Europe must prioritise sustainability and wellbeing over growth

We, system change experts from academia, civil society and cities, have some answers. Last autumn, a group of 238 scientists and 90,000 citizens asked for an end to Europe’s growth dependency and at a Growth in Transition conference in Vienna we made this more concrete. We look beyond increasing GDP towards a positive plan for a post-growth economy.

Our three key leverage points on how to launch a transition towards a thriving society within planetary boundaries advise policy-makers at European, national, regional and municipal levels on ways to confront the still worsening triple crisis of climate change, mass extinction and inequality.

Let’s be honest. Neither the Paris Agreement nor the Aichi Biodiversity Targets nor the current tax regimes are capable of dealing with these existential threats. As a group of scientists just wrote in Science: “The current measures for protecting the climate and biosphere are deeply inadequate”.

Deep changes are not only needed, but also wanted. A recent and massive poll taken all over Europe showed that a majority of Europeans now consider that the environment should be a priority even at the expense of growth.

Broad agreement was found on three major systemic changes. These three leaps are not excluding other solutions, but they all three are urgent, possible, needed, wanted and game-changing. They do require a visionary mindset and a can-do attitude. They require a mind shift away from incremental thinking, the mindset that has brought us to this point of crisis.

The first major change is to dethrone King GDP and crown Queen Wellbeing.

People want to thrive in a living world. Policies catering to GDP growth often sacrifice people and planet alike, while policies towards well-being help us heal.

Prosperity without growth is possible. Growth by over-exploitation of resources, safety shortcuts and pollution drive both people and planet to burnouts. Examples from Bhutan to New Zealand and Barcelona show that putting social and environmental progress before GDP really works.

We demand the European Commission: turn the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) into a Sustainability and Wellbeing Pact (SWP), change from “Jobs, growth and investment” to “Wellbeing, jobs and sustainability”, and establish a DG for Wellbeing and Future Generations led by the first vice-president.

We demand countries, regions and municipalities create a wellbeing and future generations portfolio at the heart of governance.

The second major change is from tax havens for the few to redistribution for the many. Tax wealth more and labour less. Tax pollution progressively and stop subsidising it.

Two post-war decades of +-90% top income tax rates in US and UK became a rate (far) under 50% now. Most EU countries followed, leaving the rich off the hook. As a result, inequality has been rising steadily and a growing feeling of (tax) injustice has spilled into social unrest and populism. The Gilets Jaunes uprising in France showed that you can’t tax pollution without a fair taxation system. Subsidies supporting pollution and resource overuse need to end immediately and pollution/carbon taxes must be used to promote welfare for the poorest.

We demand countries: set top income tax rates above 80% for redistribution to low- and middle-income families, tax air travel for redistribution to better and zero-cost public transport, launch progressive carbon and resource taxes at the source and redistribute and provide tax incentives for the use of recycled materials.

The last major theme is that efficident products are good and sufficient solutions are great.

Efficiency gains are important, but only the beginning of the solution.

Social and cultural exclusion can undo efficiency gains. We don’t need to sell more products, we need sufficient solutions that are long-lasting. Some companies already sell the service of having light, instead of the product of a light bulb, reversing the incentive from planned obsolescence to long-lasting products. Barcelona’s zero-waste strategy includes advanced separate waste collection systems with smart waste containers to identify users and reduce residual waste as well as boost biowaste catchment – going much further than awareness raising, prevention, and support for reuse.

We demand Europe supports the development of better business models like the product-service economy, implements zero-waste strategies at all governance levels following the waste management hierarchy for operations and extended producers’ responsibility schemes, decreases the VAT on labour-intensive services such as repairing and leaps from efficiency to sufficiency policies to make sustainable lifestyles the default.

All signatories come from academia, civil society and city governments:

