Degrowth Institute

Challenging endless economic growth

Degrowth is an intentional downscaling of the global economy.

Despite our best efforts, the relentless pursuit of economic growth hinders genuine progress towards sustainability, undermining ecological gains and perpetuating injustice. Through education, research, and organizing, we’re working to build a more just and ecological economy beyond growth.

Our Work

Movement-Building

Organizing activists and academics to grapple with economic downscaling and envision alternatives to growth.

Degrowth institute presents DeSchool 2025: July 26-29, 2025, Chicago, IL. A gathering to connect, learn, organize, and strengrthen the degrowth movement in the United States.

DeSchool

Convening advocates and allies to connect and learn from each other in real life. Registration is now open!

Research

Exploring opportunities for degrowth to support climate action, circular economy, and social justice.

DeSchool 2025
Registration now open!

Are you ready for the next big step for the sustainability movement: challenging endless economic growth?

From July 26-29, DGI is hosting DeSchool 2025 in Chicago, IL. We will be gathering to connect, learn, organize and strengthen the degrowth movement in the United States, and explore how we can work together to challenge growth going forwards.

Are you ready for the next big step in #sustainability : challenging endless economic growth? Registration for DGI's DeSchool 2025 is now open! Please follow the link in our bio to view the program and register. DeSchool 2025 will be held from July
DeSchool 2025 is coming! Join DGI from July 26-29 in Chicago, IL to connect, learn, organize and strengthen the degrowth movement in the U.S. Registration opens on April 22, 2025. If you'd like to learn more, visit the DGI website (link in the bio)
Campus Dialogues continue April 17 at Georgia Tech. We ask again and newly discuss the question, "Has the Economy Outgrown the Planet?" in a timely Earth Day event. DGI Executive Director John Mulrow is joined by Neha Kumar, Logan Strencho
Check out DGI Executive Director John Mulrow’s new piece in @habitablefuture 📝 “How can adopting limits to growth nurture Earth’s wellbeing? 🤔 In “Sustainability’s Next Great Challenge: Moving Beyond Growth,” J
DGI Campus Dialogues at UT Austin Thank you to the @unidoslbj for putting on such a great event! So many great speakers with inspiration and plans for action! Explore the pictures from our panel, "Reckoning with Responsibility: The Role of th
Join us for another entry in the Campus Dialogues series. This time, we join UT Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs and @unidoslbj at the Latino Policy Research Symposium. Check out their bio for the link to register or use our events link in our b
Happy Spring Equinox! 🌷🐌🐝 Degrowth Institute (DGI) is launching our Spring Crowdfunding Campaign! Link in the bio. Our mission is simple but urgent: to empower the #sustainability movement to challenge the need for economic growth. Help us ignit
As winter winds down, DGI continued to venture out to share and collaborate with our community in Chicago. We co-hosted a panel discussion at Loyola which asked "Has the Economy Outgrown the Planet?" We volunteered at and attended the Ch
More events this March! Sunday, the 16th, join us at big day at The Plant. Reuse-a-Palooza 11-3pm -Repair, dispose, donate, hang out Chicago Degrowth Book Club 3-4:30pm -The Serviceberry discussion RSVP and find out more using the events link in
Campus Dialogues continue in March! Join us at our next stop: Loyola. Use the events link in our bio for more info and to register. In partnership with Center for Research on International Affairs and Department of Political Science, this multi-disc
Are you in DC? Interested in challenging the idea of endless economic growth? RSVP to john@degrowthinstitute.org to participate in tonight's event!
February 10, 2025 - Campus Dialogues. Starting the Campus Dialogues series -The Tropic Theory of Money: A presentation by Alix Underwood in partnership with EHUM at Notre Dame.

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