A few months back I was criticized in a degrowth focused email list for discussing the need for communities to learn how to make care products, soap, shampoo, etc, which are life necessities. I was essentially told that had nothing to do with degrowth, most ardently. With degrowth the personal is indeed political. Communities need to form. Consumerism must end. If communities can make these essential products easily without profit motives and cut out corporations, that is degrowth, too. I don’t understand why those who believe degrowth is the “big picture” can’t see that degrowth is people taking care of people. Through the process of people taking care of people, corporations can be eliminated from our daily lives and that will include all the waste and pollution, and harm to animals and the earth that these corporations stand upon. People will still have needs in a post-capitalist society. It seems to me that something has simple and collectives making their own soap and shampoo for each others, which can be easy to make with the right expertise, and shared freely, is degrowth. The ingredients can be acquired collectively, so that all may have what they need. In the process, communities, collectives, whatever you need to call them can begin to experiment in other ways to support each other in matters that aid health, quality of life, necessities, and eliminate consumerism.