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| | | | | ByEkaterina Chertkovskaya and Alexander Paulsson.* Let's be clear what kind of growth degrowth needs to challenge: the growth of biophysical throughput, continuous capital accumulation and productivism, as well as mindless attempts of boosting GDP - or, what we call the growthocene. Lately there has been a rising interest in degrowth - an umbrella term that... | |
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| | | | | Imagine for a moment that we paused all economic growth. The pie isn't getting bigger, but it isn't getting smaller either. Now, imagine we invent an efficiency improvement-some new technology. This means the same amount of goods and services can be produced with less employment of natural resources. | |
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www.degrowth.info
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| | | | | Degrowth critiques the global capitalist system which pursues economic growth at all costs, causing human exploitation and environmental destruction. It exposes the interconnection of systems of oppression such as capitalism, extractivism, colonialism, and patriarchy. As a social movement, a field of academic research and a practice, degrowth advocates for societies that prioritise social and ecological well-being. It proposes a radical (re)distribution of power, wealth and resources, a reduction in the material size of the global economy, and a shift in common values towards care, solidarity and autonomy. Degrowth means transforming societies to ensure environmental justice and a good life for all within planetary boundaries. | |
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| | | Georgia authorities have filed charges against Network for Strong Communities trustees. The nonprofit opposes the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, which protesters call 'Cop City.' | ||