Jack HerringinThe Case for DegrowthDegrowth: An IntroductionIn 1996 Wackernagel and Rees observed that “in today’s materialistic, growth-bound world, the politically acceptable is ecologically…Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019
Jack HerringinThe Case for DegrowthThe Origins of GrowthFrom a degrowth perspective economic growth can be understood in the first instance as a biophysical or material process. The economic…Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019
Jack HerringinThe Case for DegrowthThe Growth ImperativeCapitalism is an historically distinct mode of economic and social organisation. In line with Marx, commentators most often attribute the…Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019
Jack HerringinThe Case for DegrowthThe Ecological Case for DegrowthPut simply, the ecological case for degrowth is that infinite economic growth is a biophysical impossibility in the context of a finite…Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019
Jack HerringinThe Case for DegrowthThe Social Case for DegrowthThe underlying premise of the social case for degrowth is that endless growth would not be desirable even if it were to become compatible…Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019
Jack HerringinThe Case for DegrowthLimits to GrowthThe third and final factor which comprises the case for degrowth is that growth might be coming to an end. From the 1970s onwards there is…Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019
Jack HerringinThe Case for DegrowthWell-being Without Growth: Degrowth Policy ProposalsOver the past decade there has been a wide array of research into the conditions under which social and ecological well-being can be…Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019
Jack HerringinThe Case for DegrowthHolding Actions and Social MobilisationPathways to Degrowth (1 of 4)Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019
Jack HerringinThe Case for DegrowthStructural Change: Grassroots Practices & Institutional ReformPathways to Degrowth (2 of 4)Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019
Jack HerringinThe Case for DegrowthShifts in ConsciousnessPathways to Degrowth (3 of 4)Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019