Green growth or degrowth?
There is growing scepticism among climate policy researchers about green growth, as concepts of degrowth go mainstream.
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Critics of ‘degrowth’ economics say it’s unworkable – but from an ecologist’s perspective, it’s inevitable
Dr Mike Joy on the ecological imperative of degrowth
Richard Heinberg: The Final Doubling
Can humans decouple resource overuse from economic growth?
Sustainability Sunday
So many good initiatives that demonstrate that sustainability and community resiliency are intertwined. The sheer numbers of people involved now is heartening at a time when we are inundated with what is going wrong.
We’ve never had so much choice in what we can do to effect good change. We know the problems, now is the time to put our attention to the solutions, what is already working. and then get on with it.
Powerdown part two
Christchurch transition engineer Susan Krumdieck lays out the realities of the various crises we are facing, and why green tech won’t save us. What can we do instead?
Choosing ‘enough’ rather than ‘more’
A brief look at steady state economics and the values of enough rather than more.
“The government will never do that”
Say it out loud: Degrowth.