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Degrowth

/ˌdiːˈɡrəʊθ/

Languages

English

Location

Loch Ness Orkney Ravenscraig

See Also

Built Environment Social

Text

Degrowth (French: décroissance) is a term used for both a political, economic, and social movement as well as a set of theories that criticise the paradigm of economic growth.

Media

Tom Kent, R. Foubister and his daughter Lizzie making an Orkney chair, Nessie, Deerness, Image: Orkney Library and Archive

Questions & Provocations

How can the built environment revert back to vernacular means of building to facilitate degrowth in the context of the climate crisis?
Alissar Riachi