Season 2 - Episode 1: Degrowth in Action with Artists as Family

February 1st, 2021  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 9 mins

artist as family, community sufficiency, degrowth, neo-peasantry, permaculture

Episode 12: Retrosuburbia with David Holmgren

November 20th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 12 mins

david holmgren, degrowth, formidable vegetable, holistic activism, mark allen, permaculture, post-growth, retrosuburbia, town planning rebellion

Are you keen on the idea of permaculture but find the idea of starting an acreage in the country a bit much? Do your cortisone levels go through the roof whenever you see productive farmland being torn down for more cookie cutter suburbia? Are you balking at the thought of perfectly good houses on your street being pulled down for battleship grey pre-fab concrete apartments? Would you prefer that you could do more things for yourself and with others at home rather than having everything outsourced for you at a price from the not-so-free market? According to David Holmgren, co-founder of permaculture, ‘Retrosuburbia’ can make all of this and more, a possibility.

Episode 7: Discovering Degrowth with Anitra Nelson

September 16th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  51 mins 55 secs

anitra nelson, degrowth, post-growth, retrosuburbia, shared living, town planning rebellion

Degrowth? What does it mean? Is it about austerity and deprivation? Or is it about community, collaboration and unshackling ourselves from the matrix of the growth economy into a world that is more equitable, liveable and sustainable? According to Anitra Nelson – definitely the latter!