From Ore to Omen: Mining’s Environmental and Social Wake-Up Call
Over the last 20 years, mining activities with severe ecological and social harms have surged worldwide. Since 2000,...
Economic Transition
The impact of mining: how many raw materials do we really need?
As Europe accelerates its pursuit of transition materials, concerns arise over potential compromises to crucial environmental and social...
Safeguarding Community Rights and The Issue of “Facilitating Public Acceptance”
Policymakers and the mining industry are currently co-opting the concept of “green extractivism” and using it to justify...
Green Transition at Crossroads: EU’s Critical Vote on Raw Materials Regulation
In today’s world, the urgent need to decarbonise and the recent remilitarisation efforts are driving up the demand...
What is degrowth (and more importantly, what is it not)?
Despite the popularity of the EU Beyond Growth Conference 2023 in May, the past weeks have seen an...
Reimagining work in a Europe beyond growth
In response to the 2023 Beyond Growth Conference, this piece is the eight in a weekly series that was...
Shifting the Brussels Economy – A Doughnut Story
In response to the 2023 Beyond Growth Conference, this piece is the seventh in a weekly series that was...
Business and Markets Beyond Growth
In response to the 2023 Beyond Growth Conference, this piece is the sixth in a weekly series that has...
Green Supremacy: When Far-Right Politics Co-opt Environmentalism
In advance of the highly anticipated 2023 Beyond Growth Conference, this piece is the fifth in a weekly series...
The rise in popularity of degrowth
In advance of the highly anticipated 2023 Beyond Growth Conference, this piece is the fourth in a weekly series...
