María Paz Aedo

María Paz Aedo is a sociologist and Master’s student in Ecological Humanities, Sustainabilities and Ecosocial Transition at the Universitat Politècnica de València and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and holds a PhD in education and is a member of CASA – Centro de Análisis Socioambiental.

Atacama Desert

From the Steppes to the Desert: Beyond “Green” Megaprojects

Recalling the sea, the desert, and the steppe, we recognize the traces of their vastness and depth in our hearts and consciousness. This vastness and depth is what we need to remember: that the wealth and well-being we long for are not in the race for infinite growth, but in the sufficiency of the inhabited present.

September 29, 2025

industrial pollution

Collective learnings from the 2020 Latin American Degrowth Forum

Facing the threat of an “economic reactivation” that reproduces and deepens the ideology of infinite economic growth and its impacts, it becomes necessary to make visible, share, and co-create alternatives to our current model of civilization.

March 17, 2021