>"Instead of reopening society for the sake of the economy, what if we continued to work less, buy less, make less—for the sake of the planet?"

[https://necsi.edu/review-of-ferguson-et-al-impact-of-non-pharmaceutical-interventions?fbclid=IwAR2qDsLkJy8G0E48nCuTmBFG5Mu2aEHBVkDzAlysN0_mP-YpIlh8Xlrc48Y](https://necsi.edu/review-of-ferguson-et-al-impact-of-non-pharmaceutical-interventions?fbclid=IwAR2qDsLkJy8G0E48nCuTmBFG5Mu2aEHBVkDzAlysN0_mP-YpIlh8Xlrc48Y) an important critique of the Imperial study

"We will be in a position of having a blank page for a new beginning because lots of companies and money will be wiped out in the process of slowing down. Redirecting and restarting will require a lot of insight and audacity to build a new _...Read More_

A nice overview of ideas related to degrowth. "The critique of economic growth, once a fringe position, is gaining widespread attention in the face of the climate crisis."

"If you replace all concrete with hemp-crete, that would be amazing. But if you still built speculative office towers, if you didn’t reform land ownership, if you didn’t do anything about the nuclear family house, it’s only going to be a _...Read More_

"Agriculture accounts for at least 8.4% of total greenhouse gas emissions across the globe, according to the U.N. (Meat, dairy and rice production are the biggest offenders.) Currently, emissions associated with food that is lost or wasted _...Read More_

"degrowth offers a world in which the noise of commoditization quiets down, where self-worth isn't rooted in monetary value, and where you don't have to work to utter exhaustion to access basic necessities."