Degrowth

The Degrowth Hub is Looking for New Convenors

The NENA Degrowth Hub is looking for new Convenors to revitalise membership and organise events and activitites to promote Degrowth in Australlia. You can learn more about what's involved in convening a hub, and email your interest to nena@neweconomy.org.au - we are happy to support you each step of the way!

What is Degrowth?

We live in a time of ecological and climate crises, as well as increasing levels of inequality and stress. There are many people and groups that are working to mitigate and transform these problems, and this week of webinars will bring many of them together to discuss how their strategies and tactics are part of the global and Australian degrowth movement. "Degrowth" refers to a set of theories and a powerful, growing, social and economic movement - that critique the paradigm of endless economic growth. The idea of 'degrowth' is that wealthy economies should move past growth of gross domestic product (GDP) as a goal, scale down destructive and unnecessary forms of production to reduce energy and material use, and focus economic activity around securing human needs and ecological well-being. Degrowth is a purposeful strategy to create localised, socially just and ecologically-centred societies and economies.