CASSE NSW Inc seeks to promote a better understanding of Positive Steps and/or better paths to transition to a sustainable Steady State Economy.  Hence we list papers and articles relevant to such "Positive Steps" and our needed transition to real sustainable solutions.

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Popular Articles

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Issues related to Sustainability, Steady-State Economics, Degrowth, and Renewable Energy ​

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Mark Diesendorf (2025). Genuine economic reform is long overdue. The Point. Australia Institute, 14 November.

 

Mark Diesendorf (2025). Growing consumption is slowing the energy transition. SEARCH Foundation, September. 

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Mark Diesendorf (2025) Key policies for the energy transition. Pearls & Irritations, 20 September. 

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Mark Diesendorf (2025). The principal barrier to a rapid energy transition. Pearls & Irritations, 29 July.

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Mark Diesendorf (2025). The steady-state economy". Renew Magazine, July-Sept. 2025, issue 172, 62–65. 

 

Mark Diesendorf (2025). The steady-state economy: why we need it and how it could be progressed. Pearls & Irritations, 9 May.

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Mark Diesendorf (2025) The physical hazards of nuclear energy.  EnergyScience Coalition, 11 March.

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Mark Diesendorf (2024). Sustainability scientists challenge the dominant economic system. Pearls & Irritations, 27 September.​

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Mark Diesendorf (2024). Consumption is driving global greenhouse gas emissions. Pearls & Irritations, 17 December.

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Mark Diesendorf (2024). The energy transition is slowed by growth in consumption. CleanTechnica.

 

Tim Jackson & Peter A. Victor (2015) Credit creation and the growth imperative: a quasi-stationary economy with debt-based money, 

show that it's possible to move to a steady state economy without prohibiting interest-bearing debt.

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Tim Jackson (2005) Motivating sustainable consumption: a review of the evidence on consumer behaviour and behavioural change,

looks at different models of change and opportunities for more sustainable lifestyles.

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Steven Hail (2021). Please, no more questions about how to pay off the COVID debt. The Conversation, 6 April.

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Discussion Papers published by Sustainable Population Australia 

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Jonathan Sobels, Peter Cook, Sandra Kanck & Jane O’Sullivan (2024). Big thirsty Australia: how population growth threatens our water security and sustainability

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Ian Lowe, Jane O'Sullivan & Peter Cook (2024). Population and climate change. 

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Jane O'Sullivan (2022). Why we should not fear an ageing population.

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Paul Collins (2022). How many Australians? The need for Earth-centric ethics.

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