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- 1Degrowth art created in memory of Richard Heinberg▼Remembering Richard Heinberg: Why I made degrowth art in his memory
An artist has created degrowth-themed artwork in memory of Richard Heinberg, the writer and Senior Fellow at the Post Carbon Institute known for decades of work on peak oil, energy limits and the need to move beyond endless economic growth. The piece is framed as a personal tribute, connecting Heinberg's ideas about limits and contraction to visual art.
- 2Ecological economist's warning on Earth's finite resources resurfaces●"Mankind’s natural dowry consists of two essentially distinct elements: the stock of low entropy on or within the globe,
A widely shared passage attributed to ecological economist Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen states that humanity's natural endowment consists of two distinct elements: the finite stock of low-entropy resources on or within the planet, and the flow of solar energy. The passage argues that pursuing infinite economic growth through technology amounts to reckless spending of this irreplaceable inheritance.
- 3Writer vents frustration over economic growth orthodoxy in new essay▼I rather share the author's frustrated anger in this new post on the Sufficiency and Wellbeing Magazine. He opens with:
A new post on the Sufficiency and Wellbeing Magazine opens with a defiant defence of degrowth-adjacent ideas, with the author declaring he does not care if the word makes readers uncomfortable, spooks the stock market or unsettles CEOs and economists. A reader sharing the piece says she sympathises with the author's frustrated anger.