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10+ years building political friendships and amplifying the struggle for a post-growth society. We're an international collective connecting degrowth to radical transformation—practicing the horizontal governance & care-based economics we believe in. Another world is possible. Let's build together!
Our latest blog post proposes five ingredients that #education should include to contribute to societal transformation at the scale that the degrowth community envisions. It is an invitation for readers to reflect on current and future #degrowth education 👇
Transformative (Un-)Learning: Education for a Degrowth Society
“You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain degree of madness.” This article explores five ingredients that education should include to enable a societal transformation at the scale env...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Our latest blog post proposes five ingredients that #education should include to contribute to societal transformation at the scale that the degrowth community envisions. It is an invitation for readers to reflect on current and future #degrowth education 👇
"Veganism is, I argue, a natural and necessary component of degrowth, just as #degrowth is a natural and necessary component of socialism": Tom Webb in our latest piece at degrowth.info 👇
On degrowth and veganism
Degrowth and veganism have plenty in common. In this piece, Tom Webb explores what each movement can learn from the other.
degrowth.info
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"Veganism is, I argue, a natural and necessary component of degrowth, just as #degrowth is a natural and necessary component of socialism": Tom Webb in our latest piece at degrowth.info 👇
Degrowth infrastructure doesn't wait for permission—it gets built from below.
Get to know Berlin's repair hubs transforming empty shops into mutual aid spaces. Open daily, community-funded, preparing for when institutions fail.👇
Get to know Berlin's repair hubs transforming empty shops into mutual aid spaces. Open daily, community-funded, preparing for when institutions fail.👇
Kreisler: Community-Driven Catalysts for Degrowth
Kreisler, a space of community repair and share in Berlin that offers a hands-on response to the crises of overconsumption, social isolation, and infrastructural neglect.
degrowth.info
October 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Degrowth infrastructure doesn't wait for permission—it gets built from below.
Get to know Berlin's repair hubs transforming empty shops into mutual aid spaces. Open daily, community-funded, preparing for when institutions fail.👇
Get to know Berlin's repair hubs transforming empty shops into mutual aid spaces. Open daily, community-funded, preparing for when institutions fail.👇
"If we organise, if we delink, if we pair Northern degrowth with Southern sovereignty, we can redirect the planet’s abundant resources away from imperial accumulation and toward collective flourishing" writes Sara al Mahdi in our first blog post in our new series about #delinking.
Delinking Global South from Global North: Political Strategies for Disrupting the Globalized World Order
Degrowth critiques the global capitalist system which pursues economic growth at all costs, causing human exploitation and environmental destruction. It exposes the interconnection of systems of oppre...
degrowth.info
October 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"If we organise, if we delink, if we pair Northern degrowth with Southern sovereignty, we can redirect the planet’s abundant resources away from imperial accumulation and toward collective flourishing" writes Sara al Mahdi in our first blog post in our new series about #delinking.
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HIRING!
As part of the launch of the new US-based nonprofit, the NAC, they are recruiting their founding EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Find the full position description at: oficina-degrowth.commonscloud.coop/s/HgPwn9yWyj...
Applications may be submitted here: opnform.com/forms/ed-app...
#postgrowth #hiring
As part of the launch of the new US-based nonprofit, the NAC, they are recruiting their founding EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Find the full position description at: oficina-degrowth.commonscloud.coop/s/HgPwn9yWyj...
Applications may be submitted here: opnform.com/forms/ed-app...
#postgrowth #hiring
October 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
HIRING!
As part of the launch of the new US-based nonprofit, the NAC, they are recruiting their founding EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Find the full position description at: oficina-degrowth.commonscloud.coop/s/HgPwn9yWyj...
Applications may be submitted here: opnform.com/forms/ed-app...
#postgrowth #hiring
As part of the launch of the new US-based nonprofit, the NAC, they are recruiting their founding EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Find the full position description at: oficina-degrowth.commonscloud.coop/s/HgPwn9yWyj...
Applications may be submitted here: opnform.com/forms/ed-app...
#postgrowth #hiring
"We should shatter the illusion that a single general theory can grasp all the nuances of our complicated present and one all-encompassing project can offer all the solutions".
