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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Ten years ago G20 leaders committed a staggering $5 trillion of public funds to rescue the banks and restore growth during the largest economic contraction in modern times. The economies of an unprecedented number of countries — and their associated environmental footprints — experienced very low growth over the decade that followed. In a recent study published in the Journal of Cleaner Prod...
As much as building walls cannot be the answer to the horrible situation of refugees seeking asylum in Europe, it cannot be the means of choice for protecting national economies either. In the face of a resurgence of sovereigntist and nationalist rhetoric from both the Right and the Left, the French Degrowth Project makes the case for open relocalization as a basis for a new international: By...
Um dem demokratischen und integrativen Anspruch der Degrowth-Konferenz gerecht werden zu können, haben wir eine spannende Crowdfunding-Kampagne gestartet. Sie läuft nun 55 Tage und endet kurz vor der Konferenz. Unser Ziel ist es, dass möglichst viele Menschen an der Konferenz teilnehmen können und somit zu einem Wandel für eine Gesellschaft jenseits von Wachstumszwängen beitragen. Dafür ist [...]
