The Future is Degrowth by Matthias Schmelzer & Andrea Vetter & Aaron Vansintjan

Author:Matthias Schmelzer & Andrea Vetter & Aaron Vansintjan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Verso Books

Common degrowth principles for a concrete utopia

A degrowth society, we propose, is one which, in a democratic process of transformation:

1. enables global ecological justice – in other words, it transforms and reduces its material metabolism, and thus also production and consumption, in such a way that its way of life is ecologically sustainable in the long term and globally just;

2. strengthens social justice and self-determination and strives for a good life for all under the conditions of this changed metabolism; and

3. redesigns its institutions and infrastructure so that they are not dependent on growth and continuous expansion for their functioning.

These three principles take into consideration the core concerns shared across the degrowth spectrum, and they can also help us to evaluate different degrowth approaches according to how strongly they emphasize or neglect each of these points. We think all three are important.

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