Jen Hinton

Jen has always been a generalist. In university, she studied a wide variety of topics including psychology, theater, eco-toxicology, French, biology and international relations. Professionally, she has worked in an odd mixture of insurance offices, restaurants, schools, a cleaning company and an emergency room. Jen has lived and worked in the US, China, Sweden and Greece. On the surface, all of these topics, occupations and places might seem unconnected. However, through all of these diverse experiences, she has come to see just how interconnected everything really is.

The Masters program she attended in sustainability sciences gave her the foundation she needed in order to use this holistic lens to analyze and understand the world in terms of interconnected, dynamic, co-evolving systems. Ironically, all of this thinking has led her to a very simple conclusion: in a world of finite resources, growth is limited... and we have reached those limits. Jen sees enormous opportunity in this fact. Human development can grow deeper roots, going beyond materialism as development. There are so many new frontiers to explore! This is why she is inspired to dedicate her time and energy to uncovering the myriad possibilities that await us in a post growth future.

Jen currently lives in Athens, Greece with her partner, dividing her time between teaching English and helping out with post growth initiatives. In 2011, she co-designed and managed The Power of Ten, a project that helped public schools in Athens reduce their carbon footprints through behavioral change.