Reducing consumption is the most impactful yet least explored strategy in economic transition. A crucial question therefore remains: what does it mean to let go of consumption, and what loss comes with it? In this project, 100 participants stop buying new clothes for six months. Art, community and science come together in an experiment where loss, behavioural change and new values take centre stage. Insights feed directly into De Kast van de Stad: a permanent urban facility where sharing and reuse become the norm as a scalable alternative to the current consumption model, developed with provincial and regional partners.
Economic transition: the costs and benefits of (in)action
What does an economy look like that focuses not on GDP growth, but on well-being, ecology and justice?
What is needed to achieve this sustainable economy and how is our current economic system holding back these changes?
We are exploring these questions from a practical perspective as part of the program: ‘Economic transition: the costs and benefits of (in)action’. Together with partners from academia, the professional sector, government and social movements, we are working to shape this transition, set it in motion and anchor it. In doing so, we actively apply knowledge in practice to bring about a transformation of our current economic system.