Kallis (2017) describes degrowth as ‘‘...an informed maturing of a radical environmentalism’’ (p. 17) and criticizes ‘‘. . .‘deep ecologists’ a-political misconceptions about a passive submission to an inherently balanced ‘mother earth’’’ (Kallis, 2017; p. 58). He continues ‘‘degrowth presents a radical political project of constructing an alternative socio-ecological future. . .simpler by enlightened choice, not by passive conformity to nature’s laws’’ (Kallis, 2017).

They [Zapatistas] are pruning connections with growth-economies and re-rooting within and between place(s) through rhizomatic networks of freely circulating people, goods, services, ideas and practices.

"...encountering the world as a swarm of vibrant materials entering and leaving agentic assemblages."

“I am an artist. I am a woman. I am a wife. I am a mother. (Random order) I do a hell of a lot of washing, cleaning, cooking, renewing, supporting, preserving, etc. Also, (up to now separately) I ‘do’ Art. Now I will simply do these everyday things, and flush them up to consciousness, exhibit them, as Art.” (Ukeles, 1969)