By Luis I. Prádanos (Iñaki) 

De-growth is a social movement questioning the societal obsession with constant economic growth in light of the fact that a planet with finite resources cannot sustain unlimited production and that economic growth can just as easily exacerbate inequality. Adherents of de-growth articulate an economic culture that is not based on growth and seek alternative visions that are socially desirable and ecologically viable. These new visions hold the potential to create regenerative societies and shift from our “sad hedonism” to a “happy de-growth.”