• Nick Meynen, policy officer of environmental and economic justice, European Environmental Bureau
• Maria Langsenlehner, project associate, EU-Umweltburo
• Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics
• Patrick ten Brink, EU policy director, European Environmental Bureau
• Toni Ribas Bravo, ecology group coordinator, Barcelona en Comu
• Halliki Kreinin, research assistant, Institute for Ecological Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business
• Dr Jason Hickel, Anthropologist, University of London
• Dr Katherine Trebeck, Policy & Knowledge Lead, Wellbeing Economy Alliance
• Dr Lorenzo Fioramonti, Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Dr Federico Demaria, Ecological Economist, Autonomous University of Barcelona
• Dr Dan O’Neill, Associate Professor in Ecological Economics, University of Leeds
• Dr. Marta Conde, President Research & Degowth, Researcher Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
• Dr. Claudio Cattaneo Senior Researcher, Department of Environmental Studies, Masaryk University, Brno Czech Republic
• Riccardo Mastini, PhD Candidate in Ecological Economics and Political Ecology, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Autonomous University of Barcelona
• Dr. Christian Kerschner, Assistant Professor Modul University Vienna, AT and Masaryk University Brno CZ
• Dr Giorgos Kallis, ICREA Professor, Ecological Economist, Autonomous University of Barcelona
• Dr Petter Næss, Professor of Planning in Urban Regions, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
• John Barry, Professor of Green Political Economy Queen’s University Belfast
• Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel, Political Economist and System Innovation scholar, University of Leuphana
• Dr. Christoph Gran, Senior Economist, ZOE. Institute for Future-Fit Economies
• Jonathan Barth, Economist, ZOE. Institute for Future-Fit Economies;
• Prof. Dr. Hermann Ott, University of Sustainable Development Eberswalde, Germany
• Dr. Friedrich Hinterberger, SERI Sustainable Europe Research Institute and University of Applied Arts Vienna
• Kate Soper, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, London Metropolitan University
• Prof. Jean Gadrey, Economist, University of Lille, France
• Prof. Kate Pickett, Epidemiologist and University Champion for Justice & Equality, University of York
• Vincent Liegey, co-author of A Degrowth Project, engineer, consultant and interdisciplinary researcher, France / Hungary.
• Dr. Miklós Antal, Ecological Economist, University of Leeds
• Dr. Stefania Barca, senior researcher, Center for Social Studies - University of Coimbra
• Dr. Andreas Novy, associate professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business
• Mauro gallegati, prof economics, univ politecnica marche, ancona
• Dr. Alexandra Köves, ecological economist, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
• Prof. Frank Moulaert, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Julien-François Gerber, Assist. Prof. in Environment and Development, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands
• Elgars Felcis, sustainability scientist, University of Latvia and chairman of Latvian Permaculture association
• Dr. Janis Brizga, NGO Green Liberty, Latvia
• Prof. Tor A. Benjaminsen, human geographer, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
• Dr. Nadia Johanisova, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
• Dr. Mihnea Tanasescu, Research Fellow in Political Ecology, Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) at the Free University of Brussels (VUB)
• Dr Eeva Houtbeckers, postdoctoral researcher, Aalto University, Finland
• Fabricio Bonilla, Happiness Economics Researcher, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Autonomous University of Barcelona
• Dr Paul Ariès, authors of Degrowth or barbarity, director of the International “Observatoire de la Gratuité” (OIG), France
• Dr Ivo Ponocny, Full Professor at MODUL University Vienna, Austria
• Timothée Parrique, PhD Candidate in Political Economy. University of Clermont Auvergne (CERDI) and Stockholm University (SRC)
• Dr. Matthias Schmelzer, researcher at Friedrich-Schiller University Jena and at Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie
• Dr. Dennis Eversberg, Junior research group leader, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
• Jan Blažek, Doctoral student in Environmental Humanities, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
• Dr. Alevgul Sorman, Ikerbasque Research Fellow, Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)
• Lilian Pungas, Research Assistant and PhD candidate, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
• Dr. Barry McMullin, Full Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Dublin City University, Ireland
• Dr. Melanie Pichler, senior researcher, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
• Dr. Manuel González de Molina, Professor. Agroecosystems History Lab, Seville, Spain
• Prof. Brent Bleys, Ecological Economist, Ghent University, Belgium
• Christian Dorninger, PhD-candidate, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany, and Konrad-Lorenz-Institute Klosterneuburg, Austria
• Dr Panos Petridis, Researcher, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria
• Dr François Briens, Researcher in socio-ecological economy and prospective studies, France
• Dr. Martin Fritz, Researcher at Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany
