Browsing Theses by Subject "degrowth"
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Cultivating Human and Planetary Health in a Time of Social-Ecological Transformation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-17)Human health is fundamentally dependent on the health of the Earth’s biophysical systems, but continued dependence on economic growth to pursue social goods is rapidly undermining the ecological foundations of health. If ... -
Finding a New Commons: Re-Inhabiting the School in Post-Urban Japan
(University of Waterloo, 2020-03-13)Japan’s megacities are often captured as dense, dynamic and ever-expanding. These images, disseminated in popular media, belie a growing national phenomenon; urban migration, a declining birthrate and an aging population ... -
(Re)Organizing Toronto Households during COVID-19 Lockdown: A case study on an Imposed Degrowth Scenario
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-17)By design or by disaster, the growth-oriented capitalist economy must come to terms with the biophysical limits of our finite planet. Many ecological economists make the intentional contraction – or degrowth – of total ...