2020 ⋆ Enough!

Traces of a Viable Future

In each issue of Less we will be speaking to people organising around principles of Degrowth as we seek out the trace elements of a new economy and a new society. For this issue we spoke to Alon Schwabe & Daniel Fernández Pascual from the Climavore project on Skye, to Chris Hellawell founder of the...

Meticulous the Gardener

Meticulous the Gardener by Tawona Ganyamatopé Sitholéthat plant is a weedmeticulous the gardenerdecides with no hesitationgrowing where it shouldn'tso of kukoshahaving noneso here comenecessary tools for necessaryhackinghackingdiggingdiggingthat plantof a thriving populationborn of wind pollinationgrounded such thingearthed by totem beinga weed for weedingand to do it properlyhave to pull from the rootsand that's the land...

Fascism, Brexit and Covid, a Conversation

Luke Devlin from the LESS editorial board, a climate activist from Govan, Glasgow in conversation with Benjamin Zachariah, a scholar of global fascism. Illustration by Andy Arthur.During times of economic contraction, the impacts are felt hardest by those with the least to lose. This often presents an opening for far-right populism who come with...

Grounding Degrowth in Community

Gehan Macleod explores what degrowth means in a time of pandemic where community shifts from being an abstract ideal to an urgent necessity. Illustration by Deborah Mullen. This is from #1 of LESS - a journal of degrowth in Scotland from the Enough! Collective.As we enter the second half of the year 2020, communities...

LESS – a journal of degrowth

Going to the MoonWe are going back to the Moon.In 2023 and 2024 there will be the first woman, and the next man, on the Moon. These landings are planned as the next ‘giant step for mankind’ before creating Moon bases for mining purposes by 2028. In turn, these bases could be the launch...

Launch of LESS, a Journal of Degrowth in Scotland

Enough! Scotland is proud to host the online launch of LESS, a journal on degrowth, radical sufficiency and decolonisation in Scotland, on Friday, November 27 at 5pm.Editors Mike Small, Svenja Meyerricks and Luke Devlin will introduce the main ideas behind the journal, followed by a convivial sharing of music and poetry in the style...

NECESSITY Website Launch: A living archive rooted in social and environmental justice

Enough! is one of many groups and projects featured on a new website that launches this week: www.necessity.infoNECESSITY is a living archive rooted in social and environmental justice. The site aims to share stories, learning and research from across the UK. It supports communities to strengthen and adapt to ongoing economic and climate challenges. It also offers funding to...

New ONLINE SHORT COURSE – Degrowth in Scotland: Degrowing the Economy, Regrowing Our Lives

New Online Short Course6 Weeks Running 6 Oct - 10 Nov 2020Tuesday evenings, 6:30pm - 8:30pmEnough! and the Centre for Human Ecology are offering an online short course (delivered via Zoom) which will introduce participants to the historic gains and problems of economic growth and the principles of degrowth and ecological economics. The course...

Searching for a Decolonised Childhood – Resources for Primary and Secondary Aged Children

The following resources are intended for parents, carers, educators and everyone who takes an interest in decolonising educational resources for children. The list has been compiled by Sapna Agarwal for an Upending conversation on the 9th of July 2020, hosted by Enough! Scotland with support from the Centre for Human Ecology.You can watch...

Learning from Lockdown

What did lockdown reveal about ourselves, our communities, our society, our government? From across Scotland, we want to gather some of the #learningfromlockdown.We want to hear your thoughts; good, bad, indifferent. Personal reflections or political rants. What have we learnt about what really matters? And as the return to ‘normal’ ramps up - what...

Yearly Archives: 2020