The Buffalo Project - Imagining a world without perpetual economic growth

Imagining a world without perpetual economic growth

What would a world without perpetual economic growth look like? How would it work? How might we start to imagine it?

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Developing and challenging the basic 'steady state' ideas

Herman Daly is one of the 'gurus' of steady state (zero growth) economics. He wrote a short paper for the Sustainable Development Commission in 2008 (it's available at http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/publications.php?id=775 ). I've attached a document in which I try to build on and challenge some of Daly's ideas and develop them to try to flesh out what a 'steady state world (not just 'economy' might look like. One of my key…See More

Discussion posted by Mark Jul 2, 2010

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Mark Kelsall and Sarah Cameron are now friends May 4, 2010

Mark Whiteley and Liz Morrison are now friends May 4, 2010

Mark left a comment for Mark Whiteley

Hi mark, and welcome. Mark

May 4, 2010

Mark left a comment for Liz Morrison

Hi Liz, and welcome. mark

May 4, 2010

Liz Morrison left a comment for Jennifer Morgan

Hi Jen - great to catch up here

May 4, 2010

Liz Morrison left a comment for Mark Whiteley

Hi Mark - look forward to continuing our discussions here as well as in person.

May 4, 2010

Liz Morrison is now a member of The Buffalo Project May 4, 2010

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Mark replied to Andy Dobson's discussion 'Will/can the post-growth world be democratic?'

My first observation is that reading and thinking about the piece made me realise how little I think (or have ever thought) about ‘politics’ in the abstract, philosophical sense, as opposed to specific party politics and policies. Still,…

Apr 30, 2010

Mark replied to Mandy Jago's discussion 'How do we change our ways of thinking and behaving?'

My answers to your questions: How did I awaken etc? - the killer for me was a presentation by a guy called Francois Cellier in Feb '09. He took the limits to growth stuff that I was familiar with (summary attached) and presented it very…

Apr 29, 2010

Mark replied to Mandy Jago's discussion 'How do we change our ways of thinking and behaving?'

I think the point about security is an interesting one - what counts as 'secure'. In 'How to be Free', Tom Hodgkinson argues that the less you have, the smaller the amount you can live on, the more secure you are. But then this…

Apr 29, 2010

Mark left a comment for David Peach

Welcome. (P.S. how was Schumacher?)

Apr 29, 2010

David Peach is now a member of The Buffalo Project Apr 29, 2010

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Mark Whiteley is now a member of The Buffalo Project Apr 27, 2010

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Kevin Frith replied to Mandy Jago's discussion 'How do we change our ways of thinking and behaving?'

Mandy For me, the process of becoming more conscious of the need to change my thinking about living in a more sustainable manner was (and continues to be) a gradual process of realising that things can’t go on like this, primarily brought…

Apr 25, 2010

Mark replied to Kevin Frith's discussion 'Feedback on The Buffalo Project Web Site'

How should the 'Contact Us' piece work? Should there be an email address, and do we therefore need a 'Buffalo' email? Or do we just invite people to join the Ning? Or maybe give them a choice?

Apr 23, 2010