@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialDebating degrowth: A response to Jason Hickel.
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-10-02/debating-degrowth-a-response-to-jason-hickel/
We (coordinators of the DegrowthUK website) will possibly write something about this. Broadly…
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.socialGames for Degrowth - participative workshop
Events | Steady State Manchester https://steadystatemanchester.net/what-we-are-doing-2/
Book on event brite
@markhburton@mstdn.socialGiven the remarkable #GreensSurge in members and polling, and the ongoing chaotic infighting at 'Your Party', it's maybe worth reposting my questioning of both leaderships on the eco-planetary crisis and overshoot.
As UK politics turns both right and left, how do we get degrowth onto the agenda? – degrowthUK
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialThanks to @… for republishing our piece on resilience org:
Minority influence: how can degrowth step up? - resilience
https://www.
@markhburton@mstdn.socialINTERVIEW with Jason Hickel: "Degrowth is a gateway into socialist thought for the 21st century"
https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/interview-with-jason-hickel-degrowth-a84
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialMinority influence: how can degrowth step up?
A contribution to the ecosocialism vs horizontalism debate. by Anna Gregoletto and Mark H Burton* A debate is in progress between alternative strategy prescriptions for degrowth. On the one side, what we might call minima-maxima or degrowth as under-labourer in a democratic socialist transformation. ‘Minima’ because it realistically notes that degrowth (whether it is a movement or not) "does not have the capacity to…
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialMinority influence: how can degrowth step up?
A contribution to the ecosocialism vs horizontalism debate.
by Anna Gregoletto and Mark H Burton
In the series Prospects for Degrowth
https://degrowthuk.org/2025/10/29/minority-influence-how-can-degrow…
@UP8@mastodon.social📉 Here's what I think about Curtis Yarvin
#politics
@markhburton@mstdn.social @degrowthuk@mstdn.social"There is no such thing as ‘changing the world without taking power’, but the taking of power is a more complex process than storming the gates of government and implanting a new regime; ..."
https://degrowthuk.org/2025/10/29/minority-influence-how-ca…
@markhburton@mstdn.socialTwo new #degrowth articles:
Neither of the two main British left alternatives (Greens and the proto- Your Party) appears to be sufficiently facing up to the fundamental issue of ecological overshoot.
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialWhat is #degrowth?
We offer a definition wherein the fundamental core is the planned reduction of energy and material use to keep within planetary limits, while the associated 'pluriversal' belt of concepts and practices is also essential to degrowth.
Part of our response to @…
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.socialGames for Degrowth and a Viable Future
by Carolyn Kagan Games as a tool for Awareness-raising Naomi Klein1 asks the question How do you change a world-view, an unquestioned ideology? Much of what we do in Steady State Manchester is to endeavour to change world-views, unquestioned ideologies about economic growth and the exploitation of environmental resources. We seek to enable people to discuss, challenge and develop their ideas and thinking; to help others see that…
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialThanks Resilience.org for reposting and correcting the title.
Prospects for Degrowth: the story so far - resilience
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-10-16/prospects-for-degrowth-the-story-so-far/
@markhburton@mstdn.socialMy new piece.
'As UK politics turns both right and left, how do we get degrowth onto the agenda?'
The problem is that neither of the two main British left alternatives (#GreenParty and nascent #YourParty) appears to be sufficiently facing up to the fundamental issue of
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialTwo new #degrowth articles:
Neither of the two main British left alternatives (Greens and the proto- Your Party) appears to be sufficiently facing up to the fundamental issue of ecological overshoot.
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social @degrowthuk@mstdn.socialIn case you missed it:
As UK politics turns both right and left, how do we get degrowth onto the agenda?
"Neither the embryonic Your Party, nor even the Green Party, provide evidence that their approach, extant or emerging, at this point in time, is adequate to the scale of the existential crisis facing humanity. This could change, and it should be a focus of the small degrowth movement in these islands "
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaI'm not usually one for spiritual ideas, but Hofmann makes a compelling point. Capitalism has deeply disconnected us, from nature and from one another.
I still believe that protests, organizing, and direct action are what truly drive change. Yet, shifting our perspective is just as crucial.
#SpiritualCrisis
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialWise words on the Hickel-Liegey/Nelson debate.
Neither the either nor the or: for a sideways degrowth | degrowth.info
https://degrowth.info/en/blog/neither-the-either-nor-the-or-for-a-sideways-degrowth
@markhburton@mstdn.socialComing up on Friday Beyond Growth conference in the Spanish parliament.
Good to see mention of key concepts, #EmergencyBrake and societal #Collapse.
#Degrowth takes the stage
&quo…
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialOur piece now available at resilience.org too:
The Macavity of Degrowth – Waste, the Empire that isn’t there… - resilience
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-09-22/the-macavity-of-degrowth-waste-the-empire-that-isnt-there/
@servelan@newsie.social“Degrowth Donald” - Legal Planet
https://legal-planet.org/2025/09/06/degrowth-donald/
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialAs UK politics turns both right and left, how do we get degrowth onto the agenda?
