2 June 2026
Beautiful Business, Zurich Climate Week & Climate Action in Virginia
Dear friends,
Why would a post-growth future be a more beautiful one? Anastasia has been considering this idea for many years, and last month, she recently shared some of Arketa Institute’s perspectives on the matter at the World Beautiful Business Forum in Athens, Greece.
Steve also brought some necessary critique to the first ever Zurich Climate Week, speaking both on pensions and on sustainability and finance more broadly.
Demand for these ideas is growing. Upon reading our pension report, the Swiss Association of Actuaries recently invited us to speak at their sustainability conference this fall.
The time is right to rethink the role of finance in the global economy. In order to help catalyze system-level action, we are organizing a strategy meeting to coordinate the efforts of many NGOs who engage directly with pension funds across Europe, North America, and Australia.
Do you know others we should talk to, about pension action or post-growth in general? Let us know.
We also hope to see many of you later this month at Post-Growth Finance Happy Hour! Details at the bottom of this email.
Til then, take care and keep caring,
The Team at Arketa Institute
Left and center: Scenes from Anastasia’s sessions at the World Beautiful Business Forum. Right: Steve on a panel at Zurich Climate Week.
Anastasia Hosts Two Sessions at the World Beautiful Business Forum
How can we create a life-centered economy? This was one of the key questions flowing through the World Beautiful Business Forum held in Athens, Greece.
Anastasia was invited to contribute to the Ministry of Regeneration track, the part of the Forum dedicated to exploring “alternatives to extraction and endless growth”.
In addition to co-hosting the Ministry’s flagship session at the former Athens Stock Exchange, Anastasia hosted two private, high-stakes poker games inspired by our pension report.
Read more on our presence at the Forum.
Steve Speaks at Zurich Climate Week
In early May, Steve represented Arketa Institute at the first annual Climate Week Zurich. He spoke at two events and helped ensure that Ecological Economics and the limitations of sustainable finance as usual were a part of the week's discussions.
Our thanks to ClimateHack Zurich, Global Shapers Zurich, Green Fintech Network, and Swiss Youth for Climate for the invitations to speak.
Read more about Steve's time at Climate Week Zurich: https://www.arketa-institute.org/resources/steve-climate-week-zurich-2026
Matt Talks to Charlottesville Climate Action Lobby
On May 19th, Matt spoke with the CVille 100 Climate Alliance about Ecological Economics and moving towards a post-growth future.
Cville 100 is a coalition of non-profit organizations in Charlottesville, Virginia with a mission to address climate change and work across the state of Virginia.
Matt lives just outside Charlottesville and he looks forward to continuing to collaborate with Cville 100 and other like-minded organizations to ensure that respect for the limits to growth make its way into decision-making processes at the local and state levels.
Calendar: Upcoming Events & Projects
June 18-21: Matt will attend and speak at the 2026 United States Society of Ecological Economics Conference in at Oberlin College, Ohio, USA.
June, 16:30-17:30 CEST / 10:30-11:30 EDT: Our next Postgrowth Finance Happy Hour! Drop in anytime to informally discuss Ecological Economics and finance with us. Please subscribe to the newsletter or write to us directly for the Zoom link.
October 1: Steve and Anastasia will present at the Swiss Association of Actuaries’ 2026 Sustainability in (Re-)Insurance Conference in Zurich, Switzerland.
Curious what else we’ve been up to? Check out our news archive.
Arketa Institute for Post-Growth Finance
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