!degrowth@slrpnk.net
Discussions about degrowth and all sorts of related topics. This includes UBI, economic democracy, the economics of green technologies, enviromental legislation and many more intressting economic topics.
!degrowth
@slrpnk.netDegrowth as a community topic has somewhat of a problem, in that it is rather limited. Posting about the need to shrink the economy smartly becomes repetitive over time. So I tried to increase the scope of the community a bit by allowing other related topics like UBI, housing cooperatives, worker owned companies and so forth. However I do understand that this might be controversial. So I have a few question to the people intressted in this commuity:
Is increasing the scope of the community a good idea?
What topics should be offtopic in this community? As in do we allow say discussions about renewable energy, carbon markets and maybe even green stocks. Right now I see a bunch of China economy posts. Are those reasonable?
Should I rename the community to reflect a wider scope of discussion? If so what name would be good?
How can we make the community more intressting in general? Say topic of the week, more memes or whatever.
Where should the moderation line be? No swearing or going for even implied insults.
I would love to get some good feedback and suggestions. Thanks for them in advance.
https://timotheeparrique.com/a-response-to-hannah-ritchie-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-economic-growth/
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-outlines-path-prosperity-planet-people.html
Earth will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical resources are more fairly used, managed and shared, according to an international research team including scientists from The Australian National University (ANU).
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/12/consumerism-and-the-climate-crisis-threaten-equitable-future-for-humanity-report-says
The Earth Commission says hope lies in sustainable lifestyles, a radical transformation of global politics and fair distribution of resources
https://www.jasonhickel.org/blog/2024/8/20/credit-guidance-how-we-achieve-degrowth
Degrowth scholarship calls for reducing less-necessary production in rich countries to enable faster decarbonization and reverse other ecological pressures. But how can this be achieved? What is the mechanism? For many years ecological economists advocated setting “caps
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/post-growth-why-and-how/
https://www.shareable.net/the-regeneration-handbook-system-changing-strategies/
To inspire hope that ordinary people such as ourselves can bring about meaningful change, I’ve included brief snapshots below of some of the largest and
https://degrowthistheanswer.substack.com/p/companies-wont-keep-their-net-zero
There is nothing in it for them.
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/transcending-the-imperial-mode-of-living
In contrast to the simplistic notion that capital unilaterally imposes consumption upon us, German scholars Ulrich Brand and Markus Wissen, authors of The Imperial Mode of Living, emphasize a dialectical analysis in which capitalist domination “draws on the wishes and desires of the populace … becomes a part of individual identity, shapes it, and thereby becomes all the more effective.”
https://degrowthistheanswer.substack.com/p/degrowth-101
What is degrowth?