Degrowth movement growing in Canada

Having hosted the first degrowth conference in North America in Vancouver last month, there’s been a little flurry of articles from Canada on the subject. Here’s a bit of a roundup on the debate:

• Forget the GDP, urges Elizabeth May, head of Canada’s Green party

• “Degrowth is going to be the major issue of the century“, UBC professor Bill Rees tells straight.com

• The Vancouver Observer blog runs the quote from the conference that ‘sustainable growth is an oxymoron‘

• Rabble.ca interviews John de Graaf about degrowth, affluenza and taking back your time

• The degrowth movement is growing, writes Derrick O’Keefe for the Tyee