On Degrowth

By Kamran Nayeri, Our Place in the World

Degrowth shines a light on the problem of growth on a planet with finite resources. It also envisions a smaller human society living on a shrinking economic pie...

The black elephant in the room

By Juan Bordera Romá, Fastlove Studios

The Black Elephant In The Room, in this case, is that nothing grows forever. Unlike what our system – the Elephant in The Room – pretends to do, which is designed to do so and doesn’t know how to slow down.

Global to Local: Who Has the Map? | Michael Shuman, Judy Wicks, and Richard Heinberg

By Richard Heinberg, Judy Wicks, Michael Shuman, Resilience.org

How do we build strong local living economies for a post-carbon world? Tune into a stimulating conversation about how to move forward.

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Reclaiming hope from the dismal science

By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance

“Empowering and elegiac” might seem a strange description of a book on economics. Yet the prominent author and former economics minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis, chooses that phrase of praise for the new book Post Growth, by Tim Jackson.

Native hemp farming, opportunity to lead New Green Revolution

By Winona LaDuke, Esperanza Project

Our crop of choice, hemp, stands to be a leading material in a transformation from fossil fuel dependence to renewable energy stability.

What is GDP, and why should we learn to live without it?

By Doug Banks, Uneven Earth

Maybe we should rethink our metrics, measurements, and very meanings of progress, and start reorganising our economies in ways that celebrate human and non-human nature, rather than constrict it.

Kate Raworth on Why Our Times Demand ‘Doughnut Economics’

By David Bollier, David Bollier blog

Since publishing Doughnut Economics in 2017, renegade British economist Kate Raworth has become a phenomenon that mainstream economics largely declines to acknowledge but increasingly cannot ignore.

How to implement Doughnut Economics in your community

By Della Duncan, Shareable

You do not need to be an economist to change the goal of your economy to well-being for people and the planet. Here’s how you can bring Doughnut economics to your community.

Towards a recession-hardy Irish banking system

By Caroline Whyte, Feasta

Despite the extreme difficulties and threats we’re facing, the potential for positive change at the moment is actually huge – including a move towards a much fairer, stabler and more efficient financial sector in Ireland.

An interview with Gail Haines of Green Mountain Spinnery

By Michael Johnson, Grassroots Economic Organising

We weren’t raised to be worker cooperators; we we’re raised to be employer or an employee. You know it’s a pioneer type of thing.

Runaway Money and Overconsumption, or… the Story of Monetary Mischief in Madagascar (Episode 42 of Crazy Town)

By Asher Miller, Rob Dietz, Jason Bradford, Resilience.org

Join the Crazy Townies as they swap stories around the virtual fire about spending virtual money in the virtual world. And  get advice on how to do the opposite from Nate Hagens, expert on energy, ecological economics, and finance.

What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 40 Jodie Evans

By Jodie Evans, Resilience.org

Jodie Evans is the co-founder of CODEPINK and the after-school writing program 826LA. She has been a visionary advocate for peace for several decades. Jodie addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?