Empowering people and organizations to challenge the need for endless growth.
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US，IL，Chicago
This Thursday, I will be speaking on a panel at the University of Loyola in response to the question: "Has the economy outgrown the planet?" The panel, hosted by the Political Science department, promises an accessible introduction to Degrowth as it approaches questions about the social and environmental implications of growth-oriented economic activity. Registration is open to the public and the link is available on the event page, copied below.
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Join us for Reuse-a-Palooza at The Plant (Chicago, IL) on Sun. Mar. 16! It will be an inspiring day of reuse, repair, repurposing, and responsible recycling, with enthusiastic discussion about best practices every step of the way. The event details are listed at the post below, and the full list of program participants and activities is at our website: https://lnkd.in/gUUUwMhK Getting excited; see you there!
It’s time to start gathering your items for Reuse-a-Palooza at The Plant! From old bike tubes to bread tags, Legos to laptops, start setting aside materials that can be repaired, repurposed, or responsibly recycled. This is your chance to clear out clutter while keeping valuable resources in use! See our website for the full list of accepted items and participating organizations: https://lnkd.in/gxneeYrq
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?? The Selling Circular Podcast Metrics: Who’s Tuning In & Why It Matters As hosts of?The Selling Circular Podcast, we’re often asked:?“Who listens to your show?”?Today, we’re pulling back the curtain and sharing some of our audience metrics from across our distribution platforms to highlight the community driving the circular economy conversation. ?? Why These Metrics Matter In reaction to a volatile set of global circumstances, our audience represents a high-intent niche: professionals actively seeking solutions to reduce waste, decarbonize supply chains, and invest in circular innovation. By continuing to support purpose-driven content, like ours and others, we can continue to foster a community around business case climate action. ?? By the Numbers: Growth & Reach Since our launch in 2023, we’ve released?33 episodes?(and counting!) with a consistent?(some what ?? ) weekly cadence, fostering a listener base that spans entrepreneurs, sustainability officers, policymakers, and circular economy innovators. While conversation lands heavily in the US, we're excited to learn and share more from our European and Asia-Pacific regions coming up! ?? Audience Demographics: Who’s Listening? Professionals Leading Change: 65% of our listeners hold decision-making roles in industries like manufacturing, retail, and clean tech, aligning with LinkedIn’s data showing surging demand for sustainability expertise. ?? Engagement Deep Dive: Listeners stay hooked on some of our most popular episodes as we hang out with leaders like Grayson Shor (The New York Climate Exchange), Constanza Gomez (Sortile), Annie Agle (Cotopaxi), James George, Jon Smieja (Trellis Group), @Joanne Rodriguez (Mycocycle, Inc.), John Mulrow (Degrowth Institute) and Rob Lawson-Shanks (Molg). ?? LinkedIn & Spotify Driven Growth: By repurposing episode insights into social posts, we amplified our reach to 10k+ impressions per episode and soon will be (re)launching more circular economy content in a blog / newsletter form. ?? Community Feedback: Thank you to anyone who was generous enough to review our “informative and actionable” content, as well as anyone willing to disagree with our mission and call us stupid in the comments. ?? ?? Join the Movement To our listeners: Thank you for fueling this journey. Share your feedback or episode ideas below—we read every comment! These metrics validate the power of collective learning—every share, subscribe and download translates to real-world impact, whether it’s a venue adopting reusable packaging or a startup securing funding for circular tech. To potential guests & collaborators: Let’s discuss how to align your mission with our audience’s priorities. As always - DM us or visit SellingCircular.com to find your preferred listening or viewing platform. #CircularEconomy #PodcastGrowth #SustainabilityLeadership #LinkedInEngagement #AudienceInsights #sustainability #circularity #trellis #reuse #reman #remanufacturing
2024 has been a very fruitful and rich year for the Degrowth movement, marked by vibrant conferences and festivals that have sparked creativity and collaboration! The highlight was the Conferencia Internacional ESEE-Decrecemento 2024 Pontevedra in June, the 10th International gathering, a joint conference with the European Society for Ecological Economics . With over 1,100 attendees across 220 sessions, and numerous artistic and cultural activities, this event was a testament to the growth and respect Degrowth has garnered in the scientific community. We also held the second Assembly of the International Degrowth Network, bringing together passionate advocates eager to engage and support our shared vision. This year also saw gatherings across Europe—from Copenhagen to Paris, Vienne to Lisbon, Roma to Dublin—fostering connections and dialogue around social and environmental justice, also in Parliaments. With plans for more regional and thematical events in 2025, we are all waiting for you at Oslo in June (https://lnkd.in/dpiYiU6X). As we look ahead, it's clear that Degrowth is more essential than ever. Together, we can explore new pathways and formats for engagement, making our gatherings even more inclusive and impactful. Join us as we prepare for the next International Degrowth Conference in 2027. If you have ideas or wish to organise events, we’d love to hear from you! See our call for expression of interest here: https://lnkd.in/d6SryiYb The Support Group of the International Conferences on Degrowth Fran?ois Schneider (Paris), Brototi Roy and Federico Demaria (Barcelona), Jean-Louis Aillon, Silvio Cristiano, Mario Sassi (Venice), Dr. Gualter Barbas Baptista (Leipzig), Vincent Liegey, K?ves Alexandra (Budapest), Ekaterina Chertkovskaya (Malm?), Mark Burton (Manchester), Mladen Domazet (Zagreb), Cristina Vázquez Santos, Mario Pansera (Pontevedra). https://lnkd.in/dWYsVFyB #Degrowth Research & Degrowth International Degrowth California Degrowth London Post Growth Institute
First event of the Campus Dialogues series is a wrap! Up next Loyola University Chicago on March 13! Find out more details about the panel event here: https://lnkd.in/ggsm7q_A Later on March 28: The University of Texas at Austin at The LBJ School of Public Affairs - 2025 Latino Policy Research Summit
Degrowth Institute hit the road this week to kick off our Campus Dialogues series. First stop was University of Notre Dame! We got to share a great discussion and food and drink as well! Thanks to Environmental Humanities Initiative (EHUM) for helping make it happen. Alixandra Underwood, Managing Editor at Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, presented the Trophic Theory of Money (TTM) – a different way to understand GDP. Many have proposed decoupling GDP from environmental impact. Some solutions propose a new metric for prosperity. Instead of finding another metric to measure growth (be it economic or otherwise), TTM suggests that GDP is actually a great indicator of biodiversity loss, pollution, and other negative impacts on the environment. It frames the human economy within the larger biological trophic structure. Trophic Theory of Money supposes that money originates via agricultural surplus; this surplus creates the freedom for others to specialize their work in something other than farming (or extraction). These new activities can then be measured by environmental impact. This holistic interpretation puts GDP under a different lens. A lens that grounds and provides shape to economic growth. And it gives a very different meaning to $27 trillion!!
