“If we use it, it might save us.

But critical thinking is not encouraged in the halls of power, because the conclusion it would come to might just be to tear down the halls of power.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth

- @mattorsagh.bsky.social
degrowthistheanswer.substack.com/p/critical-t...

“This is the ultimate silo: the belief that the ‘Software’ of diplomacy can fix the ‘Hardware’ error of thermodynamic exhaustion.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth #Sufficiency

Academic Entropy: Why the Experts Can’t See the End of the World
theuaob.substack.com/p/academic-e...

A successful #degrowth strategy will require a massive redistribution of income & wealth towards the poorest #PostCapitalism #PostGrowth #Sufficiency
billmitchell.org/blog/?p=63071

“The pursuit of growth reduces the liveability of the planet for money. #Degrowth challenges money as the principal measure of value & proposes we live lightly to preserve Earth’s natural wealth.” #PostCapitalism #PostGrowth #Sufficiency
www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/still-miss...

“Dethroning Mammon requires a radical reorientation towards public & planetary interests.

#Degrowth offers a path towards equity & sustainability by rejecting the dogma of accumulation.” #PostCapitalism #PostGrowth #Sufficiency

Escaping the Capitalist Black Hole
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you've got a pension, it's busy funding the growth that's wrecking the world you plan to retire into.

Disconcerting, right?

Matt Orsagh says we've been measuring returns wrong all along.

What's money worth on a hot, depleted planet? #PostGrowth @shiftaction.bsky.social buff.ly/rjrR8tP

Cheating for this week’s post. A re-send of one I wrote some time ago, which still feels relevant. How do we move forward when the end of everything looks imminent? A short one this week. Join me..

drnaturegirl.substack.com/p/post-truth...

#blog #newways #postgrowth

youtube.com/watch?v=z5OH... "Zweifel am Wachstum erreichen die Finanzbranche" #postgrowth

“The grid, the currency, & the just-in-time supply chain are fragile because they are leveraged against a biophysical reality that is calling in its debts.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth

The Realist’s Protocol: Why Physics Does Not Negotiate
theuaob.substack.com/p/the-realis...

Who knew giving a hand could be the smartest move? Sharing cuts waste, spreads resources, and binds communities tighter than any market promise. See the report: sharing.org/informat... #Sharing #PostGrowth

“We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

You can best serve civilisation by being against what usually passes for it.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth #Sufficiency

Remembering Wendell Berry
poeticoutlaws.substack.com/p/a-place-on...

“Economic growth alone is an unreliable guide to progress & GDP does not measure what matters. ‘The challenge is not only to measure what matters, but to make it matter politically’.” #PostGrowth #Degrowth #Sufficiency

redefining what makes a good life, not sacrifice
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“The systems we depend on are failing & the solutions we cling to are blind to energy, materials, & ecology. & the way we’re wired, dopamine-driven, short-term focused, makes meaningful change almost impossible…” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth
predicament.substack.com/p/why-the-so...

“Bioeconomy should be implemented within an economic system that advocates #degrowth rather than as a miracle solution within a capitalist system that cannot exist without growth.” #PostCapitalism #PostGrowth

The commodification of conservation
theecologist.org/2026/sep/11/...

“At times, I believe we absolutely must adopt a positive narrative. However, it is crucial not to oversimplify or assume that everything will be alright. In a world beset by multiple crises, such optimism is unfounded.” #PostGrowth #Degrowth #Sufficiency
hansstegeman.substack.com/p/16-forget-...

🌍Can we thrive without growing?

ICTA-UAB has just published the most detailed policy plan for how the region of Catalonia could meet people's needs without depending on economic growth.⁠
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The report covers climate, energy, food, taxes and labor.⁠

#postgrowth #degrowth

www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...

“Out of nine ‘planetary boundaries’, that help determine whether life can flourish on Earth, seven are being breached at their highest levels of transgression…”

Everything we do is unsustainable #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth #Sufficiency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Renewable & solar capitalism, we recognise as subsets of green capitalism, which is not ecologically sustainable, renewable or clean when designed to continuously accumulate enormous amounts of energy & habitats/materials.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth
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“We have to show that you can have a better quality of life without needing to spend so much resources & energy, & without having such a destructive impact on the environment.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth #Sufficiency
www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1462/wo...

“Humanity’s material footprint has grown faster than GDP over the past 20yrs—the opposite of what green growth requires. Windigo’s Law guarantees it: under capitalism every efficiency gain becomes an invitation to produce more, not less.” #Degrowth #PostGrowth
jeremylent.substack.com/p/breaking-t...