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About Terry Leahy

Terry Leahy is a sociologist and a participant in the Australian Degrowth movement. His most recent book looks at the grassroots strategies popular in the permaculture movement: 'The Politics of Permaculture' (Pluto). He advocates a non monetary post-capitalism as the system that might best achieve the goals of the degrowth movement.

Strategy • 30.09.2025

Debating degrowth: A response to Jason Hickel

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By: Vincent Liegey, Anitra Nelson, Terry Leahy

As a response to Jason Hickel's interview with the Break-Down Journal, the authors share their thoughts on degrowth as a concept and a movement, and the role it plays in a challenging political context.