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Today is the time to remind everyone of our piece a year ago on the threat from the far right.
The right wing threat and a viable future | Steady State Manchester
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/05/13/the-right-wing-threat-and-a-viable-future/ -
You've til Monday to demand a better transport plan for Greater Manchester. We need more than a 8% reduction in motor traffic!!
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-a-better-plan-for-a-greater-manchester?source=direct_link&
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All of our publications are free but you can get printed copies of some at our 'shop'.
https://steadystatemanchester.net/shop/
Here's the full publication list https://steadystatemanchester.net/our-reports/
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#Manchester's filthy air.
A long way to go."All in all, the measures will get Greater Manchester’s air to 40.3 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide in one cubic metre of air.
"The UK legal limit is officially 40, but results under 40.4 are rounded down, making TfGM’s plan compliant.
"But the World Health Organisation’s recommended limit is just 10."#CleanAirZone signs are down, but our pollution 'is like smoking 150 cigarettes a year'. Now what? - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/clean-air-zone-signs-down-32174466 -
Our statement on the rise of #POX (party of xenophobes and fascists), the threat they pose, reasons for their success, strategies, good and bad, for countering them.
Steady State Manchester | For local prosperity, justice & ecological safety
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/05/13/the-right-wing-threat-and-a-viable-future/ -
I bet #AndyBurnham's unicorn, 'no charging', [not very] #CAZ can't match that in Greater Manchester.
Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year | Air pollution | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/07/bradford-clean-air-zone-saves-nhs-over-30000-a-month-in-first-year
#GreaterManchester
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[Not very] Clean Air Zone proposal accepted.
Initial quick reaction: In another bad decision from the government, the GMCA (not very) Clean Air Zone proposal has been accepted. This was what the previous government sat on for three years. #GreaterManchester will be the only major city in the country without a proper clean air zone, its citizens condemned to breathe the #particulates and #NOx spewed by private cars and commercial vehicles
http://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/01/23/breaking-news-not-very-clean-air-zone-proposal-accepted/
#AirPollution #CAZ -
Breaking News: (not very) Clean Air Zone proposal accepted
Initial quick reaction: In another bad decision from the government, the GMCA (not very) Clean Air Zone proposal has been accepted. This was what the previous government sat on for three years. Greater Manchester will be the only major city in the country without a proper clean air zone, its citizens condemned to breathe the particulates and #NOx spewed by private cars and commercial vehicles
http://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/01/23/breaking-news-not-very-clean-air-zone-proposal-accepted/
#AirPollution #CAZ -
Following #AngelaRayner and #RachelReeves' announcements:-
"Building homes and infrastructure promises a quick return on investment.
Some of the infrastructure priorities are of questionable value.
Expanded house-building alone will greatly increase emissions and resource use while not creating the kind of communities we need.
There are alternative paths that the government could follow to meet social and ecological goals".
#Labour's #BuildingBoom
Our analysis.
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2024/07/18/build-build-build-for-growth-growth-growth/#analysis -
Following #AngelaRayner and #RachelReeves' announcements:-
"Building homes and infrastructure promises a quick return on investment.
Some of the infrastructure priorities are of questionable value.
Expanded house-building alone will greatly increase emissions and resource use while not creating the kind of communities we need.
There are alternative paths that the government could follow to meet social and ecological goals".
#Labour's #BuildingBoom
Our analysis.
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2024/07/18/build-build-build-for-growth-growth-growth/#analysis -
Following #AngelaRayner and #RachelReeves' announcements:-
"Building homes and infrastructure promises a quick return on investment.
Some of the infrastructure priorities are of questionable value.
Expanded house-building alone will greatly increase emissions and resource use while not creating the kind of communities we need.
There are alternative paths that the government could follow to meet social and ecological goals".
#Labour's #BuildingBoom
Our analysis.
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2024/07/18/build-build-build-for-growth-growth-growth/#analysis -
Following #AngelaRayner and #RachelReeves' announcements:-
"Building homes and infrastructure promises a quick return on investment.
Some of the infrastructure priorities are of questionable value.
Expanded house-building alone will greatly increase emissions and resource use while not creating the kind of communities we need.
There are alternative paths that the government could follow to meet social and ecological goals".
#Labour's #BuildingBoom
Our analysis.
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2024/07/18/build-build-build-for-growth-growth-growth/#analysis -
Following #AngelaRayner and #RachelReeves' announcements:-
"Building homes and infrastructure promises a quick return on investment.
Some of the infrastructure priorities are of questionable value.
Expanded house-building alone will greatly increase emissions and resource use while not creating the kind of communities we need.
There are alternative paths that the government could follow to meet social and ecological goals".
#Labour's #BuildingBoom
Our analysis.
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2024/07/18/build-build-build-for-growth-growth-growth/#analysis -
On #Labour and its proposed #BuildingBoom.