By Mark H Burton In the series, Prospects for Degrowth The last few weeks have seen two opposing developments in British politics, both in the context of the Starmer Labour government and its failure to address the real issues facing people and planet. On the one hand we have seen the continuing rise of the far right Reform UK party…
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialA response to the Financial Times: A few points of clarification about degrowth - resilience
By Tim Parrique
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-09-24/a-response-to-the-financial-times-a-few-points-of-clari…
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.socialEvent: Games for degrowth
Come to our AGM, help design games, and learn about our work Steady State Manchester Notice of Annual General Meeting Date: 17 September, 2025 Time: 7:00pm Venue: Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester, M1 1JQ Map: Part 1. Formal business. All may observe but only paid-up members may participate. We aim to keep this part of the meeting as brief as possible.]
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialGames for Degrowth and a Viable Future | Steady State Manchester
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/09/20/games-for-degrowth-and-a-viable-future/
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialThere are now 15 articles in our #ProspectsForDegrowth series.
Prospects for Degrowth – degrowthUK
https://degrowthuk.org/prospects-for-degrowth/
@degrowthuk@mstdn.social"What goes with [GDP growth] is ... ignored; growth depends on increased production and distribution, which always increase waste."
Jon Cloke in our new #ProspectsForDegrowth piece.
The Macavity of Degrowth – Waste, the Empire that isn’t there… – degrowthUK
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialThe Macavity of Degrowth – Waste, the Empire that isn’t there…
Jon Cloke* “You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air But I tell you once and once again, Macavity’s not there!” Growth, Degrowth, Post-Growth There are so many accepted definitions of economic growth that it’s almost a monad, “a most basic substance” that goes without question. In one recent example, Max Roser (2021) defines growth as “an increase in the quantity and quality of the…
@markhburton@mstdn.socialI know, let's do fracking ('Reform')
I know, let's slow down the inadequate plans for next zero (Tories)
I know, let's pour millions of tonnes of concrete and fail to properly prioritise energy demand reduction (Labour)
I know let's pretend green growth will deliver (LibDems)
I know, let's focus on identity politics and forget we once backed degrowth (some Greens).
Summer 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be UK’s warmest on record, Met Office …
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialA new piece in our #ProspectsForDegrowth series.
The Macavity of Degrowth – Waste, the Empire that isn’t there… by Jon Cloke.
https://degrowthuk.org/2025/09/18/the-
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialYesterday's post.
"Prospects for Degrowth: the story so far".
What's been covered, and what hasn't.
Prospects for Degrowth: the story so far. – degrowthUK
https://degrowthuk.org/2025/10/06/prospects-for-degrowth-the-story-so-far…
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialCork (Ireland), will host the 12th International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in 2027 with satellite gatherings in Covilha (Portugal) and Cluj-Napoca (Romania).
Cork 2027 | degrowth.info
https://degrowth.info/en/conference/cork-2027
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialProspects for Degrowth: the story so far.
by Anna Gregoletto and Mark H Burton1 In the series Prospects for Degrowth Overviews of the current conjuncture – openings and risks We opened the series with Mark’s stock take, Prospects for Degrowth 2025 of the current situation of polycrisis2, which presents a multitude of challenges but also opportunities for degrowth horizons to flourish. He offered a system diagram, showing how a number of factors interact to shape the…
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialGames for Degrowth and a Viable Future
by Carolyn Kagan Games as a tool for Awareness-raising Naomi Klein1 asks the question How do you change a world-view, an unquestioned ideology? Much of what we do in Steady State Manchester is to endeavour to change world-views, unquestioned ideologies about economic growth and the exploitation of environmental resources. We seek to enable people to discuss, challenge and develop their ideas and thinking; to help others see that…
@markhburton@mstdn.social @degrowthuk@mstdn.social @degrowthuk@mstdn.socialFollowing several months of interesting articles from various quarters in our #ProspectsForDegrowth series, we've written a summary and reflection on it all.
Prospects for Degrowth: the story so far. – degrowthUK
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialEvent: Games for degrowth
Come to our AGM, help design games, and learn about our work Steady State Manchester Notice of Annual General Meeting Date: 17 September, 2025 Time: 7:00pm Venue: Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester, M1 1JQ Map: Part 1. Formal business. All may observe but only paid-up members may participate. We aim to keep this part of the meeting as brief as possible.]
@degrowthuk@mstdn.social"Je dis souvent que les économistes sont des sociologues en situation de handicap cognitif, des spécialistes de sociétés qui n’existent pas qui construisent des modèles qui ressemblent plus aux Sims qu’Š la réalité."
translation:
"I often say that economists are sociologists with cognitive disabilities, specialists in societies that do not exist that build models that are more like Sims than reality."
Timothée Parrique Response to Latouche
