What is degrowth?

By “degrowth“, we understand a form of society and economy which aims at the well-being of all and sustains the natural basis of life. To achieve degrowth, we need a fundamental transformation of our lives and an extensive cultural change. The current economic and social paradigm is “faster, higher, further“. It is built on and stimulates competition between all humans. This causes acceleration, stress and exclusion. Read more

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Standard Oil Co by Pablo Neruda Photo by _caleb CC BY-SA 2.0

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Strategies for Cultural Change: Degrowth and the Use of Space by Francesca Van Daele This article considers ideas of creating space and human-nature connectedness, which in combination, seem to be a perfect match in forming a strategy for degrowth.

Call for submission, Vienna Degrowth conference

We warmly invite scholars, practitioners, activists and artists to send proposals for contributions before December 31th, 2019. More information here

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In the past year a survey worldwide for mapping degrowth realities in the world has been launched. 114 organisations answered to the call, with nearly 3,000 active people engaged mostly located in Europe but also in North and South America, Philippines, Tunisia, Turkey, etc. More info on the survey here.

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