Introduction to Degrowth | Presented by Erin Remblance | THRIVE Webinar
Channel: Thrivability Matters
Date: 2024-01-25

Most countries focus on growing their economies - creating more goods and using more resources in an attempt to enrich the lives of their citizens. But often, the benefits of growth flow to the most wealthy... and harm the planet in the process.

Today's speaker, Erin Remblance, discusses degrowth - why focusing on Gross Domestic Product masks the issues affecting our world's prosperity, and how focusing on the wellbeing of people over economic growth can make a world that truly thrives.

Erin established her early career in blue-chip FMCG companies in Sydney and London, but always sensed there was more important work to be done. Having children gave her the space to explore the environmental and cultural crises on the planet that need to be urgently addressed. 

She shifted her focus to dedicate her life towards educating people on climate change, de-growth, planetary boundaries, modern monetary theory, and more. 

Erin is a freelance journalist for Illuminem and lives north of Sydney, Australia with her family, on the occupied ancestral country of the Gayemagal people.


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