What is degrowth? Why is challenging economic growth so essential to the sustainability movement, and what challenges have been made so far?

DeSchool 2025 will kick off with a day of workshops and presentations at DGI’s office focused on answering these questions, and ensuring everyone attending DeSchool gains a solid understanding of what the degrowth movement is all about.

After morning check-in, we will gather for a brief introduction to degrowth and the challenge to growth at before we get into our day of workshops. Both the morning and afternoon workshop blocks will have one session geared towards those who are newer to the degrowth movement, to answer questions, dispel common misconceptions and ensure all attendees are up to speed and able to participate meaningfully in the conversations we’ll be having throughout the weekend.