Slow Down, Degrow!
Event description
“Live simply so others can simply live” is the motto of the degrowth movement and real sustainability.
The climate is in crisis and inequality and isolation are worsening. Now, the growing global degrowth movement is bringing together people working for a very different, low-carbon future, one that critiques the sustainability of so-called “green growth”. Degrowthers recognise the overshoot of natural limits on the earth and “sustainability” means that only some parts of our world, economy and lives can continue to grow while others need to degrow.
Every part of our lives: how we work, where we live, what we eat, how we stay healthy, how we get around and what we buy, contributes to the excess that is causing the expanding climactic catastrophe. Learn about the localised, ecology-centred, democratic communities, lifes and governance we imagine instead. Find out how people are already bringing degrowth into action, and what you can do to help get to the society and economy we need. Over two hours you’ll have the chance to learn, discover, discuss, debate, share and test ideas.
Facilitated by Degrowth Network Australia.