“Degrowth is not a one-size-fits-all concept, but a mosaic of ideas, practices, and visions that draw from various sources.”
- Degrowth.net
“Degrowth is not a one-size-fits-all concept, but a mosaic of ideas, practices, and visions that draw from various sources.”
- Degrowth.net
Degrowth is about changing the goals of our social and economic system. We need to shift from chasing economic growth at any cost, to organising our economies to meet our needs without exploiting other people and the planet.
- Scott Matter, academic ★ DNA member
What we need to do is to use less resources and energy. Like about ten percent of what we use now per capita in the rich countries.
- Terry L, sociologist ★ DNA member
When we use less we need to share more, and while relationships can be difficult, they are more rewarding than monetary transactions.
- Anisa, organiser, bread maker ★ DNA member
It is not a call for economic recession but a deliberate, managed systemic shift toward a steady-state economy that operates within scientifically determined planetary boundaries.
- The Sustainability Directory
How do we save our planet? Some economists believe the only way is to radically scale back our global consumption of resources. This is a key premise of degrowth – a political and economic theory that is gaining traction as fears grow over climate change.
- World Economic Forum, 2022
It's about making decisions about what we make and what we buy based on what makes us happy, rather than what makes money. And it’s about us making those decisions, not corporations.
- Michael M, software developer ★ DNA member
Degrowth is a reduction of the size of the economy and the changes in the processes within it, leading to a (sustainable) steady state economy and a preserved natural environment, a reduction facilitated via the 10Rs and community sharing.
- Phil Jones, NSW CASSE Member ★ DNA member
degrowth has evolved from an activist movement into a vibrant multi-disciplinary academic field, ... [drawing] from anthropology, sociology, and philosophy, and links to inter-disciplinary research in ecological economics and industrial ecology
- Martin Weiss & Claudio Cattaneo, 2017
Degrowth is based on a conscious realisation that we can live meaningful lives actioned by limiting unnecessary consumption, contributing to creating healthy communities, nourishing our spirits and repairing Country. Through this ethos, we can re-grow our appreciation of the life we want to live.
- Sue, Ballarat Degrowth member ★ DNA member
A planned reduction of excess energy and resource use to bring the economy back into balance with the living world in a safe, just and equitable way.
- Jason Hickel, 2020
We need to connect with Country so as to create a future filled with thriving communities, all interconnected.
- Sue M, NSW member ★ DNA member
Degrowth is a planned and democratic shift away from an economy that always aims to grow, even when growth harms people or the planet. ... It is planned to avoid harm by protecting employment, reducing resource use fairly and supporting a good life for all within planetary boundaries.
- Regenerative Economics
a trajectory where the ‘throughput’ (energy, materials and waste flows) of an economy decreases while welfare, or well-being, improves.
- Giorgos Kallis, 2018
It's about coming together to make decisions democratically, ensuring that our communities live and work in ways that feel right to us.
- International Degrowth Network
Live simply. Organise locally. Build awareness of the positive impact of these changes.
- Michael W, community organiser ★ DNA member
