
A new approach to economic organization is urgently needed, one that doesn’t rely on endless growth and that respects both human needs and the environment. Degrowth offers such an alternative: an economy grounded in sufficiency, where production focuses on fulfilling needs and promoting wellbeing in harmony with the natural world. Achieving this requires an equitable reduction in our material and energy consumption, bringing us back within the planet’s ecological limits. Under the logic of degrowth, harmful and less-necessary production (fast fashion, planned obsolescence, advertising, weaponry, private jets, luxury yachts, SUVs) is curtailed while necessary production (food, housing, health care services) occurs in alignment with ecology. Research has shown that a solid foundation for a good life for all is possible with a much smaller footprint.