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Existing outside the box: How community-centred philosophies can help shape a degrowth society

August 23, 2023 by Orson Zuanic

In order to challenge existing systems or imagine a degrowth world, our solutions cannot be generated from within. We need a different, external perspective. Perhaps this is how Ubuntu and Indigenous peoples like the Achuar can help.

Categories Economy, Economy featured, Society Tags animism, degrowth perspectives, traditional indigenous wisdom, Ubuntu Leave a comment

Part Two: An Ubuntu.Lab Impact Story

April 18, 2023 by Hannah Scharmer

This is what happens when a community comes together, no matter what challenges they may face…a living example of the ubuntu philosophy: I am because you are.

Categories Environment, Environment featured, Society Tags Africa, ecological community, ecosystem restoration, river restoration, Ubuntu Leave a comment

Part One: The Rising of Ubuntu.Lab

October 27, 2022 by Hannah Scharmer

The Ubuntu philosophy is: I am because you are. We have already been seeing the importance of the quality of relations threading itself through the story of Ubuntu.Lab from day one.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Act: Inspiration featured, Society, Society featured Tags Africa, social change, Ubuntu Leave a comment

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