European Newsletter - August '25

Summer is in full swing and we hope you are finding some time to relax, revitalise, regenerate, in spite of the dire state of things. Remember that for long-term continued engagement, some idleness from time to time is crucial 🌱

This newsletter brings you some new featured initiatives and a whole bunch of new events are in the planning!

If you would like to participate more actively in the IDN and/or European Circle, you can join the discussions on Matrix/Element (external link) or take part one of our online meetings, always the second Wednesday of the month (so next on August 13th), 4:30 - 5:30 PM CEST. You can find us here: https://u-bordeaux-fr.zoom.us/j/88409933358  (external link) 

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European Circle update

Our last circle meeting was a relaxed one, where we shared some reflections on the Oslo conference. If interested in more detail you can read the Outcomes from the Assembly of the Degrowth movement or check the Recordings of the ISEE-Degrowth conference.

We continued taking small steps in the organisation of our webinar series coming in Autumn. Remember the preliminary dates and topics (to be confirmed with partners and speakers):

  • Thursday September 18th: Rights of nature
  • Wednesday October 14th: Degrowth policies
  • Monday November 10th: The imperial mode of living
  • Friday December 5th: Collapse awareness

If this sounds interesting, keep your eyes and ears open for future updates!
We are also still looking to select new role-holders (coordinator, representative, secretary), so do feel warmly invited to our next Circle meeting on Wednesday August 13th, 4:30 - 5:30 PM CEST, here.

The minutes of the past European Circle meetings can still be found here.  

👋 New IDN members

SERI - Sustainable Europe Research Institute Deutschland e.V.

SERI Germany (founded 2005) is an independent, not-for-profit, public-interest research institute for sustainable development. Its fellows cover a rich variety of disciplines from natural and social science to the humanities. They draw on this expertise to contribute fit-for-purpose knowledge, ideas, and tools to collaborations and public debate, typically on a European level.

🌐 SERI Website (external link)

📣 Calls for help!

PostGrowth.co

The postgrowth.co collective exists to support anyone who wants to work or get involved with the postgrowth movement. In their own words: "It is about not being afraid to ask for help if you need it - and offering help to others freely, without any kind of expectations". If this resonates, check out the PostGrowth.co website (external link) and maybe even become a member (it is free!)

Would you like input for a project, have some news or a job opportunity to share or anything else you need help with from our degrowth community, let us know at europe@degrowth.net!  

Upcoming events/actions

AUGUST

Altshift Festival
📍 Freie Feldlage Harzgerode, Germany
📅 August 4-10th
🌐 Website (external link)
🏞 Instagram (external link)


European Ecovillage Gathering
🤝 European Ecovillage Network
📍 Manas Garden, Hungary
📅 August 12-17th
🌐 Website (external link)


Festives de la décroissance
🤝 La maison commune de la décroissance
📍 Briouze, Normandy, France
📅 August 19-24th
🌐 Website (external link)


SEPTEMBER

Next Economies
📍 Istanbul, Turkey
📅 Sept 12-14th
🌐 Website (external link)


SUDecresciamo
🤝 Venti di Scambio a.p.s.
📍 Conversano, Bari, Italy
📅 September 14th
🌐 Website (external link)


Economic Films Festival
🤝 Compass Collective
📍 Bonn, Germany
📅 September 20th
🌐 Website (external link)


Degrowth Festival
🤝 Degrowth CPH
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
📅 September 21st-22nd
🌐 Sneak peaks from last year: Facebook (external link) and YouTube (external link)


Beyond Growth España: Towards a just degrowth
📍 Madrid, Spain
📅 September 26-27nd
🌐 Website (external link)


OCTOBER

Beyond Growth Estonia
🤝 Tasaarengu Eesti MTÜ (NGO Degrowth Estonia)
📍 Nelijärve, Estonia
📅 October 2-3rd
🌐 Website (external link)


Agroecology Europe Forum
🤝 Agroecology Europe (AEEU)
📍 Malmö, Sweden
📅 October 2-4th
🌐 Website (external link)


DECEMBER

Spatialising Degrowth Symposium
🤝 Sustainable Systems Research Group (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest)
📍 Budapest, Hungary
📅 December 10-11th
🌐 Website (external link) (event page not available yet)  

Interested in joining as a member of IDN?

If you like what you read and want to further help building this network and bringing Degrowth to all the corners of our society, join the International Degrowth Network and the tool where we work, Matrix!

Feel free to share this email with other people or groups that may be interested. Thank you so much in advance!

If you have any other questions or proposals relevant to the European degrowth context, you can contact us at europe@degrowth.net (external link).

We wish you a nice month!

Your degrowther European circle