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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dear
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We are excited to invite you to participate in the 8th International Degrowth Conference “Caring Communities for Radical Change” that will take place in the Hague between 21-24 August
2021. It aims to connect activists, artists, academics, practitioners, students, and general public to create an open platform for discussing ideas and practices which can ensure wellbeing for all within the Earth’s limits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If one word could describe 2020, that word could be ‘change’. Nothing has been the same for most people globally since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. It confronted us with
our vulnerabilities and interdependencies, but also with our potential for transformation through care: transformation of ourselves, our relationships, and our economies. That is why our conference is centered around caring communities and positive impacts
they generate.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">You will find more information about the conference in our open call for participation</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
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with links to the call and submission forms in Dutch, French and English. Find all the relevant information</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdegrowth.nl%2F&data=04%7C01%7Charcourt%40iss.nl%7C63fadd77effe41cad99208d8b6ef3205%7C715902d6f63e4b8d929b4bb170bad492%7C0%7C0%7C637460486067924560%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=ot%2FmWi55PU67zMStsiHImdiiB7dQ967d47Culm85Q%2Fo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="Original URL:
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We warmly invite you to share it within your network and join us next August!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">For more information do not hesitate to contact us
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">at info@degrowth.nl</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wendy Harcourt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On behalf of the Organizing Committee
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#4472C4">Professor Dr Wendy Harcourt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#4472C4">Professor of Gender, Diversity and Sustainable Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#4472C4">ISS/EUR Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague 2502LT The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#4472C4">Coordinator of WEGO-ITN (<a href="https://www.wegoitn.org"><span style="color:#4472C4">https://www.wegoitn.org</span></a>)</span><u><span style="color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#4472C4">Latest Blog:</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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https://www.degrowth.info/en/2021/01/degrowth-as-a-metaphor-for-change/
Click to follow link."><span style="color:#4472C4;text-decoration:none">Degrowth
as a metaphor for change | degrowth.info</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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