Camila Moreno, expert on "green" energy in Brazil, gives some demonstrative examples of so called green and clean energy projects and their impact in the Global South. Her input is part of the panel A worldwide energy revolution? which took place at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in September 2014.
Would you like to continue on the topic? Discussions and actions for Climate Justice and Degrowth are continued at the Degrowth Summerschool 2015, for example with the panel discussion "Green growth" vs. "Leave it in the soil!" - the issue of natural resources.
By André Reichel In the discourse on degrowth – the deliberate and planned downscaling of production and consumption that increases human well-being and enhances ecological conditions and equity on the planet – the notion of »sustainable development« has sort of a bad rap. In fact, sustainable degrowth is intended to replace sustainable development as the central concept under which ecological...
von Jana Holz und Miriam Fahimi Während sich andere Workshops der Sommerschule zu Degrowth und Klimagerechtigkeit zum Beispiel mit dem Emissionshandel, den sozialen Konditionen des Klimawandels, makroökonomischen Bedingungen von Postwachstumsgesellschaften beschäftigten, haben wir uns vor allem mit uns selbst auseinander gesetzt. Dieses mit-sich-selbst-auseinander-setzen, das wurde jedoch schn...
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...