• Dr. Vivian Price, Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, Coordinator, Labor Studies, California State University, Dominguez Hils, California, USA
• Dr Max Koch, Professor in Social Policy, Lund University, Sweden.
• Logan Strenchock, Environmental and Sustainability Officer, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
• Prof. Matteo Villa, Associate Professor in Economic Sociology, University of Pisa
• Ernest Aigner, PhD candidate, Vienna University of Economics and Business
• Dr Lidija Živčič, Expert, Focus Association for Sustainable Development, Slovenia
• Orsolya Lazányi, PhD candidate in ecological economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
• Dr. Erik Gomez-Baggethun, Professor in Environmental Governance, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway
• Dr. Laura Horn, Associate Professor in Global Political Economy, Roskilde University, Denmark
• Philippe Defeyt, Chairman, Institute for Sustainable Development, Belgium
• Jacques Grinevald, Emeritus Professor, Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDS), Geneva
• Dr Thomas Smith, Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
• Inge Røpke, Professor of Ecological Economics, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Lucie Sovová, PhD candidate at the Department of Environmental Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic and Rural Sociology group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
• Dr. Hervé Corvellec, Professor of Management, Lund University, Sweden
• Dr Hubert Buch-Hansen, Associate Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
• Dr Ekaterina Chertkovskaya, Lecturer, Lund University, Sweden
• Dr Moira Nelson, Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden
• Dr György Pataki, Associate Professor, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
• Dr Alexander Paulsson, Lecturer, Lund University, Sweden
• Dr Timothée Duverger, Associate Professor, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France
• Prof. Francesco Gonella, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
• Dr Christos Zografos, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
• Dr Fabrice Flipo, Institut Mines-Télécom BS, France
• François Jarrige, Historian, University of Burgundy, France
• Dr Tuula Helne, Senior researcher, Kela (The Social Insurance Institution of Finland), Helsinki
• Dr Anna Heikkinen, Senior Research Fellow, Tampere University, Finland
• Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai, Political scientist, University of Kassel, Germany
• Dr Jens Friis Lund, professor of Political Ecology, University of Copenhagen
• Dr Stefan Gaarsmand Jacobsen, assistant professor, Roskilde University
• Dr Mladen Domazet, Research Director, Institute for Political Ecology, Zagreb, Croatia
• Edina Vadovics, Research director, GreenDependent Institute, Hungary
• Olivier Malay, Researcher in economics, University of Louvain, Belgium
• Ajda Pistotnik, Independent Researcher, EnaBanda, Slovenia
• Dr Fausto Gusmeroli - Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
• Dr Ray Cunningham, Green House Think Tank, UK
• Dr Janne I. Hukkinen, Professor of Environmental Policy, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Dr Guy Julier, Professor of Design Leadership, Aalto University, Finland
• Dr Lassi Linnanen, Professor of Environmental Management, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Finland
• Piotr Barczak, Polish Zero Waste Association, Institute for Circular Economy, European Environmental Bureau, Poland
• Philipp von Gehren, Researcher, Austrian Agency for Health & Food Safety
• Dr Pasi Heikkurinen, Lecturer in Management, University of Helsinki, Finland; Adjunct Professor of Sustainability and Organizations, Aalto University, Helsinki; Visiting Research Fellow, University of Leeds, UK
• Dr Toni Ruuska, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Ana Poças Ribeiro, PhD Candidate on Sustainable Consumption at Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, Utrecht University
• Kristoffer Wilén, Doctoral student, Hanken School of Economics, Finland
• Dr. Jean-Louis Aillon, M.D., Phd Candidate in Anthropology and Psychology (Università di Genova, Italy)
• Dr. Tuuli Hirvilammi, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Prof. Dr. Ernst Worrell, Professor Energy & Resources, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
• Dr Anne Chapman, Co-chair, Green House Think Tank, UK
• Nigel Cohen, Economist, Inclusivity Project, UK
• Dr Andrew Mearman, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Leeds, UK; and Green House Think Tank.
• Sigrid Stagl, Professor of Environmental Economics & Policy, WU - Vienna University of Economics, Inst Ecol Econ, Austria
• Jennifer Hinton, Researcher,, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Madis Vasser, Board member, NGO Estonian Green Movement, Estonia
• Dr Miłosława Stępień, independent researcher, Poland
• Prof.Bożena Ryszawska, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland
• Marcin Popkiewicz, physycist, Warsaw University, Poland. Author of ‘World at the Crossroads’, ‘Energy Revolution. But why?’ and ’Climate Science’
• Jakub Rok, PhD candidate in economics, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Dr Weronika Parfianowicz, Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Dr Łukasz Drozda, Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialisation, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Dr Maciej Kassner, Institute of Philosophy, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
