In late August, Arketa Institute was invited to present to the leadership of a Swiss pension fund. We introduced Ecological Economics and degrowth and shared ideas for how pension funds could continue delivering value in this context.

On August 22, 2025, Swiss postgrowth advocates came together in Bern, Switzerland. Anastasia joined to lead a session on narrative and communications.

This week, Arketa Institute's Matt Orsagh spoke at the Degrowth Institute’s inaugural DeSchool event in Chicago, Illinois.

What role does finance have to play in realizing genuine sustainability? Steve discussed this with Simon Berthoud of Climate Alliance Switzerland and Alisa Gessler of Enterprise for Society Center during a panel at the University of Lausanne.

Arketa Institute Co-founder Anastasia Linn held two workshops at the 2025 One Young World Switzerland National Congress in Bern, Switzerland.

Over the last ten months, Steve Rocco and Matt Orsagh have been participating in a first-of-its-kind community of practice: the Post-Growth Finance Action Circle organized by Research & Degrowth International.

Following the publication of our first whitepaper, By Disaster or Design, Arketa Institute held a webinar on April 29th, 2025 to discuss key points from the report and answer readers' questions.

On Thursday, April 24th, 2025, Arketa Institute’s Steve Rocco presented at The American University of Paris as a guest lecturer in Professor Suzanne Bodevin's sustainable finance course.

This week, Matt was interviewed on the One Step Ahead podcast, where he introduced Arketa Institute and the thinking behind our mission.

Our first whitepaper summarizes the challenges faced by finance today; introduces a more solid basis for thinking about the economy, finance and sustainability; and offers some direction for our industry’s next steps, towards greater resilience and wellbeing.

Over the last few months, Arketa Institute's Steve Rocco has been teaching a course on economics and sustainable finance at Université Savoie Mont Blanc in Chambéry, France.

On Thursday, April 10th, 2025, Arketa Institute's Matt Orsagh was at the University of Richmond speaking about Ecological Economics and the science behind degrowth.

"Our work is only as good as the tools we use... and our current understanding of economics is one such flawed tool." We were pleased to contribute to the Loan Market Association's 'Horizons' publication on sustainable finance.

Each of the founders of Arketa Institute have taken a different path through a career in finance. However, we all ended up in the same place. We each understand that finance and economics as we know them today aren't fit for purpose, and we are committed to–and energized by–the idea of building something better.

Steve joined for a podcast discussion on the future of ESG and sustainability in the loan market.

We were happy to contribute to the IEMA’s third Sustainable Finance Insight Journal on the topic of Funding the Just Transition.

In October 2024, Steve spoke on the ESG Panel at the Loan Market Association’s European Loan Markets Conference in Paris, France.

‘Exploring Postgrowth Finance’ is a series of events seeking to start conversations about what degrowth means for finance and the possibilities for a post-growth finance system.

Matt and Steve joined Jim Pittman and host Steven Zwick on Episode 110 of the Bionic Planet podcast for a conversation on Ecological Economics, systems thinking, and the Limits to Growth.

Arketa Institute Co-Founder Matt Orsagh has been publishing accessible insights into ecological economics and degrowth via Substack since 2023.