Nous serons ce vendredi, avec Pauline Picot, au séminaire de préparation des ENMI pour une communication intitulée :
Paysages de la sobriété et techno-diversité des infrastructures numériques
Work in progress de notre travail sur les Data Center. Au menu, un survol de la littérature sur soutenabilité/sobriété et quelques retours de terrain entre hébergeurs alternatifs et mesocentres.
"Solar, wind, batteries, EVs and other electrotech offer a permanent route out of fossil dependence. The shock has jolted the electric age forward. But the response is a choice: lean into local, electric security, or reach back to the old fossil playbook."
#sufficiency #degrowth #capitalocene
The New Twin Fossil Shock | Ember
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/the-new-twin-fossil-shock/
Laying the ground for an engagement between research on democratic planning and degrowth/postgrowth.
Identifying the obstacles to a more substantial engagement with debates on planning in the degrowth/postgrowth literature.
Delineating the key requirements and challenges for democratic planning beyond growth..
#sufficiency #degrowth #postgrowth #capitalocene
Planning beyond growth: The case for economic democracy within ecological limits - ScienceDirect
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623045092
Just published: 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 🌿 📈
This new discussion paper by CDE and SDSN Switzerland explores the implications of a regenerative economy for business models.
💡 It argues that the concept of a regenerative economy can only fulfill its ambitious promise of net-positive environmental impact if #sufficiency strategies are explicitly integrated alongside efficiency-enhancing, renewable, and circular strategies.
Go to publication: https://t.ly/D0nGD
Eg har begått ei meiningsytring (!). https://agendamagasin.no/debatt/noysemd-er-eit-politisk-sporsmal/
"How may degrowth, sufficiency and regeneration, three concepts in strongly sustainable organising, be integrated? We present an integrative review of 78 articles,..."
#sufficiency #degrowth
Regeneration, sufficiency and degrowth: an integrative review of organising in a strong sustainability era
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-025-01760-1
Given the transgression of planetary boundaries, ever-rising resource consumption and failure to provide social foundations globally, the call for alternative organising is louder than ever. The sustainable production field must engage with strong sustainability scholarship, that focuses on systemic change. Here, emerging approaches like degrowth, sufficiency and regenerative organising, informed by systems thinking, ecological economics and indigenous knowledges, have surfaced. However, we observe varying interpretations of the concepts (e.g. in some cases used interchangeably while in others juxtaposed) and there has been no comprehensive analysis of their commonalities, divergences and potential tensions. Therefore, we examine the following question: How may degrowth, sufficiency and regeneration, three concepts in strongly sustainable organising, be integrated? We present an integrative review of 78 articles, focused on the organization-level, based on (1) Definitions, (2) Identified problem, (3) Principles, (4) Agents of change, and (5) Trade-offs. Our study reveals that the concepts share many commonalities, but whereas sufficiency and degrowth portray a capitalist critique and limits discourse, regeneration appears less unified. Further, we identify three tensions: Firstly, the use of research perspectives which do not match with strong sustainability (and corresponding risks of conceptual flexibility). Secondly, differentiated importance attributed to profit and ownership. Thirdly, the tension between ideal-type concepts and the broader economic context, which encompasses strategic considerations. We conclude that although the three concepts share a common foundation in strong sustainability, their divergent practical application precludes integration. Finally, we propose a future research agenda related to the identified tensions, to inspire careful cross-fertilization among strong sustainability researchers.
🌍 The latest CUSP Newsletter is live now. // Co-director @ProfTimJackson reflects on aggressive expansionism, rising militarism, and justice systems that punish protest while shielding atrocities—arguing that what's done in the name of growth, law, and defence is the very opposite of prosperity, justice, and security.
🆕 Plus new research and activities from across the CUSP community.
➡️ https://share.sender.net/campaigns/geG7/bread-and-circuses-cusp-newsletter-june-2026
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#Postgrowth #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #BeyondGrowth #Sufficiency #TheCareEconomy
"..., resilient, self-reliant food systems should promote “more diverse, just, and locally rooted agroecological food systems that reduce dependence on fossil fuels and external inputs, and support smaller-scale producers and local and territorial markets.”
#degrowth #agroecology #sufficiency
As global shocks mount, a new report calls for resilient, self-reliant food systems
Mathieu Triclot
RoberttheReader
CDE, University of Bern
Kjerstin Gjengedal
CUSP 
