Federico Savini on Degrowth and Its Future
From Frontiers of Commoning, with David Bollier by The Schumacher Center for a New Economics, David Bollier
March 1, 2026 · 51 min · Episode 72
About this episode
Federico Savini discusses the current state and future of the degrowth movement, including its challenges and potential solutions.
Federico Savini, a professor in environmental planning at the University of Amsterdam, talks about the state of the degrowth movement today -- its priorities, challenges, and hotspots of possibility. As the author of the book 'Post-Growth Planning' and many essays on degrowth, Savini advocates many policy changes that could make agriculture, energy, transit, and social services more ecologically sustainable. Of course, degrowth as a political agenda faces formidable challenges, especially in the US and Europe. But coming to terms with climate change will ultimately require reducing economic growth, which is tightly linked to carbon emissions usage. Projects based on commons, the Solidarity Economy, cooperatives, cosmo-local production, bioregionalism, mutual aid, and more, offer promising pathways forward. More on the commons at https://www.bollier.org. For more on the commons, go to www.Bollier.org.
People in this episode
Host: David Bollier
Guest: Federico Savini
Topics covered
- degrowth
- environmental planning
- sustainability
- climate change
- commons
- policy changes
Keywords
- degrowth
- sustainability
- climate change
- commons
- policy changes
- agriculture
- energy
- transit
- social services
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Amsterdam, Schumacher Center for a New Economics
Books & works: Post-Growth Planning
More episodes of Frontiers of Commoning, with David Bollier
- Brave New Alps: Catalyzing a Rural Resurgence through Commoning · June 1, 2026 · 45 min
- 'Ecocivilization': Jeremy Lent's Bracing Vision of System Change · May 1, 2026 · 50 min
- Benjamin Mako Hill on the Distinctive Dynamics of Online Collaboration · April 1, 2026 · 44 min
- Stéphanie Leyronas on France's Bold Experiment in Commons-based Development · February 1, 2026 · 40 min
- Lewis Hyde on Gift Economies & Cultural Commons · January 1, 2026 · 36 min
- Stephanie Rearick on Building Social Wealth through Mutual Aid · December 4, 2025 · 45 min
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Frontiers of Commoning, with David Bollier podcast page.