Degrowth Switzerland

Degrowth Switzerland is an organisation dedicated to fostering discussion about postgrowth futures in Switzerland. We work towards securing a good life for all.

[World Meteorological Organization @WMO]

🌍 The WMO confirms 2024 as the warmest year on record, at about 1.55°C above pre-industrial levels.

🔗More in the press release: https://t.co/WemNnJ27wA

[Post Growth Institute @postgrowth]

🧵 As #philanthropy evolves, how can funders shift their practices to better support transformative change?

Post Growth Institute’s Director of Strategy, @donmacca, offers 10 actionable steps to redefine relationships & align funding for a #neweconomy🌍
https://t.co/GofuBJabJr

[Degrowth Switzerland @degrowth_ch]

This truly is astonishing!

#degrowth #postgrowth

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

UN expert @srpoverty calls for an urgent rethink in the fight against #poverty, asking states to abandon the use of #GDP as a measure of progress & instead prioritise human rights & well-being in the economic decisions. #HRC56
https://t.co/MwOw3rdfwX

[Jarmo Kikstra @JKikstra]

📚📚NEW PUBLICATION!📚📚

Can degrowth save the world?
Co-author @jasonhickel made the case in a book.

How do these ideas stack up in a systems model?

How are such scenarios different from scenarios used in the IPCC?

Let’s find out! 🧵
Open-access: https://t.co/659L5WpDj5

[JefimVogel @JefimVogel]

Readers added context:
No (high-income) country has decoupled GDP from CO2 emissions fast enough to reconcile GDP growth with the Paris climate targets & equity principles. Continued GDP growth in high-income countries is at odds with the Paris Agreement.
https://t.co/IAUg3sF7x1

[Dan O'Neill @DrDanONeill]

Join our team at the University of Barcelona!

We're looking for outstanding researchers to help develop new models, assessments, and policies for sustainability.

Check out the job descriptions, and please circulate widely: https://t.co/A0Ww8qVG6B

[Degrowth Switzerland @degrowth_ch]

„Wenn die Erde für künftige Generationen erhalten werden soll, ist Wachstum keine Option, zumal es der Natur den letzten Rest gibt. Die Gesellschaft sollte sich schrittweise auf eine Welt ohne Wachstum einstellen.“

#Degrowth #Postwachstum

https://t.co/TwpVk6RiCS

[Elena Hofferberth @E_Hofferberth]

Die aktuelle Debatte um Deutschlands schwächelndes #Wirtschaftswachstums macht deutlich: es braucht ein alternatives sozial-ökologisches Wirtschaftsmodell #Postwachstum #Postgrowth #Degrowth Ein kleiner 🧵zur Inpiration @BMWK #Habeck

[Dan O'Neill @DrDanONeill]

We're hiring 6 new positions in ecological economics at the University of Barcelona!

The positions will work together to develop new post-growth models and policies to reconcile human well-being with environmental sustainability.

Full job descriptions: https://t.co/A0Ww8qVG6B

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

Wow. This is a fascinating study.

In it, the authors found that recessions INCREASE life expectancy. Why? Because reduced economic activity reduces air pollution.

FWIW, these are not degrowthers but they do conclude: GDP is a bad proxy for welfare. https://t.co/YTleeln9gl

[Degrowth Switzerland @degrowth_ch]

„Die Reichen werden immer reicher, die Klimakrise immer bedrohlicher. Doch das Weltwirtschaftsforum in Davos kennt nichts anderes, als noch mehr wirtschaftliches Wachstum zu predigen.“

https://t.co/uNLWuu7zwH

#Degrowth

[Degrowth Switzerland @degrowth_ch]

Check out this new publication about planning beyond growth, co-authored by our member @E_Hofferberth 👇🏻

[Elena Hofferberth @E_Hofferberth]

In view of aggravating social-ecological crises, we need to talk about "Planning beyond growth". In our new article, @cedric_durand @MGSchmelzer & I make the case for economic democracy within
ecological limits. Available open access https://t.co/nJ2xoktUN2 #postgrowth #degrowth

[Degrowth Switzerland @degrowth_ch]

Our member, @JKSteinberger , will give a talk about "living well within limits" at @WSL_research next Tuesday, 16 January 2024, 13.15 – 14.15.

You can participate online or on-site 👇

https://t.co/zmGsMdb7pg

[Greenpeace International @Greenpeace]

All we want for the holidays are reliable public transit, fast and convenient passenger rail, safe bike lanes, and CITIES THAT AREN'T BUILT AROUND CARS 👏🚄👏🚇👏🚌👏🚲👏🚶‍♀️👏

#MobilityForAll

[Degrowth Switzerland @degrowth_ch]

„Lassen sich Klimaschutz und Wirtschaftswachstum gleichzeitig erreichen? Nein, sagt der Forscher @JefimVogel – und plädiert für eine radikale Alternative.“

#Degrowth #Postwachstum

https://t.co/yztG0ppEtO

[Leonard Creutzburg @crtzbrg]

Tomorrow 👇🏻🐌

[Leonard Creutzburg @crtzbrg]

I really enjoyed moderating this event last week.

This was only the start - we‘ll make sure this issue will receive more attention in future 🙌🏻

[Degrowth Switzerland @degrowth_ch]

@Graete97 Hi, thanks for your interest. :) Unfortunately no recording of this in-person panel, but our first Postgrowth Finance conversation is available to stream here: https://t.co/x0Y5ONylro

[Degrowth Switzerland @degrowth_ch]

'Exploring #Postgrowth Finance' is available to (re)watch!

In it we speak with Melanie Rieback @PostGrowthEnt, @Vibeka Mair of @ESG_Investor & @LouisonCF (@roskildeuni @EcologicalEcon) about how genuinely #SustainableFinance could look & how to get there.
https://t.co/IxvGIa58pM

[Degrowth Switzerland @degrowth_ch]

Next week in Zurich: join us for 'Investing in Systems Change' at the Fintopia exhibition! 🪙🌱💚

📆 Thursday, 23 November 2023, 17:30 at WE ARE AIA, Limmatstrasse 268 - 8005 Zurich
(No registration necessary)

https://t.co/DQSmnEb50R

#SystemsChange #SustainableFinance #Events

[Degrowth Switzerland @degrowth_ch]

How can we invest in #SystemsChange, while also changing the logic of #investing and the financial system itself?

It was great to dive into this topic at the Fintopia exhibition in Zurich last week with @PeterHaberstich, @a_v_linn, and Johannes Tschiderer of @TransCapSpace!

[Alt Shift Festival @festival_alt]

AltShift in 2024 will be about BUILDING ALLIANCES and we are looking for your help to make it happen! Take a look at our crowdfunding through: https://t.co/okM5n9sDaD

Find out about what your donation goes to and explore the educational and crafty rewards we came up with!