Episode #30 of “Becoming a post-growth planner: obstacles and challenges to changing roles and practices” with Dr Anitra Nelson (University of Melbourne, Australia). In conversation with Dr Christian Lamker (University of Groningen, the Netherlands).
“Post-growth plannng is opening a debate and action on a social and material transformation to a more equitable and just relation between us and between us and earth”. Talking about the work on the ‘Routledge Handbook of Degrowth’ (published in 2025) and looking back and forward on history and futures of degrowth, post-growth, and housing. Focusing on horizontalism and explicit and implicit horizontal approaches in the degrowth movement. Explaining experiences with eco-collaborative housing communities and intentional collective housing. Uncovering conflicts and tensions between degrowth and cities, as well as showing prefigurative examples therein. How might we plan for mare sharing, caring, and commoning?
You might want to read or listen into the following works that are related to this episode:
- Horizontalism – a Degrowth Strategy. By Vincent Liegey, Anitra Nelson, Terry Leahy on 20 March 2026: https://degrowth.info/de/blog/horizontalism-a-degrowth-strategy
- Nelson, A. (Ed.). (2025). Routledge Handbook of Degrowth. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032650159
- Nelson, A., & Chatterton, P. (2022). Dwelling beyond growth. In F. Savini, A. Ferreira, & K. C. von Schönfeld (Eds.), Post-Growth Planning: Cities beyond the market economy (pp. 49–62). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003160984-6
- Liegey, V., & Nelson, A. (2020). Exploring degrowth: A critical guide. FireWorks. Pluto Press.
- Nelson, A., & Schneider, F. (Eds.). (2019). Routledge environmental humanities. Housing for degrowth: Principles, models, challenges and opportunities. Routledge.
- Nelson, A. (2018). Small Is Necessary: Shared Living on a Shared Planet. Pluto Press.
- Degrowth – Global and Local. Guest Lecture in the course ‘Critical Approaches to Global Sustainability Challenges’ at the University of Groningen on 07 March 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnJLAZjUyoA
This episode is also available on YouTube (channel: @postgrowthplan).