Tag Archives: countering arguments against steady-state

The decoupling debate, one year on: the global picture, and Manchester.

Posted on 30 September, 2015 by The Steady State Manchester team

update:  an updated and longer version of this piece now appears at degrowth.de and was also syndicated by resilience.org and This Changes Everything Note: we have published other, including more recent, pieces on the myth of decoupling, including commentary on … Continue reading →

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Less levity Professor Stern! Economic growth, climate change and the decoupling question.

Posted on 21 September, 2014 by The Steady State Manchester team

Note: we have published more recent pieces on the myth of decoupling, including commentary on more recent claims. Click HERE for a full list. Steady State Manchester has argued, along with most ecological economists that continued economic growth is incompatible … Continue reading →

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Selective versus unselective growth

Posted on 22 January, 2014 by The Steady State Manchester team

From time to time our position gets misrepresented – or is that misunderstood?  Here is what we said  in November 2012 about the need for selective growth in In Place of Growth (page 12). Our view has not changed. “Sectors … Continue reading →

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In Place of Growth Workshop held

Posted on 22 January, 2013 by The Steady State Manchester team

On Saturday 20th January, 2013 we 12 people attended an afternoon workshop on In Place of Growth.  The event was mainly participative with a view to helping participants become confident ambassadors for steady state ideas in Manchester and area.   We … Continue reading →

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Workshop: In Place of Growth, next Saturday, 19th January.

Posted on 12 January, 2013 by The Steady State Manchester team

Steady State #Manchester presents…. Still some places left Saturday 19th January, 2013:  Workshop- 2-5.30pm Everything you want to know about In Place of Growth Methodist Central Hall, Oldham St., Manchester.  The workshop will, which will be participatory and activity-based rather … Continue reading →

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Our first reports published: “In Place of Growth” and “Living Well”

Posted on 13 November, 2012 by The Steady State Manchester team

Steady State #Manchester is pleased to present its first two reports, In Place of Growth and Living Well.  We have a launch event on 20 November details here.  Both are published here in .pdf format.  We can supply other versions … Continue reading →

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Video: Can we “decouple” emissions from growth? (Er, no…) #Manchester #Steadystate

Posted on 3 October, 2012 by The Steady State Manchester team

Here’s a short video featuring Mark Burton, one of the people behind the “economy” section of the report.

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