The fifth international Degrowth Conference is over, the call to host the sixth has been opened. A lot could be said about the conference, yet I do not intend to give a comprehensive overview, nor examine how it stands in relation with the former conferences. Instead, I want to share five aspects of the conference, which I found particularly insightful. 1. A Degrowth Conference in Hungary? ...
Interview mit Tobi Rosswog von living utopia Wir freuen uns sehr, dass die Utopie-Ökonomie-Konferenz UTOPIKON, die 4-6 November in Berlin stattfindet, Teil unseres Stream Towards Degrowth ist. Mit dem Stream wollen wir zeigen, dass die Suche nach alternativen Gesellschaftsentwürfen jenseits des Wachstumsparadigmas bei vielen Menschen auf große Begeisterung stößt, und dass es bereits eine bunte...
By André Reichel In the discourse on degrowth – the deliberate and planned downscaling of production and consumption that increases human well-being and enhances ecological conditions and equity on the planet – the notion of »sustainable development« has sort of a bad rap. In fact, sustainable degrowth is intended to replace sustainable development as the central concept under which ecological...
