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Articles on Economic degrowth
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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?
The four scenarios in the WEF’s 2017 food report paint a bleak picture. But there are better ways.
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.
We have all the tools to achieve economic growth and environmental sustainability - we just have to choose to use them.
Top contributors
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Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Economics, University College Cork
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Sessional Lecturer, School of Social Sciences & Psychology, Western Sydney University
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Founding Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey
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Professor of Management, Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Ecological Economics, UCL
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Associate Professor and Chair, Communication, Popular Culture and Film, Brock University
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Postdoctoral Researcher at the Warsash School of Maritime Science and Engineering, Solent University
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Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Denver
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Senior researcher and lecturer in sustainable business and innovation, Utrecht University
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Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow on Air Transport, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor, Griffith University
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Honorary Senior Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Autonomous University of Barcelona
