Janet Newbury and Donnie Maclurcan, members of the Post Growth Institute, would like to share one incredibly productive, flexible and democratic means of virtual collaboration. They ‘stumbled’ because it became the default method for their Skype conference calls ten seconds into their first attempt for nine of them to connect...
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About: Donnie Maclurcan
Dr. Donnie Maclurcan is co-founder of the Post Growth Institute – an international group exploring and inspiring paths to global prosperity that don’t rely on economic growth. He is also the founder and ideas guy at Project Australia – a community organisation helping people start, scale or sustain Australian not-for-profit initiatives.
Recent Posts by Donnie Maclurcan
Alternative approaches to nano-innovation and global health equity
By Donnie Maclurcan | Posted in: Technology |
Today is World Human Rights Day, a day to celebrate the universal rights afforded to all and a day to remember the widespread inequalities that still exist. Recent advances in nano-innovation signal the potential for big impacts on addressing inequalities in global health from this very, very, very small technology....
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Social business and the limits to growth
By Donnie Maclurcan | Posted in: Alternatives in development |
In this article, guest contributor Donnie Maclurcan responds to the concept of 'social business' as articulated by Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Acknowledging the successful model of development as implemented by the Grameen Bank, Donnie challenges the long-term sustainability and environmental impact of economic growth-based approaches to development. Profit, growth and consumption...
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Recent Comments by Donnie Maclurcan
- July 19, 2010 on Social business and the limits to growth

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