September IDN Quarterly Newsletter 2025

Last April IDN Events Circle launched the Degrowth Events Fund for 2025 and the interest received was overwhelming!! Here some of the main numbers from the process:

• 54 applications received and evaluated.
• 15 events funded (list below)
• A total of €13,225 distributed (funds significantly increased from initial 7500€!!!)

See the full transparency report of the selection process here. (external link)

It looks like there is a clear need for more funds going forward and this is a space where IDN could add a clear value to the Degrowth movement as a central and transparent management group. If you have experience in raising and managing Funds, please contact us at info@degrowth.net (external link)

List of events funded

By chronological order of taking place:

1. La Bascule : festival des basculements écologiques et sociaux; Le Havre (France); 19-22 June'25; Instagram account (external link)
   
   
2. The Degrowth & Delinking Pavillion @ Oslo Degrowth Conference (Norway); 24-27th June'25; Degrowth&Delinking group
   
   
3. Stepping Back to Go Forward. From Oslo (Norway) to Copenhagen (Denmark); June to August'25; Trespassing Christiania (external link)
   
   
4. Re-incarnating the traditional Labdanum Resin Harvest from Mediterranean Rockrose in Mount Lebanon; El Chouf (Lebanon); July'25; Tariqelnahl (external link)
   
   
5. Towards a Greener Future: Engaging Farmers in Degrowth Advocacy - Zimbabwe; 7th August'25; Zimbabwe Land and Agrarian Network (external link)
   
   
6. Răgaz; Cluj-Napoca (Romania); 30th August'25; Degrowth Romania (external link)
   
   
7. Degrowth on Air: Dispatches from Futures Beyond Capitalism; Ljubljana (Slovenia); August-November'25; Futurescraft (external link)
   
   
8. Portals; Dahshour or Siwa (Egypt); September'25; Wondrous Works
   
   
9. Degrowth for youth; Budapest (Hungary); October'25; Bolygó (external link)
   
   
10. Degrowth Advocacy: An Experience Sharing Forum; Taipei (Taïwan); November'25; Mutica In Action (external link)
    
    
11. Degrowth and labour struggle - coalition building workshop on climate and labour justice; London (UK); November'25; Degrowth London (external link)
    
    
12. Nabanna Utsav: Harvest of Enough; West Bengal (India); 7-9th December'25; www.dyipuniversity.org (external link) (external link)
    
    
13. 脱成長祭り・Degrowth Matsuri; Tokyo (Japan); Autumn - Winter'25; Degrowth Japan (external link)
    
    
14. Degrowth as Sovereignty for the Periphery; Jaipur (India); 15-20th December'25; Peoples of Himalaya Academic Discourses Network (external link)
    
    
15. Beyond the human-nature dualism: an (un)learning training; Barcelona (Spain); Nov/Dec'25 (or early 2026); echo (education for collective horizons and organising)

IDN keeps growing strong with 10 new association and 81 new individuals in the last quarter!. Check their groups website for more info:

1. Home - Sunseed Desert Technology (external link) (Spain)
2. Front page | Ontgroei (external link) (Netherlands)
3. Postwachstum Köln Bonn (external link) (Germany)
4. Economic Restoration (external link) (US)
5. Sustainable Europe Research Institute Deutschland e.V. - Research for a sustainable Europe (external link) (Germany)
6. PivotAll (external link) (US)
7. AID LIFE LEARN Environment | Goma | Facebook (external link) (DR Congo)
8. TUNA WEZA + (external link) (DR Congo)
9. la Maison commune de la décroissance - La croissance est un non-sens ; la décroissance, c'est du bon sens ! (external link) (France)
10. POLICY LAB - PolicyLab (external link) (Slovenia)

Webinar: Rights of Nature (Organized by European Circle)

This Thursday, September 18th (18:30-20:00 CEST; 16:30-18:00 UTC)

Speakers:- Tish O'Dell (external link) - Consulting Director at the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF)
- Thomas Rickard, PhD (external link) - Researcher, Writer and Activist for nature-centric governance in the UK
- Neil Williams - Environmental, Moral and Political Philosopher  

Register for the webinar here. (external link)

Join webinar here (external link).

