# Fostering a Post-growth Municipality in Girona

> Long-term collaboration with Girona City Council, and the Research & Degrowth Association International

Source: https://darkmatterlabs.org/feed/fostering-a-post-growth-municipality-in-girona  
Date: 2025-04-22  
Units: Net Zero Cities, Neighbourhood Futures, 7Gen Cities, X0 Economy, Bioregional Economics  
Team: Mike Duff, Joost Beunderman, Georgia Cameron  
Partners: Research & Degrowth International Association, LEQUIA (University of Girona)  
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/  
Attribution: Dark Matter Labs, https://darkmatterlabs.org

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.

## Links

- [Project site](https://degrowth.org/projects/girona/)
- [Project press](https://naciodigital.cat/impacte/accio/ajuntament-girona-administracio-pionera-a-explorar-decreixement_1913337_102.html)
- [Project press](https://climatica.coop/girona-proyecto-decrecer-decrecimiento/)