Creating global prosperity without economic growth

Local Spotlight – March 2012

by Jane Addison on 14th March 2012

This is part of an ongoing series in which we will feature ways Post Growth is in action already.  The intention of this series is to inspire ideas about how to engage intentionally in our communities.  Please visit our Post Growth in Action web page for more.  I recently joined the co-operative group, Food for [...]

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Why Effectiveness, Not Efficiency, Should Be The Focus Of Donations

by Weh Yeoh on 6th March 2012

When it comes to international donating practices, bottom-line logic may be working against the best interests of global citizens.

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Resetting, Not Offsetting

by Janet Newbury, Sharon Ede and Joshua Nelson on 26th February 2012

Post growth futures require that we collectively re-set, not offset.

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What We’re Reading – February, 2012

by Joshua Nelson, Donnie Maclurcan and Jen Hinton on 10th February 2012

This is part of an ongoing series highlighting what our members are currently reading in the Post Growth and sustainability realms. This month includes In Praise of Slowness, The Web of Life, and This Changes Everything.

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1001 Stories of Hope

by Janet Newbury on 2nd February 2012

We are pleased to have recently connected with a new ally.  On her extensive blog called ‘This Gives Me Hope“, Cathryn Wellner featured the work of the Post Growth Institute and others pursuing alternatives to growth as hopeful item #253 on her list.  That gives us hope too – not to mention gratitude! Cathryn is [...]

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The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe

by Carole Alderman on 12th January 2012

Lessons from a traditional story can be quite relevant to today’s emerging post growth world.

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Local Spotlight – January, 2012

by Janet Newbury on 12th January 2012

With the ‘Let’s Talk Trash’ team supporting Powell River’s Sunshine Musicfest, the possibility of this becoming a ‘zero-waste’ event is a realistic goal.

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What We’re Reading (and Watching!) – December, 2011

by Donnie Maclurcan on 23rd December 2011

This is part of an ongoing series highlighting what our members are currently reading (and watching!) in the Post Growth and sustainability realms. Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom by Bell Hooks Drawing from decades of life and teaching that centers social justice as it relates to race, class, and gender, bell hooks has compiled a series of thirty [...]

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The Promise of Ecopsychology

by Dave Segal on 20th December 2011

Ecopsychology offers meaningful routes towards personal responsibility when it comes to the cultivation of post growth futures. Dare we go where it invites us?

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