Degrowth Gains Ground
The Future Is Degrowth invites us to envision a much deeper societal transition than simply swapping energy sources to maintain the status quo.
Economy featured
GDP is a useless measurement. But what should replace it?
This once-fringe idea of going ‘beyond GDP’ is finally appearing at the highest level of international policy discussions and inside governments from New Zealand to Wales.
It’s time for a more nuanced discussion around Science, Technology, and Innovation in degrowth
It is clear that degrowth neither represents a return to the stone age, nor can it fetishize technological solutions to the climate crisis.
Rapid transition to beat the heat: Community Resilience
Under the right conditions society, with all its structures and systems, can change as rapidly as the mercury in the thermometers is rising.
Stone Age Economics
By examining the lives of ancient peoples, Stone Age Economics questions the Western paradigm of ‘economic progress’ because, in terms of the individual, things may not have improved so radically after all.
Degrowth & Strategy is released!
We think Degrowth & Strategy provides a good first reflection on the need, the meaning of and various approaches to strategizing for degrowth. We hope that it sparks further engagement on the topic, both amongst academics and practitioners.
Timothée Parrique: “Degrowth: Slow is the New Cool”
What is degrowth, and how will it help define our future?
Parrique explains how the path to societal degrowth might unfold and the social and physical obstacles we may encounter on our way there.
Class struggle or degrowth?
Knowledge may not be power, but should the future ‘become what it must’, the process of building power will have been one of building knowledge.
The Cost of Living
The true ‘cost of living’ takes on new meaning when what is needed may or may not be available to buy at any cost.
Hold Fire
There is no long-term strategy or ultimate goal beyond militarise by any and all possible means.
UK household energy debt hit record high even before price hikes
A committee of MPs said last week that the government should “stop announcing short-term policies and moving existing budgets around and instead fully fund a national retrofit programme” of home insulation.
The renewed clamour for growth: ignorance, stupidity or immorality?
Yet, for a politician to advocate increased economic growth, given the evidence, they have to be ignorant, wicked or stupid.
