Japans population is aging and the economy is weak. But what if slow growth doesn’t have to be a bad thing? Our planet cannot sustain the resources for more growth anyway.

Really inspired by the communities in aging Japanese towns that are experimenting with how slowed growth and local commons can provide opportunities for regenerative living. We need to reframe economic stagnation as an opportunity to redesign our local, circular economies

Japans population is aging and the economy is weak. But what if slow growth doesn’t have to be a bad thing? Our planet cannot sustain the resources for more growth anyway.

Really inspired by the communities in aging Japanese towns that are experimenting with how slowed growth and local commons can provide opportunities for regenerative living. We need to reframe economic stagnation as an opportunity to redesign our local, circular economies

https://cityofsound.medium.com/growth-as-the-fermentation-of-culture-and-cultures-kohei-saitos-slow-down-and-kagoshima-s-523c5b99b906