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News about the Manchester Degrowth and Ecological Economics Conference, 5th – 8th JULY 2021

Posted on 14 May, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

Building Alternative Livelihoods in times of ecological and political crisis The International Online Joint Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics and the European Society for Ecological Economics, the international degrowth research networks and Steady State Manchester, hosted by … Continue reading →

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The Post Growth Challenge entries (2)

Posted on 28 April, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

This is the second of two posts in which we share entries from our Post Growth Challenge. You can read the first post HERE. Ideas for a post-growth policy package. Stanislas Rigal at the Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de … Continue reading →

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The Post Growth Challenge entries (1)

Posted on 20 April, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

We received some interesting entries for our Post Growth Challenge.  There weren’t so many as we’d have liked but, as they are all of interest, it does mean that we can share them all. We purposely called it a challenge … Continue reading →

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Degrowth in Manchester – a new resource

Posted on 17 March, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

We are really pleased to endorse this initiative from Neriya and Maddy, two second year students at the University of Manchester.  In this guest post they explain their ‘zine idea, which you can download or read online, from the links … Continue reading →

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Jason Hickel introduces Degrowth – book review

Posted on 9 March, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

Also republished by MR online, 18.03.2021 Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save The World. By Jason Hickel, London: Penguin-Random House, 2020. ISBN 978-1-786-09121-5 Mark H Burton, Steady State Manchester. Degrowth has arrived. It makes appearances in mainstream newspapers, radio … Continue reading →

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The Post Growth Challenge

Posted on 4 January, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

The Post Growth Challenge Extended deadline – midnight, GMT, Wednesday 31 March, 2021. An initiative in collaboration with the Manchester Meteor and the Systems Change Alliance. What? A cooperative challenge to find a better way to present the post-growth alternative. … Continue reading →

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Posted on 28 August, 2020 by The Steady State Manchester team

Economy and livelihoods after Covid-19 A global on-line symposium of the international degrowth network and the International Society for Ecological Economics. September 1 to September 4th, 2020. The sessions will be in the afternoons BST. Tickets are available for this … Continue reading →

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In conversation

Posted on 14 April, 2020 by The Steady State Manchester team

Our good friends at Manchester Green New Deal interviewed SSM collective member, Mark Burton for their podcast series. It is a lengthy discussion exploring the Limits to Growth and the Degrowth movement as well as reflections on the relationships between … Continue reading →

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