Monthly Archives: December 2022

Radio Canada interview translated via Google translate https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1943108/decroissance-entrevue-pineault-eric-surconsommation Photo: La planète Terre vue de l’espace. Earth seen from space The degrowth revolution could well end up happening Interview by Laurence Niosi Posted December 26 2022 at 4:06 a.m. Degrowth. The … Continue reading →

We are writing with exciting news that has been in the making for the last 12 months. As the degrowth.info webteam, who collectively manage the website and its associated activities, we have been holding long running conversations about our purpose … Continue reading →

The basic problem is that we’ve converted half of Earth’s habitable land into agricultural land. We’re destroying and degrading the habitats of other species to grow food for our own. https://nyti.ms/3j5CbsO

Wealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon economic growth as an objective. The global economy is structured around growth — the idea that firms, industries and nations must increase production every year, regardless … Continue reading →

Once You See the Truth About Cars, You Can’t Unsee It The recent Inflation Reduction Act offers subsidies for many kinds of vehicles using alternative fuel, and should result in real reductions in emissions, but it includes essentially no direct … Continue reading →

Economic growth is now recognized as the culprit behind climate havoc, biodiversity extinction and the ever-rising mountain of waste crushing the world. Degrowth is not a choice anymore, it is a necessity. https://degrowth.org/2022/11/22/degrowth-will-benefit-the-poor/

I have recently been in touch with groups and people in Ottawa, Toronto and Calgary who are organizing local (and national?) groups, events and activities around degrowth/post-growth. I would encourage subscribers to the web site of Degrowth Canada to get … Continue reading →

I have just read, in of all places the New York Times Magazine, a 15 page July 2022 article by Abraham Lustgarten of ProPublica which very articulately synthesizes the IMF and World Bank roll in financing and mitigating world debt, … Continue reading →

This is an underground greenhouse, or walipini, and the harvesters are members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. It is one of at least eight underground greenhouses that, over the past decade, have been built or are being constructed on the … Continue reading →