• Dr Andrzej Tarłowski, Faculty of Psychology, University of Economics and Humanities in Warsaw, Poland
• Dr Michał Czepkiewicz, Post-Doc researcher, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iceland
• Dr Maciej Grodzicki, Institute of Economics, Finance and Management, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland
• Angelina Kussy, Predoctoral Researcher, Dep. of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Autonomous University of Barcelona
• Prof. Piotr Skubała, soil ecologist, University of Silesia, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Poland
• Dr hab. Wiktor Kotowski, wetland ecologist, Professor at University of Warsaw, Faculty of Biology, Poland
• Dr Zofia Prokop, evolutionary ecologist, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology, Poland
• Dr hab. Łukasz Michalczyk, evolutionary biologist, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Poland
• Eliza Kondzior, PhD student in Biology, Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
• Dr Barbara Pietrzak, ecologist, assistant professor, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Dr. Kasia Piwosz, aquatic microbial ecologist, Scientist, Institute of Microbiology Czech Academy of Sciences,
• Dr. Anna Urbanowicz, molecular biologist, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Poland
• Mateusz Leźnicki, researcher in Philosophy of Law, PhD candidate, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Legal Studies, Poland
• Dr. Piotr Zieliński, evolutionary biologist, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Poland
• Dr. Piotr Bentkowski, Inserm / Sorbonne Université, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique,
• Prof. dr hab. Kazimierz Rykowski Forest Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
• Dr hab. Agnieszka Pajdak-Stós, aquatic microbial ecologist, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Poland
• Dr hab Paweł Koperski, hydrobiologist, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Prof dr hab. Jan Marcin Węsławski, marine ecologist, Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
• Dr hab. Anna Muszewska, biologist, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
• Dr Barbara Stępień, postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics,
• Jakub Kronenberg, Social-Ecological Systems Analysis Lab at University of Lodz, and the Sendzimir Foundation, Poland
• Paweł Koteja, biologist, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
• Dr Michał Pałasz, Institute of Culture, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
• Dr Mateusz Płóciennik, assistant professor (ecology, palaeoclimatology), Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland
• Prof. dr hab. Jan R.E. Taylor, ecologist and ecophysiologist, Institute of Biology, University of Białystok, Poland
• Dr Ernst von Kimakowitz, Direktor, Humanistic Management Center; Humanistic Management Network, Switzerland
• Dr hab. Karol Zub, Associate Professor, Mammal Research Institute PAS, Białowieża, Poland
• Igor Siedlecki, biologist, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
• Dr Joanna Tusznio, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Krakow, Poland
• Dr hab. Łukasz Kaczmarek, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
• Prof. dr hab. Jan Kozłowski, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Poland
• Łukasz Berlik, independent researcher, Natural Society of Opole Voivodeship, Poland
• Dr Beata Czyż, ecologist, University of Wrocław, Poland
• Dr hab. Maria Niklińska, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Poland
• Anna Gromada, Social and Economic Policy Advisor, the Kalecki Foundation, the UN and the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
• Jacek M. Szymura, biologist, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Poland
• Anna Hauler, PhD candidate, hydrobiologist, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Dr Maria J. Golab, ecologist, Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
• Paulina Kramarz, evolutionary ecologist, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Krakow, Poland
• Alek Rachwald, forest ecologist, Forest Ecology Department, Forest Research Institute, Raszyn, Poland
• Elisa Plazio, PhD student in Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Krakow, Poland
• Dr Justyna Kierat, melittologist and evolutionary biologist, independent environmental educator, Krakow, Poland
• Dr hab. Krzysztof Pabis, marine ecologist, entomologist, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland
• Bogusław Pawłowski, prof., biological anthropologist, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Poland
• Dr Jerzy Parusel, Upper Silesian Nature Heritage Centre, Katowice, Poland
• Dr Aleksandra Walczyńska, evolutionary biologist, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Poland
• Prof. dr Andrzej Dyrcz, University of Wroclaw, Poland
• Kamil Bartoń, ecologist, Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
• Assoc. Prof. Tymon Zieliński, Institute of Oceanology PAN, Poland
• Jan Sowa, Ph.D., member of Committee of Cultural Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
• Dr hab. Władysław Polcyn, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
• Prof. dr hab. Michał Grabowski, Faculty of Biology & Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Poland
• Dr Rafał Ruta, biologist, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Poland
