Hosted and organised by Bas Eickhout (MEP and Co-President of the Greens/EFA Group) and Marie Toussaint (MEP and Vice-President of the Greens/EFA Group), in collaboration with the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, this event will present and discuss the Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth. It aims to bing together a wide range of voices from the European Parliament, high-level EU policymakers, trade unions, civil society leaders, academic experts and activist voices.
The event will be held in English, with French interpretation and will be livestreamed.
More information and registration HERE
On June 6th we will once more celebrate the Global Degrowth Day (GDD). On this day, like last year, we want to show that there are alternatives to the capitalist growth society and that a good life for all is possible! This time of multiple crisis can be overwhelming, but it is also a crucial moment to re-think how we live and how societies are organized. Degrowth is a powerful tool to e...
In a recent post, a group of authors expressed their concerns that degrowth risks being lost in pluralism and argued for the need to co-produce a mix of context-sensitive strategies. I believe this re-stirring of the debate on strategy in the degrowth movement is both relevant and timely. While I agree with many of the authors’ concerns, and proposals, I would here like to propose a somewhat di...
By Lasse Thiele The first part of this article offered an introduction to post-development thought, which for decades has been trying to deconstruct Western models of prosperity and growth. This second part introduces some of the countless linkages between critiques of development and contemporary European critiques of growth. The discourse on sufficiency for example - the idea of recognizing...
