Interesting thoughts and photos Neil. I know little about degrowth (or Graciela Iturbode), but I do feel we all need to reduce our consumption if we are to sort the world’s climate problems. Net zero is not enough (and, along with sustainability, has been coined by too many marketing departments to sell more stuff).
A book I picked up from my mum’s shelves recently is ‘Small is Beautiful’ by E F Schumacher. She wrote lots of interesting notes in it. I plan to read it next.
Great summary of degrowth--I word I don't like. A few years ago I proposed a sort of right-degrowth but I used the term decroissance since degrowth is such a clunker:
I actually have two of her books right beside me because I want to include her in my series of female photographers. Her work is so interesting! Your read was very interesting! Thank you!
Interesting thoughts and photos Neil. I know little about degrowth (or Graciela Iturbode), but I do feel we all need to reduce our consumption if we are to sort the world’s climate problems. Net zero is not enough (and, along with sustainability, has been coined by too many marketing departments to sell more stuff).
A book I picked up from my mum’s shelves recently is ‘Small is Beautiful’ by E F Schumacher. She wrote lots of interesting notes in it. I plan to read it next.
Love this. When I first jumped onto Substack, I published this piece on Iturbide you might enjoy. It's a wonderful catalog, if you're not familiar. Well worth searching out. https://open.substack.com/pub/mjwhite/p/graciela-iturbides-heliotropo-37?r=1rk0p5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Great summary of degrowth--I word I don't like. A few years ago I proposed a sort of right-degrowth but I used the term decroissance since degrowth is such a clunker:
https://commonedge.org/toward-a-green-folkhem-climate-change-as-if-social-justice-matters/
I actually have two of her books right beside me because I want to include her in my series of female photographers. Her work is so interesting! Your read was very interesting! Thank you!