Post-Growth Planning

Quote from David Korten, Member of The Club of Rome on the left in white and dark blue text against a bright blue background: “We are not dealing with a broken system in need of repair. We are dealing with a failed system in need of replacement.” Photo of him at a podium on the right.

📖 David Korten introduces an inventive economic model, "eco-nomics," essential for fostering a life-centric civilisation. It can replace the current model which only serves the already rich at the cost of the planet and other people.
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🚀Are you ready to shape the future of environmental and social research? ICTA-UAB is opening six fully funded PhD positions, covering topics from climate justice and urban mobility to human nutrition and sustainability data.
#EnvironmentalResearch #PhDPositions

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Text on a light, textured background reads: "Human rights aren't optional. They're universal." Below, in smaller blue text: "EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 75 YEARS (1950 - 2025)" next to a small image of the EU flag.

A list of fundamental human rights on a light, textured background. The text reads: "Right to life. Prohibition of torture. Prohibition of slavery and forced labour. Right to liberty and security. Right to a fair trial. No punishment without law. Right to respect for private and family life. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Freedom of expression. Freedom of assembly and association. Right to marry. Right to an effective remedy. Prohibition of discrimination. Prohibition of abuse of rights." Below, in smaller blue text: "EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 75 YEARS (1950 - 2025)" next to a small image of the EU flag.

🤝75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights

A landmark treaty that reshaped Europe after the second World War, protecting millions of Europeans and supporting our shared values of human rights, democracy and rule of law.

Because human rights aren’t optional. They’re universal.

Im Kampf um die Demokratie gibt es keine Teilnehmer-urkunde für den zweiten Platz. David Schraven. Gründer und Publisher.

„Im Kampf um die Demokratie gibt es keine Teilnehmerurkunde für den zweiten Platz.”
– David Schraven, Gründer und Publisher von CORRECTIV

Unsere #Spendenaktion läuft nur noch sechs Tage – wir wollen zeigen: Wir lassen uns nicht spalten.

👉 Jeder Beitrag zählt: correctiv.link/spendenaktio...

Good day! Have you listened to last week's episode yet?
It has been recorded in collaboration with the University of Groningen and their series ‘Where is Urban Politics?’

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10,000+ social co-ops in Italy provide democratized care to children, the poor, and the disabled/elderly. Both care workers and care recipients participate in decision-making and shape the services provided.

A better kind of care is possible. One that is democratic and places people above profit.

🚨 TOMORROW! Seminar Alert!

Join us for “Public support for degrowth and the prospects for its adoption” with Dr. Dario Krpan.

🗓️ Tuesday Oct 28
📍ICTA-UAB & 💻 Online

Discover new insights into public attitudes toward #Degrowth and pathways to a post-growth future 🌱

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Kreisler: Community-Driven Catalysts for Degrowth Kreisler, a space of community repair and share in Berlin that offers a hands-on response to the crises of overconsumption, social isolation, and infrastructural neglect.

Degrowth infrastructure doesn't wait for permission—it gets built from below.

Get to know Berlin's repair hubs transforming empty shops into mutual aid spaces. Open daily, community-funded, preparing for when institutions fail.👇

To Transport or Not to Transport: Post‐Growth Avenues for Transport Infrastructure Planning Post-growth literature has recently raised attention to the role of transport infrastructure planning in relation to global sustainability challenges and human wellbeing. Transport infrastructure can...

Transport Planning & Post-Growth? Does it work, or not? Which tensions surface, and what are trade-offs to discuss? 'To Transport or Not to Transport: Post-Growth Avenues for Transport Infrastructure Planning' in Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy 📖 doi.org/10.1002/jci3... #postgrowthplanning

We need to get Ecological Economics on the map in The Netherlands. My piece for Folia, the university magazine of the University of Amsterdam:

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#Ecologicaleconomics #postgrowth #degrowth

How can we all live well within planetary limits? Together with @oxfamnovib.bsky.social, we advocate for eco-social welfare. In the primer Welfare Beyond Growth, we highlight paths to decouple welfare from growth and strategic insights to advance a postgrowth welfare agenda 👉 tinyurl.com/55fncwfk

Soy consumption: What’s the impact on biodiversity? Soy is one of the world’s most widely traded crops and a key driver of deforestation in South America. The EU imports 17 million tonnes each year, mostly from Brazil and Argentina.

Did you know? About 94% of all soy grown worldwide is used for animal feed, not for direct human consumption. While the Amazon often draws the most attention, Brazil’s Cerrado – the most biodiverse savannah in the world – has already lost two thirds of its area to agriculture, much of it for soy exports. In 2022 alone, EU soy imports caused the conversion of 125,000 hectares of land in Brazil, releasing around 19 million tonnes of CO₂.

A diagram shows land conversion in Brazil induced by soy exports to the EU27. 2015 marked a peak in some areas of Brazil: in some regions, around 200,000 hectares of land were converted for agricultural use. In the following years, the amount of converted land declined, but has been rising again since 2019/2020.

🌱 Most of the soy that we consume is hidden in animal products – what is the impact on #biodiversity? 🌎

Explore the impacts of #soy, #palmoil, and #shrimp and policy solutions for a shift towards nature-friendly consumption at our online conference 👉 www.ioew.de/en/event-sin...

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🎉 10,000 views for 'The Potential of Post-Growth Planning: Re-Tooling the Planning Profession for Moving beyond Growth' in Planning Theory & Practice (@planningtheory.bsky.social). And recent follow-ups. #postgrowthplanning debates and Futures taking shape. 🌱 Open Access: doi.org/10.1080/1464...

