Post Growth Institute

06/22/2026

Introducing: a journal with no beginning and no end.

Cycles of Gaia launches Kickstarter for a 52-card journal designed to be kept for years, layering a writer’s seasonal observations against 3 decades of data tracking the average leafing, flowering, and fruiting schedules of 20 native tree and shrub species.

Unlike conventional planners, the journal cycles back around each year, allowing a writer to add new observations alongside the entries they made the year before — and the year before that.

“Most journals ask you to start over every January. This one asks you to come back,” said Erik Assadourian, founder and director of Cycles of Gaia. “When you write in the same week year after year, you stop measuring time the way a calendar measures it and start measuring it the way the land does.”

The journal is printed on 12-point cardstock and housed in a rigid, recycled chipboard sleeve designed to protect the pages and serve as a writing surface in the field.

Learn more and support bringing this journal to life: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaianway/cycles-of-gaia-perpetual-nature-journal

The Gaian Way

06/09/2026

Post Growth Fellow, Ashanti Kunene challenges those of us working toward , post-extractive futures to look beyond recognition and ask: whose knowledge are we actually beginning from?

The article traces how dominant ideas about wealth, authority, and economic life have been shaped by colonial and racial hierarchies, and asks what changes when we treat Black, African, Global South, and ancestral knowledge systems not as case studies, but as starting points.

Read "The Black Papers" and Ashanti's insights: https://medium.com/postgrowth/narratives-for-wealth-systems-change-a7020fee0b20?source=friends_link&sk=837a7a50ca2089ad26dab3e3774b6d28

05/29/2026

Malaysia is pursuing policies that protect the natural world instead of draining it.

The Planetary Health Action Plan moves away from a narrow focus on economic growth to prioritise the health of people and the planet.

Join Professor Emerita Dr. Asma Ismail, Chair of the National Planetary Health Action Plan, for a webinar on June 4 at 8 AM UTC with the Wellbeing Economy Policymakers Network. Organised in partnership with ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies.

🌏Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/7qxA1tw_Rm-KhH6UzPEWgA #/registration

WEAll - Wellbeing Economy Alliance

05/04/2026

The Post Growth Fellowship brings together researchers, creatives, community organizers, entrepreneurs, and activists from around the world.

Now in its fifth year, the program continues to explore new approaches to our economic systems, nurturing pathways towards life beyond growth.

As we begin another cycle of shared learning and exchange, we’re excited to introduce the 2026 Post Growth Fellows – check out their brief bios here: https://medium.com/postgrowth/introducing-the-2026-post-growth-fellows-ac99f98e9822?source=friends_link&sk=18c8e63ad69cf4f623186363e34bbbe8

Impact Hub Ankara, Social Solidarity Economy Studies Center, Living Story Landscapes Project

04/28/2026

Fundraising can be fun. the emergence network (ten) is experimenting with playful inquiry and new ways of this season.

Enter the and play in ten’s flash festivities until May 8 to cover this month’s $3K USD operating expenses.

Rules of the game?

⭐ Donate any amount between $21 - $386 USD: https://opencollective.com/the-emergence-network/events/flash-funding-festivities-e82dbf92

⭐ If your amount appears on the card, your name will be placed down. If ten gets a FULL bingo card in the next two weeks, EVERYONE who donated gets a little gift in the mail

⭐ If the $3K goal is reached by May 8, the raffle will be held with the names of ALL donors – three random winners will receive a ten goodie bag

Be sure to include your name and email address when you make your donation to be included in the raffle and gifts!

Aerin M. Dunford, Bayo Akomolafe

04/23/2026

Register now for the world’s only global sociocracy conference!

On May 7, sociocracy practitioners across different sectors, locations, and walks of life will gather online to share implementation stories and learnings to support a stronger movement.

If your organization is looking for clearer leadership and stronger governance that is rooted in decentralized democracy, equitable dynamics, and practical skills, this is the place for you.

Sliding scale tickets are available, register for limited time access to recordings: https://www.sociocracyforall.org/sociocracy-conference-2026/

Sociocracy For All

This 2026 Sociocracy Conference brings together sociocracy practitioners across different sectors, locations, and walks of life to share implementation stories and learning for a stronger movement for shared power.

04/16/2026

Shareable’s beloved Libraries of Things toolkit has been fully revamped!

Libraries of Things (LoTs) are community hubs that operate on the familiar model of a library, but extend borrowing beyond books to other items like gardening and power tools, musical instruments, cooking equipment, and more.

There are roughly 2,000 formal LoTs worldwide, along with countless informal ones and networks dedicated to sharing.

Explore the toolkit–including written and video guidance–to help you start (and grow!) a Library of Things in YOUR community at and shareable.net/toolkit/library-of-things

04/16/2026

Shareable’s beloved Libraries of Things toolkit has been fully revamped!

Libraries of Things (LoTs) are community hubs that operate on the familiar model of a library, but extend borrowing beyond books to other items like gardening and power tools, musical instruments, cooking equipment, and more.

There are roughly 2,000 formal LoTs worldwide, along with countless informal ones and networks dedicated to sharing.

Explore the toolkit–including written and video guidance–to help you start (and grow!) a Library of Things in YOUR community: https://www.shareable.net/toolkit/library-of-things/

04/07/2026

The Post Growth Fellowship returns for 2026! We’re thrilled to introduce the fifth cohort of Post Growth Fellows.

From April to November, we journey with an inspiring cohort of 24 researchers, creatives, activists, and community organizers as they share bold, grounded examples of life beyond capitalism.

Subscribe to our monthly newsletter and follow us on Medium at Post Growth Perspectives for the latest learnings and insights: https://postgrowth.org/newsletter/

Impact Hub Ankara, Social Solidarity Economy Studies Center, Living Story Landscapes Project

03/31/2026

Meet Obutaka, the indigenous land-governance wisdom of Buganda.

For over 30 months, Regenar Development Initiative has been listening to the land, residents, landowners, and future generations.

Now they are preparing to host a gathering on April 6 with Kiwaatule's residents to activate a local economy of collective healing centered on youth, wetland restoration, food and energy sovereignty, waste management, non-extractive finance, and culture.

Support the transition from landlord to landsteward by helping the community reach its $8K goal to gather with dignity – over 40% of funds have already been raised!

🫱🏾‍🫲🏻 Learn more directly from the organizers: Abdul Semakula at [email protected]

🌱 Donate now: https://opencollective.com/terranwatershed/projects/nalubaaga-valley-regeneration/contribute/re-trusting-building-bridges-of-trust-82531/