Eine Sendung des unabhängigen Nachrichtenmagazins Kontext TV zur Degrowth-Konferenz:
One argument of those who defend growth is that growth is the natural and inevitable course of the economy. Liberated from governmental or other restrictions, and left to their own powers, entrepreneurs will make an economy grow, as they are endlessly inventive in growing their own incomes. Growth is then seen as the natural product of a free, ‘self-regulated market’. The destiny of the economy...
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...
Der Kampf gegen Kohle im Rheinland trifft auf prominente internationale Unterstützung. Naomi Klein, Autorin von "Die Entscheidung: Kapitalismus vs. Klima" und Bill McKibben, Klimaaktivist und Mitbegründer der Klimaorganisation 350.org betonen in zwei Statements die immense Wichtigkeit des Kohleprotests im Rheinland. Dieser findet direkt nach unserer Sommerschule dort statt. Klein schreibt: "D...