An academic association dedicated to research, training, awareness raising and events organization around degrowth
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A thought experiment to envision a degrowth energy community by Maxime Jobin Context In Québec, private firms producing and distributing electricity were nationalized in 1944 to create Hydro-Québec, a public …
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by Sofia Buhrgard As a transport planner working in Stockholm, I have been reflecting on what the principles of degrowth mean for transport planning. The following concepts are some I …
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