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Upcoming Events
DeSchool 2025
Degrowth Institute is hosting DeSchool 2025, a 4-day in-person gathering in Chicago, IL. Our goal is to connect activists, academics and advocates, learn from one another, organize future projects and strengthen the degrowth movement in the United States.
For more information, or if you’re interested in helping out with organizing the event, please email jason@degrowthinstitute.org
Campus Dialogues: Georgia Tech
Has the Economy Outgrown the Planet?
Campus Dialogues | Georgia Institute of Technology | April 17 | 11:00AM-12:00PM EDT
Has the Economy Outgrown the Planet? Join us for a panel and conversation (with a reception to follow) at Georgia Tech’s celebration of Earth Day 2025
Campus Dialogues: UT Austin
Reckoning with Responsibility: The Role of the Global North in Degrowth. Attend and participate in this panel featured at the 2025 LBJ Latino Policy Research Symposium.
Reuse-a-Palooza + The Serviceberry: Book Discussion at The Plant
Degrowth Cafe | The Plant | March 16 | 11:00AM-3:00PM CDT & 3:00PM-4:30PM
Join us at The Plant for this semiannual event that provides opportunities to repair clothing and household items, safely dispose of tricky-to-recycle materials, and a chance to donate bikes and more. Afterwards join us and Chicago Degrowth Book Club in a book discussion over Robin Wall Kimmerer’s The Serviceberry.
Find out more about Reuse-a-palooza here. Find out more and RSVP for the book discussion here.
Campus Dialogues: Loyola University Chicago
Has the Economy Outgrown the Planet? Attend and participate in this panel discussion co-hosted by the Center for Research on Internal Affairs and the Political Science Department at Loyola. Hosted in the McCormick Lounge.
Campus Conversations: Notre Dame
The Trophic Theory of Money @ Notre Dame
We partner with Environmental Humanities Initiative (EHUM) to host a talk led by Alix Underwood, Managing Editor at CASSE. Food will be provided.
Degrowth Café
Come to a get-together event at DGI: Learn about degrowth and peruse the degrowth library!