{"id":5790,"date":"2023-04-24T13:58:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T18:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5790"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:52:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T18:52:05","slug":"alternatives-to-growth-centric-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/2023\/04\/24\/alternatives-to-growth-centric-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternatives to Growth-Centric Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment5791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment5791\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eci\/files\/2023\/04\/Alternatives-to-Growth-Centric-Development-636x358.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"358\" class=\"wp-image-5791 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2023\/04\/Alternatives-to-Growth-Centric-Development-636x358.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2023\/04\/Alternatives-to-Growth-Centric-Development-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2023\/04\/Alternatives-to-Growth-Centric-Development-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2023\/04\/Alternatives-to-Growth-Centric-Development.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment5791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Sergei A via Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Erin Lennox, Rebecca Hollender and Brian Roach<\/p>\n<p>This module considers the problems of environmental degradation and inequality in relation to growth-centric development. Perspectives on alternatives to growth along with related policies, practices and challenges are discussed to explain the need to limit economic activity to within the biophysical limits of the planet. The module features extensive case studies on alternative approaches in both the Global North and South.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span>This 50-page module is suitable for several weeks of class time.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/eci\/files\/2025\/08\/Alternatives-to-Growth.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Teaching Module<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Erin Lennox, Rebecca Hollender and Brian Roach This module considers the problems of environmental degradation and inequality in relation to growth-centric development. Perspectives on alternatives to growth along with related policies, practices and challenges are discussed to explain the need to limit economic activity to within the biophysical limits of the planet. The module [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20356,"featured_media":5894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[134,107,169,135,158,5,167,329],"tags":[330,187,186,189,343,439,344,228,438],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5790"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6702,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790\/revisions\/6702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}