What is it about?
In the search for a meaningful way of addressing the severe environmental and social crises, we propose applying the concept of sufficiency: the idea of ‘enoughness’. In this book we have asked what sufficiency could mean in the contexts of affluence, technology, and population – root causes of the crises.
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Why is it important?
Sufficiency provides an alternative ethos that goes against the imperatives of growth-driven economics and growth-dependent societies. Surely, sufficiency might be perceived as an ill fit in the current political climate and deemed as impossible to implement because it entails reductions in a time when growth is still hegemonic. Yet, the authors of this volume find that challenging the growth-driven status quo is exactly what is needed now, when transformative change is desperately needed.
Perspectives
In times when conventional, growth-driven mindsets fail to provide solutions for the great challenges of our era, I believe sufficiency can serve as a powerful guiding star. Sufficiency is an ethos that supports developing solution-oriented visions grounded in ecological sustainability and social justice.
Tina Nyfors
University of Helsinki
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This page is a summary of: Conclusion: Sufficiency-Driven Change, December 2025, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004746404_014.
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