We are reading the Toaster Project - a book about the conundrum of modern technology and the growth imperative. Author Thomas Thwaites says, “I wanted to get under the skin of the slick-looking objects that surround us.”

Coffee Hour is open to all disciplinary backgrounds and academic levels.

Fall 2024 Schedule
Every 4th Tuesday, 2:00-3:15pm

We gathered scholars and environmental advocates from across disciplines and institutions to discuss degrowth.

In Spring 2024 we read The Future is Degrowth. TLDR? Every month a different DCH member produces and presents engaging chapter summaries!

A brief introduction to degrowth, with frequently asked questions, and further reading suggestions. Produced collaboratively by members of Degrowth Coffee Hour.

Our Summer 2023 reading is Where Do We Go From Here? by Martin Luther King Jr. Lessons from a master; on movement-building and confronting deeply-seeded cultural values and institutions.

At our monthly coffee hour we dissected Less is More, a treatise on growth imperative and its ecological record, past and future.

January 2023 / In this event for the Imagining a Sustainable Future initiative, researchers will launch a conversation about sustainability, technology, and growth.