Neither the either nor the or: for a sideways degrowth
Here we are again: a position in the degrowth movement becomes apparent, strong, almost dominant, and the other side responds, feeling misrepresented. And in reacting, it inevitably ends up claiming t...
degrowth.info
October 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"We should shatter the illusion that a single general theory can grasp all the nuances of our complicated present and one all-encompassing project can offer all the solutions".
Degrowth without anti-imperialism is just lifestyle politics. #Palestine makes this undeniable. Read our colleagues' statement on why this is a #degrowth issue👇
On Palestine
We stand in unconditional solidarity with Palestine and with the liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian people. Because their freedom is bound up with the freedom and survival of all oppressed pe...
degrowth.info
October 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Degrowth without anti-imperialism is just lifestyle politics. #Palestine makes this undeniable. Read our colleagues' statement on why this is a #degrowth issue👇
As a response to Hickel's @jasonhickel.bsky.social interview with The Break-Down @the-breakdown.bsky.social, Vincent Liegey @vincent-liegey.bsky.social, Anitra Nelson & Terry Leahy share their thoughts on degrowth as a concept and a movement, and the role it plays in a challenging political context:
Debating degrowth: A response to Jason Hickel
As a response to Jason Hickel's interview with the Break-Down Journal, the authors share their thoughts on degrowth as a concept and a movement, and the role it plays in a challenging political contex...
degrowth.info
October 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
As a response to Hickel's @jasonhickel.bsky.social interview with The Break-Down @the-breakdown.bsky.social, Vincent Liegey @vincent-liegey.bsky.social, Anitra Nelson & Terry Leahy share their thoughts on degrowth as a concept and a movement, and the role it plays in a challenging political context:
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An interesting read, though the subtitle says it best. At this point we need to move beyond abstract theorisations of transformations and engage in real strategy-building, for which Olin Wright is not granular enough.
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Let’s move on from Erik Olin Wright’s modes of transformation
Building on previous strategy debates on degrowth.info, Charles Stevenson argues for degrowthers moving beyond Erik Olin Wright's typology
degrowth.info
September 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
An interesting read, though the subtitle says it best. At this point we need to move beyond abstract theorisations of transformations and engage in real strategy-building, for which Olin Wright is not granular enough.
@degrowthinfo.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social
degrowth.info/en/blog/let-...
@degrowthinfo.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social
degrowth.info/en/blog/let-...
A living recipe for joyful resistance, guided by fungi, fermentation and the courage to not know exactly what will flourish. By Chaga Collective 👇
How to ferment your own degrowth cabaret
A living recipe by Chaga Collective: for joyful resistance, guided by fungi, ferment, and the courage to not know exactly what will flourish.
degrowth.info
September 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A living recipe for joyful resistance, guided by fungi, fermentation and the courage to not know exactly what will flourish. By Chaga Collective 👇
As the degrowth.info collective, we fully endorse the statement and urge the wider degrowth community and aligned friends and colleagues to do the same and unite behind its calls to action. Read full statement at our website👇
#freePalestine
#freePalestine
On Palestine
We stand in unconditional solidarity with Palestine and with the liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian people. Because their freedom is bound up with the freedom and survival of all oppressed pe...
degrowth.info
September 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As the degrowth.info collective, we fully endorse the statement and urge the wider degrowth community and aligned friends and colleagues to do the same and unite behind its calls to action. Read full statement at our website👇
#freePalestine
#freePalestine
10+ years building political friendships and amplifying the struggle for a post-growth society. We're an international collective connecting degrowth to radical transformation—practicing the horizontal governance & care-based economics we believe in. Another world is possible. Let's build together!
August 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
10+ years building political friendships and amplifying the struggle for a post-growth society. We're an international collective connecting degrowth to radical transformation—practicing the horizontal governance & care-based economics we believe in. Another world is possible. Let's build together!
Behind every Valentine's bouquet: a story of extraction hidden in plain sight. Colombia's flower industry reveals how beauty becomes brutality. But resistance blooms: women-led agroecological networks building food sovereignty beyond endless growth. Read our new article by Valentina Donato👇
Colombia’s flower industry: a story of extractivism and resistance
The industrial production behind flower shops tells a dark story of human exploitation, environmental destructions and health threats. Valentina Donato writes about women organizations in Columbia fig...
degrowth.info
August 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Behind every Valentine's bouquet: a story of extraction hidden in plain sight. Colombia's flower industry reveals how beauty becomes brutality. But resistance blooms: women-led agroecological networks building food sovereignty beyond endless growth. Read our new article by Valentina Donato👇
Two of our members went to Oslo for the 2025 International Degrowth Conference and got back with some keen reflections about it. Between experimental cabarets, productive tensions, and debates on delinking, the conference raised urgent questions: how do we build genuinely just postgrowth futures?
