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Sustainability

Sustainable Transport is Key

A Book Review

by Eric Doherty on 27th September 2011

In this book review, Eric Doherty argues ‘Transport for Suburbia’ is essential reading for everyone who fights for effective action on the climate crisis.

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Sharing is Caring

Why handing out money is a good practice

by Brendan Rigby on 21st September 2011

To celebrate Free Money Day, Brendan Rigby thinks about how the concept of access has come to shape not only our economies, but also our education.

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It’s business as usual that’s the utopian fantasy, while creating something very new and different is the pragmatic way forward.

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Millennium Consumption Goals

Some targets for the rest of us

by Jeremy Williams on 19th July 2011

We have Millennium Development Goals for the poor, so why not Millennium Consumption Goals for the rich?

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The Slow Homes Manifesto

by Janelle Orsi on 30th June 2011

The first of a three part series that looks at how intentionally creating the homes we live in can be part of a larger movement that is ‘good, clean, and fair.’

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Change In The Rangelands

How Case Studies Can Mask the True Story

by Jane Addison on 23rd May 2011

The International Rangelands Congress brought together professionals working on the production and sustainability of rangelands. Despite their importance to our environment and people, they are undergoing rapid change that threatens their very existence.

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Present day Canadian society is literally oblivious. Everyone knows the state that the environment is in yet very few advocate changing it. It is this lack of drive and sense of impending doom that acts as an inhibitor for Canadians to let go of the “most recent past”. As more and more Canadians are seen [...]

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It’s hard to envision a post growth future without building a little community. Here are 12 ways to meet your neighbors.

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Post Growth is very pleased to bring you a guest post from Dr Mathis Wackernagel, founder and President of the Global Footprint Network and co-creator of the Ecological Footprint. Many thanks to Mathis and GFN for permission to reproduce this article, adapted from a piece originally produced for Friends of Europe, 28 September 2010. Expanding [...]

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