📝 Comms

The efforts and consistent posting from the Comms Circle have paid off. We have reached 2,000 followers on Instagram (external link)! 

Our website is also evolving. We've added a new page in Explore Degrowth: Degrowth in Practice (external link) featuring dozens of examples of how degrowth can take shape in everyday life to inspire initiatives in your community.

Looking ahead, we're continuing to develop our communications strategy. Since last year we've been running focus groups to better understand our audiences and sharpen our messaging.

🤝 Practice Circle

• Presented two sessions in Oslo in collaboration with Re-Action (external link)
• Organizing the Business in Degrowth Panel at the Next Economies (external link) Summit (12-14th September 2025, Istanbul)
• Goals (external link) for next year agreed after 2 strategic workshops during August
• Currently in conversations with cooperatives and other networks to expand collaborations
  
  

✊ Activism Circle

Global Degrowth Day (external link) on 6th June. Check in our website the detail of the events that participated 

🍥 Transformative Learning Circle

We're currently working on a dedicated website for Transformative Learning for Degrowth. (external link)This new space will showcase resources, and activities designed to foster transformative learning within the IDN and beyond. 

🧪 Research Circle

Hosted a "Come & Talk" session with 15 participants, providing space for members to present and discuss their research. More events to come! 

🌍 Global South Circle

We participated in the Oslo Degrowth Conference with our "Degrowth and Delinking" tent, a space for dialogue and exchange.

You can read more in this article: Convivial rants and cabaret: reflecting on the 2025 International Degrowth Conference | degrowth.info (external link)​

🏛️ Organising Circle

• IDN Handbook (external link) has been updated: the latest version is now available for all members.
• Funding: opening bank account for IDN in Credit Cooperatif
• Tech circle migrating from Ecobytes; Donation of 100€ to Osuny (our website host); Creation of calendar for internal meetings  IDN - Circle Meetings (external link)

⏺️ Continental Circles

North America

• DeSchool 2025 in July was a success! Read more here (external link)
• Proposal of North America for 2027 International Degrowth Conference.
• Recent circle meeting featured a presentation on aviation and degrowth.
• Launched a Substack blog: Degrowth is the Answer (external link)
• Currently reorganizing our monthly meetings to improve participation.

Europe Circle

• Monthly European Newsletter: August edition published Read here. (external link)
• Leadership: A new European Coordinator will be elected from the current IDN association members.
• Autumn Webinar Series
  • Wednesday, October 14 (18:30-20:00 CET): Degrowth Policies with EEB Economic Transition Team
  • Monday, November 10 (18:30-20:00 CET): The Imperial Mode of Living collaboration with Global South Circle.
  • Friday, December 5 (18:30-20:00 CET): Collapse Awareness potential speaker: Tadzio Müller.
• 2 Beyond Growth conferences happening in the coming weeks:
  • Spain, 26th September Conferencia Más Allá del Crecimiento España 2025 (external link)
  • Estonia, 2-3rd October Kasvujärgne Eesti (external link)

Asia Circle

• Quarterly Newsletter: Plans to create an Asia-specific quarterly newsletter.
• International Degrowth Conference 2027: ideas on how to contribute from Asian circle and also potential Degrowth Assembly before next ISEE in Beijing 2027
• Future Events: Initial discussions about hosting an event in Asia in 2026, but no decisions have been made yet.

Member organisations! If you are posting about an event on Instagram, tag us and we will repost to stories 📢

We invite member organizations to share updates, reflections, and resources on the IDN Blog (external link)! 

Send blog entries to: info@degrowth.net (external link)

Include: Author name (person or organization);

At least one image; Details regarding how the author can be contacted.

We hope that this will allow member organisations to share learning, pose questions and start conversations across the Network.