This week I’m feeling very appreciative of art, and in particular the role of art in opening up social possibilities, new mindsets, and courage. In a moment where the sustainability community—and, to be fair, much of “awake” humanity—is focused on the COP28 Summit, a nexus and possible inflection point for science and diplomacy, it str...

The long break since my last post is the result of human events familiar to us all: medical crises affecting aging parents, a holiday to visit a child. In any rich life you reap the benefits and perform the duties inherent in the care and feeding of relationships, but sometimes they rush at you all at once. I’m trying to see this busy ...

In previous posts I’ve discussed the need to distinguish between Green Growth and Beyond Growth, and the themes connecting the efforts of pioneer companies to escape growth dependency in order to be less extractive and focused on broader prosperity outcomes. These macro observations about where business is headed beg two further questi...

The French have a gift for elevating often mundane products simply by bestowing an elegant name on it. Croque monsieur will always justify a higher price than its American cousin, the grilled cheese (sandwich; the equivalent American linguistic gift is brevity). Portmanteau is one of my favourite examples: conjuring the image of two bo...

Most businesses claim to be acting in their consumers’ best interests, typically in narrow cost or convenience terms. We make your money go further! Less time doing this awful chore means more time trying to catch that adorable puppy who’s—uh-oh—got hold of a live hosepipe again! The promotional techniques are so prolific they’ve becom...

The two week hiatus since my last post, though doubtless painful to my subscribers, was imposed by my move from London to the English Midlands. We have already been heartily welcomed by some of our new neighbours, a wonderful and very post-growthy outpouring of community spirit and lawnmower-sharing. As often happens when people meet m...

Most weeks I get mixed signals of progress towards a better world. On Tuesday I attended an inspiring lecture on regenerative economics, and on Thursday I celebrated the public launch of The Post Growth Guide, a pioneering source of emerging best practice in ethical and sustainable business. I also interviewed with a sustainability str...

In my last post I highlighted five themes across the Post Growth Pioneer (PGP) businesses I studied for my Sustainable Development research project: 1. Enlightened growth aspiration setting 2. Post growth capital structure and investor relations 3. Non-financial employee remuneration 4. Stakeholder partnership orientation 5. Mission- /...

I am in no position to lecture anyone about adapting their lifestyle to fight the climate crisis. I’ve lived in spacious homes and owned unnecessarily powerful cars all my adult life. I’ve travelled to to dozens of countries on five continents and am in the million-mile club of a major international airline. While an imperfect work in ...

The climate science makes clear that endless economic growth on a finite planet is unsustainable. Human economic activity has already compromised several critical “planetary boundaries”, a measure of integrity of the systems that support life on Earth. This sobering indictment—that our economic activity has caused these breaches, and t...

My name’s Jeremy, and I’ve helped the world economy grow for the past 30 years. There, that feels good to say. Especially as, thanks to the support of many friends, family members, and a few heterodox economists, I’ve undergone a thorough treatment programme and can say I am now—personally and professionally—‘post growth’. That isn’t t...