1.0phone english bloghttps://phoneenglish.es/blogkatiehttps://phoneenglish.es/blog/author/katie/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Lm5fJ28MAP"><a href="https://phoneenglish.es/blog/2025/08/what-is-degrowth/">What Is Degrowth?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://phoneenglish.es/blog/2025/08/what-is-degrowth/embed/#?secret=Lm5fJ28MAP" width="600" height="338" title="“What Is Degrowth?” — phone english blog" data-secret="Lm5fJ28MAP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> B2 – Upper Intermediate  A new school of thought is emerging. Some people think that in order to deal with climate change and other environmental issues, we need to stop the economy from growing. This is idea is referred to as “degrowth”. “In essence, degrowth is a call for a fundamental transformation of our economic […]