Category: Degrowth

Migikata Sagari!

April 26, 2026 By arne hendriks Off

Migikata agari is a Japanese phrase that means right shoulder rising. Frequently used at the end of business meetings this rallying call is physically expressed by trusting the right shoulder up. In so doing the shoulderline creates an upward slope, effectively turning the body into…

Degrowth: Down to the Kohr

January 31, 2017 By arne hendriks Off

Leopold Kohr was an economist and political scientist known for his opposition to the “cult of bigness” in social organisation and the inspiration for Fritz Schumacher’s iconic publication Small is beautiful and the Degrowth movement. Here are two quotes from his 1951 book The Breakdown of Nations. On…

Towards the 6th Stage

April 1, 2014 By arne hendriks 0

An often heard criticism of the theory of shrinking ourselves to reach a sustainable human presence on Earth is that in the long run we’ll fill up the space we’ve created with more people and that, even at a much smaller size, we may be worse…