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Upcoming Events
"What Happens to the Savings?" Webinar with USSEE
John Mulrow of DGI will present on “What Happens to the Savings?” at the US Society for Ecological Economics on Friday 3/20 at 1:00pm CDT!
International Degrowth Network (IDN) North American Circle Meeting
The next meeting of the International Degrowth Network (IDN) North American circle will be on Friday 2/20 at 2:00pm CST.
Tabling at Kassandra at the Top of the World
DGI will be tabling at the climate change play Kassandra at the Top of the World on Saturday 4/4 at the Berger Park Cultural Center!
US Degrowth Gathering 2026 - Oberlin
Degrowth Institute is hosting a degrowth gathering this summer, June 18-21, 2026, in Oberlin, Ohio. The gathering will coincide with the US Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE) 2026 Conference at Oberlin College.
21st Annual Chicago Food Justice Summit
DGI will be tabling at the 21st Annual Chicago Food Justice Summit on Friday 3/13!
Degrowth Policy Working Group
Meeting of the Degrowth Policy Working Group, a project that emerged from DeSchool 2025. This working group is currently creating an introductory document to degrowth policy in the US.
The meeting will be held remotely on Friday, February 27th from 11:00AM-11:45AM Central Time.
For more information, or to access the Zoom link, please email anna@degrowthinstitute.org.
Note: as the Policy Working Group is currently in the final phases of editing our introductory document this month, this is not the ideal time to join the Working Group if you are new. After our Degrowth Policy Introduction is published in early March 2026, we welcome new members into the working group!
Reimagining Our Economy Forum
Attention Chicago! DGI's Program Coordinator Jason Barahona Rosales will be speaking at the Climate Action Museum on Tuesday, March 5th as part of the "Reimagining Our Economy" forum.
Degrowth Teach-In with Sierra Club North Star Chapter
Join DGI for a degrowth hybrid teach-in at the Sierra Club North Star Chapter on Tuesday 3/3!
DGI @ Online Degrowth Movement Assembly (Session 2)
On Tuesday, March 3rd, DGI will be speaking at the International Degrowth Network’s Online Degrowth Movement Assembly about DeSchool 2025 and the degrowth movement in the US!
DGI @ Online Degrowth Movement Assembly (Session 1)
On Monday, March 2nd, DGI will be speaking at the International Degrowth Network’s Online Degrowth Movement Assembly about DeSchool 2025 and the degrowth movement in the US!
Degrowth Dialogue @ University of Minnesota (Hybrid Talk)
DGI will be speaking about degrowth at the University of Minnesota on March 2, 2026.
Oberlin 2026 Gathering Planning Meeting
Volunteers interested in helping to plan the summer US Degrowth Gathering (official name TBD) are meeting online to discuss event-planning.
The gathering will run concurrent with the US Society for Ecological Economics 2026 Biennial Conference, held from June 18-21 in Oberlin, OH.
If you are interested in joining the planning team, please reach out to anna@degrowthinstitute.org.
International Degrowth Network (IDN) North American Circle Meeting
The next meeting of the International Degrowth Network (IDN) North American circle will be on Friday 2/20 at 2:00pm CST.
Degrowth Policy Working Group
Meeting of the Degrowth Policy Working Group, a project that emerged from DeSchool 2025. This working group is currently creating an introductory document to degrowth policy in the US.
The meeting will be held remotely on Friday, February 20th from 11:00AM-11:45AM Central Time.
For more information, or to access the Zoom link, please email anna@degrowthinstitute.org.
Note: as the Policy Working Group is currently in the final phases of editing our introductory document this month, this is not the ideal time to join the Working Group if you are new. After our Degrowth Policy Introduction is published in early March 2026, we welcome new members into the working group!
Degrowth Policy Working Group
Meeting of the Degrowth Policy Working Group, a project that emerged from DeSchool 2025. This working group is currently creating an introductory document to degrowth policy in the US.
The meeting will be held remotely on Friday, February 13th from 11:00AM-11:45AM Central Time.
For more information, or to access the Zoom link, please email anna@degrowthinstitute.org.
Note: as the Policy Working Group is currently in the final phases of editing our introductory document this month, this is not the ideal time to join the Working Group if you are new. After our Degrowth Policy Introduction is published in early March 2026, we welcome new members into the working group!
Degrowth Policy Working Group
Meeting of the Degrowth Policy Working Group, a project that emerged from DeSchool 2025. This working group is currently creating an introductory document to degrowth policy in the US.
The meeting will be held remotely on Friday, February 6th from 11:00AM-12:30PM Central Time.
For more information, or to access the Zoom link, please email anna@degrowthinstitute.org.
