Location: Direktörsvillan (Lundavägen 51a), Kirseberg

Topic of the meeting: Getting involved in working groups + kick-start of WG

Dear members!

As you might already know, the Institute for Degrowth Studies (IDS) primarily organises its activities and events through working groups.

This meeting will be entirely devoted to our working groups. We will present the working groups (WG), but also actively enroll our members in the WG - you can be part of as many WG as you like! Some WG only work with a short and intense project - one activity or event. Others are more long-term and ongoing.

After this the WGs will start to work during the second hours. Hope to see you all there!

Our WGs autumn 2025 (and spring 2026):

Long-term working groups:

Communication WG, host: Roel

Social WG. host Sam (include Per-Erik for the social drinks)

Project working groups autumn/spring 2026:

Learning circle: host Silfa

Election 2026: host Sara

Building a public Degrowth-library, host: Lars

Film-screening group: host Ola

Artistic workshop with artist Alexandra Papademitrou (contact person Dylan)

Host for the meeting: Silfa and Lars

This is our most formal meeting of the year. Information and agenda has been sent out via our info-email-list. Paying members can vote. Location: Direktörsvillan Kirseberg (Lundavägen 51a)

To be eligible to vote, you need to have paid the annual fee (the membership fee) before the annual meeting. The annual fee is 20SEK and is paid to:

Bank: JAK

Account number: 9670 06 064 99

Receiver: Institutet för nerväxtstudier

Subject: YOUR NAME + 25/26

If you don´t have a Swedish bank account and have difficulties to pay the membership fee: contact degrowthmalmo@riseup.net, no later than the 17th of October.

AGENDA:

Agenda/Agenda in English:

1.     Val av ordförande och sekreterare för mötet, samt 2 justerare av protokollet / Election of chair and secretary for the annual meeting (BOARD)

2.     Fastställande av röstlängd för mötet / Counting of number of voting members in the meeting (CHAIR)

3.     Val av protokolljusterare och rösträknare / Election of revisor of the minutes and counter of the votes (CHAIR)

4.     Fråga om mötet har utlysts enligt stadgarna / Question of announcement of the meeting according to the statutes? (6 weeks in advanced) (CHAIR)

5.     Har verksamhetsberättelse och förvaltningsberättelse skickats ut 2 veckor i förväg? Have the Review of activities and the financial report been sent out 2 weeks in advance? (CHAIR)

6.      Fastställande av dagordning / Decision on the agenda (CHAIR)

7.     Styrelsens arbete det senaste verksamhetsår/ Work of the board for the past finacial year (BOARD)

8.     Styrelsens verksamhetsberättelse för det senaste verksamhetsåret / Review of activities for the past working year: see Review of the activities 2024-2025 (BOARD)

9.     Styrelsens förvaltningsberättelse (balans- och resultaträkning) för det senaste verksamhetsåret / financial report for the past working year see Financial report 2023-2024 (TREASURER)

10.  Revisionsberättelsen för verksamhets-/räkenskapsåret / revisors analysis for the past working year. (financial auditors)

11.  Fråga om ansvarsfrihet för styrelsen för den tid revisionen avser / Decision on discharge of the board for the past working year (CHAIR)

12.  Motioner / motions (CHAIR)

·       Motion #1: see email.

Motions must be sent in in advance (no later than the 10th of October) to: degrowthmalmo@riseup.net,

In-coming motions will be sent out in advance of the meeting between the 11th and the 15th of October.

13.  Fastställande av medlemsavgifter /Decision on membership fees (CHAIR)

Current membership fee is 20SEK/year

14.  Fastställande av antalet ledamöter och suppleanter i styrelsen /Decision on the amount of members and delegates in the board  (CHAIR)

The board of 2024-2025 consisted of 1 chair, 1 treasurer, 1 board member, 2 suppleants.

