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The Post Growth Institute is an international, not for profit organization working to enable collective wellbeing within ecological limits.

Imagine your great grandchildren thriving, here on planet Earth.

For this to happen, we need an economy that naturally circulates money rather than concentrating it. We need an economy that values people's needs ahead of corporate greed. We need an economy that gives more than it takes from our life-supporting environment.

Such an economy is possible.

While our extractive, growth-dependent economy is driving us to collapse, a full circle, post-growth economy is already emerging, offering a pathway to our shared thriving within ecological limits.

At the Post Growth Institute, our goal is to help guide the way to that more beautiful world your heart knows is possible. To help shift the worldview, so that more people understand what's on offer when we look at our challenges through an empowered, post-growth lens.

That's where you come in.

By reading our research, attending our trainings, hiring us as consultants and sharing post-growth content, you help us shift the worldview.

To find out more about our work and how you can be involved, read on.

What we offer spans three, interconnected areas:

Revitalizing Communities

We facilitate processes that reveal the true wealth in communities.

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Reorienting Organizations

We provide social entrepreneurs and local leaders with the skills, advice, and support to advance purpose-driven initiatives.

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Reimagining Economics

Drawing from what's already working, we offer viable ideas for a fair and regenerative, full-circle economy beyond capitalism.

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Research

Training

Movement Building

105
Presentations Given

Across 12 countries we've shared and tested a new economic vision based on not-for-profit forms of business.

228 Projects Assisted

Across 12 countries we've helped people start, scale and sustain not-for-profit projects.

2,123,769
People Reached

For 54 affiliated organizations we've created 165 social media posts, increasing exposure to their work.

302 Articles Written

Engaging 76 authors we've published insights about how to collectively thrive within ecological limits.

1,218 People Trained

Through 67 workshops we've provided training in fields ranging from crowdfunding to systems thinking.

14,175 Tweets Generated

Since creating the #postgrowth hashtag in 2010, we've supported the growing interest in a new way of thinking.

350 Free Money Day Events

Across 43 countries we've explored how people understand and relate to money, particularly what happens when they give it away to complete strangers.

10,000+ Offers and Needs Matched

Across more than 15 countries we've helped facilitate meaningful connections between people via a 90-minute process called the Offers and Needs Market.

200 People Honored

Sourced from around the world, we've showcased people making enriching contributions to truly sustainable futures.

Tannur Ali
iLOGIC Sustainable Industries

"I’ve facilitated at and attended many conferences where connections are made for a moment, but their potential never comes to fruition. The Offers and Needs Market, so graciously offered as a tool from the Post Growth Institute, changes that paradigm and connects us to the next level of thriving in community."

Kate Sullivan and Eve Smyth
Ashland Children’s Theatre

"The Post Growth Institute have been crucial in our transition to a not-for- profit business, making the process easy and even fun. The comprehensive support they provide to community organizations is incredibly valuable.”

Credit: Juliet Ashley Photography

Katharine Burke,
Small Earth Institute

"Working with a small group of deep ecologists, educators and permaculturists, I have starting the Small Earth Institute to promote deep ecology, nature connection and regenerative design in education. I owe the seed of this project to a small essay a long time ago on the Post Growth Institute's website which questioned how we should 'up-skill' for the future, and set me on this journey to create emergent schools."

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Post Growth Institute Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from www.postgrowth.org (the “Site”).

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

    - “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

    - “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
    - “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number.  We refer to this information as “Order Information.”

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations).  Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
Communicate with you;
Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above.  For example, we use Shopify to power our online store--you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here:  https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.  We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site--you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here:  https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.  You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here:  https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you.

DO NOT TRACK
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

YOUR RIGHTS
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.

Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above.  Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

DATA RETENTION
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.


CHANGES
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

CONTACT US
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at info@postgrowth.org or by mail using the details provided below:

156A Union St, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States

For a future that's better, not bigger.

The Post Growth Institute is an international, not for profit organization working to enable collective wellbeing within ecological limits.

Imagine your great grandchildren thriving, here on planet Earth.

For this to happen, we need an economy that naturally circulates money rather than concentrating it. We need an economy that values people's needs ahead of corporate greed. We need an economy that gives more than it takes from our life-supporting environment.

Such an economy is possible.

While our extractive, growth-dependent economy is driving us to collapse, a full circle, post-growth economy is already emerging, offering a pathway to our shared thriving within ecological limits.

At the Post Growth Institute, our goal is to help guide the way to that more beautiful world your heart knows is possible. To help shift the worldview, so that more people understand what's on offer when we look at our challenges through an empowered, post-growth lens.

That's where you come in.

By reading our research, attending our trainings, hiring us as consultants and sharing post-growth content, you help us shift the worldview.

To find out more about our work and how you can be involved, read on.

What we offer spans three, interconnected areas:

Revitalizing Communities

Reorienting Organizations

Reimagining Economics

Research

Training

Movement Building

105 Presentations Given

228 Projects Assisted

2,123,769People Reached

302 Articles Written

1,218 People Trained

14,175 Tweets Generated

350 Free Money Day Events

10,000+ Offers and Needs Matched

200 People Honored

Tannur AliiLOGIC Sustainable Industries

Kate Sullivan and Eve SmythAshland Children’s Theatre

"The Post Growth Institute have been crucial in our transition to a not-for- profit business, making the process easy and even fun. The comprehensive support they provide to community organizations is incredibly valuable.” Credit: Juliet Ashley Photography

Katharine Burke,Small Earth Institute

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105
Presentations Given

2,123,769
People Reached

Tannur Ali
iLOGIC Sustainable Industries

Kate Sullivan and Eve Smyth
Ashland Children’s Theatre

"The Post Growth Institute have been crucial in our transition to a not-for- profit business, making the process easy and even fun. The comprehensive support they provide to community organizations is incredibly valuable.”

Credit: Juliet Ashley Photography

Katharine Burke,
Small Earth Institute