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...
Im September 2014 fand die Degrowth-Konferenz in Leipzig statt. Die frei wählbaren Teilnehmer_innen Beiträge waren erfreulicherweise höher, als erwartet! Sie ermöglichen dem ehm. Degrowth Organisationskreis, knapp 9.000 Euro für eine Projektförderung vergeben zu können. Egal ob ihr Diskussionen befördern, Wissen generieren, Menschen bilden oder praktisch tätig werden wollt: es sollen kleine Pr...
By Xavier Renou Civil disobedience shares a lot with the degrowth idea and movement. In the past, civil disobedience proved to be a powerful tool to fight for equal rights, labor rights, independence, peace and political liberation. Thanks to a growing awareness, an increasing number of struggles involving civil disobedience and non-violent direct actions have been influenced by if not conduct...