Next week we'll be at University of Notre Dame discussing the Trophic Theory of Money, in partnership with Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy and the ND Environmental Humanities Initiative. What's the Trophic Theory of Money? It's a way of describing the real economy that mirrors ecological trophic levels (photosynthesizers convert energy from the sun, herbivores eat them and are then eaten by predators; finally decomposers return everybody to the soil). CASSE will give us the details. If you're around South Bend, stop by and join the conversation with Alixandra Underwood and Degrowth Institute's own Jason Barahona!
Circularity and degrowth are both about "balance and intention" - so these concepts should be working together toward true sustainability! That's one of the conclusions that came out of this conversation with Garr Punnett and Sabira Lakhani on the Selling Circular Podcast. I had such a good time talking with them and I'm grateful for their willingness to challenge economic growth alongside me and the Degrowth Institute. Many #degrowth advocates come from a #circulareconomy background because it's becoming clear: the benefits of our waste-reduction work are being erased by the incessant need for economic growth. We must pair our efforts with an equitable and intentional limit on the size of the economy. We must challenge the need for economic growth! Please give a listen at https://lnkd.in/gBZcWuW6
?? The Degrowth Movement: Rethinking Economic Progress. ?? Can we create prosperity without endless growth??In an era of climate crisis and resource depletion, the degrowth movement is gaining traction. Sifting through the polarizing articles, I wanted to understand why some LOATHE this movement. Sabira Lakhani and I chatted with Dr. John Mulrow of The Degrowth Institute to explore the topic on The Selling Circular Podcast and we only scratched the surface. Core Ideas: ?? Reducing overconsumption in wealthy nations ?? Redistributing resources more equitably ?? Shifting values towards care, solidarity, and sustainability What Degrowth Is NOT: ? It's not about living in poverty or recession ?? It doesn't mean sacrificing quality of life Degrowth advocates argue that infinite economic growth on a finite planet is unsustainable. ?? Super crazy right?! Instead, they propose transforming our economies to operate within planetary boundaries while improving human well-being. This movement calls for a radical rethinking of progress, challenging us to envision a world where "less can be more." What are your thoughts on degrowth? For anyone interested in following up with articles that both challenge and accept some degrowth principles: The Washington Post - "Ending growth won’t save the planet" The New York Times - "Shrink the Economy, Save the World?" The Guardian - "These ideas are incredibly popular: what is degrowth and can it save the planet" The Atlantic - "Is America Ready for ‘Degrowth Communism'?" Jacobin Magazine - "Four Problems for the Degrowth Movement" Harvard Business Review - "In Defense of Degrowth" #Degrowth #SustainableEconomics #ClimateAction #economy #consumption #circulareconomy #circularfashion
Hosted by Bart Everson and Laura Dedelow, #Earth #Eclectic brings you new music that honors Gaia. Supported by Gaian Way and produced on whivfm in New Orleans, US, you can listen to Earth Eclectic on Mixcloud: https://lnkd.in/gfRin9EX The Gaian Way is a living community inspired by Gaia as a living holobiont—a being composed of countless organisms that gives us purpose and sustains all life. Our community hosts several online events each month and has three local guilds that meet regularly for nature meditations and reflection. Discover more about the #philosophy and community of The Gaian Way at: https://gaianway.org Erik Assadourian #EarthEclectic #GaianWay #Gaia #Sustainability #NatureMeditation #Holobiont #EclecticMusic #community #meditation #nature #radio #music
Tons of positive energy at last week's Degrowth Cafe, where guest speaker Alyssa Mendez (University of Chicago) presented on Degrowth & Activist movements, focused on energy transition advocacy and land defense. In our breakout groups we discussed existing movements, right here in Chicago, that are already working hard on ushering in a just and sustainable economy. At Degrowth Institute we advocate for an intentional downscaling of the *global* economy, a necessary step for achieving ecological and social justice goals. Fair and democratic downscaling is how we'll prompt the macroeconomy to support thriving local movements. In the coming months, we'll be taking our degrowth cafes on the road, sparking conversations in Washington DC, Atlanta, GA and Austin, TX. Stay tuned for more at: www.degrowthinstitute.org!