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Traces of a Viable Future

In each issue of Less we will be speaking to people organising around principles of Degrowth as we seek out the trace elements of a new economy and a new society. For this issue we spoke to Alon Schwabe & Daniel Fernández Pascual from the Climavore project on Skye, to Chris Hellawell founder of the...

Meticulous the Gardener

Meticulous the Gardener by Tawona Ganyamatopé Sitholéthat plant is a weedmeticulous the gardenerdecides with no hesitationgrowing where it shouldn'tso of kukoshahaving noneso here comenecessary tools for necessaryhackinghackingdiggingdiggingthat plantof a thriving populationborn of wind pollinationgrounded such thingearthed by totem beinga weed for weedingand to do it properlyhave to pull from the rootsand that's the land...

Fascism, Brexit and Covid, a Conversation

Luke Devlin from the LESS editorial board, a climate activist from Govan, Glasgow in conversation with Benjamin Zachariah, a scholar of global fascism. Illustration by Andy Arthur.During times of economic contraction, the impacts are felt hardest by those with the least to lose. This often presents an opening for far-right populism who come with...

Grounding Degrowth in Community

Gehan Macleod explores what degrowth means in a time of pandemic where community shifts from being an abstract ideal to an urgent necessity. Illustration by Deborah Mullen. This is from #1 of LESS - a journal of degrowth in Scotland from the Enough! Collective.As we enter the second half of the year 2020, communities...

LESS – a journal of degrowth

Going to the MoonWe are going back to the Moon.In 2023 and 2024 there will be the first woman, and the next man, on the Moon. These landings are planned as the next ‘giant step for mankind’ before creating Moon bases for mining purposes by 2028. In turn, these bases could be the launch...

Launch of LESS, a Journal of Degrowth in Scotland

Enough! Scotland is proud to host the online launch of LESS, a journal on degrowth, radical sufficiency and decolonisation in Scotland, on Friday, November 27 at 5pm.Editors Mike Small, Svenja Meyerricks and Luke Devlin will introduce the main ideas behind the journal, followed by a convivial sharing of music and poetry in the style...

New ONLINE SHORT COURSE – Degrowth in Scotland: Degrowing the Economy, Regrowing Our Lives

New Online Short Course6 Weeks Running 6 Oct - 10 Nov 2020Tuesday evenings, 6:30pm - 8:30pmEnough! and the Centre for Human Ecology are offering an online short course (delivered via Zoom) which will introduce participants to the historic gains and problems of economic growth and the principles of degrowth and ecological economics. The course...

A Call from Scotland to Embrace Degrowth Thinking on #GlobalDegrowthDay

A Call from Scotland to Embrace Degrowth Thinking on #GlobalDegrowthDay Saturday 6th June, 2020As long as our economy is dependent on growth, any ‘economic recovery’ from the coronavirus will be a disaster. Instead, Scotland needs a planned, sustainable, and equitable downscaling and a fundamental reorganising of the economy.Today, on #GlobalDegrowthDay, we lay out some...

Stories for Terrestrial Survival. A Creative Writing Workshop with Juana Adcock

A free creative writing workshop in two parts, with the first taking place on Global Degrowth Day, coinciding with a number of other events that share alternatives to growth based societies.Saturday 6th June & Sunday 14th June, 8pm - 9:30pmSpaces are limited - you can book yours here. We'd like to encourage you...

Upending: conversations about crisis responses, shifting narratives and systems change

Enough!'s series of fortnightly online conversations explores how we can shift narratives together and amplify mutual support in response to the interrelated crises of the covid-19 pandemic, capitalism and climate change.Past events:Searching for a Decolonised Childhood, with Sapna AgarwalThursday 9th July, 7pm - 8:30pmhttps://youtu.be/cPPcPigSs1UCreating a decolonised environment for children to grow up in...