Montréal, October 31, 2025 — The White Paper resulting from the Fab City Campus Montréal, *At the Meeting of the Americas*, is an invitation to continue the collaborations initiated with the Fab Cities across the Americas. Its objective is, among others, to promote collaboration among the various actors within the Fab City community to foster a bioregional approach to the transition toward a new productive model that enhances human relationships with other species.

Toward a Multidimensional Transition for Fab Cities

The Fab City Campus Montréal, *At the Meeting of the Americas*, created a fertile space for exchange and reflection on the challenges and perspectives of transitioning toward more autonomous, sustainable, and resilient cities. This event—marked by a series of panels, conferences, and discussions—made it possible to explore the Fab City concept through multiple lenses: biodiversity, citizen participation, technology, fashion, local manufacturing, and more.

What emerged strongly from these exchanges is the inherently multidimensional nature of the Fab City. The Fab City movement invites us to reexamine fundamental principles: What is growth for? What kind of economy do we want? And how can we align production and consumption with planetary boundaries and the real needs of communities?

A Cross-Cutting Vision: Toward Degrowth and Sufficiency

Among the many courses of action discussed, one central idea stands out: the need to produce and consume less. This notion, grounded in an ethic of sufficiency and sobriety, was explored through concrete examples across various sectors.

Rethinking Our Cities, Rethinking Our Values

The transition toward a Fab City also implies a profound cultural shift. It calls on us to rediscover values often marginalized in dominant narratives: cooperation rather than competition, sufficiency rather than accumulation, durability rather than obsolescence. These values are expressed through concrete actions: short supply chains, circular economy practices, increased citizen participation, and the creation of commons.

The Fab City movement reminds us that another economy is possible—one that doesn’t just do things *better*, but also does *less*, with wisdom, respect, and solidarity. It is now up to each of us—citizens, decision-makers, entrepreneurs, and creators—to embrace this vision and bring it to life in our daily actions.

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