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Donnie Maclurcan

@donmacca.bsky.social
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Passionate about equitable #postgrowth futures beyond capitalism; and matching offers and needs. Co-founder and Director of Strategy at the Post Growth Institute. He/him. Views are mine.

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NPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly) @npquarterly.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Learning from a Near-Death Experience: How to Survive a Budget Crisis nonprofitquarterly.org/learning-fro... @postgrowth.org‬
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Learning from a Near-Death Experience: How to Survive a Budget Crisis - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
At the Post Growth Institute, a budget crunch in late 2023 and early 2024 could have sunk us. Instead, we found in solidarity economics tools for surviving and thriving.
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks! @rebekkakoeppel.bsky.social
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 24/08/2026
One of the most consequential lies ever told was nature = wilderness. Pre-colonial landscapes were not wilderness. They were designed and managed by Indigenous civilizations. Register for Dr. Lyla June's course with Gaia Education enabling effective change: www.gaiaeducation.org/indigenous-s...
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Indeed - it's been a while!
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 09/06/2026
Post Growth Fellow, Ashanti Kunene challenges those of us working toward #postgrowth futures to look beyond recognition and ask: what changes when we treat Black, African, Global South, and ancestral knowledge systems not as case studies, but as starting points. medium.com/postgrowth/n...
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 22/06/2026
Cycles of Gaia launches Kickstarter for a 52-card journal designed to be kept for years. Unlike conventional planners, this journal returns to the same week each year and features 30 years of data to track seasonal changes. Learn more and support now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gai... #postgrowth
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Cycles of Gaia Perpetual Nature Journal
A uniquely circular, 52 page yearly journal for keeping in rhythm with your environment
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 19/03/2026
Sadaqah Jariyah - an Islamic concept of continuous charity, could serve as a potential alternative to growth dependency. 2025 #PostGrowth Fellow Aisha Marzuki explores what we can learn from traditions that design systems around circulation rather than accumulation: medium.com/postgrowth/j...
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Jariyah Legacies and The Well That Keeps Giving
A field guide for rethinking how resources move — and daily practices to integrate circulation into your life and legacy.
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 23/04/2026
Register now for the world’s only global #sociocracy conference! Sliding scale tickets available: www.sociocracyforall.org/sociocracy-c... Practitioners from different sectors will gather online to share implementation stories to support a stronger movement. @sociocracyforall.bsky.social
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2026 Sociocracy Conference - Sociocracy For All
This 2026 Sociocracy Conference brings together sociocracy practitioners across different sectors, locations, and walks of life to share implementation stories and learning for a stronger movement for...
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 04/05/2026
The Post Growth Fellowship brings together researchers, creatives, community organizers, entrepreneurs, and activists from around the world. Introducing the fifth cohort of 2026 Post Growth Fellows – check out their brief bios here: medium.com/postgrowth/i... #postgrowth #postgrowthalliance
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Introducing the 2026 Post Growth Fellows
A global cohort reimagining economies, communities, and life beyond growth.
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 18/03/2026
📢 The Post Growth Alliance (PGA) is back for 2026! The PGA is a solidarity hub and social media co-op service for 40 global groups. 💡“Hack the algorithm” and uplift worldwide initiatives with us – all without paying for ads and boost. Join the alert system: postgrowthalliance.org/become-a-sup...
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 20/02/2026
The next public Offers & Needs Markets (OANM) is on Tues, Feb 24 @ 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT / 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM UTC! The OANM is an opportunity to experience #postgrowth economies in action. 👉 Register now and share widely, it's free / pay-what-you-can: offersandneeds.com/experience/
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Experience an OANM - The Offers and Needs Market
You never know when your life will be changed by an encounter—and if you’re looking to increase your chances of a beneficial connection, join the Post Growth Institute’s virtual Offers and Needs Market.
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 16/02/2026
Donnie Maclurcan, our Director of Strategy, will be speaking at @scoteconfest.bsky.social in Edinburgh, March 19-21! The festival is a unique celebration designed to challenge, inform, and inspire. Get your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/scotl... @donmacca.bsky.social #postgrowth
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 26/01/2026
Congratulations to Post Growth Institute (PGI) Associate Lena Bjärskog on the publication of her new #book in Swedish, ‘Ekonomi för en hållbar värld’ (‘Economy for a Sustainable World’)! Lena shares how her time at the PGI influenced her book: medium.com/postgrowth/h... #postgrowth
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 19/01/2026
#COP30 was widely described as “the Indigenous COP.” But what does participation really mean? Post Growth Fellows, WarīNkwī Flores, Kaime Silvestre, and Josephine Ewoma, along with PGI team member Felipe Cortines, reflect on what unfolded in Brazil. Listen now: medium.com/postgrowth/t...