According to the staues the board should have at least 5 members (including chair and treasurer)

15.  Val av styrelseledamöter och suppleanter i styrelsen /Election of board members and board delegates (CHAIR)

The outgoing board: Sara chair, Ekaterina treasurer, Britt board member, Spilios suppleant

Are you interested in becoming a member of the board? Please contact us on no later than the10th of October: degrowthmalmo@riseup.net,

A list of interested candidates will be sent out between the 11th and 15th of October

16.  Val av två revisorer samt två revisorssuppleanter / Election of two revisors and two revisor delegates (CHAIR)

Revisors 2024-2025 are: Chaim and Muriel, suppleants are Lucero and Leon

17.   (Val av valberedning /Election of election committee) (CHAIR)

18.  Fastställande av verksamhetsplan och behandling av budget för det kommande verksamhetsåret / Decision on activity plan and budget for the coming working year (BOARD 

19.  Övriga frågor / Other matters (CHAIR)

·       Representative in a local mobilization group prior the election

·       International outreach

21.              Årsmötet avslutas / End of the meeting (CHAIR)

A short meeting of the new board will be held right after the end of the annual meeting

This time we meet for a regular meeting for about 1-2 hour and then we go for a social drink. The meeting will mainly focus on communication of our group: so please come with a lot of good idéas of how we could both improve our outreaching communication, but also make it easier for the group to administrate :) Most welcome!

Location: Direktörsvillan (Lundavägen 51)

Social drink: TBA

Welcome all new members!

Are you new to degrowth and want to join our active group this meeting is for you. Members from the active group will introduce the Institute for degrowth studies, who we are, what we do and how we are organised etc.

We welcome new members all around the year, but we dedicate one meeting each semester to introduction new members. The introduction meeting will take about 1hour and fika will be served. After thie meeting we will go together to Mässingshornet for a social drink/something to eat for those of you who wants to join us.

Most welcome!

Location: This time we will meet at Direktörsvillan in Kirseberg (Lundavägen 51, - yes, in the old prison) This year we have been offered a meeting space here by Backa Kåken, to help them to prototype the former Directors Villa.

Dear all!
On our first regular meeting we will discuss themes and working groups for this semester.

Working groups are how we organise most of our activities and a working group can be temporary or more long-term, but always focused on some activity .

Location: Direktörsvillan (Lundavägen 51 Malmö, Kirseberg)

See you there!

Welcome to our social kick-start of autumn 2025!

The meeting is a combination of a social event - a potluck/barbecue and a meeting. We will continue to discuss/plan for topics that where brought up during our spring meetings. Bring something edible to share for the potluck and/or something to put on the grill -and your preference of drink. Location: Direktörsvillan (gamla fängelset) Kirseberg (Lundavägen 51A).

If you are new and want to join our group you are welcome, but the meeting will not focus on presenting the group, as this meeting is more for members to catch up after summer and start the activities of the semester. Instead we have an introduction meeting for new members on the 30th - se info below.

We will celebrate the work of this semester with a study trip to Röstånga. Exact time and activities will be announced later, but count on a full day activity wehre we go together by train and bus to meet some of the engaged change-makers in the village, walk in the butiful nature around and eat together.

NOTE! To join this activity you have to sign up before so we have an overview of who will join and how many will join. The registration for the study trip will be sent out in the chat.

Welcome to this years Overshoot festival. The festival works as a reminder of the day we overshoot this years planetary resources. For Sweden this was already 10th of April this year, and for the whole planet May the 7th.

The festival is a joint event where several organisations come together under the joint mission of a fair transition to a sustainable future, and fill the park with activities for all ages and interests.

This year the Institute of Degrowth Studies Malmö is represented with an infotable where you can meet representatives from the group.

LOCATION: FOLKETS PARK, MALMÖ

More info and program: Overshoot festival 2025

This meeting will be dedicated to plan the upstart of Degrowth in the Autumn and our annual meeting.

Bring calendars, good ideas, and engagement!

Location: STPLN

This time we meet to testrun the Agroecology + Degrowth workshop that will be held on the ISEE Degrowth Conference in Oslo. This day we will tstrun the prototype for the workshop, thus this meeting is a closed meeting, primarily for our already engaged members and invited guests. You need to sign up for participating (plus sing up your invited guests) before - and you sign up in the message sent through Signal.

LOCATION: STPLN, 2-6 pm 20-30 people. Fika will be served.

Save the date! Topic TBA

LOCATION: STPLN

Join this talk and discussion on the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Degrowth (out in June) with its editor activist-scholar Anitra Nelson and chapter contributor Nick Fitzpatrick.

