Re-Membering the Tuath

Forms of traditional ecological knowledge that have been erected since antiquity in Scotland are ripe for re-imagining. Col Gordon explores ways in which a renewed application of these methods can help transition to sustainable, locally-appropriate forms of agriculture in the post fossil-fuel era.“I hear the storm. They talk to me about progress, about ‘achievements’;...

Other Worlds

Degrowth and Ecology: a Silent PlantingLast night we launched our new issue with the magnificent Stove Network in Dumfries. You can pick up a copy from there, and in the coming weeks across Scotland- check the list of our Hubs here for updates, or order a bundle to help share and distribute by contacting...

LESS #4 – Call for Contributions

LESS is a journal on degrowth, radical sufficiency and decolonisation in Scotland. Issue 4: the ecology issue.With Glasgow's COP26 fading into history as another milestone in industrial civilisations' failure to reckon seriously with the root causes of climate change, the limitations of our ability to handle diffuse, complex risk becomes clearer. Our national and global...

The Anti-D’oh!

Mapping the emotional systems that could drive us to an ecological civilisation by Pat Kane. This is from #2 of LESS our journal of degrowth, radical sufficiency and decolonisation in Scotland. Details of how to get a print copy here.We hear a lot from behavioural science and nudge theory about how susceptible humans...

Between limit and desire: strategic directions in the collapse of industrial civilisation

Hardly anybody has understood that the Covid-19 pandemic is not an isolated and exceptional event, but rather a single moment in a much broader process: ecosocial collapse. By Adrián Almazán and Luis González Reyes, translated by Tom Younger. This is from #2 of LESS, our journal of degrowth, radical sufficiency and decolonisation in Scotland. Details...

LESS, a journal of degrowth

LESS is a journal of degrowth, radical sufficiency and decolonisation in Scotland. Each issue ideas re-imagining our economy, mixing theory and grounded practice, examples of grassroots organisation and visionary ideas for a viable future. We publish in print and distribute across the UK, articles are also published online here.Issue 2 examines degrowth and climate breakdown...

Open Call for LESS #2

LESS is a journal of degrowth, radical sufficiency and decolonisation in Scotland. LESS questions and challenges dominant narratives about what economic progress means in Scotland, and sketches out alternative visions. The focus is on collective and democratic solutions to sustaining livelihoods that meet people’s needs while rising to the threats of climate change, ecocide and...

LESS Issue 1

LESS Issue 1LESS is a journal on degrowth, radical sufficiency and decolonisation in Scotland. LESS questions and challenges dominant narratives about what economic progress means in Scotland, and sketches out alternative visions. The focus is on collective and democratic solutions to sustaining livelihoods that meet people’s needs while rising to the threats of climate change,...

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...