The climate crisis is a consequence of our economic system. Economic solutions, like carbon trading were supposed to be a problem solver. Despite such efforts, CO2 levels kept rising. Should we consider changing our economic system instead? And which role do environmental NGOs play in the battle for climate justice?
Joanna Cabello, activist and researcher on environmental justice and part of the Carbon Trade Watch collective, speaks about false solutions and grassroots activism. Joanna´s blog article "Where to begin with climate justice" is available here.
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...
Das Projekt- und Aktionsnetzwerk living utopia lädt am 5. November 2016 zur Utopie-Ökonomie-Konferenz (UTOPIKON) nach Berlin ein. Geplant sind 300 Teilnehmer*innen, fünf Keynotes, zehn Workshops und ein inspirierendes Rahmenprogramm. Als Referent*innen haben bisher unter anderem Silke Helfrich, Friederike Habermann, Niko Paech und Gerrit von Jorck zugesagt. Die Idee: Die UTOPIKON möchte zum ...
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 an...
