It’s becoming really annoying.

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    6 months ago

    Degrowth

    From your source:

    "For world economic equality to be achieved with the currently available resources, proponents say rich countries would have to reduce their standard of living through degrowth. "

    Can I ask what measures you’ve taken in your life to reduce your standard of living to match the degrowth goal?

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      6 months ago

      Can I ask what measures you’ve taken in your life to reduce your standard of living to match the degrowth goal?

      Buy local products, buy conflict-free, slave-free, or fair trade products whenever possible, most of my belongings are second hand or have been in my possession for a long time (the oldest piece of clothing I was gifted is about 40 years old, the oldest I bought about 20), don’t own a car and public transport is taken whenever possible, short distances are by bike or foot, food waste is nearly 0, etc.

      How about you?

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        6 months ago

        How about you?

        First, I’m not bound by your measurements because I’m not advocating your Degrowth position. You, however, are.

        I’m taking a slightly different path to sustainability. I live closer to the food which drastically reduces the carbon consumption needed to bring it to me. That does require owning a car. However, my house and my car are powered by sunlight from the panels on my roof collecting it. I work from home so that also means I’m not commuting, reducing my car usage significantly. My hobby is electronics repair, so I get non-working TVs etc, from the waste stream, repair them and return them to service reducing the need for new units to be produced.