Convivial rants and cabaret: reflecting on the 2025 International Degrowth Conference
Members of the degrowth.info collective offer some reflections on the 2025 International Degrowth Conference
degrowth.info
August 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Two of our members went to Oslo for the 2025 International Degrowth Conference and got back with some keen reflections about it. Between experimental cabarets, productive tensions, and debates on delinking, the conference raised urgent questions: how do we build genuinely just postgrowth futures?
Why should we engage with our strongest critics rather than simply dismissing them? This piece explores how isolation in "echo chambers" can polarise progressive movements like degrowth.
#TBT to an essential article on degrowth and disagreement 🧵👇
#TBT to an essential article on degrowth and disagreement 🧵👇
July 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Why should we engage with our strongest critics rather than simply dismissing them? This piece explores how isolation in "echo chambers" can polarise progressive movements like degrowth.
#TBT to an essential article on degrowth and disagreement 🧵👇
#TBT to an essential article on degrowth and disagreement 🧵👇
The Himalaya Collective collaborates with degrowth.info! Together we aim to forge connections between individuals and groups striving to achieve alternative economic and social systems both locally and globally, and to highlight real-life practices inspirational to the degrowth movement.
July 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Himalaya Collective collaborates with degrowth.info! Together we aim to forge connections between individuals and groups striving to achieve alternative economic and social systems both locally and globally, and to highlight real-life practices inspirational to the degrowth movement.
A powerful declaration emerged from the Wild Coast of South Africa: 44 people from 20 countries & 34 movements converging to reject the developmentalist projects that have long defined global South "poor and underdeveloped".
Read the full declaration👇🌎
#degrowth #GlobalTapestryofAlternatives
Read the full declaration👇🌎
#degrowth #GlobalTapestryofAlternatives
Declaration on Autonomy, Radical Democracy and Self Determination
In support of a fellow movement aligned with degrowth, we are republishing this declaration of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives which was originally released on June 13th.
degrowth.info
July 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A powerful declaration emerged from the Wild Coast of South Africa: 44 people from 20 countries & 34 movements converging to reject the developmentalist projects that have long defined global South "poor and underdeveloped".
Read the full declaration👇🌎
#degrowth #GlobalTapestryofAlternatives
Read the full declaration👇🌎
#degrowth #GlobalTapestryofAlternatives
What happens when beaches stop belonging to everyone? 🏖️
In Uruguay, social movements are fighting coastal gentrification and exclusive real estate projects.
Read about this Latin American struggle that teaches us about environmental justice and the right to the city👇 :
#degrowth #globalSouth
In Uruguay, social movements are fighting coastal gentrification and exclusive real estate projects.
Read about this Latin American struggle that teaches us about environmental justice and the right to the city👇 :
#degrowth #globalSouth
The beach in dispute: Social movements in defence of the coastal ecosystem in Uruguay
Uruguay’s coastal ecosystems face numerous threats – water pollution, population density, gentrification, tourism. In this article the authors explore how the social movement Red Unión de la Costa org...
degrowth.info
July 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
What happens when beaches stop belonging to everyone? 🏖️
In Uruguay, social movements are fighting coastal gentrification and exclusive real estate projects.
Read about this Latin American struggle that teaches us about environmental justice and the right to the city👇 :
#degrowth #globalSouth
In Uruguay, social movements are fighting coastal gentrification and exclusive real estate projects.
Read about this Latin American struggle that teaches us about environmental justice and the right to the city👇 :
#degrowth #globalSouth
"Bringing ecology down to earth - that is down to concrete struggles - means giving up the idea of 'saving the planet'. That superhero ambition is far too big for us".
Agree?
Read our last piece online now! 👇
Agree?
Read our last piece online now! 👇
"We invent nothing, or only very little." A portrait of Les Soulèvements de la Terre and some reflections
In this article Myriam Best analyses the ongoing french movement Earth Uprisings which struggles for land and water commons and the dismantlement of the techno-industrial capitalist complex.
degrowth.info
July 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"Bringing ecology down to earth - that is down to concrete struggles - means giving up the idea of 'saving the planet'. That superhero ambition is far too big for us".