Note: as the Policy Working Group is currently in the final phases of editing our introductory document this month, this is not the ideal time to join the Working Group if you are new. After our Degrowth Policy Introduction is published in early March 2026, we welcome new members into the working group!
Militarism vs. The Care Economy & Degrowth
Join DGI as we discuss degrowth and degrowth policy on Massachusetts Peace Action webinar “Militarism vs. The Care Economy and Degrowth.”
About the webinar:
At this critical time, when climate change and war are devastating the planet and causing tremendous suffering, the current political climate is taking everything in the wrong direction. The system of endless growth and accumulation of wealth in fewer and fewer hands at the expense of everyone else and the earth cannot be sustained. How can we do more than hold back the most extreme antidemocratic and environmentally destructive measures and work together to realize a common vision of a livable world? Speakers Harrris Gruman, Juan Jose De Blas and Anna Prouty will address how we can transition from the current disaster/militarist economy to a peace, climate, and justice-oriented care and degrowth economy. They will lay out some of the principles and benefits of a care economy and degrowth and talk about practical steps we can take here in the US to bring about the world we want to see.
Speakers:
Harris Gruman – Executive Director of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) State Council. He is co-founder and co-chair of Raise Up Massachusetts, a coalition of 150 organizations which successfully campaigned to raise the minimum wage to $15, enact paid family and medical leave, and pass the Fair Share Amendment, aka millionaire’s tax. A veteran of decades of successful issue and electoral work in community and labor organizing, he is an astute political strategist. A former executive director of the Neighbor to Neighbor Education Fund, he studied at Johns Hopkins University. At MAPA, he is a member of the Board of Directors, the Ukraine Committee, and of the Peace and the Working Class Working Group.
Juan Jose Deblas is an active member of the International Degrowth Network as well as the Spanish member group Red Decrecer para Vivir. He sees degrowth as an opportunity to rethink the world’s economic and social systems, address the imbalance between the Global North and South, and protect humanity’s most vulnerable. He is Coordinator of the IDN practice circle, Secretary of organizing and general circles, and helping with European newsletter. He helped organize the September 2025 Beyond Growth conference in the Spanish parliament.
Anna Prouty, Media + Outreach Coordinator at the Degrowth Institute, is a writer, artist and community organizer living in Cascadia. She is the media and outreach coordinator for DGI, and coordinates the Policy Working Group. She was also a co-founder of DegrowUS. When not at DGI, she organizes around economic democracy, land restoration and bioregionalism. Her debut novel, Genesis, will be released in summer 2026 by Vine Leaves Press.
For more information, click here.
Degrowth Policy Working Group
Meeting of the Degrowth Policy Working Group, a project that emerged from DeSchool 2025. This working group is currently creating an introductory document to degrowth policy in the US.
The meeting will be held remotely on Friday, January 16th from 11:00AM-12:30PM Central Time.
For more information, or to access the Zoom link, please email anna@degrowthinstitute.org.
Degrowth Policy Working Group
Meeting of the Degrowth Policy Working Group, a project that emerged from DeSchool 2025. This working group is currently creating an introductory document to degrowth policy in the US.
The meeting will be held remotely on Friday, January 2nd from 11:00AM-12:30PM Central Time (9:00-10:30 Pacific / 12:00-1:30 Eastern).
For more information, or to access the Zoom link, please email anna@degrowthinstitute.org.
Degrowth Policy Working Group
Meeting of the Degrowth Policy Working Group, a project that emerged from DeSchool 2025. This working group is currently creating an introductory document to degrowth policy in the US.
The meeting will be held remotely on Friday, December 19th from 11:00AM-12:30PM Central Time (9:00-10:30 Pacific / 12:00-1:30 Eastern).
For more information, or to access the Zoom link, please email anna@degrowthinstitute.org.
Degrowth Policy Working Group
Meeting of the Degrowth Policy Working Group, a project that emerged from DeSchool 2025. This working group is currently creating an introductory document to degrowth policy in the US.
The meeting will be held remotely on Friday, December 5th from 11:00AM-12:30PM Central Time (9:00-10:30 Pacific / 12:00-1:30 Eastern).
For more information, or to access the Zoom link, please email anna@degrowthinstitute.org.
Beyond Efficiency: Rebound Effects through an Industrial Ecology Lens
Efficiency improvements and circular strategies are often promoted as key pathways to sustainability. In practice, however, their expected environmental benefits are often reduced when behavioural and systemic responses lead to greater overall consumption, a phenomenon known as rebound effects.
