We often think of the concept of ‘post growth’ and the questioning of GDP as a measure of success as something that recently emerged with the Global Financial Crisis. Yet post growth thinking has a long intellectual history, dating back to well before the 20th century – in the 19th century, John Stuart Mill wrote ‘Of [...]
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Post growth futures require that we collectively re-set, not offset.
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The 2011 wrap up of the Post Growth Institute’s first year – the end of bigger, the start of better!
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An informative and inspiring talk by currency systems expert Bernard Lietaer at PopTech, October 2011
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It’s time to let go of both the blind faith that economic growth will fix things, and of the fear of what alternatives to growth-based economies could look like.
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Sharon’s observations in London on the day Occupy London commenced, and footage and reflections by Mike Freedman, including an interesting insight into Occupy from the perspective of the police.
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Australian entrepreneur and initiator of the Wilberforce Award, Dick Smith, speaks about what Australia’s progress means to him.
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A round up of selected stories that have caught the attention of Post Growth’s eyeballs in August: FEATURE: Who Killed Economic Growth? Animated clip from the Post Carbon Institute on the end of growth: 30 August 2011 Economist Jeff Sachs, Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute, on ‘America and the Pursuit of Happiness’ in The Huffington [...]
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Most of us have it – unused or underused ‘stuff’. But what if you could earn an income from things you don’t use? See larger/zoomable image here. Collaborative consumption is challenging long-held ideas about ownership, creating extra income streams for people and reducing demand for materials through renting or sharing existing goods: What’s truly important about [...]
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