Agree?
Read our last piece online now! 👇
Agree?
Read our last piece online now! 👇
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BIG NEWS! Our first tangible books are out!
Ungovernability by Tom Nomad
Can degrowth struggle? essays by Alexander Dunlap
Anarchist hostilities to green capitalism edited by Alfonso Ferlmiau
The Savage Road: rage and revolt on the Ecuadorian oil frontier by Japhy Wilson
prices in alt text!
Ungovernability by Tom Nomad
Can degrowth struggle? essays by Alexander Dunlap
Anarchist hostilities to green capitalism edited by Alfonso Ferlmiau
The Savage Road: rage and revolt on the Ecuadorian oil frontier by Japhy Wilson
prices in alt text!
June 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
BIG NEWS! Our first tangible books are out!
Ungovernability by Tom Nomad
Can degrowth struggle? essays by Alexander Dunlap
Anarchist hostilities to green capitalism edited by Alfonso Ferlmiau
The Savage Road: rage and revolt on the Ecuadorian oil frontier by Japhy Wilson
prices in alt text!
Ungovernability by Tom Nomad
Can degrowth struggle? essays by Alexander Dunlap
Anarchist hostilities to green capitalism edited by Alfonso Ferlmiau
The Savage Road: rage and revolt on the Ecuadorian oil frontier by Japhy Wilson
prices in alt text!
In Argentina, grassroots networks are building real alternatives to capitalism through direct democracy and organizational solidarity. Ana Inés Heras shares two decades of militant-scholar work with rural schools and mental health cooperatives. 🧵
June 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In Argentina, grassroots networks are building real alternatives to capitalism through direct democracy and organizational solidarity. Ana Inés Heras shares two decades of militant-scholar work with rural schools and mental health cooperatives. 🧵
🎨 CALLING ALL DEGROWTH ARTISTS & POETS! 🐌
Share your creative vision - poetry, art, music, film that speaks to degrowth! We'll showcase your work + story (2000 chars max).
📂 Submit TXT/DOCX/JPG/PNG/MP4 + backstory to socials@degrowth.info.
👉 Check it out: www.instagram.com/p/DKACiovtXW...
Share your creative vision - poetry, art, music, film that speaks to degrowth! We'll showcase your work + story (2000 chars max).
📂 Submit TXT/DOCX/JPG/PNG/MP4 + backstory to socials@degrowth.info.
👉 Check it out: www.instagram.com/p/DKACiovtXW...
May 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🎨 CALLING ALL DEGROWTH ARTISTS & POETS! 🐌
Share your creative vision - poetry, art, music, film that speaks to degrowth! We'll showcase your work + story (2000 chars max).
📂 Submit TXT/DOCX/JPG/PNG/MP4 + backstory to socials@degrowth.info.
👉 Check it out: www.instagram.com/p/DKACiovtXW...
Share your creative vision - poetry, art, music, film that speaks to degrowth! We'll showcase your work + story (2000 chars max).
📂 Submit TXT/DOCX/JPG/PNG/MP4 + backstory to socials@degrowth.info.
👉 Check it out: www.instagram.com/p/DKACiovtXW...
Join Municipal Degrowth Network's event and dive into the politics of everyday transformation!
🗓️ May 28
🕕 18:00 CEST
Check our website for more information: degrowth.info/en/event/fem...
🗓️ May 28
🕕 18:00 CEST
Check our website for more information: degrowth.info/en/event/fem...
Feminist Municipalism: Local care politics in Grenoble, Hernani and Graz
Spaces Beyond Growth: Municipal Degrowth Network webinar event. A discussion at the intersection of feminisms, care, urban politics, municipalism and degrowth
degrowth.info
May 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Join Municipal Degrowth Network's event and dive into the politics of everyday transformation!
🗓️ May 28
🕕 18:00 CEST
Check our website for more information: degrowth.info/en/event/fem...
🗓️ May 28
🕕 18:00 CEST
Check our website for more information: degrowth.info/en/event/fem...
🌱 Hydrogen has been hailed as the “missing piece” to decarbonise heavy industry — especially when produced with renewable energy. But is it truly green?
May 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🌱 Hydrogen has been hailed as the “missing piece” to decarbonise heavy industry — especially when produced with renewable energy. But is it truly green?