"The emphasis on building is the result of a combination of factors. The obvious ones are the need for improved infrastructure (although the type required is a field of contestation) and the housing crisis (although the extent to which building more houses is the answer, is also subject to debate)."
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On #Labour and its proposed #BuildingBoom.
"The emphasis on building is the result of a combination of factors. The obvious ones are the need for improved infrastructure (although the type required is a field of contestation) and the housing crisis (although the extent to which building more houses is the answer, is also subject to debate)."
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On #Labour and its proposed #BuildingBoom.
"The emphasis on building is the result of a combination of factors. The obvious ones are the need for improved infrastructure (although the type required is a field of contestation) and the housing crisis (although the extent to which building more houses is the answer, is also subject to debate)."
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On #Labour and its proposed #BuildingBoom.
"The emphasis on building is the result of a combination of factors. The obvious ones are the need for improved infrastructure (although the type required is a field of contestation) and the housing crisis (although the extent to which building more houses is the answer, is also subject to debate)."
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A new report from #cles. On the tin it says "A new vision for community wealth and power" - while maybe it isn't quite that, there are some sound things in there. For example:
"Rather than prioritising high growth and frontier sectors, which can realistically only hope to support the economy of a few places, the emphasis should be on a just transition within the everyday economy."
Building-community-wealth-and-power-FINAL.pdf https://cles.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Building-community-wealth-and-power-FINAL.pdf
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Surely this could have been #Burham's route to defusing opposition to the #GreaterManchester #CleanAirZone.
"Tax offset on Ulez clean air levy set to be ‘shot in arm’ for London white van man" | Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/22cd4785-0fcf-48fc-a258-10393b664484 -
We are pleased to share this article translated by SSM's Mark Burton and colleagues from the Translators for Transition list. it is by Jorge Riechmann, one of the foremost #degrowth scholars from Spain.
http://steadystatemanchester.net/2023/08/11/ecological-transitions-and-energy-transitions/
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We are pleased to share this article translated by SSM's Mark Burton and colleagues from the Translators for Transition list. it is by Jorge Riechmann, one of the foremost #degrowth scholars from Spain.
http://steadystatemanchester.net/2023/08/11/ecological-transitions-and-energy-transitions/
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We are pleased to share this article translated by SSM's Mark Burton and colleagues from the Translators for Transition list. it is by Jorge Riechmann, one of the foremost #degrowth scholars from Spain.
http://steadystatemanchester.net/2023/08/11/ecological-transitions-and-energy-transitions/
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We are pleased to share this article translated by SSM's Mark Burton and colleagues from the Translators for Transition list. it is by Jorge Riechmann, one of the foremost #degrowth scholars from Spain.
http://steadystatemanchester.net/2023/08/11/ecological-transitions-and-energy-transitions/
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We are pleased to share this article translated by SSM's Mark Burton and colleagues from the Translators for Transition list. it is by Jorge Riechmann, one of the foremost #degrowth scholars from Spain.
http://steadystatemanchester.net/2023/08/11/ecological-transitions-and-energy-transitions/
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UK government getting desperate to get that growth thing going.
Now going to deregulate banking protections put in place after the #GFC.
By giving an even greener light to financial speculation they hope to give the illusion of growth in value, though I doubt they understand the distinction.
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For the new arrivals, let's reintroduce ourselves.
We are a combined think tank and activist group.
We've been working for 10 years, exploring and promoting the possibilities of a non-growth-based economy and society, with particular focus (but not exclusive) on the Greater Manchester city region / upper Mersey bioregion.
See https://steadystatemanchester.net for our work, including book and pamphlets.
#Introduction #Degrowth #PostGrowth #SteadyStateEconomy #GreaterManchester #Policy #Manchester #Planning -
We didn't do an introduction, so here it is.
A combined think tank and activist group.
We've been working for 10 years, exploring and promoting the possibilities of a non-growth-based economy and society, with particular focus (but not exclusive) on the Greater Manchester city region / upper Mersey bioregion.
See https://steadystatemanchester.net for our work, including book and pamphlets.
#Introduction #degrowth #postgrowth #SteadyStateEconomy #GreaterManchester #Policy #Manchester #planning -
#SteadyStateHerald:
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Nuclear Safety Now Optional Under Trump
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"Rollbacks Too Radioactive for Public Notice
In January, with no public notice or involvement, the administration overhauled nuclear safety regulations. The changes, though made in secret, were shared with the companies that stand to benefit from them."https://steadystate.org/nuclear-safety-now-optional-under-trump/
2.4.2026
#Atomkraft #DOE #Kernenergie #NuclearPower #NuclearSafety #NRC #SMR #USA
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@jeffcliff
We personally welcome a #SteadyStateEconomy more inline with #LimitsToGrowth.We wish it *really* came in 2019 rather than years later but they just had to do that #moneyPrinting.
