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Tag Archives: degrowth
Degrowth in Manchester – a new resource
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
Posted in explainers, news
Tagged 'zine, degrowth, degrowth in Manchester, key concepts, students
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Jason Hickel introduces Degrowth – book review
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
The Post Growth Challenge
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
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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Tagged alternative livelihoods, Covid-19, degrowth, ecological economics
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In conversation
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
Posted in economics, podcasts, Politics
Tagged capitalism, degrowth, degrowth movement, green growth, Green New Deal, limits to growth, socialism
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A Green New Deal for Greater Manchester? Workshop report.
On 16 December we held a workshop to look at the prospects for a “Green New Deal” tailored to the needs and realities of Greater Manchester. As is our usual style, the major part of the event was group discussion … Continue reading
Six problems for Green Deals
by Mark H Burton A talk given as part of the panel session on The Economics of Climate Emergency, at Manchester Metropolitan University’s launch event for the Future Economies Research Centre. Also available here at resilience.org: Spanish translation here /Traducción … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, decoupling, degrowth, Future Economies, investment, MMU, New Green Deal
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September Newsletter from Steady State Manchester
Click here for SSM’s September update newsletter. It covers, Fossil Free Pensions? Local action on climate change Revising the Viable Economy Degrowth 2020 Future Economies launch event Better Buses Deansgate You can sign up to get these direct to your … Continue reading
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Tagged Beter Buses GM, climate change, community, degrowth, divestment, GMPF, viable economy
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