Degrowth aims to achieve ‘frugal abundance’ by Adrien Plomteux.
[…] here I claim that it first requires rethinking the dominant meaning of abundance.
It is impossible to promise everyone to achieve high levels of consumption.
Instead, degrowth aims to achieve an abundance that does not entail high levels of consumption: a ‘frugal abundance’.
[…] ‘frugal abundance’ challenges one of the most rooted myths of our times: that a good life and prosperity require high levels of consumption and production.
In a nutshell, I give three conditions for societies to achieve frugal abundance. First, everyone has a good life. Then, consumption is low enough to avoid large environmental impacts and so that everyone has enough resources to thrive. In short, it should enable global ecological and social justice. Finally, the material wants of everyone are satisfied.