Environmental justice, degrowth and post-capitalist futures

Neera M. Singh

Ecological Economics, 2019, vol. 163, issue C, 138-142

Abstract: Struggles for Environmental Justice, more widespread in the global South, are often framed as traditional societies defending “old ways of life”; while degrowth, a relatively new movement in the global North is seen as striving for a “new ways of life.” I argue that both assert or aspire for other ways of being and belonging to the world and open possibilities for post-capitalist futures. In this Commentary, I focus on ontological continuities between the two movements and the grounds for alliance building. I argue that EJ and degrowth movements need to not only learn from each other, but think with the actual practices on the ground and the epistemologies of the South to foster pluriversal world-making practices. Moreover, dialogues and alliance between the two movements can help to reconceptualize work and care in a post-production, post-growth world.

Keywords: Post-Growth; Degrowth; Environmental Justice; Commons; Care; Post-Capitalist Alternatives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.05.014

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