In Covas do Barroso, the threat of an open-pit lithium mine mobilised the community to defend their land, water and way of life. Elisabete Pires and Diogo Sobral, from UDCB, explain how this resistance began and why they believe protecting Barroso is a matter of environmental and democratic justice that goes beyond the village.

In a global context marked by ecological and socio-economic crisis, degrowth emerges as a radical and urgent proposal to rethink our ways of living, economic structures, and the organization of cities, offering concrete paths for a transition toward fairer, more sustainable societies centered on collective well-being.