Reflections on Post-Growth Planning: Practices of ‘Undoing’ (De-Urbanisation and Deconstruction) and Methodology for Eco-Social Transition Published in Planning Theory & Practice (Vol. 26, No. 3, 2025)

#Post-Growth Planning. How can planning efforts disrupt the growth system and initiate a just eco-social transition? New article from Romero-Martinez, Romero-Padilla, and del Castillo-Sanchez. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I have created a starter pack of #degrowth and #post-growth people on Bluesky! Have a look and let me know if I have missed someone :) Really happy that Bluesky is the new place to be 🐌🌱✊

New global study offers roadmap for sustainable and just land policies A new paper involving ICTA-UAB researcher Álvaro-Fernández-Llamazares offers clear, practical guidance for policymakers and others working at...

New global study offers roadmap for sustainable and just land policies

A new paper involving ICTA-UAB researcher Álvaro-Fernández-Llamazares offers clear, practical guidance for policymakers to craft fair and sustainable solutions to today’s global challenges.

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In this episode, you will hear:
Josh Ryan-Collins (@jryancollins.bsky.social) and Dirk Bezemer, introduced by Marian Counihan and Christian Lamker (@raumplaner.bsky.social) .

Cork 2027 Coming in August 2027 the 12th Conference will take place in Ireland, with satellite gatherings in Covilha (Portugal) and Cluj-Napoca (Romania). With a thematic focus on "policy, practice and culture"...

Cork (Ireland), will host the 12th International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in August 2027 with satellite gatherings in Covilha (Portugal) and Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
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Applications for the second edition of the “DEEP DIVES” ONLINE COURSE will open OCTOBER 13th!!🤸🏽‍♂️

🌟We will explore “Degrowth Rural Futures: reclaiming the agrarian in the socio-ecological struggle”, taught by Donatella Gasparro.

🕵️More information soon

With the support of @ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social.

Autonomy within limits: Post-growth and social imaginaries of work, education and democracy - Alexander Paulsson, Max Koch, Mine Islar, Riya Raphael, 2025 Autonomy is central to thinking about democracy and human needs, but the question of how autonomy relates to growth is ambivalent. Is growth necessary to achiev...

Joint paper with A Paulsson, R Raphael & M Islar on the provision of autonomy in #degrowth/#postgrowth circumstances, looking at democracy, work and education. Will talk about education part tomorrow at the @scientistrebellion.bsky.social summit in Berlin
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🌱A pleasure welcoming @profjohnbarry.bsky.social today in 'City Matters: Urban Inequality and Social Justice' (@frw-rug.bsky.social). Talking about "Planning in and for a post-growth and post-carbon economy". Centering critical debate & the public purpose of planning. #CityMatters25 #postgrowthplan

On September 10, the relevant Bundestag-committee held a public hearing on the so-called "Building-Turbo." This was my statement - on behalf of @architects4future.bsky.social

Big Doughnutty News.
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/
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www.degrowthpsc.com conference on degrowth and the politics of space: urbanism and space need to come together with #degrowth

Event poster for the book talk 'Housing Under Platform Capitalism: The contentious regulation of short-term rentals in European cities,' taking place on 21 October 2025 at 13:15 CEST. Poster shows speaker photos, the book cover, and thematic labels 'Economy and Redistribution' and 'Urban Government and Governance'.

📖The Hot Off The Press book presentation series is back!

Thomas Aguilera, Francesca Artioli & Claire Colomb explore how 12 European cities regulate Airbnb & short-term rentals.

📅 21 October 2025 | 13:15 CEST | Online via Zoom

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🌍 What if we stopped solving problems in isolation and started seeing the whole picture?In this short video, members of The Club of Rome reflect on how syst... Seeing the bigger picture | Voices on systems thinking (Part 2)

🧩 #SystemsThinking is about #connections, causes and the bigger picture.

Why is narrow thinking holding us back and what happens when we look across systems?

Hear from six members of The Club of Rome.

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An illustration showing Earth from space with a focus on North and South America, rendered in blue and white tones. Two curved lines above the planet represent the ozone layer. The background features a light blue sky with small birds silhouetted in the distance. There is a quote from António Guterres, UN Secretary General, stating "TODAY, THE OZONE LAYER IS HEALING." and below "This achievement reminds us that when nations heed the warnings of science, progress is possible." The IPBES logo appears in the bottom right corner. The image uses a minimalist design style with clean lines and a calming color palette.

40 years ago, nations came together to take the first step in protecting the ozone layer – guided by science, united in action. Today, the ozone layer is healing.
—António Guterres, UN Secretary General

On #WorldOzoneDay, let's recommit to preserving the ozone layer for future generations. 🌎

10+ years building political friendships and amplifying the struggle for a post-growth society. We're an international collective connecting degrowth to radical transformation—practicing the horizontal governance & care-based economics we believe in. Another world is possible. Let's build together!

Provisioning for sufficiency: envisaging production corridors This article deepens the framework of a sufficiency economy, defining sufficiency as the space between a floor of meeting needs and a ceiling of ungeneralizable excess. This framework can be applie...

We're delighted to see that Barnthaler & Gough's innovative article 'Provisioning for Sufficiency' has been awarded the Egon-Matzner Award for Socio-Economics 🏆

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@rbaernthaler.bsky.social #sustainability

Image of Whanganui River with text: GDP cannot measure the warmth of whānau, the dignity of autonomy, or the life force of ancestral rivers. Māori perspectives remind us to honour the immeasurable.

Māori have long practiced wellbeing economies rooted in reciprocity and care for land and spirit. What lessons can the global #BeyondGDP movement learn from them?

A new blog by Chellie Spiller explores touchstones of Māori economics that challenge narrow ideas of growth & value ⏩ vist.ly/43phs