The cost of data centres—New FoE Ireland report by CUSP fellow
Seán Fearon models how the growing data centre demand on the Irish electricity grid is pushing up electricity prices for households across the state.
→ https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/report-sf-cost-of-data-centres/

cc #postgrowth #energy #datacentres

Really pleased to announce that my book 'Postgrowth Digital Futures: Digital Technologies, Degrowth, and Radical Abundance' is published today by Bristol University Press.

The book offers a vision for a fairer, greener digital future. Drawing on degrowth and postgrowth ideas, it challenges capitalism’s model of endless growth by focusing on conviviality, limits, decommodification and radical abundance.

It explores practical ways to redesign devices, platforms, infrastructure and digital culture to promote social justice, ecological balance and well-being.

...and yes, Mastodon is one of the examples 🙂.

#degrowth #postgrowth #digital #tech #sustainability

https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/postgrowth-digital-futures

Is modern economics built on a lie?—In a guest post for CUSP, Paul Bain describes new evidence that questions whether people truly have insatiable wants—and argues that economists' reactions to that evidence lay bare the field's deep ideological roots.

→ https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/s1/pb-blog-is-modern-economics-built-on-a-lie/

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cc #Postgrowth #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #BeyondGrowth

Application deadlines have been extended for the Alternative Economic and Monetary Systems Summer University! 👀

Apply for the interdisciplinary program to meet like-minded people from all over the world, learn about multiple alternative approaches to economy & finance, plus build strong connections and make an impact!

⏰ Location and time: July 13-31, 2026 in Vienna, Austria

👉 NEW deadline, May 31. Apply now: https://www.oeadstudenthousing.at/en/summer-universities/aems/

#postgrowth #economics #opportunity #postgrowthalliance

Sufficiency and care: a conversation between @ProfTimJackson, Halliki Kreinin and Jonas Ludwig about organising principles for sustainability research and action in times of geopolitical crises.

→ https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/health/tj-article-sufficiency-and-care/

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cc #TheCareEconomy #ProsperityAsHealth #EconomyAsCare #PostGrowth #Degrowth #Sufficiency

What do people do when they are (relatively) free from need? Some reflections inspired by walking St. James's Way, featuring John Maynard Keynes, Iain Banks's "Culture Series" and Kim Stanley Robinson's "Mars Trilogy" .

https://www.cottica.net/2026/05/21/what-do-people-do-when-they-are-free-from-need-reflecting-on-st-jamess-way-john-maynard-keynes-and-science-fiction/

#economics
#sciencefiction
#caminodeSantiago
#postgrowth