DegrowthUK network, bringing together those with an interest in learning about and promoting #degrowth in these islands. https://degrowthuk.org
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Ireland: multi-site tour.
February 2026: 99th Day Book Tour | Gerry McGovern https://gerrymcgovern.com/tour/
“An epic, pulling together the many huge challenges facing our generation.”
Fidelma O’Kane, Save Our Sperrins
“This is a masterful book, brilliant in its clarity and beguiling in its argument.”
Tim Unwin, University of London
“Essential reading for anyone who cares about our planet. Prepare to be disturbed, enlightened and inspired.”
Justine McCarthy, Irish Times
Reminder:
Degrowth UK plans to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide.
Details and how to submit:
https://degrowthuk.org/2026/01/21/call-for-articles-degrowth-and-ecosocialism-the-global-picture/
#degrowth #ecosocialism
This is a good introduction to the problem of reducing energy return on investment. How it works and what implications it has.
What Are the Broader Economic Implications of Low EROI? → Question https://energy.sustainability-directory.com/question/what-are-the-broader-economic-implications-of-low-eroi/
I wouldn't normally post a link to LinkedIn, but this is an important republished piece on AMOC collapse from Johan Rockström.
Climate risk becomes a matter of security
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/climate-risk-becomes-matter-security-johan-rockstr%25C3%25B6m-p9n7f/
@degrowthuk Now re-published by Resilience.org: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-02-02/in-defence-of-a-basic-land-income/ Glad to see this original Galician contribution to Degrowth, making its way to international audiences. 😄
Environmentalists decry ‘crushingly disappointing’ (Pfas) forever chemicals action plan for UK | Pfas | The Guardian
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https://archive.ph/mIJdV
The Race to the Bottom | Art Berman https://www.artberman.com/blog/the-race-to-the-bottom/
Designing for Degrowth: Energy Policy and the Architecture of Enough - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
United States examples but broad relevance.
In Defence of a Basic Land Income
The minimum living wage has reignited the debate on basic income. But would it be viable in the face of eco-social collapse? A basic land income could be an alternative suited to this scenario. By Manuel Casal Lodeiro, Coordinator of the Instituto Resiliencia. Originally published in Spanish, in Revista Ecologista No. 108, 01/06/2021 . Translated by Mark H Burton…
http://degrowthuk.org/2026/02/01/in-defence-of-a-basic-land-income/
I strongly recommend this new book. It is well informed and written well and persuasively.
If you think green tech is the future, that massive deployment of renewables is the answer, then take a look.
99th Day: A Warning About Technology | Gerry McGovern
https://gerrymcgovern.com/books/99th-day/
The mighty @gerrymcgovern has a new book out. He takes a hard look at green tech and green transitions, dispelling the rhetoric and confronting the reader with well-documented facts. A perfect gift for the techno-optimist in your life... confronting, but refreshing in its relentless calling bullshit where bullshit is due,
“The quiet publication of this report may nonetheless mark a turning point”
Citizens are still being systematically deceived by UK ‘leaders’ about the sheer desperateness of the #climate and ecological situation we are in. While they KNOW: they were all briefed, in full, last year, in a COBRA meeting.
Please *READ* and *SHARE* this article. Let’s make this scandal impossible to cover up!
@gamingonlinux You might be interested in giving this petition opposing the motion a signal boost: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754408
@mason thanks, appreciated.
ICYMI
We plan to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution.
Short country updates and longer issue-based pieces.
Follow the link for details.
https://degrowthuk.org/2026/01/21/call-for-articles-degrowth-and-ecosocialism-the-global-picture/
@mason
Yes, we were astonished.
@mason
Sorry to say it's not actually from us. We simply shared it.
A decent critique of Wright.
"Conceptualising transition is a theoretical exercise which outlines how a departure from capitalism may transpire grounded in conjunctural analysis – a historically and geographically situated study of material conditions and social forces. Strategy, by contrast, is a step-by-step plan of action for a specific organisation based on that theory of transition and that conjunctural analysis."
Let’s move on from Erik Olin Wright’s modes of transformation | degrowth.info
https://degrowth.info/en/blog/let-s-move-on-from-erik-olin-wright-s-modes-of-transformation
ICYMI
We plan to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution.
Short country updates and longer issue-based pieces.
Follow the link for details.
https://degrowthuk.org/2026/01/21/call-for-articles-degrowth-and-ecosocialism-the-global-picture/
