Mainstream sustainability discourses are firmly built on the mantra that more technology
leads to more economic growth, which in turn leads to more welfare and sustainability. With …

Bioeconomy and circular economy approaches are being adopted by an increasing number
of international organizations, governments and companies to enhance sustainability …

ABSTRACT The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) contain a set of
17 measures to foster sustainable development across many areas. It offers a good …

The fundamental assumption we base this Special Issue on is that narrow concepts of
growth have become the ruling ideas of this age, entrenched both in everyday life and to a …

What would it take for a degrowth paradigm shift to take place? Drawing on contemporary
critical political economy scholarship, this article identifies four prerequisites for socio …

The ocean is currently a central element in discussions around sustainability, whether the
locus of these discussions is its protection or its exploitation. This is also the case in the most …

Over the last decade, green growth policies have drawn increasing interest. OECD, UNEP,
the World Bank and the EC have had several initiatives on the issue, and the Nordic …

Both environmental justice (EJ) and degrowth movements warn against increasing the
physical size of the economy. They both oppose extractivism and debt-fuelled economies …

Degrowth refers to a radical politico-economic reorganisation that leads to smaller and more
equitable social metabolisms. Degrowth posits that such a transition is indispensable but …

Societies use material and energy resources to build up, maintain and utilize long-lasting
structures such as buildings, infrastructures or machinery, ie entertain a 'social metabolism' …