Degrowth is a political, economic, and social movement based on environmentalist, anti-consumerist and anti-capitalist ideas. Degrowth thinkers and activists advocate for the downscaling of production and consumption—the contraction of economies—as overconsumption lies at the root of long term environmental issues and social inequalities. Key to the concept of degrowth is that reducing consumption does not require individual martyring and a decrease in well-being. Rather, 'degrowthists' aim to maximize happiness and well-being through non-consumptive means—sharing work, consuming less, while devoting more time to art, music, family, culture and community.

Serge Latouche, expert of economy and social connection between North and South of the World, is one of the main exponent of the Degrowth teory. In his book Petit traité de la décroissance sereine, (Mille et Une Nuits, 2007) he developed a theorical approach to the Degrowth, the so called 8 :

1. Re-evaluate
2. Re-conceptualize
3. Re-structure
4. Re-localize
5. Re - distribute
6. Reduce
7. Re - use
8. Recycle

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