Fostering a Post-growth Municipality in Girona

In early 2024, we signed a world-first “post-growth memorandum of understanding” with Girona, pledging to research and implement adjustments to the city’s economy, so it prioritises planetary & human well-being, over endless economic growth. We began our collaboration with a critical review of urban policies across all city departments, from a growth-dependency angle. We followed this with a series of outline proposals across sectors, districts and scales, which we announced in 2025. Our work til 2027 is to hone these proposals with citizens, the business community, the public sector, in order to create a just, eco-social transition plan for Girona, and re-gear the economy to focus on planetary and human well-being, rather than infinite economic growth for the few, at the expense of the majority and the planet.