Federico Savini on Degrowth and Its Future

Federico Savini, a professor in environmental planning at the University of Amsterdam, talks about the state of the degrowth movement today -- its priorities, challenges, and hotspots of possibility. As the author of the book 'Post-Growth Planning' and many essays on degrowth, Savini advocates many policy changes that could make agriculture, energy, transit, and social services more ecologically sustainable. Of course, degrowth as a political agenda faces formidable challenges, especially in the US and Europe. But coming to terms with climate change will ultimately require reducing economic growth, which is tightly linked to carbon emissions usage. Projects based on commons, the Solidarity Economy, cooperatives, cosmo-local production, bioregionalism, mutual aid, and more, offer promising pathways forward. More on the commons at https://www.bollier.org. For more on the commons, go to www.Bollier.org.