Für unsere Degrowth Konkret - Klimagerechtigkeit Sommerschule 2015 suchen wir noch nach Anbieter*innen von Kursen. Die Sommerschule findet vom 9. bis 14. August 2015 im Braunkohleabbaugebiet Rheinland zusammen mit dem Klimcamp statt. Die Kurse sollen als Herzstück der Veranstaltung 4 oder 2 Tage lang laufen und damit die Möglichkeit zur Themenvertiefung bieten. Eine bestimmte Form oder Struktur ist nicht vorgegeben, sodass viel Raum bleibt für Kreativität. Die Einreichungsfrist endet am 30. April. Wer interessiert ist, einen Kurs vorzubereiten, findet alle nötigen Informationen hier. Zur PDF-Version geht es hier
In his welcome address at the opening plenary of the 5th International Degrowth Conference, Federico Demaria from Research and Degrowth made explicitly clear that immigrants, refugees and their struggles must be integral part of the degrowth community: "Refugees and the other oppressed shall always be kept in mind while imagining degrowth and the socio-ecological transformation we are walking. ...
By Kanchi Kohli and Manju Menon Is the world going through an environmental crisis? If yes, who has caused it and where does the onus to remedy it lie? If one is to go by the policy debates and outcomes worldwide, the existence of a crisis seems established, the attribution contested, and the road map for remedies under perpetual review. Each year several international conventions revisit thei...
By Mark Burton It can be difficult to form a view of what’s really going on in our atmosphere, given the amount of information and of contradictory claims. This piece concerns recent reports on global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and levels. On 16th March, a Guardian headline over an article by John Vidal said: Surge in renewable energy stalls world greenhouse gas emissions That sounds good...
