Presentation Slides

This treasure trove of degrowth presentation slides is freely available for download, designed to empower you to inspire change, challenge the status quo, and engage audiences towards taking collective action. So go put yourself out there! Classrooms, community meetings, HOAs, online forums, churches, mosques, synagogues, city halls, Sunday BBQs, and workplaces all count.

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Introduction to Degrowth

This presentation is a wonderfully visualised story of growth and degrowth. This presentation is perfect for an introductory workshop or talk about degrowth. These slides were made by Erin Remblance - external link, co-founder of (re)Biz - external link "the most (re)volutionary leadership workshop on the planet".

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How to Give a Degrowth Workshop

This crafted workshop outline is designed to equip you with the knowledge and tools needed to introduce the basic concepts and ideas of degrowth to an audience. It includes information about …

To Grow or Not to Grow?

This beautiful presentation starts with critiques of a growth-based society, then presents a hopeful vision for a degrowth society and ends with actionable strategies for systems change. This presentation is perfect for a slightly more eco-conscious audience. These slides were made by Tadeáš Žďárský a member of Nazemi - external link, an organisation promoting degrowth ideas (among many other things) in the Czech Republic.

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Introduction to Degrowth (London)

This presentation takes us through a detailed history of growth, and its critiques, and proposes degrowth as a solution including actionable steps for the audience. This presentation includes speaker notes to guide the presenter and is adapted to the London/UK context. This presentation is perfect for a slightly more eco-conscious audience. These slides were made by members of Degrowth London - external link.

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Check out these 26 presentations, activities, workshops and more made by Endlich Wachstum - external link, FairBindung - external link, and Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie - external link, that revolve around many topics within the concept of "beyond growth". These are all in English and include guides and instructions for all of the activities.

Check them out here!

Beyond Degrowth - Global South Perspectives

This presentation is about post-development worldviews that push us to think beyond degrowth. It is filled with real-life examples of radical alternatives as well as a framework of transformation emerging from grounded alternatives. This presentation is perfect for people who are already aware of degrowth and want to expand their knowledge beyond it. These slides were made by members of Ashish Kothari - external link, co-founder of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives. - external link

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Degrowth for The General Public (Netherlands)

This presentation is a simple but sweet and hopeful introduction to degrowth in general within the Dutch (Netherlands) context. It also includes speaker notes to help guide the presenter throughout the presentation. This presentation is perfect for a general public audience. These slides were made by members of Ontgroei - external link, The Degrowth Movement in the Netherlands.

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Ever wish you had a detailed outline on how to give an "Introduction to Degrowth" workshop? We've got you! Our workshop outline includes tips, planning advice, sources and extra info to make it as easy as possible for you to spread the ideas of degrowth in your communities.

Acces the outline here!

Degrowth for Scientists

This presentation is more complex than the others yet gives a detailed overview of degrowth, policy proposals and critiques of growth. This presentation is perfect for a more academically inclined audience. These slides were made by Valentin Sagvosdkin - external link a researcher at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences.

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