Inequality and the ecological situation – by Jason Hickel

https://www.jasonhickel.org/blog/2019/1/14/inequality-and-the-ecological-transition

“Indeed, the post-growth movement has long argued that equality can be a substitute for growth.  By sharing what we already have more fairly, we won’t need to plunder the Earth for more. 

The objective of degrowth is to scale down aggregate resource use, energy demand and emissions, focusing on rich, high-consuming nations, and to do this while improving people’s well-being.”

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