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Author of »Post Growth« and Director of : Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity.

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    25 Mar 2021

    I'm delighted to announce the publication today of Post Growth - . Many thanks to everyone who's supported the book over these final stages:

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    Apr 5

    🧐 Check out the April issue of for our recent piece arguing that is the main culprit behind the crises of countries like the US, UK, Australia & Sweden... and what we can do about it!

    🚨April issue: & long term outcomes, in , of injury burden in Eastern Mediterranean, vaccination effectiveness, , for , economic critique of provision & much more! 👉
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    Apr 5

    More than 5⃣0⃣0⃣ scientists & climate leaders had already sounded the alarm in December 2020. What are we waiting for to end the protection of fossil investments and get out of the ? 👉

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    Apr 7

    Das Streben nach ständigem führt zu ökologischer Zerstörung, meint der britische . Wenn uns so sehr schadet, warum verabschieden wir uns dann nicht davon? Jetzt kostenlos anmelden und lesen👇

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    Apr 7

    Paper claxon🌱We looked at consequences of materialistic values on sust well-being & found neg relationships w/ sufficiency att, mindfulness, & flow experiences. Lead by & co-authored w/ Alison Armstrong,

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    Apr 4

    New: "It’s not enough to pretend we are going to get to and everything is going to be ok…” I joined Andrea Sanke on where we talked about economic growth and the . Watch now.

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    Mar 22

    Neoliberal growth-focused profit-maximisation ideology has been devastating for our communities, atmosphere, ecosystems - and aged care. Governments are caring for profit, not people or planet. New paper from

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    Mar 21

    "Universities must reject fossil fuel cash for climate research."— director among group of almost 500 academics calling on university leaders in the UK and US to reject all funding from fossil fuel companies. →

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    Mar 21

    “Food is the basis of our lives and our livelihoods, and agriculture is the basis for future prosperity. But an economics that doesn’t see that is out of its mind.” More from in conversation with 👇

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    Mar 21

    The Problematic Role of Materialistic Values in the Pursuit of Sustainable WellBeing—New journal paper by , , Alison Armstrong, , and → cc

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    Mar 16

    "Power lies not, as capitalism insists, in the endless stimulation of desires achieved only through dominion over others. It lies in our ability not to be ruled by our cravings."— on the life & work of the late →

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    Mar 8

    Can England build all the homes the govt says we need *whilst* staying within our carbon budget & achieving national biodiversity policy goals? The answer's 🤯 So excited to share what we’ve been working on for the last year – our new Preprint Mega 🧵:

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    Mar 9

    Co-authored new paper out today examines the ecological impacts of UK's proposed rate of housebuilding & retrofitting existing stock. We find housing in England consumes the *entire carbon budget* (113%) for 1.5 degrees by 2050. Pre-print:

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    Mar 3

    A masterclass in the reasons why it's beyond time to go from & in their evidence to : Can't recommend it highly enough, whether you're interested in a or think the status quo is OK...

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    Feb 25

    40 leading economists and climate change academics are urging the Scottish Government to use next week’s Strategy for Economic Transformation to set us on a path to a . Text and signatories: Our 10 asks ⤵️

    Illustration of group of people making a plan that reads goal equals good lives on a healthy planet. Text reads, Economists and academics urge Scottish Government to redesign our economy
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    Feb 17

    Want to transform the drivers of planetary health inequities? 2 Research Fellow positions available at the new ARC Laureate Planetary Health Equity Hothouse

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    Feb 17

    🎧 Ist "Grünes " unser Weg aus der Krise? Eine Antwort auf diese Frage hört ihr im neuen mit dem 2. Teil des Essays "Wie wollen wir leben? Wege aus dem Wachstumswahn" von . Jetzt in eurem Podcatcher und auf ➡️

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    Feb 15

    "Farmland is fast becoming a new frontier for private wealth: a place to greenwash corporate sins, subsidised at the government’s expense…The parallels to the financialisation of social care are striking."— letter by John Meadley and →

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    Feb 15

    Why it's time to replace GDP with a dashboard of Doughnut metrics - I really enjoyed this rich radio conversation with , & - listen in here

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    Feb 16

    75% of environmental experts (at the German Environmental Agency) favour concepts like a-growth or degrowth above green growth. Looking at an implicit choice, even 99% favour growth critical concepts. See our new study in the Journal of Cleaner Production.

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    Feb 14

    Land is new frontier to greenwash corporate sins— + on the urgent need for decent land use policy, to prevent the same predatory financial practices prevalent in the social care sector from taking hold in rural communities too→

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