Degrowth, Environmental Law, and the Contradictions of “Sustainable Development”

Degrowth, Environmental Law, and the Contradictions of “Sustainable Development” By Roberto Talenti Until recently, contributions to degrowth debates have rarely come from legal scholars. This absence is not accidental. Law, after all, is a product of state deliberation. For those who view the modern state as a central institutional technology sustaining global capitalism, drawing borders […]
Towards a degrowth policy sequence

Towards a degrowth policy sequence Articulating policy priorities for transforming growth-dependent macro-financial regimes Written by Emmanuel BamdeisCover illustration: Eleanor Shakespeare If GDP growth leads to the destruction of humanity’s life support systems, but the absence of growth produces widespread deprivation due to current economic structures, the solution must be to transform these economic structures, which […]
El nostre hort i la màquina de creixement: la lluita per mantenir el Raval per al barri

El nostre hort i la màquina de creixement: la lluita per mantenir el Raval per al barri English below L’Àgora Juan Andrés Benítez, un hort comunitari imprescindible al Raval, amenaçat de desallotjament el 14 de maig mentre la màquina de creixement urbà de Barcelona s’emporta un a un els espais que li donen vida. Cridem […]
Open call communications officer

Call for Communications Officer At Research & Degrowth International we are looking to expand our communications team! Hours: 16h-22h/weekLocation: Bloc4, BarcelonaSalary: 1.090-1490€ gross/monthStarting date: June-September 2026Application deadline: May 15th DESCRIPTION: At R&Di we are looking for a new person to join the communications team. Someone who is proactive, able to work in a horizontal team […]
No se puede eliminar el motor fósil sin cambiar la máquina del crecimiento

No se puede eliminar el motor fósil sin cambiar la máquina del crecimiento Federico Arcuri, Ana Vidal-Díaz, Hugo Abad Frías Caminamos hacia la Conferencia de Santa Marta y hacia el Primero de Mayo con propuestas que buscan abrir horizontes de transformación profunda para abordar la crisis ecosocial en un contexto de guerra y genocidio. Desde […]
Degrowth and Feminist Just Transition for Inclusive Climate Action

Degrowth and Feminist Just Transition for Inclusive Climate Action By Aakanksha Sharma The world is in turmoil marked with deep and overlapping crises. Politically, the language of an impending world war has re-entered public discourse. Socially, societies are marked by growing inequality, distrust, and rising violence. Environmentally, climate collapse threatens the very conditions of life […]
Action Circle on Labour and Degrowth statement on the imperial war of agression

Statement We workers and other representatives of various sectors from the Action Circle on Labour and Degrowth gathered today here at La Bruguera de Púbol, Girona, Catalonia, strongly condemn the war of aggression launched by the Zionist Israel and the Imperialist United States of America against the people of Iran today, February 28. The people […]
Sentit Comunal. Un breu relat.

Sentit Comunal: Món rural i cultura popular. Un breu relat Per Steph, Lorenzo, Lucía i Claudio – Equip Organitzador de R&D al Sentit Comunal [English bellow][Castellano abajo] Ha passat un mes i estem llestis per compartir algunes reflexions escrites sobre la segona edició de Sentit Comunal, un projecte que desde Research and Degrowth co-coordinem amb […]
Making Money Public: A Simpler, Fairer Foundation for a Democratic Economy

Making Money Public: A Simpler, Fairer Foundation for a Democratic Economy Mario Martínez, Dinero Positivo Few would deny that finance plays a decisive role in shaping a future where human life on Earth remains viable. Yet debates on economic transformation often overlook a crucial dimension: aligning credit and capital with social and ecological value is […]
What makes cities thrive? From ‘Creative Cities’ to Cultural Municipalism

What makes cities thrive? From ‘Creative Cities’ to Cultural Municipalism “The space is free from the council, and the collective generates a little bit of income by working with movements to create posters for them, and then we keep some of them to sell.” I’m at La Imprempta Col·lectiva, a leftist slow printing press in […]