Sufficiency in Practice: Theories, Discourses, and Experiments for Sustainable Futures
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Could "enough" be the most radical idea in sustainability — this conference session tests whether sufficiency theory can actually reshape how societies consume and live?
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Theory Briefing
- A two-part STS 2026 session in Graz examines sufficiency not as an ideal but as a lived practice with real experimental evidence.
- Sufficiency theory challenges growth-based economics by arguing that capping consumption — not just greening it — is key to sustainability.
- The Swiss Sufficiency Lab co-hosts the session, signaling growing institutional momentum behind post-growth and degrowth frameworks in academia.