• Prof. Wiesław Babik, biologist, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
• Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Elżanowski, biologist, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Prof. Jukka Heinonen, University of Iceland
• Dr hab. Ewa Bińczyk, prof. UMK, Faculty of Humanities, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
• Prof. Michal Woyciechowski, evolutionary biologist, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Poland
• Dr hab. Sławomir Mitrus, Institute of Biology, University of Opole, Poland
• Dr Mateusz Iskrzyński, physicist (postdoc), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
• Dr hab. eng. Marcin Kadej, biologist, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Poland
• Dr. Adam Ostolski, sociologist, Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Marta Połeć, Institute of Culture, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
• Dr Bartłomiej Gołdyn, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.
• Dr Zygmunt Dajdok, biologist, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Poland
• Kornelia Sobczak, PhD Candidate, Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Prof. dr. Dariusz Tarnawski, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
• prof. dr hab. Monika Kostera, Jagiellonian University and Södertörn University, Poland
• Dr. Romina Martin, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden
• Dr. Krzysztof Kujawa, Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
• Dr Ryszard Kulik, Workshop for All Beings, Poland
• Prof. dr hab. Edward Gwóźdź, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
• Prof. dr hab. Hanna Kmita, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan Poland
• Dr Sarah Cornell, associate professor, sustainability sciences, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Helena Norberg-Hodge, author of Ancient Futures, co-director of The Economics of Happiness, founder and director of Local Futures,
• Anja Lyngbaek, Associate Programmes Director, Local Futures, Denmark
• Edward Langham, Research Fellow, Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems, Bristol, UK
• Julian Jones, Distinguished Fellow, Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems, Bristol, UK
• Richard Hellen, Director, Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems, Bristol, UK
• Dr Martin Oetting, Managing Director, Omnipolis Media, Berlin, Germany
• Dr Luca Coscieme, Research Fellow, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
• Dr. Ingo Fetzer, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
• Dr. Arthur Perrotton, Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
• Dr. Bengi Akbulut, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
• Dr Tim Daw, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
• Dr. Drago Župarić-Iljić, Assistant Professor, University of Zagreb
• Dr. Ivan Murray, Ecological Economic Geographer, University of the Balearic Islands
• Dr.sc. Jelena Puđak, Institute of social sciencies Ivo Pilar, Zagreb, Croatia
• Andro Rilović, Research Assistant, Institute for Political Ecology, Zagreb, Croatia
• Tomislav Medak, PhD Candidate, University of Coventry, UK
• Dr Marija Brajdić Vuković, University of Zagreb, Croatia
• Dr Karin Doolan, University of Zadar, Croatia
• Jere Kuzmanić, Assistant, Department of Urban Planning, , Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture, Geodesy, University of Split, Croatia
• Prof. Dr Susana Paixao, Environmental Health Specialist, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
• Jan Mayrhofer, Policy Officer, European Youth Forum
• Predrag Momčilović PhD Candidate and researcher, Platform for theory and practice of commons, Belgrade, Serbia
• Sara Fromm, Research & Degrowth, Barcelona, Spain
• Dr Susan George, President of the Transnational Institute, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
• Lisa Hough-Stewart, Communications and Mobilisation lead at Wellbeing Economy Alliance
• Dr Jorge Riechmann, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
• Dr Giacomo D'Alisa Center for Social Studies University of Coimbra
• Dr Richard Lane, Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, Utrecht University
• Dr Eva Friman, Director & Researcher, Swedesd, Uppsala University
• Dr Tim Jackson, Professor, University of Surrey, UK
• Jonas Van der Slycken, PhD Candidate in economics, Ghent University, Belgium
• Dr Monica Verbeek, Executive Director, Seas At Risk
• Arnaud Schwartz, National secretary of France Nature Environnement & member of the European Economic and Social Committee
• Michel Dubromel, President of France Nature Environnement
• Jeremie Fosse, President, eco-union, Spain
• Iñigo Capellán-Pérez, researcher at the University of Valladolid, Spain
• Dr Leho Tedersoo, Research Professor, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia
• Dr Mart Külvik, Professor in Biodiversity and Environmental Planning, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia
• Dr Mihkel Kangur, Senior Researcher of Paleoecology, Tallinn University, President of Estonian Geographical Society, Estonia
• Dr Aleksander Pulver, Lecturer, School of Natural Sciences and Health, Tallinn University, Estonia
• Prof. John Sweeney, Emeritus Professor of Geography, Maynooth University, Ireland
• Dr Triin Vihalemm, Professor Institute of Social Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia
• Dr Irmak Ertör, Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Spain