International Degrowth Network

? Join the Degrowth Movement! ? Want to make an impact? The International Degrowth Network is looking for passionate social media volunteers to amplify our message and connect with a global community! If you're: - Creative and digitally savvy ?? - Passionate about sustainability and social justice ?? - Eager to contribute to a world beyond growth ? - Ready to join a dynamic and international team ?? Then WE WANT YOU! Help us: - Craft engaging content - Grow our online presence - Spark vital conversations - Help build a better future. ?? Apply - https://lnkd.in/gSVhr8et Let's build a degrowth future, together! #Degrowth?#Sustainability?#ClimateAction?#SocialJustice?#VolunteerOpportunity

Exploring the transition to a degrowth economy often leads to the pivotal question: "How do we pay for it?" In this post, we delve into Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) as a lens through which to view the financing of degrowth initiatives. At its heart, Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) offers a fresh lens through which we can view our economy and the role of government spending. At its heart, Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) offers a fresh lens through which we can view our economy and the role of government spending. Unlike traditional economic theories that often compare a country's budget to a household's, MMT presents a different perspective. In essence, imagine the economy as a sink, where the water level represents the total money in the economy. Government spending is like the faucet/tap, adding water (money) into the economy, while taxes are the drain, removing some of it. MMT suggests that the goal is to adjust the flow carefully using the 'sink stopper' (tax policy) to keep the "sink" adequately filled without overflowing (causing inflation) or running too low (causing unemployment). To know more head to our knowledge base - https://lnkd.in/g-RReMrm

?????? Web Design Volunteer Wanted! ?? The International Degrowth Network is looking for a passionate front-end developer to help us enhance the design and UI of degrowth.net! If you believe in building a just future and have experience in web design, we'd love to have you on board. This is a great opportunity to contribute your skills to a meaningful cause. ?? Interested? Reach out to [email protected]! #WebDesign?#FrontEndDeveloper?#VolunteerOpportunity?#Degrowth?#Sustainability?#UIUX

Imagine a world where communities thrive in harmony with nature - where regeneration, resilience, and sustainability are the norm. That’s what the GEN - Global Ecovillage Network has been fostering for 30 years! ?? Connecting 1,250+ ecovillages across 100+ countries, GEN is building the degrowth future we all need, one community at a time. What they do: ?? Empower communities with resources, training, and networking ?? Address global challenges like climate change and social inequality ?? Share inspiring tools and stories for a just, regenerative future Impact so far: ?? 1,240 Ecovillages Mapped ?? 5,750 Global Projects ?? 586 Shared Solutions ?? 150 Impact Assessments And this year, GEN is celebrating 30 years of transformation! ?? Expect special events, inspiring stories, and new opportunities to get involved. ?? Want to connect with degrowth-related movements like GEN? Follow?them?and join the International Degrowth Network to collaborate with members worldwide! ?? #Ecovillage?#RegenerativeLiving?#Sustainability?#CommunityPower?#Degrowth?#GlobalEcovillageNetwork?#SystemsChange?#ClimateAction

A fresh Degrowth newsletter edition is out ? A new Degrowthuary campaign, collaboration opportunities, and several events - discover what's up in the Degrowth world.

2024 was quite an eventful year for us at the International Degrowth Network... In just over a year from its inception, IDN has achieved a lot and we are very excited to share some of those achievements with you. Over 200 members, organized in 13 working circles, actively participated in delivering fantastic outcomes in networking, events, education, and practice spaces. In 2025, we aim to build on our work in 2024 and scale our impact to an even wider audience. To join, please visit degrowth.net

?? Who truly benefits from endless growth, and at what cost to people and the planet? ?? Join Andrew Karamagi and Tariq Al Olaimy in unpacking the myth of growthism dominating global policy spaces like Davos. ?? In this majlis-style discussion, we’ll explore the exploitation and inequalities sustained by the growth obsession, the urgent need to decolonize economic systems for a just and sustainable future, and the importance of cultivating alliances for transformative change. ???? Register here: bit.ly/IDNgsjanuary Beyond Degrowth Series is hosted by International Degrowth Network's Global South Circle.

In light of this week's global events, we derive insights from this powerful excerpt from The Future is Degrowth. "Crises are (...) charged with extreme risk. They can and often do strengthen the right and tend to reinforce the growth paradigm, capitalist hegemony and the logic of law and order that supports it. Today, political coordinates have shifted significantly with the rise of the New Right in the US, Europe, India, and Latin America. These populist movements see success by and large through promising to retain the status quo for the privileged middle class while breeding resentment among downwardly mobile working and middle classes against migrants or other 'outsiders' - taking advantage of declining rates of growth and migrant crises to further their agenda of maintaining a hierarchical status quo by any means necessary. This aggressive defence of the fossil fuel-dependent imperial mode of living has so far hardly been taken into account in the strategic discussion on degrowth and in the ecological left more broadly, even though this has a considerable influence on the windows of opportunity for communication and the implementation of degrowth. In times of crisis, the voter bloc of the nationalist right can expand rapidly, when many people favour stability and order over transition and the insecurity that comes with it. In times such as these, it is imperative that degrowth appears, not as destabilizing and inspiring fear, but as the necessary transformation that both expands people's freedoms and gets to the root of the crisis itself. It is for this reason that a formation of a counter-hegemonic common sense - one that is international-ist, antiracist, queer-feminist, and inclusive, and stands for global ecological justice - is one of our greatest tools in preventing a fascist resurgence today." Join us in creating counter-hegemony and fostering a more just society.?https://lnkd.in/gSVhr8et?

?? Calling All Degrowth Advocates ?? We are gearing up for the Degrowth Movement Assembly 2025 and we need your help to make it a success! We're assembling a working group to co-organize this transformative event and foster collective action toward degrowth. This is your chance to help shape an inclusive and impactful assembly. ??? What’s in Store for 2025? 1?? Feb–March: Pre-assembly feedback phase with a global survey. 2?? April: Online assemblies for knowledge-sharing and collaboration. 3?? June 23 (Oslo): In-person assembly to deepen connections, strategize, and celebrate! ?? We’re Looking for Volunteers to Help With: Designing and distributing the pre-assembly survey. Analyzing feedback to create meaningful breakout groups. Planning and facilitating online and in-person assemblies. ?? Join the Working Group If you’re passionate about collaboration, learning, and driving change, this is your opportunity to contribute! To get involved, fill out this application form by January 20: https://lnkd.in/deWavNuX Let’s build a space for impactful degrowth transformations together. Please help share this post with your networks! ?? #Degrowth #Collaboration #CommunityBuilding #Degrowth2025

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