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Prime the virtuous cycle of decline

Here are summarized some simple steps to trigger the virtuous circle of decline according to the idea of \u200b\u200bSerge Latouche.

1. Return to a sustainable ecological footprint on the planet, or a material production equivalent to that of the sixties and seventies.
2. internalize the costs of transport.
3. relocalization activities.
4. Restore peasant agriculture.
5. Transforming growth productivity in less time working and job creation, until when there is unemployment.
6. Stimulating the "production" of goods relational
7. Reduce energy waste by a factor of 4
8. strongly penalizes the cost of advertising
9. a moratorium on technological innovation, take stock serious and direct scientific research and technique according to the new aspirations.

Excerpt from "The challenge of decrease" on page 169