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
.Eine deutsche Version des Textes findet sich hier. When it comes to technological development, I often hear the words: What can be done will be done – sooner or later. Many people think that technological development follows a path directed by quasi-natural laws that head into one and only one direction – called “progress” – which is: to use more technology, more complex technology, more exp...
Should arguments for degrowth be anthropocentric or ecocentric? And what does this mean in practice? There is an interesting discussion going on, starting with two recent court rulings in New Zealand and India about rivers being granted personal rights. We present an article by Ashish Kothari, Mari Margil and Shrishtee Bajpai, first published for The Guardian. Several geographically-distan...
Der Kampf gegen Kohle im Rheinland trifft auf prominente internationale Unterstützung. Naomi Klein, Autorin von "Die Entscheidung: Kapitalismus vs. Klima" und Bill McKibben, Klimaaktivist und Mitbegründer der Klimaorganisation 350.org betonen in zwei Statements die immense Wichtigkeit des Kohleprotests im Rheinland. Dieser findet direkt nach unserer Sommerschule dort statt. Klein schreibt: "D...
