Degrowth: A path to a just and sustainable future
Join us for an in-depth introduction to how degrowth can be the key to rethinking our growth-obsessed economic system, which currently harms the climate, environment, and people.
During the event, we will explore how degrowth challenges the inherent inequality and injustice of our current economic model. We will discuss how collaboration can pave the way for a more sustainable and just economy within planetary boundaries and the steps we can take to enact change.
No prior knowledge of degrowth is necessary, only an interest in climate change, social justice, and societal change.
After the day’s presentations and discussions, there will be an opportunity to continue the conversation over refreshments.
This event is a prelude to a series of workshops on political ecology and degrowth, organized by Cirka CPH throughout 2026.
PROGRAMME:
13:00 Introduction to degrowth - Michelle Appelros
13:45 Panel: How can degrowth apply to a broader coalition working together for a just transition? - Michelle Appelros, Agnete Vienberg and Salvatore Paolo De Rosa
15:00 How do we imagine a transition to post growth society? - Rebecca Leigh Rutt and Riccardo Lauro
16:00 Social gathering with refreshments
LINEUP:
Michelle Appelros, Master’s degree in Human Ecology, Lund University, part of the artist collective ‘The Syndicate of Creatures’, a degrowth advocate, and co-organizer on the Degrowth Festival in Copenhagen
Agnete Vienberg, PhD in Economics, University of Copenhagen
Salvatore Paolo De Rosa, Postdoc in Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
Rebecca Leigh Rutt, Associate Professor in Department for Food and Resource Economics
Riccardo Lauro, entrepreneur focusing on degrowth organizing, member of Degrowth Copenhagen and a cofounder/curriculum lead at Meaningful Entrepreneurship
cirka cph, Lund University, Foreningen Robust and Grønne lys have received funding for the project Political ecology and Degrowth for youth from Nordic Culture Point and Tuborgfonden.