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SUMMARY:What is Degrowth? A Track for a Sustainable Future
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DESCRIPTION:Please join the Environmental Policy and Culture Program on May 28 for a talk about degrowth. Degrowth Institute's John Mulrow and Jason Barahona Rosales will present a dialogue focused on the growth imperative\, a cultural and structural need for GDP growth to ensure social stability.  Description:  The growth imperative is a cultural and structural need for GDP growth to ensure social stability. Due to this growth imperative\, savings created by technological advancements in efficiency are continually redeployed to serve the need for economic expansion. We'll explore how this dynamic helps to uncover why the health of our planet continues to worsen despite the work of well-intentioned sustainability efforts. In order to reconcile this challenge\, we propose a just\, democratic transition to a smaller global economy.  Bios:  John Mulrow is executive director of the Degrowth Institute and an adjunct professor of sustainability and environmental engineering at Purdue University. John’s career background spans corporate sustainability consulting\, climate action advocacy\, and sustainable development. He has led decarbonization and waste reduction projects for organizations including Google\, McDonald’s\, the State of Illinois\, and the UN Refugee Agency in Zambia. John holds a PhD and MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago\, as well as a BS in Earth Systems from Stanford University.  Jason Barahona Rosales is the program coordinator at Degrowth Institute. He majored in Interdisciplinary Agriculture with a focus in Bioengineering and minored in Political Science at Purdue University\, where he also led the Degrowth Colloquium for students\, faculty\, and staff. At Degrowth Institute he works on highlighting the preexisting work directly and indirectly related to challenging the need for endless economic growth and empowering others to participate in this challenge.  Through his work\, Jason seeks to form new combinations of solidarity to achieve social and ecological justice.
LOCATION:Crowe Hall\, room 1132\, 1860 Campus Drive\, Evanston\, IL 60208
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URL:https://planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/642534
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