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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What could an alliance of techies and greens bring for a social, democratic and ecological future? The conference "Bits and Trees" ("Bits & Bäume" in German), which took place in Berlin on November 17th and 18th of this year, tried to shed light on this question. It brought together around 1.700 people interested and organized around digitalization and sustainability. Merely the name of ...
At the COP24 conference in Poland, countries are aiming to finalise the implementation plan for the 2015 Paris Agreement. The task has extra gravity in the wake of the recent IPCC report declaring that we have just 12 years to take the action needed to limit global warming to that infamous 1.5ᵒC target. Although the conference itself is open to selected state representatives only, many see t...
Nach den Erfolgen der letzten Jahre laden die Vereinigung für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (VÖW) und das netzwerk n vom 30.7. – 2.08. 2014 zur vierten Sommerakademie nach Lobetal bei Berlin ein. Anhand der Erfahrungen bei der Etablierung von Nachhaltigkeit in Wissenschaft und Lehre sollen Strategien entwickelt werden, mit denen insbesondere Studierendeninitiativen alternative Konzepte wie Postwachstum, plurale Wirtschaftswissenschaften [...]
