Having laid out the fundamentals of Steady State and Degrowth, Part II of this segment explores why critics of the capitalist system advocate that these approaches are necessary both to achieve a sustainable planet and improve quality of life for people. Jorden and Kimberly consider where we see evidence of governments and communities applying Steady State and Degrowth approaches, with the hope of countering the ills of a broken system.

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Topics Jorden and Kimberly discuss include:

How Jorden missed the fact that there is a thriving degrowth community lurking in his own backyard

Why Congestion Charges promote sustainability without devolving into communism

How local movements—from community gardens to ecovillages—challenge the underlying principles of capitalism

Why the Fair Trade movement might be the best global-scale example of sustainability advocacy policy at work

How one international agreement managed to revitalize a dying elephant population

Recommended Resources

Steady State’s organization page and more about Steady State

The origins of Decroissance and more about Degrowth

Community Land Trusts

The Fair Trade Story video

The Global Ecovillage Network and a list of ecovillages

Kimberly’s Substack newsletter post