Having laid out the fundamentals of Steady State and Degrowth, Part II of this segment explores why critics of the capitalist system advocate that these approaches are necessary both to achieve a sustainable planet and improve quality of life for people. Jorden and Kimberly consider where we see evidence of governments and communities applying Steady State and Degrowth approaches, with the hope of countering the ills of a broken system.
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Topics Jorden and Kimberly discuss include:
How Jorden missed the fact that there is a thriving degrowth community lurking in his own backyard
Why Congestion Charges promote sustainability without devolving into communism
How local movements—from community gardens to ecovillages—challenge the underlying principles of capitalism
Why the Fair Trade movement might be the best global-scale example of sustainability advocacy policy at work
How one international agreement managed to revitalize a dying elephant population
Recommended Resources
Steady State’s organization page and more about Steady State
The origins of Decroissance and more about Degrowth
Community Land Trusts
The Fair Trade Story video
The Global Ecovillage Network and a list of ecovillages
Kimberly’s Substack newsletter post
