Milton Parc, Workshop on Degrowth
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The movement for a “sustainable” or “convivial” degrowth of the economy in our societies has been gaining momentum for almost twenty years. This movement, in addition to criticizing the pursuit of economic growth, espouses three key principles: produce less, share more, and decide together (Abraham, 2019). But how can such a course of action be implemented in practice? One way, according to the “growth objectors,” is to try to organize our subsistence within the framework of the commons. Accomplishing this objective is less a question of inventing a new form of social life than of rediscovering one that, despite having been marginalized, has never ceased to exist. For this purpose, we can draw inspiration from remarkable initiatives like the Milton Parc community in Montreal, which for over thirty years has provided housing for 1,500 people in a way that is entirely consistent with the principles of degrowth.
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Le mouvement en faveur d’une décroissance « soutenable » ou « solidaire » de l’économie dans nos sociétés prend de l’ampleur depuis bientôt vingt ans. Au-delà de la critique de la course à la croissance économique, ce mouvement formule une triple revendication : produire moins, partager plus et décider ensemble (Abraham, 2019). Mais comment concrètement mettre en œuvre de tels principes? Notamment en tentant d’organiser notre subsistance dans le cadre de « communs », suggèrent les « objecteurs de croissance ». Pour ce faire, il s’agit moins d’inventer que de redécouvrir une forme de vie sociale qui n’a en fait jamais cessé d’exister, même lorsqu’elle a été marginalisée. Et l’on peut s’inspirer d’initiatives remarquables telles que celle de la Communauté Milton Parc à Montréal, qui depuis plus de trente ans maintenant permet à 1 500 personnes de se loger d’une manière tout à fait cohérente avec les principes de la décroissance.
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