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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 3d

People around the world are hungry for economic systems change. Reclaim the Economy Week is a new moment for us to amplify and showcase the many ways we can redesign our economies.

Join info sessions on 6th October at 8am/2pm UTC and take action: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 22d

otherWise: a cosmolocal learning community. otherWise hosts small, place-rooted gatherings and deep, slow virtual inquiry.

Explore offerings on a wide range of topics, from gardening and motherhood to grief work to care and creativity at the margins: otherwise.one

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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 23d

Happy #freemoneyday! Every Sept. 15 people hand out money to strangers, asking them to keep half, and pass half on, to inspire a more generous world! Today my colleague and I handed out #money in Istanbul. To get involved, visit: freemoneyday.org @postgrowth.org #postgrowth #money #payitforward

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Jeni Miles @jenimiles.bsky.social · 22d

Why progressive taxes and Universal Basic Income can't fix inequality, broken down by the @postgrowth.org’s @donmacca.bsky.social

"All of the imagination in the mainstream is still around a capitalist system. So inequality is baked in to that equation"

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 28d

Más información sobre los esfuerzos de @SIRGECoalition para dar prioridad a las soluciones indígenas en la transición energética: www.sirgecoalition.org

SIRGE Coalition

www.sirgecoalition.org

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 28d

El tema del Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas del Mundo de este año fue «Los pueblos indígenas y la IA: defender los derechos, configurar el futuro».

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 28d

[EN/ES] This year's International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples theme was "Indigenous Peoples and AI: Defending Rights, Shaping Futures."

Learn more about @SIRGECoalition's efforts to prioritize Indigenous solutions in the energy transition: www.sirgecoalition.org #postgrowthalliance

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Sep 5

Join us for free, one-hour events through the rest of 2025!

Tufts University Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning and @share-able.bsky.social co-present Cities@Tufts.

Register to explore pressing topics and actions: www.eventbrite.com/cc/citiestuf...

#postgrowthalliance

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Shareable @share-able.bsky.social · Aug 28

Check out our latest story on ABCD, Asset-based community development by April Doner.
Link here: www.shareable.net/restoring-ou...

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“What ABCD might offer in this time goes beyond its conceptual lens or a set of tools. Rather, the heart of this movement’s offering may lie in its trained focus on that “special something” that people—all people—have within them, which is held individually but only truly ignited collectively.” April Doner

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Aug 25

The New Economy Network Australia (NENA) is a civil society network that facilitates collaboration to support ecologically regenerative and sustainable systems change.

Register for NENA’s conference Oct 10-12 (single day passes available): www.neweconomy.org.au/nena-events/...

#postgrowthalliance

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Aug 18

Philanthropic business-as-usual must be composted.

Trimita Chakma, Post Growth Fellow, and movement organizers show us how to shift from charity to reparation.

🌄 The guidebook introduces a “sunset gift-making” pilot that moved thousands of dollars and five principles: medium.com/postgrowth/m...

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Frank Kumli @frankkumli.bsky.social · Aug 17

Nurturing Innovation!

Real #innovation is not a race for the exceptional. It's a long, relational practice of nurturing the conditions from which life-affirming change can grow

@unearthodox.bsky.social @postgrowth.org

www.linkedin.com/posts/kumli_...

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Aug 13

Innovating for systems change is critical. But perhaps even more critical are the ‘containers’ in which such innovation occurs. A report commissioned by @unearthodox.bsky.social and led by the @postgrowth.org offers a roadmap rooted in global lived experiences: unearthodox.org/2025/08/reth...

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Jul 29

Join The Gaian Way for a free webinar on Aug 13 at 7 PM ET to explore the Cycles of Gaia curriculum—an interdisciplinary framework that brings ecological literacy to life. Integrate hands-on nature-based learning into your classroom—no matter where you teach.

Register now: cyclesofgaia.com/webinar

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John Farrell @johnffarrell.bsky.social · Jul 23

Public power advocates! @ilsr.bsky.social just released our Public Power Handbook, with step-by-step guidance on how to municipalize (take over) a private electric utility: ilsr.org/articles/pub...

A Handbook For Public Power Campaigns - ILSR Energy Democracy Initiative

A one-stop resource for public power advocates preparing campaigns to take over their electric utility.

ilsr.org

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Jul 21

@sociocracyforall.bsky.social offers a certification program for changemakers who want to strengthen their organization's governance.

Sociocracy Academy provides practical, relational, power-with governance. Register for the virtual cohort starting in September: www.sociocracyforall.org/academy/

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Jul 15

We can acquaint ourselves with collapse.

Sara El-Sayeh, #postgrowth Fellow, introduces micro-dreaming as a way to build bridges between the current world and the one we want to inhabit.

Explore this beautiful digital zine and article for inspiring reflections & actions: medium.com/postgrowth/a...

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Jul 5

Global South feminists are reclaiming refugee discourse this 7th July.

Recently, 49 white South Africans claimed “refugee” status—erasing real exile.

Join efforts to create a Pan-Afrikan, Anti-Imperial, Feminist Migration and Foreign Policy: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Jun 19

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Jun 19

Tune into the Wellbeing Economy Policymakers Network session on 6/26 to learn:

🌱 what a Māori wellbeing economy looks like,
💡 how leadership and governance differ in a Māori economy,
🧰 practical ways to implement Māori governance principles.

zoom.us/meeting/regi...

@weallaotearoa.bsky.social

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Jun 18

Can freedom be understood beyond individualism? How might we reimagine power, freedom, and ritual through the wisdom of rivers?

Join Erin Manning and Tyson Yunkaporta to explore these questions and unpack radical, relational freedom.

Register for the free webinar: advaya.life/webinars/riv...

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Jun 16

Join @postcarbon.org and frontline advocates to discuss the microplastic pollution crisis and learn what we – individually and collectively – can do about it.

Register for the free webinar on June 24 & receive the recording with a donation: www.resilience.org/stories/2025... @oceana.bsky.social

Troubled Waters: How Microplastics Are Impacting Our Oceans and Our Health

Microplastic pollution is poisoning nearly everything on the planet—from the deepest parts of the ocean to inside the cells of living beings. In "Troubled Waters: How Microplastics Are Impacting Our O...

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Jun 4

There are opportunities to decolonize energy transitions and halt “green colonialism.”

Join @postcarbon.org on June 9 to unpack so-called “renewables,” the polycrisis, and pathways towards decolonial energy futures.

Register now to receive the recording: www.postcarbon.org/decolonising...

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Jun 4

We appreciate the chance to share our learnings with others!💙

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NPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly) @npquarterly.bsky.social · Jun 4

Learning from a Near-Death Experience: How to Survive a Budget Crisis nonprofitquarterly.org/learning-fro... @postgrowth.org‬

Learning from a Near-Death Experience: How to Survive a Budget Crisis - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

At the Post Growth Institute, a budget crunch in late 2023 and early 2024 could have sunk us. Instead, we found in solidarity economics tools for surviving and thriving.

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