Degrowth movement includes activsist, artists, poets, philosophers, scientists, scholars, citizens, politicians, civil servants, and many others. Join the movement!
Degrowth is a diverse movement with many exciting themes, activities and actors. Join the movement!
The Finnish Degrowth Movement – Kohtuusliike
Since 2010 I have been active in the Finnish Degrowth movement, Kohtuusliike. It has been a pleasure to leran, organise meetings, engage in processes and discuss with others what degrowth means in Finland. Kohtuusliike has several activies. Follow Kohtuusliike in Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Via the Degrowth movement I’m involved with Meidän metsämme citizen movement that organises forest dialogues among forest related people and professionals who are interested in exploring ways to colive with forests during ecological crisis. Follow Meidän metsämme in Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Degrowth journal
In 2022 we founded Degrowth, an open-access academic journal on degrowth. After decades of research, the time was ripe. Read the manifesto and consider submitting a manuscript.
Feminism(s) and Degrowth Alliance (FaDa)
Feminism(s) and Degrowth Alliance brings togather activists and scholars who are interested in feminist perspectives to degrowth and sustainability transformations. I have been member of the coordination group. Read our Collective notebook and Follow FaDa in Twitter.
Degrowth writing & scholarship
Degrowth scholarship is expanding in its scope and volume. There are a number of great sites that publish degrowth news & texts, for example:
Degrowth (open access academic journal)
Read Degrowth – an open-access academic journal
Degrowth in my blog
- Ovatko ammattiliitot vastanneet ympäristökriiseihin?Pidin kommenttipuheenvuoro ammattiliitto Pron ja One Planetin tilaisuudessa Reilu vihreä siirtymä: Osaava työvoima muutoksen moottorina (26.9.2025). Puheenvuoroni vastasi kysymykseen ”Ovatko ammattiliitot vastanneet ympäristökriiseihin?”. Lyhyt vastaukseni kysymykseen on, että osittain, mutta eivät riittävästi. Vaikka kansainvälinen ammattiyhdistysliike on edistänyt ympäristöasioita jo 1970-luvulta saakka (Olsen & Kemter 2012; Taipale & Houtbeckers 2021), kansallisessa keskustelussa tämä ympäristötyö jää päivänpolitiikan… Read more: Ovatko ammattiliitot vastanneet ympäristökriiseihin?
- Join the discussion “Bridging the divide and embodying transformation”, 23.3., 2-3:30pm CETYou are kindly invited to join the first session of “Bridging the divide and embodying transformation – a conversation series“ on March 23rd, 2-3:30pm CET, online. Through a series of conversations, we aim to provide room among scholar-activists to talk about how one can wholeheartedly bridge the many divides that shape our lives. The online… Read more: Join the discussion “Bridging the divide and embodying transformation”, 23.3., 2-3:30pm CET
- How to transform?While I’m writing this, Elokapina, Extinction Rebellion in Finland, runs an autumn rebellion in front of the Finnish Parliament House. Unsurprisingly, public debate has started again about the usefulness of their strategy: whether blocking one of the main streets in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is effective or not. Will it repel potential supporters or… Read more: How to transform?
- Degrowth, it’s time to get real – Reflections on the importance of everyday encountersAlthough politicians say they want solutions, they don’t need them as much as they need opening up disagreements.
- Open letter and petition: Europe, it’s time to end the growth dependencyNine years ago I attended the first high profile degrowth seminar in Finland. While I was new to the topic, the argumentation made sense and I became increasingly involved with the degrowth movement that debates and advocates for giving up on our cultural and political dependency on economic growth. In September 2018, there was a historical… Read more: Open letter and petition: Europe, it’s time to end the growth dependency
Eeva Houtbeckers 