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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Das Konzeptwerk hat eine Replik auf postwachstumskritik.de geschrieben. Die der Webseite entsprechende Studie "Wirtschaftswachstum aufgeben? Eine Analyse wachstumskritischer Argumente" (Funke et al. 2015) fasst die Ergebnisse eines Seminars zusammen, in welchem sich die studentischen Autor_innen kritisch mit dem Konzept Postwachstum auseinandergesetzt haben. Die Autor_innen fragen "Müssen wir W...
By Chandran Nair A seminal paper jointly authored by a dozen international scientists and academics and released in April has created a ripple in the conservation community. It is a lengthy essay but what An Ecomodernist Manifesto says is that accelerated technological progress combined with socio-economic change will 'decouple' human economic pursuit from its impact on the environment. Transl...
By Corinna Burkhart Humans get used to quite a lot of things and live their daily life through a set of what we can call habits. Everyday experiences are not much worth a thought as long as everything is like it always is. This can be driving by car to town, only to get stuck in the usual traffic jam, or something very simple like flushing the toilet or using knife and fork to eat a grilled pi...
