We hope you had a good start of the year, despite the tumultuous events we've already seen happening in the first few days. All the more reason to gather strength and keep building alliances. Plenty of opportunities to do so below!
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 4:30 - 5:30 PM CEST.
Attendance was low at the last European Circle meeting, but with the end-of-year hassle behind us, we hope to welcome you at our next one! Main topic: How can we contribute to the upcoming online degrowth movement assembly? Bring a brainstorm attitude! All are welcome!
You can find us here (external link).
If this sounds interesting, keep your eyes and ears open for future updates!
The minutes of the past European Circle meetings can still be found here (external link).
January 2026
How much AI do we want?
🤝 Extinction Rebellion, Growth Kills, Scientists Rebellion, More than Enough
📍 Pianofabriek, Rue du Fort 35, Brussels, Belgium
📅 January 20th, 7pm
🌐 Information and registration (external link) (until January 18th)
Reclaim the Economy week
🤝 Wellbeing Economy Alliance and Earth4All
📍 Worldwide
📅 January 26 - February 1st
🌐 Website (external link)
Beyond the human-nature dualism: an (un)learning training
🤝 echo (education for collective horizons and organising)
📍 Barcelona, Spain
📅 January (to be confirmed)
February 2026
Debate: Finitude Capitalism—Neoliberalism's Predatory Turn
🤝 De Dépendence
📍 Arminius, Museumpark 3, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
📅 12 February, 8 pm
🌐 Information and tickets (external link)
Foro Social - Beyond Growth Spain
🤝 Conferencia Más Allá del Crecimiento España 2025 (external link)
📍 Madrid, Spain
📅 February 13-14
Degrowth and labour struggle - coalition building workshop on climate and labour justice - UK
🤝 Degrowth UK (external link)
📍 London, UK
📅 Early 2026 (tbc)
Online Degrowth Movement Assembly
🤝 IDN
📍 Online
📅 To be decided
🌐 Keep an eye on the IDN channels!
June 2026
Economy for the Common Good International Conference
🤝 ECOnGOOD (together with a cross-border consortium)
📍 Amberg, Germany
📅 10-12 June
🌐 Website (external link)
Central & Eastern Europe Degrowth Conference: bridging green and just in Central and Eastern Europe
🤝 Jagiellonian University in Krakow
📍 Krakow, Poland
📅 16-19 June
🌐 Website (external link)(coming soon)
July 2026
To Dare to Trust: European Ecovillage Gathering 2026
🤝 GEN - Global Ecovillage Network
📍 Germany
📅 13-18 July
🌐 Tending the Roots: Celebrating 30th anniversary of GEN at European Ecovillage Gathering 2025 - GEN Europe (external link)
October 2026
Degrowth and the Politics of Space: Tools for Thought and Action
🤝 University of Amsterdam
📍 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
📅 21-23 October
🌐 About | Degrowth And The Pol (external link)
2027
Satellite gathering to the 12th International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity
✍️ Territories of interstitial transformation: degrowth practices for a collapsing civilization
📍 Covilha, Portugal
📅 June
12th International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity
✍️ Policy, practice and culture
📍 Cork, Ireland
📅 August
Satellite gathering to the 12th International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity✍️ From the Margins: Revealing the invisible
📍 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
📅 September
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!
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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!
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