The Cost of Growth
Hosted by Climate Designers Toronto
Virtual
When
Mar 7, 10:00 AM EST
Price
$5.00 USD per person
Available in
Worldwide
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The Cost of Growth | A Climate Designers Toronto Discussion
For those joining the discussion after the film, please use this link to join the discussion once the screening ends. We will discuss the implications for designers and the design industry.
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/zud-omzx-wre
About the film
The Cost of Growth follows climate activists Anuna De Wever and Lena Hartog as they travel through Italy, Serbia, and Sápmi, documenting grassroots resistance to extractivism. The film connects these local struggles with broader debates on war, justice, and democracy - showing how extractive violence is a form of structural warfare on communities and ecosystems.
Through intimate encounters with grassroots movements, the film weaves together voices from affected communities and leading thinkers—such as Fati N'Zi-Hassane, Vijay Prashad, Greta Thunberg and Jason Hickel - to interrogate who truly pays for growth, how growth is defended and how we move beyond.
This is a 100 % nonprofit project: funding raised through screenings is channelled back to campaigns on democratizing the economy and to support the communities and movements featured in the film.
Genre
Documentary
Released
2025
Director
Thomas Maddens
Producer
A Mad Production, Brain Jangen Production, Voice Over Foundation, IOTA Production
Executive Producer
Anuna de Wever, Lena Hartog
Writer
Brototi Roy
Crew
Frederik Stuut