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.
The left's strange bedfellows Over a year ago I lived in Barcelona, where I was lucky enough to witness a social movement—in large part fuelled by cooperatives, squats, and other autonomous spaces—win the mayoral elections. I had spent the year being involved with a group that studies and advocates ‘degrowth’—the idea that we must downscale production and consumption to have a more equitable s...
Anthropological thoughts on degrowth Degrowth energizes and interconnects remarkably heterodox thinking and surprisingly heterogeneous action. To advance dialogue among diverse pathways, a recent Journal of Political Ecology issue on “Degrowth, Culture and Power” joins studies of 15 initiatives to forge worlds that prioritize well-being, equity and sustainability rather than expansion. My intr...
Der AK Reproduktion, das Feministische Institut Hamburg und die Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung laden ein zur „Aktionskonferenz Care Revolution“ am 14.-16. März 2014 in Berlin. Für den Stream towards Degrowth hat uns Jette Hausotter, als Mitglied des AK Preproduktion, einige Fragen beantwortet. Die Initiator_innen der Aktionskonferenz und über 50 Kooperationspartner_innen wollen den Anstoß geben, die individuellen und kollektiven [...]
