Planning has begun for a one-day event bringing together the UK degrowth movement. The aims are to, Build connections among degrowth activists in the UK with a view to strengthening the identity and confidence of UK degrowth networks collectively. Explore the challenges facing degrowth in the UK at this time. Identify and begin to engage… Continue reading A UK Degrowth Gathering – call for organisers
The Hormuz ‘dry run’: life without oil and petrochemicals
Reposted from Northwest Bylines Mark H Burton With transport through the Strait of Hormuz at a virtual standstill, we get a picture of how oil and petrochemicals are part of our life The supply chain problems arising from the unprovoked USA/Israeli attack on Iran are becoming clear. They are multiple, affecting not just oil and… Continue reading The Hormuz ‘dry run’: life without oil and petrochemicals
Debates on Degrowth: what drives us to keep growing?
Editors' note We are delighted to publish this article by Marga Mediavilla on a systems approach to degrowth. It serves to summarise a number of the issues in the Prospects for Degrowth series and also represents an echo of the methodology used in the report which was a major influence on degrowth thinking, the 1974… Continue reading Debates on Degrowth: what drives us to keep growing?
From Green Growth to Ecological Ungovernability: Why Degrowth Is No Longer Optional
Jacobo Rivas SanmartÃn* In the series, Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture. 1. Disaster, Transition, and the Political Vacuum When the DANA weather system brought heavy rain and catastrophic floods to Valencia, the event was seen as a ‘natural disaster’, something out of the ordinary. That, however, is misleading: such events are not something that… Continue reading From Green Growth to Ecological Ungovernability: Why Degrowth Is No Longer Optional
Technology is the enemy of degrowth
Technology is the enemy of degrowth Gerry McGovern* In the series Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture "We are told that deep-sea mining is necessary to support the green economy. That we need to extract these polymetallic nodules at the bottom of the sea so we can create electric batteries to run automobiles without using… Continue reading Technology is the enemy of degrowth