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 17/12/2025
Our friends at @share-able.bsky.social just launched a new website! Now it’s easier than ever to share their library of free resources, including hundreds of “how-to" guides, inspiring community stories, and step-by-step toolkits covering mutual aid, solidarity economies, and more: www.shareable.net
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Thanks Erlend, while it moves in an adjacent direction and it's not the refined list you're asking for, there's also the Degrowth Database: explore.degrowth.net/the-degrowth...
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The Degrowth Database | Explore degrowth
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 15/12/2025
(EN/FR) WoMin @wominafrica.bsky.social is a Pan African ecofeminist alliance supporting peasant and working-class women build post-extractivist, ecologically just, and women-centred futures. Check out their newsletter: 💡English: mailchi.mp/womin/newsle... 💡French: mailchi.mp/womin/newsle...
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Thanks @erlend.sh!
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Enjoyed unpacking #postgrowth with @michaelmezz.bsky.social! #degrowth #capitalism #postcapitalism
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 08/12/2025
[KO/JA] 📽 The International Degrowth Network's Asia circle is organising a screening of the film ‘The Cost of Growth’! 1️⃣ Stream the film on Kinema before 18 Dec for $1: kinema.com/events/The-C... 2️⃣ Join a free, virtual commentary on 18 Dec, 7-8:30pm (UCT+8): tinyurl.com/cogdiscussio...
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 03/12/2025
What if we made…good meetings the norm? Make high quality listening the norm. Make healthy, shared power the norm. Learn how to align decision-making + organizational life with humans through Sociocracy Academy hosted by @sociocracyforall.bsky.social: www.sociocracyforall.org/academy/
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 01/12/2025
The 7th 'Surviving the Future: The Deeper Dive' only has 18 spots left! This experience is offered on a 'pay what's right for you' basis. This is your chance to slow down and explore responses as part of a small global community. Register now: survivingthefuture.darkoptimism.org/thedeeperdive2026
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Surviving the Future: The Deeper Dive
For those seeking insights and allies to help themselves and their localities through profound change. The Deeper Dive is an opportunity to slow down, pull back, and explore responses as part of a sma...
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 28/11/2025
Post Growth Fellow, Emilia Roig releases her latest book titled Lieber Sohn — oder: So rettest du die Welt (‘Dear Son — or: How You Save the World’), inviting us to center life in a world governed by capital. Hear more in our interview with her: postgrowth.medium.com/centering-li...
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Centering Life: Radical Care as a Foundation for Systemic Change
Imagining a world beyond capital, and the small but significant steps we can take to move towards it.
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 17/11/2025
Disrupt Development’s Barbara Nöst offers insights for fundraising specialists riding the wave of international non-governmental organization development (INGO.) Read the full interview and learn about Disrupt Development’s skillsets in building a post-growth future: www.linkedin.com/pulse/full-i...
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 12/11/2025
Post Growth Fellow, Joshua Konkankoh, a Cameroonian elder and community organizer, shares his vision for an African Peace Village in Portugal. The initiative is urgently looking for a volunteer to design a website — spread the word & learn about ways to engage: medium.com/postgrowth/c...
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 13/10/2025
#GlobalDonutDays 2025 | TOMORROW! 🌐 From Oct 14 to 17, GDD is back, a community-led festival happening online and in-person around the world, all centered on #DoughnutEconomics. Find out more information here: doughnuteconomics.org/gdd2025 #postgrowthalliance @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 05/10/2025
People around the world are hungry for economic systems change. Reclaim the Economy Week is a new moment for us to amplify and showcase the many ways we can redesign our economies. Join info sessions on 6th October at 8am/2pm UTC and take action: zoom.us/meeting/regi... #postgrowthalliance
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
@scottsantens.com Given all money in a bank account somewhere is matched by debt elsewhere and, under your proposals, money is still accumulating, albeit more slowly (i.e., it's still capitalism), debt must keep accumulating too. My question then: in your system, where's the debt accumulating?
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Thanks for asking. I'm worried about debt because it's often missed in #UBI conversations and has real impacts on the ability of households (and businesses) to meet their needs.
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Thanks Scott - I hear you. However, if capital is accumulating (in the aggregate) in bank accounts of the wealthiest households/companies, then that means the 'corresponding' debt hast to be held elsewhere. I don't see how any policy, smart or otherwise, could change this phenomenon, mathematical.
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 16/09/2025
otherWise: a cosmolocal learning community. otherWise hosts small, place-rooted gatherings and deep, slow virtual inquiry. Explore offerings on a wide range of topics, from gardening and motherhood to grief work to care and creativity at the margins: otherwise.one
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Thx @scottsantens.com. Follow-up q: If, under any UBI scenario all the taxes you describe were enacted, can we agree that (given profit-maximization is still central) net accumulation of money in the bank accounts of the wealthiest households/corporations still occurs, albeit more slowly than now?
