Global Degrowth Day

Every year, on the first Saturday of June, we celebrate Global Degrowth Day, where many different public events are organised worldwide to share alternatives to a growth-based society and celebrate degrowth!

Global Degrowth Day 2026

This year, the Global Degrowth Day takes place on Saturday 6th June.

What can you do to get involved and help raise awareness of Degrowth within your local community? 

On this page we have shared a few suggestions, and given details on how you can tell us about what you have planned - so we can feature it in our website, and support the work you are doing!

Register Your Event!

If you wish to contribute to this year's GDD actions, please fill out this form:
https://my.liberaforms.org/global-degrowth-day-2026 (external link)
  
Check out all the events and their details in a map here:
https://my.liberaforms.org/global-degrowth-day-2026/map (external link)

  

How to Participate in the Global Degrowth Day

Here are some examples of what you could do:

  • Organise a demonstration for a local social or environmental struggle, voicing your demands to communities, municipalities, and governments.
  • Host a workshop on degrowth and its intersection with a topic of local relevance or interest.
  • Throw a party to celebrate the achievements of the degrowth community and to raise awareness of our struggle.
  • Host a discussion on the socio-ecological impacts of endless economic growth and how they appear in your local area (for example, the privatisation of natural or the building of a mega infrastructure project)
  • Facilitate a gathering to discuss a pressing issue in your local context from a critical perspective and co-design actions for local advocacy.
  • Or simply gather for a picnic and conviviality! 

Everything goes! 

Help Us Document Your Event :)

We would love to hear from you and receive images and videos from your actions which we can communicate on our channels.

Here (https://cloud.degrowth.net/s/gcBoZcBbAb4swRC) you can upload your pictures and documentation :)

Toolkit for the Action Day

Got questions? Want some help? You can reach us here: info[at]degrowth.network

Global Degrowth Day 2025 - At a Glance

Below you can see some images of how people celebrated GDD around the world in 2025!

And here you can see where some of the previous events that were registered with the IDN took place in 2025 :) 

Want to learn more about the history of Global Degrowth Day?