This session brings together researchers to discuss the origins of rebound, share new insights, and explore emerging directions in rebound research. Drawing on case studies from multiple sectors, speakers will highlight how rebound analysis can be more effectively integrated into sustainability assessment and policy design.
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84748972297?pwd=lf2nBbvHFSS1DLdZr3SFulbwAhCfiq.1
Speakers:
Tamar Meshulam (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Tamar Makov (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
David Font Vivanco (Eco Intelligent Growth SL)
John Mulrow (Degrowth Institute)
Degrowth Policy Working Group
Meeting of the Degrowth Policy Working Group, a project that emerged from DeSchool 2025. This working group is currently creating an introductory document to degrowth policy in the US.
The meeting will be held remotely on Friday, November 14th from 11:00AM-12:30PM Central Time (9:00-10:30 Pacific / 12:00-1:30 Eastern).
For more information, or to access the Zoom link, please email anna@degrowthinstitute.org.
Challenge to Growth Mapping Working Group
Next meeting of the Challenge to Growth Mapping Working Group will be on Thursday, November 13th at 6:30pm U.S. Central Time (on Zoom). For more information, or to get involved, please email jason@degrowthinstitute.org.
What Happens to the Savings? Circularity, Sustainability, and Degrowth
DGI’s John Mulrow will be leading a seminar titled “What Happens to the Savings? Circularity, Sustainability, and Degrowth” at Loyola University Chicago on Wednesday, November 12th. Click here for more information.
Chicago Climate Connect x Degrowth Institute
DGI’s John Mulrow will be speaking at Chicago Climate Connect for an evening of open networking and a conversation about what it means to build a future beyond just economic growth. John will host a discussion exploring the core ideas of degrowth and how they connect to climate action, equity, and systems change. Whether you’re new to the concept or already deep in the conversation, this is a chance to connect with others reimagining what a just and sustainable economy could look like.
To register for the discussion, click here!
For more information on Chicago Climate Connect events, click here!
Degrowth Policy Working Group
Meeting of the Degrowth Policy Working Group, a project that emerged from DeSchool 2025.
The meeting will be held remotely on Friday, October 24th from 11:00AM-12:30PM CDT (9:00-10:30 PDT / 12:00-1:30 EDT).
For more information, or to access the Zoom link, please email anna@degrowthinstitute.org.
Reuse-a-Palooza
DGI will be participating at Reuse-a-Palooza at The Plant on Sunday, October 19th!
“Scavengers unite! Get ready for the fall 2025 edition of Reuse-a-Palooza at The Plant.
This semiannual event provides opportunities to repair clothing and household items, safely dispose tricky-to-recycle items, and donate bicycles, clothing, and more, all the while bringing attention to strategies to reduce waste and improve environmental conditions. We’ll be joined by an amazing group of waste-reduction and repurposing enthusiasts focusing on economically, environmentally, and socially responsible approaches to purchasing and consumption.”
For more information about the event, click here.
Degrowth Cafe with Regenerate MKE
Degrowth Cafe in Milwaukee with DeSchool Attendees Karen Lemke and Dylan Carson
Our friends at Regenerate MKE are putting on a degrowth cafe on Friday, October 17th! Click here for the event information: Degrowth Cafe at Kuumba Juice and Cafe
Degrowth Policy Working Group
Meeting of the Degrowth Policy Working Group, a project that emerged from DeSchool 2025.
The meeting will be held remotely on Friday, October 10th from 11:00AM-12:30PM CDT (9:00-10:30 PDT / 12:00-1:30 EDT).
For more information, or to access the Zoom link, please email anna@degrowthinstitute.org.
Asset Mapping Working Group
Working group to build out a map of degrowth assets and resources across the US and North America. For more information, or to get an invitation to the call, please email jason@degrowthinstitute.org.
Degrowth Policy Working Group
Next meeting of the Degrowth Policy Working Group, a project that emerged from DeSchool 2025.
The meeting will be held remotely on Friday, September 26th from 2:00-3:30PM CDT (12:00-1:30 PDT / 3:00-4:30 EDT).
For more information, or to access the Zoom link, please email anna@degrowthinstitute.org.
Degrowth Policy Working Group Meeting
First meeting of the Degrowth Policy Working Group, a project that emerged from DeSchool 2025. The meeting will be held remotely on Friday, September 12th from 2:00-3:30PM CDT (12:00-1:30 PDT / 3:00-4:30 EDT). For more information, or to access the Zoom link, please email anna@degrowthinstitute.org.
Academics' Research Collaboration Circle Meeting
Meeting of academics and researchers interested in collaborating on degrowth-related research. For more information, or to receive a meeting link, please email Alison Chopel at alison@solidarityresearch.org.