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.

DeSchool

Convening advocates and allies to connect and learn from each other in real life. Reach out to us if you want to help out!

Research

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

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.
Jan 16, 2025 Degrowth Cafe. Guest speaker Alyssa Mendez, an anthropology PhD student at the University of Chicago, presents on her experience in land rights movements in Greece and relates it to other social movements and the broader degrowth moveme
January 16, 2025 - Degrowth Cafe. Enjoy some drinks and food and discuss with others about the movement of movements! 🎈
December 17, 2024 - DGI Internet Cafe. We got together online to continue unraveling and workshopping the Degrowth Discussion and Organizing Toolkit. Check out the latest version on our website! (in our bio)
December 5, 2024 - Degrowth Cafe. DGI hosted a cafe focused on workshopping the Degrowth Discussion and Organizing Toolkit. This tool is meant to be a community resource that can help guide or spark imagination for degrowth discussions and collabor

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