Transformative learning for degrowth centers care in formal, non-formal, and informal learning, fostering supportive and empathetic relationships that value interconnectedness. For example, community gardening projects can create spaces where individuals collaborate to grow food, building connections while nurturing the environment. Similar activities that bring together people to collectively work on subsistence projects focused on meeting basic needs-such as food, water, shelter, and energy can encourage dialogue and understanding about sustainability, reinforcing the idea that our well-being is deeply intertwined with that of other species and the planet. Moreover, transformative learning for degrowth recognizes the importance of reproductive work - the unpaid, often invisible labor of caregiving and maintaining households - and how these care responsibilities affect people's time, energy, and ability to participate. Equally essential is placing accessibility and the inclusion of people with disabilities at the center of degrowth practices, including the learning spaces and degrowth initiatives.
Metaphor: Flourishing Garden 🌼
Transformative Learning is a flourishing garden tended with care, where each plant is nurtured not in isolation but as part of a living web that includes the soil, insects, water, and air.
Activities
Our selection of potential activities for our Principle#6
