Ever wanted to listen to the book "Vocabulary of Degrowth" because you prefer having an audio book over a physical one? Well, we hear you and share your feeling. That's why we started the "Vocabulary of Degrowth Audiobook Podcast". Currently we are recording individual chapters of the book and publish them as a podcast. This way we eventually get to record the entire book. The English version of the book is already 99% complete. Join us to add the other the languages such as German!
To get a taste of it, have a look at the website or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes if you just want to listen to it. If you're seriously interested in joining, send an email to Robert Orzanna.
In a recent article with Stefan Drews, we discussed why degrowth might be an unfortunate name and slogan for the alternative economics movement. We listed several expressions that could possibly be better, but we were also upfront about their disadvantages. Here I propose a new term that might combine the advantages of the word degrowth with those of its more positive alternatives. For an asse...
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...
von Jana Holz und Elena Hofmann Was hat die Degrowth-Konferenz gebracht? Und wie geht es weiter? – Eine erste Gelegenheit zur Auswertung und zum Ausblick bot die Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung Berlin mittels eines Workshops „Postwachstum – sozial-ökologische Perspektiven für linke Politik“ am 30/31. Oktober. Die Stiftung lud zum Austausch und zur Vernetzung Interessierte aus den eigenen Reihen und de...