Anitra is affiliated with the University of Melbourne (Australia) and Nick is based at Aarhus University (Denmark). They will talk about degrowth themes in the handbook, their other degrowth work and involvement in the degrowth movement over many years.

Up-dates on working groups, continuing planning spring activities

Location: STPLN TBA - comming soon. This meeting will not be an open meeting, so the location will be announced internally .

For those of you who are interested in contributing to the Overshoot Festival on the 29th of May in Folket Park are welcome to join this meeting. The meeting is arranged by ABF and the Overshoot Festival is a arranged as a collaboration between many organisation.

Location: ABF Malmö, Spånehusvägen 47

Degrowthers engaged in the working group for the ISEE Degrowth conference will meet with the group from Alnarp Agroecology Farm in Alnarp. We will interview the Agroecology group to decide on scenarios relevant for the conference workshop.

Location: at the farm in Alnarp (soup will be served, i think)

Now it is time to meet up with as many as possible. We will report what´s happening in the working groups and also discuss what we want to dedicate the up-coming meetings to. A lot is happening, so bring pen and paper/digital pen and paper and calender!

We will also discuss meeting places for the group.

If you are interested in joining Degrowth but has not been to any of our meeting yet, this is a perfect meeting for you to join!

Agenda:

18.00 Fika and intro to WeChange

18.30 Up-date from the working groups

19.00 Planning for spring
Location: STPLN

Planning meeting for the ISEE Degrowth Conference in Oslo 24th - 27th of June

Invited by the Alnarp Agroecology Farm, the Institute for degrowth studie will this year co-host a workshop on the international Degrowth conference. This meeting is a planning meeting for the workshop, travel etc. The meeting is for those who are interested in contributing to this collaboration and planning to go to the conference.

Location: zoom - link is on Signa - if you can´t find it, contact Sara

Everyone interested in joining the Material working group. The group will discuss about material needs and check out Degrowth books at the library.

Location: Malmö Stadsbibliotek. Host: Silfa

THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY SHORT NOTICE: A new day and time will be presented soon.

This meeting will be in a workshop style where we map out potential collaboration for a joint activity on something before the election 2026.

THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY SHORT NOTICE: A new day and time will be presented soon.

For new and old degrowth:ers. This is an event where we will discuss degrowth together. This session will be co-hosted by Silvia and Ekatarina.

Location: ABF Malmö Spånehusvägen

Questions: contact Silvia, Ekatarina or our Degrowth info-email.

On request from new members: This session will be hosted by Ekaterina, experienced degrowth:er and researcher on degrowth. This session is mainly for new members, but for everyone interested in degrowth. If you have questions contact Ekatarina or the Degrowth info-email.

Time: 14-16. Location: ABF Malmö, Spånehusvägen 47

Join our first planning session for 2025. The aim of the meeting is to put together an agenda for spring 2025. We had some sessions for generating ideas for this semester and this meeting will be about putting everything together. Location: Direktörsvillan (Kirseberg) Lundavägen 51A. Welcome. Host: Sara - contact Sara or info-mail Degrowth if you have questions.

Let´s come together for a drink and catching up after winter-holidays. Place to be announced. Contact Annita for more info. If you don´t have her email, contact us on the degrowth info-email.

Note the date! More info will come as well as where we will meet.

This meeting will be dedicated to plan our up-comming activities! We will do this in a workshop style and the only preparation you have to think of is to reflect on the following:

1. What would you like the Institute for Degrowth Studies to focus on this autumn, in the spring and more long-term?

2. Is there any activities you think the Degrowth group SHOULD engage with?

3. In what way do you want to contribute to these proposed activities?

This time we meet at Direktörsvillan in Kirseberg, Lundavägen 51 A.

See. you there!

Welcome to our annual meeting! As this is the only formal meeting, we have sent out more detailed info on our info-email list, as well as on our active email list. If you are not on one of these lists and are interested to join our meeting, send us an email!

Dear all! Have you come in contact with the Institute for Degrowth Studies or heard about us anywhere and got interested. This meeting is for you! We give a short introduction to Degrowth and to the group, who we are, we we have done etc. We meet at ABF Malmö. The meeting will be short from 17-18. After this we will go for a social drink/snack in Folkets Park - everyone that wants to join are welcome!

We meet at Sara´s place. We say hello to our new members and continue to discuss the autumn. Most welcome!