To achieve sustainable growth under the constraint that consumption is independent from the use of natural resources, we must move along the path of qualitative growth.
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Banning short-haul flights should be just the first step on the path to greener transport systems.
Humanity is destroying Earth’s ability to support complex life. But coming to grips with the magnitude of the problem is hard, even for experts.
The cost of land and, in turn, housing forces people to buy into the rules of market capitalism, making it very hard to 'downshift' from consumer lifestyles. But what if we rethink public housing?
Economic growth created the climate crisis and continues to fuel it – 'green' growth is no solution.
If we want to live sustainably, we must question our appetite for growth.
Economic growth should be reimagined not only at the macro level, but also at the micro, business level. Social enterprises offer new, collaborative approaches to growth that maximize societal impact.
City decline is neither a fatality nor an urban nightmare. It can even be the background to a resilience strategy.
We asked climate researchers to peer through the smog and highlight some positive stories from 2018.
The average consumerist suburban lifestyle is unsustainable. But what if affluent suburbanites and battlers alike ditch the rat race and embrace economic 'degrowth'? Here's how it might unfold.
Brexit is a looming crisis but the ensuing chaos is an opportunity to create a radical alternative vision for the UK. Degrowth is the future we need.
Four factors led to positive change that was part planned, part felicitous – but the Preston model is already catching on across the nation.
The residents of Freetown Christiania have lived by degrowth values for decades.
To fix the world's ecological crises we'll have to make some tough choices, particularly living with less stuff. Art can play an essential role in imagining and communicating a more sustainable future.
Every day brings new calls for sustainability, as humanity's actual behaviour moves ever further away from it. What can we learn from an obscure Austrian philosopher?
Leonardo DiCaprio's new climate documentary is an urgent call for the promised green tech revolution. But it shows too much faith in politicians and corporations to change their ways.
Bill Mollison co-created permaculture - an ambitious alternative to industrial agriculture.
Luxury holidays aren't just a dent in your bank balance – they're also doing untold harm to the environment. But you can have a good, green holiday.
Increased development is always unsustainable, so let's stop kidding ourselves.
The global economy is already unsustainable – let alone if it gets bigger.
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Research fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Honorary Principal Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles
