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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · 1d

Degrowth without anti-imperialism is just lifestyle politics. #Palestine makes this undeniable. Read our colleagues' statement on why this is a #degrowth issue👇

On Palestine

We stand in unconditional solidarity with Palestine and with the liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian people. Because their freedom is bound up with the freedom and survival of all oppressed pe...

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · 5d

As a response to Hickel's @jasonhickel.bsky.social interview with The Break-Down @the-breakdown.bsky.social, Vincent Liegey @vincent-liegey.bsky.social, Anitra Nelson & Terry Leahy share their thoughts on degrowth as a concept and a movement, and the role it plays in a challenging political context:

Debating degrowth: A response to Jason Hickel

As a response to Jason Hickel's interview with the Break-Down Journal, the authors share their thoughts on degrowth as a concept and a movement, and the role it plays in a challenging political contex...

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Ana Díaz Vidal @ana-diazvidal.bsky.social · 9d

An interesting read, though the subtitle says it best. At this point we need to move beyond abstract theorisations of transformations and engage in real strategy-building, for which Olin Wright is not granular enough.

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Let’s move on from Erik Olin Wright’s modes of transformation

Building on previous strategy debates on degrowth.info, Charles Stevenson argues for degrowthers moving beyond Erik Olin Wright's typology

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · 23d

A living recipe for joyful resistance, guided by fungi, fermentation and the courage to not know exactly what will flourish. By Chaga Collective 👇

How to ferment your own degrowth cabaret

A living recipe by Chaga Collective: for joyful resistance, guided by fungi, ferment, and the courage to not know exactly what will flourish.

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Sep 2

As the degrowth.info collective, we fully endorse the statement and urge the wider degrowth community and aligned friends and colleagues to do the same and unite behind its calls to action. Read full statement at our website👇

#freePalestine

On Palestine

We stand in unconditional solidarity with Palestine and with the liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian people. Because their freedom is bound up with the freedom and survival of all oppressed pe...

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Aug 27

10+ years building political friendships and amplifying the struggle for a post-growth society. We're an international collective connecting degrowth to radical transformation—practicing the horizontal governance & care-based economics we believe in. Another world is possible. Let's build together!

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Aug 22

Have you heard of them? Check this out!

#degrowth #oslo2025

Walking backwards because the world is going in the wrong direction: An interview with performance artists

At the end of the Degrowth Cabaret at the ISEE Degrowth Conference in Oslo, a handful of conference attendees started a backwards walk from Christiania, Oslo, to Christiania, Copenhagen. Degrowth.info...

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Aug 19

Behind every Valentine's bouquet: a story of extraction hidden in plain sight. Colombia's flower industry reveals how beauty becomes brutality. But resistance blooms: women-led agroecological networks building food sovereignty beyond endless growth. Read our new article by Valentina Donato👇

Colombia’s flower industry: a story of extractivism and resistance

The industrial production behind flower shops tells a dark story of human exploitation, environmental destructions and health threats. Valentina Donato writes about women organizations in Columbia fig...

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Aug 15

Two of our members went to Oslo for the 2025 International Degrowth Conference and got back with some keen reflections about it. Between experimental cabarets, productive tensions, and debates on delinking, the conference raised urgent questions: how do we build genuinely just postgrowth futures?

Convivial rants and cabaret: reflecting on the 2025 International Degrowth Conference

Members of the degrowth.info collective offer some reflections on the 2025 International Degrowth Conference

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jul 31

Well worth the full read:
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Degrowth and disagreement: Why engage with our strongest critics?

Oliver Lewis argues that the degrowth movement must not shy away from engaging with its critics

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jul 31

An example: France's Gilets Jaunes were initially viewed by environmentalists as anti-ecological for protesting fuel taxes. But deeper analysis showed many actually supported climate policies - their opposition was to the punitive, non-consultative way the tax was implemented.

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jul 31

The author argues that when groups of like-minded people talk only amongst themselves, they end up adopting more extreme versions of their shared beliefs - a phenomenon called "belief polarisation". 👇

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jul 31

Why should we engage with our strongest critics rather than simply dismissing them? This piece explores how isolation in "echo chambers" can polarise progressive movements like degrowth.

