Degrowth in Australia, with Anitra Nelson and Terry Leahy

ABOUT OUR WEBINAR

What exactly is 'degrowth'? And, why are people advocating for it? Where does degrowth sit with respect to other alternative economic models and futures? Anitra Nelson and Terry Leahy will discuss Australian degrowth initiatives in a worldwide context.

Degrowth is a political, philosophical, social and economic approach to transform ourselves away from growth economies and build, instead, a society based on satisfying everyone’s basic needs within Earth’s limits in a just, caring and commoning economy. In short, degrowth is to growth as quality is to quantity.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS

ANITRA NELSON - is an activist-scholar affiliated with the Informal Urbanism Research Hub (InfUr-) at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Anitra has written several books and many articles about degrowth including:

• ‘Work for degrowth’ Green Agenda Quarterly Journal, 2022, #2
• Beyond Money: A Postcapitalist Strategy, Pluto Press, 2022.
• Exploring Degrowth: A Critical Guide, with Vincent Liegey, Pluto Press, 2020
• Food for Degrowth: Perspectives and Practices, with Ferne Edwards, Routledge 2021
• Housing for Degrowth: Principles, Models, Challenges and Opportunities, with François Schneider, Routledge, 2018

TERRY LEAHY - Terry Leahy recently retired and is now a conjoint at the School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle. Terry does research in social theory, the global environmental crisis and food security for Africa. Taken as a whole, his work is related to the project of non-market socialism and the gift economy. His current writing and research investigates sustainable agriculture and food security, the global environmental crisis, and the philosophy of the social sciences. His most recent publication is The Politics of Permaculture (Pluto Press, 2021). See his site — http://gifteconomy.org.au/

ABOUT EARTH LAWS MONTH

The Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) is hosting a huge month of events throughout September - webinars, public lectures, workshops, virtual art exhibitions and more - to explore and celebrate our relationship with the living world. To find out about all our events, please visit: https://events.humanitix.com/tours/earthlaws-month

ABOUT AELA

The Australian Earth Laws Alliance is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to creating Earth-centred systems change, by increasing the understanding and practical implementation of Earth-centred governance. Our programs include a focus on law, economics, education, ethics, Indigenous knowledge systems and the arts.

For more information, please visit our website: www.earthlaws.org.au
Or get in touch - aela@earthlaws.org.au