dunlap, Hannah Kass

This article explores the Defend the Atlanta Forest struggle and discusses how this fight relates to degrowth.

Degrowth and feminisms ally to forge care-full paths beyond pandemic

By: Susan Paulson

This article describes four initiatives in which degrowth and feminist activists mobilize collaborative analysis and communication in efforts to influence paths through and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The efforts work together to identify and advance actions that help our societies to address and emerge from this global disaster in more humane, just, and sustainable ways. We join other...