#TBT to an essential article on degrowth and disagreement 🧵👇

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jul 28

In the first article, Seerat Bashir documents the seasonal migrations and cultural heritage of nomadic and semi-nomadic communities in the mountains of Kashmir alongside the challenges they face in preserving their identity when confronted by modernisation and climate change 👇

The Life of Nomads in Kashmir

In this article, Seerat Bashir documents the seasonal migrations and cultural heritage of nomadic and semi-nomadic communities in the mountains of Kashmir alongside the challenges they face in preserv...

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Himalaya Collective collaborates with degrowth.info! Together we aim to forge connections between individuals and groups striving to achieve alternative economic and social systems both locally and globally, and to highlight real-life practices inspirational to the degrowth movement.

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jul 15

A powerful declaration emerged from the Wild Coast of South Africa: 44 people from 20 countries & 34 movements converging to reject the developmentalist projects that have long defined global South "poor and underdeveloped".

Read the full declaration👇🌎

#degrowth #GlobalTapestryofAlternatives

Declaration on Autonomy, Radical Democracy and Self Determination

In support of a fellow movement aligned with degrowth, we are republishing this declaration of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives which was originally released on June 13th.

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jul 10

What happens when beaches stop belonging to everyone? 🏖️

In Uruguay, social movements are fighting coastal gentrification and exclusive real estate projects.

Read about this Latin American struggle that teaches us about environmental justice and the right to the city👇 :

#degrowth #globalSouth

The beach in dispute: Social movements in defence of the coastal ecosystem in Uruguay

Uruguay’s coastal ecosystems face numerous threats – water pollution, population density, gentrification, tourism. In this article the authors explore how the social movement Red Unión de la Costa org...

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jul 1

"Bringing ecology down to earth - that is down to concrete struggles - means giving up the idea of 'saving the planet'. That superhero ambition is far too big for us".

Agree?

Read our last piece online now! 👇

"We invent nothing, or only very little." A portrait of Les Soulèvements de la Terre and some reflections

In this article Myriam Best analyses the ongoing french movement Earth Uprisings which struggles for land and water commons and the dismantlement of the techno-industrial capitalist complex.

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Rupture Press @rupturepress.bsky.social · Jun 17

BIG NEWS! Our first tangible books are out!

Ungovernability by Tom Nomad

Can degrowth struggle? essays by Alexander Dunlap

Anarchist hostilities to green capitalism edited by Alfonso Ferlmiau

The Savage Road: rage and revolt on the Ecuadorian oil frontier by Japhy Wilson

prices in alt text!

Books laying on a table, covers showing. Books in question:

Ungovernability by Tom Nomad, cost: 5€

Can degrowth struggle? essays by Alexander Dunlap, cost:3€

Anarchist hostilities to green capitalism edited by Alfonso Ferlmiau, cost: 5€

The Savage Road: rage and revolt on the Ecuadorian oil frontier by Japhy Wilson, cost: 8€

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jun 17

These aren't isolated experiments—they're systemic transformation toward post-capitalist alternatives prioritizing wellbeing over profit.

Practical degrowth in action.

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How do you think we can we create similar coalitions in our contexts?

Dynamic Coalitions: Organizational Solidarity in Practice

Militant-scholar, Ana Inés Heras, writes about collaborative projects between her research team at the Argentinean Council and various self-governed local communities and groups.

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jun 17

Key insight: transformation happens through sustained relationship-building, not campaigns. Universities become allies when they abandon ivory towers for long-term community partnerships.

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jun 17

Both networks practice 'organizational solidarity'—sustained coalitions that prioritize collective care and direct democracy even through conflicts. This creates alternatives to both state bureaucracy and market-based services.

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jun 17

Mental health cooperatives transform 'patients' into worker-partners alongside 'professionals' in small production units. 60 such organizations across Argentina challenge medical models that individualize mental health.

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jun 17

Rural families in Buenos Aires Province created an 'Alternation' education system: two weeks at school, two weeks at home. Families, teachers, and students collectively decide how to implement curriculum based on Paulo Freire's popular education.

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degrowth.info @degrowthinfo.bsky.social · Jun 17

What makes this revolutionary isn't just the outcomes—it's the methodology. 'Co-elaborative research' means questions emerge from long-term relationships with collaborating organizations. Knowledge is created together, not extracted.

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