By: Vincent Liegey, Anitra Nelson
A year ago, in August 2020, we launched our jointly authored book Exploring Degrowth: A Critical Guide (Pluto Press). ‘The book you hold in your hands’ states Jason Hickel of the University of London and author of Less is More 2020, ‘paints a picture of the new economy that lies ahead — an economy that enables human flourishing for all within planetary boundaries.’ Discussion about degrowth has exploded since then when a cluster of general interest books on degrowth appeared in 2020.
By: Joe Herbert
The idea of the ‘15-minute city’ has recently gained traction amongst policy-makers as an urban innovation with the potential to address intersecting social and ecological challenges of the post-COVID world. But its lack of an embedded politics presents a danger as much as it does an opportunity.
By: The degrowth.info international editorial team
We invite expressions of interest from parties who wish to organize the next appointment expected in 2022 or 2023. We encourage local organizing committees to consider hybrid formats.
By: Jack Ainsworth
Unless the future takes a bizarre turn, and humanity is united in one country under the flag of ‘DegrowthTopia’, in which the only ‘enemy’ that remains is the extra-terrestrial, the puzzle of how we relate and interact with those beyond our borders and communities will remain.
By: Merle Schulken and Livia Regen for the Degrowth & Strategy Editorial Team
The degrowth community has spent much time and effort making the case for why we need a degrowth transformation. Now it’s time to come together and pool the community’s knowledge on how to make such a social-ecological transformation happen. As an off-shoot of the Degrowth Vienna 2020 Conference, our book Degrowth & Strategy: how to bring about social-ecological transformation lays the groundwork for precisely this discussion. However, to bring this project to full fruition, we need your help.
By: The degrowth.info international editorial team
Registration for the 8th International Degrowth Conference, titled "Caring Communities for Radical Change", taking place in The Hague (Netherlands) and online, from 24-28 August 2021, is now open! Join us for many exciting conversations, workshops and artistic reflections. See you soon :)
By: The degrowth.info international editorial team
Degrowth Vienna is working on a book entitled "Degrowth & Strategy: how to bring about social-ecological transformation" that highlights the importance of engaging with strategy in the degrowth movement. They need your support to keep the project going!
By: The degrowth.info international editorial team
Welcome, visitor, to our overhauled website! We've been steadily undergoing the process of transforming our website for over a year now, and we are pleased to announce that the process is nearly complete. There may still be some kinks and bugs here and there, so we thank you in advance for your patience as we iron them out. Otherwise, thanks for stopping by! We hope you enjoy the new website.
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.
By: Geoffrey Garver
Reconciling degrowth and law isn’t always easy, given the anarchist underpinnings and anti-statist leanings of some in the degrowth community. One vision of a degrowth world is of decentralized, autonomous, convivial communities of people in tune with their supporting ecosystems, consuming no more than they need, sharing as much as possible and treating each other with compassion, fairness and mutual respect. No central state power, no police, no borders, no masters and servants, no conspicuous consumption, no oppression. This, however, doesn’t necessarily require a world without law, just a world with law that is much different from the forms of law that prevail in today’s rapacious and unjust world.
