gerrymcgovern, "Degrowth, on the other hand, must keep an eye on the hands of the clock. For now, it is a collection of untested ideas but it cannot continue to be a cloistered wing of academia. Urgency drives the world view of degrowth. Transcendentalists saw anti-materialism as a necessary tool to achieve personal enlightenment – we now view simple living in the context of climate anxiety. Simple living can no longer be merely a matter of personal choice."