The Journal of Cleaner Production will be issuing a special volume on the topic of technology and degrowth and is looking for interesting scientific contributions. Abstracts of 400 to 500 words can be submitted until 31 August 2015. The special volume aims to both provide 1) a state of the art selection of current discussions of the role of technology within Degrowth in academia and practice and 2) a deepened reflection on technologies with the aim to specify perspectives and to overcome their entrenchment. The full call for papers can be accessed here
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We live nextdoor to my partner’s grandmother, Maria, who was born during the Second World War in Northern Italy. This means that she knows what hard times look like. Maria could not believe we would be using washable diapers for our baby boy. With genuine surprise she asked me, “why?”, and then she was curious in which pot we were planning to boil the diapers. In her eyes, we could not possibly...
By Oscar Krüger By now, there are likely few who have not heard of Pope Francis's recent encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si'”. And as many of the readers of this blog might already know, the Spanish and Italian versions contain what appears to be a direct endorsement of degrowth: the use of the term „decrecimiento“ (sp) and „decrescita“ (it), even if this is watered down to „decreased ...
Interview mit Anna Holthaus Anna Holthaus ist Vorstandsmitglied der BUNDJugend. Seit 4 Jahren engagiert sie sich in der BUNDJugend dafür, die Schritte für einen sozial-ökologischen Transformationsprozess und eine Gesellschaft ohne Wachstum anzusteuern. Erfreulicherweise ist die BUNDJugend ein wichtiger Unterstützer der Degrowth-Konferenz in Leipzig. Im Rahmen der Interviewreihe des Projekts “Stream towards Degrowth” blickt Anna Holthaus aus [...]