Russian President #VladimirPutin did not have any kind word about the #moneyPump in his recent address, we haven't heard a translation yet. The unequal way the #pandemic payouts were dished out and those damned #assetPurchases.
Both criminal, and cronyist.
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Games for #Degrowth and a Viable Future
Posted on 20 September, 2025 by The #SteadyStateManchester team
by Carolyn Kagan
"Naomi Klein1 asks the question How do you change a world-view, an unquestioned ideology? Much of what we do in Steady State Manchester is to endeavour to change world-views, unquestioned ideologies about economic growth and the exploitation of environmental resources. We seek to enable people to discuss, challenge and develop their ideas and thinking; to help others see that their interests coincide with tackling climate change and securing a viable economic future; to offer hope and possibilities for living better within planetary boundaries; to share practical ways of doing things differently; to provide critiques of current practices but at the same time offer alternatives.
"Games and simulations have been used in training and development arenas for some time and across many different places and groups. They include table top games; video games, educational games, small or large scale role play or simulation games.
"In September 2025 we explored the role that games might play in helping to change world-views. We invited people attending our AGM to:
"Bring along a game, almost any game will do. The idea is that most games could be adapted around the ideas of Degrowth. So there’s the challenge: bring a game and ideas about how it might be adapted or used to inspire a new game that explores or promotes Degrowth.
Ideas for games
The ideas we came up with were mostly small in scale, table top games.
Adaptations of existing games:
- Degrowth Pictionary: Aim: to understand and explore concepts underpinning Degrowth. Following the format of the well known game of #Pictionary, cards are prepared with Degrowth concepts written on them – anything will do for example, anti-capitalism; climate change; collapse; cooperation; commons; fair shares; Limits to Growth; planetary boundaries; tipping points, overshoot; carbon emissions, simplicity. Participants take a card and without speaking draw the concept related to Degrowth, while others guess what it might be. No words are allowed during the drawing, but discussion after each concept is revealed, or after two or three concepts, will help to clarify understanding of the concepts and may identify strategies for change. The challenge is for the sketcher to capture the essence of the concept and for the guessers to articulate what that concept might be.
- Versions of #Monopoly, products of mind games. The aim would be to develop a deep understanding and help move toward collective intelligence and wisdom. Proposed versions of Monopoly included Civil-opoly; Techn-opoly; Polit-opoly; Plent-opoly; Co-opoly – each version emphasises a theme relevant to Degrowth and build on the idea of telling different stories (each shown via clever and captivating graphics in the text).
- Degrowth #SnakesAndLadders: Aim: particularly for younger players, to understand the hazards and actions that can be taken in achieving a viable economy or the green transition. Snakes and ladders boards can be prepared, with short messages on the squares rather than just numbers. Ladders represent actions towards a viable economy and snakes the hazards that detract from a viable economy. The Board could be labelled in terms of general Degrowth (e.g. ladders: waste is recycled; government funds adaptations to homes for insulation and electric heating; a neighbourhood has all it needs for local people; public transport is good; e.g. snakes: you fly several times a year to go on holiday; you buy new shoes and chuck out the old ones which are still good etc.). Alternatively boards could reflect a Degrowth theme: for example inequality; climate change; biodiversity. Discussion takes place throughout so all players explore why the ladders make progress and the snakes do not.
- #Patience: the well known card game, known in the USA as #Solitaire, embodies in and of itself many features of a Degrowth future. The aim of playing Patience is to help players appreciate a move towards a slower, way of life, with intrinsic satisfaction in playing the game itself. Patience is slow, with no particular end point. There is no element of competition and players have to accept they cannot win, but just call an end to the game whenever they like.
- Degrowth draughts: in conventional #draughts (North America, ‘#chequers / #checkers’) the aim is to eliminate all your opponent’s pieces. In Degrowth draughts, the aim could be to jointly reach a pre-defined, right-size complement of pieces. However, each player has to move in turn and if an opponent’s pieces can be taken, they must be, as in the original game, or you will be ‘huffed’. The game would introduce the ideas of degrowth to a steady state and of co-operative action to correct the bloated economy.
Existing games that feature (some) aspects of Degrowth
#CarbonCityZero: a board game to get people talking (and learning) about the choices our towns and cities needed to make in order to take action on climate change. Available to buy.
#Daybreak: Daybreak is a cooperative boardgame about stopping climate change. It presents a hopeful vision of the near future, where you get to build the mind-blowing technologies and resilient societies we need to save the planet. The game requires players to work collaboratively.
#ClassStruggle: The Workers move around a board while trying to survive against the Capitalist player who controls everything. As the Workers unite they take power from the Capitalist player but if they do not succeed in uniting the Capitalist will win. Out of production but it might be possible to find second hand copies."
Read more [includes ideas for computer games and links to some of the games mentioned above]:
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/09/20/games-for-degrowth-and-a-viable-future/