New office team!
Big news! R&D hired a new office team of five. We are excited to work together in the future, creating more local and global networks, improving our educational programs and …
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First crowdfunding campaign launched
We have just launched our crowdfunding campaign to fund R&D’s first Degrowth Briefs. You can find the campaign on Goteo. R&D envisions Degrowth Briefs as concrete and radical policy proposals …
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Degrowth will benefit the poor
by Jean-Manuel Traimond and Collectif Passerelle Capitalism creates winners and losers. Nothing new there. But the winning side, amazingly, manages to convince the losers that they, too, someday, somehow, shall …
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Beyond (against?) urban gardens
by Donatella Gasparro Despite the ambitious societal change that degrowth advocates for, degrowth proposals often bring as examples of “degrowth in practice” urban community–led food initiatives, most of which already …
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16th Anniversary
This weekend we celebrated R&D’s 16th anniversary! 16 years ago, in 2006, Research & Degrowth was founded. Since then, R&D has brought scientists, practitioners and activists together, organized events and …
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Reconsidering a panacea: a blue carbon project in Colombia
By Gisela Ruiseco Being originally from Colombia, in my childhood I visited repeatedly its Caribbean zone. I remember an incredible mangrove area, which, back in the 1980’s, was destroyed by …
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R&D receives ERC’s Synergy Grant
We are proud to announce that R&D together with Jason Hickel, Giorgos Kallis and Julia Steinberger receives one of the European Research Council’s €10M Synergy Grants. The European Research Council, …
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New book on degrowth and strategy
Check out this new book on degrowth and strategy with a foreword from R&D member Brototi Roy. The book advances the debate on strategy for social-ecological transformation. It explores what …
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Applications open for degrowth art residency
We are happy to share Slow Shift’s Germinar-t. A community based degrowth art residency. 1st Edition! Find more info and apply at www.altshiftfestival.org/projects WHEN? December 4th to 11th WHERE? Sunseed …
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The case of sustainable clothing
How degrowth shapes the way I think about economic activities by Amerissa Giannouli Since I became familiar with degrowth I have been looking at things more critically. Especially after joining …
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