Degrowing our way to genuine progress
Erik Assadourian, a Senior Fellow at Worldwatch Institute, questions the presumed marriage of growth and progress.
The causes of climate change are deeply embedded in our carbon-intensive methods of production, distribution, and consumption. Understanding the core connection between the measurement and calibration of economic exchange, our individual and collective channeling of resources, and the carbon byproducts of these decisions are fundamental to informing policy and practice.