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Happy #freemoneyday! Every Sept. 15 people hand out money to strangers, asking them to keep half, and pass half on, to inspire a more generous world! Today my colleague and I handed out #money in Istanbul. To get involved, visit: freemoneyday.org @postgrowth.org #postgrowth #money #payitforward
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 10/09/2025
[EN/ES] This year's International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples theme was "Indigenous Peoples and AI: Defending Rights, Shaping Futures." Learn more about @SIRGECoalition's efforts to prioritize Indigenous solutions in the energy transition: www.sirgecoalition.org #postgrowthalliance
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Frank Kumli @frankkumli.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Nurturing Innovation! Real #innovation is not a race for the exceptional. It's a long, relational practice of nurturing the conditions from which life-affirming change can grow @unearthodox.bsky.social @postgrowth.org www.linkedin.com/posts/kumli_... #impact
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 18/08/2025
Philanthropic business-as-usual must be composted. Trimita Chakma, Post Growth Fellow, and movement organizers show us how to shift from charity to reparation. 🌄 The guidebook introduces a “sunset gift-making” pilot that moved thousands of dollars and five principles: medium.com/postgrowth/m...
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 13/08/2025
Innovating for systems change is critical. But perhaps even more critical are the ‘containers’ in which such innovation occurs. A report commissioned by @unearthodox.bsky.social and led by the @postgrowth.org offers a roadmap rooted in global lived experiences: unearthodox.org/2025/08/reth...
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 29/07/2025
Join The Gaian Way for a free webinar on Aug 13 at 7 PM ET to explore the Cycles of Gaia curriculum—an interdisciplinary framework that brings ecological literacy to life. Integrate hands-on nature-based learning into your classroom—no matter where you teach. Register now: cyclesofgaia.com/webinar
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 15/07/2025
We can acquaint ourselves with collapse. Sara El-Sayeh, #postgrowth Fellow, introduces micro-dreaming as a way to build bridges between the current world and the one we want to inhabit. Explore this beautiful digital zine and article for inspiring reflections & actions: medium.com/postgrowth/a...
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
What an opportunity!
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 16/06/2025
Join @postcarbon.org and frontline advocates to discuss the microplastic pollution crisis and learn what we – individually and collectively – can do about it. Register for the free webinar on June 24 & receive the recording with a donation: www.resilience.org/stories/2025... @oceana.bsky.social
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Troubled Waters: How Microplastics Are Impacting Our Oceans and Our Health
Microplastic pollution is poisoning nearly everything on the planet—from the deepest parts of the ocean to inside the cells of living beings. In "Troubled Waters: How Microplastics Are Impacting Our O...
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 04/06/2025
There are opportunities to decolonize energy transitions and halt “green colonialism.” Join @postcarbon.org on June 9 to unpack so-called “renewables,” the polycrisis, and pathways towards decolonial energy futures. Register now to receive the recording: www.postcarbon.org/decolonising...
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 28/05/2025
🚨 Shareable releases “Mutual Aid 101: Solidarity, Survival, and Resistance,” a free intro toolkit for mutual aid organizing—from starting a group to sustaining it for the long haul. Download the toolkit & visit their website for more: www.shareable.net/mutual-aid-toolkit @share-able.bsky.social
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 08/05/2025
Galina Angarova, exposes the hidden cost of the green energy transition and calls for a change in mindset. Watch the 14-minute #TedTalk and learn how SIRGE Coalition is working to secure the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the energy transition: www.ted.com/talks/galina...
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The hidden cost of the green transition's mineral rush
What if the race to save the planet is harming the people who protect it? Indigenous advocate Galina Angarova exposes the hidden cost of the green energy transition, where the demand for minerals like...
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I find #sociocracy, and consent-based decision-making, SO powerful, especially in these challenging times. @sociocracyforall.bsky.social is, hands-down, the global leader on sociocratic methods, and now they've brought out even more great free resources!
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 15/04/2025
🌎 Last chance to participate in the University Diploma in New Economies hosted by PINE (Plataforma de Introducción a Nuevas Economías)! Enroll in a unique program featuring 12 supported proposals. ✅ Only 10 spots remain! Discounts available. 👉 Registration closes Apr. 18: nuevaseconomias.org
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Welcome to the 2025 #postgrowth Fellows!
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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · 08/04/2025
Culture Hack Labs launches the Rhizome Fellowship! This 8-month journey for narrative practitioners, artists, journalists, & changemakers provides a supportive, experimental space to develop powerful narrative interventions through the Culture Hack Method. Apply now: www.culturehack.io/rhizome/
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
4/4 The sooner there's wider acceptance of this reality (requiring a lot of ‘letting go’, esp. for those who've built careers on 'moral capitalism' existing/survived oppressive, communistic regimes), the sooner more generative explorations will be starting from the ‘same page’.
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Donnie Maclurcan @donmacca.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
3/4 Commentators keep getting suckered into analysis that's downstream of what’s core to our socio-economic problems: there is no #sustainable, equitable form of #capitalism (mathematically, physically, greenwashingly, techno-utopianistically, crypto-backedly, or otherwise).
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