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Degrowth

Our economic system is geared toward competition and growth. Companies that don't grow are squeezed out of the market. But there's another way: if we make decisions together, work together, and respect the limits of nature.

Publications

Degrowth

March 2026 / Book

Tonny Nowshin, Matthias Schmelzer

Post-growth and decolonization

Building blocks for climate reparations

Tonny Nowshin and Matthias Schmelzer argue that climate justice requires an end to the structural repetition of harm by overcoming both the growth-oriented, extractivist economic model and colonial power relations.

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Degrowth

January 2022 / Post

Corinna Burkhart, Nina Treu, Tonny Nowshin, Matthias Schmelzer

Who shut shit down?

What degrowth can learn from movements

Chapter 6 in the book: Degrowth & Strategy: How to bring about social-ecological transformation

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Degrowth

December 2020 / Book

Kai Kuhnhenn, Luis Costa, Eva Mahnke, Linda Schneider, Steffen Lange

Stay below 1.5°C

A social transformation scenario

How we can stay below 1,5°C by reducing production and consumption in the global north, even without having to resort to high-risk technologies such as CCS, geoengineering and nuclear technology.

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Degrowth

May 2019 / Book

Andrea Vetter und Matthias Schmelzer

Degrowth/Post-growth

for introduction

About the history of growth and economic statistics and the central forms of growth critique: ecological, social, cultural, capitalist, feminist, industrialist, and South-North critique.

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Degrowth

May 2017 / Book

Max Frauenlob, Kai Kuhnhenn, Christopher Laumanns, Matthias Schmelzer, Nina Treu, Andrea Vetter

No growth is (not) a solution

Myths and claims about degrowth

The goal of economic growth appears to be a consensus across party lines. GDP should increase, regardless of whether manufactured goods are needed and the social and environmental damage associated with them. This brochure refutes common myths surrounding economic growth.

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Degrowth

January 2017 / Book

Corinna Burkhart, Matthias Schmelzer, Nina Treu,

Degrowth in motion(s)

32 Paths to Socio-Ecological Transformation

These 32 social movements are seeking alternatives to the prevailing economic model. Away from the focus on competition, profit-seeking, exploitation, and growth—and toward more cooperation, solidarity, and a focus on concrete needs.

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Degrowth

January 2014 / Book

Kai Kuhnhenn

Growth in climate science

a blank space

This study criticizes climate protection scenarios from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: They continue to rely on growth and allow for temporary exceedances of the 1,5°C or 2°C limits. Measures beyond the growth logic, such as reduced production or consumption, remain largely unconsidered.

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Degrowth

August 2013 / Book

Nina Treu, Christopher Laumanns, Lena Kirschenmann, Kai Kuhnhenn

Economic turnaround

Social & ecological out of the euro crisis

Why and how can a socio-ecological transformation solve the euro crisis? Alternatives beyond the pressure to save and grow, opening up a longer-term social, ecological, and democratic perspective.

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Posts

Degrowth

March 17, 2026 / Parwaneh Mirassan

The money with the anger

How ragebait on social media is influencing the film industry

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Degrowth

September 12, 2025 / Parwaneh Mirassan

Eventim killed the concert experience

How Eventim rips off fans with time pressure and artificial scarcity

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Degrowth

February 9, 2024 / Mascha Schädlich

André Gorz – The Wealth of the Possible

A portrait of the social philosopher and degrowth advocate

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Degrowth

February 3, 2024 / Mascha Schädlich

What actually counts?

Common good economic alternatives for GDP and co.

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Degrowth

Publications

Post-growth and decolonization

Building blocks for climate reparations

Who shut shit down?

What degrowth can learn from movements

Stay below 1.5°C

A social transformation scenario

Degrowth/Post-growth

for introduction

No growth is (not) a solution

Myths and claims about degrowth

Degrowth in motion(s)

32 Paths to Socio-Ecological Transformation

Growth in climate science

a blank space

Economic turnaround

Social & ecological out of the euro crisis

Posts

The money with the anger

Eventim killed the concert experience

André Gorz – The Wealth of the Possible

What actually counts?