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.
Ten years ago G20 leaders committed a staggering $5 trillion of public funds to rescue the banks and restore growth during the largest economic contraction in modern times. The economies of an unprecedented number of countries — and their associated environmental footprints — experienced very low growth over the decade that followed. In a recent study published in the Journal of Cleaner Prod...
A Study on Transformative Social Innovation There are numerous grassroots movements and initiatives worldwide with the ambition to contribute to transformative change towards more sustainable, resilient and just societies. Many of them have a specific vision on the economy and relate to alternative visions of a ‘New Economy’. The research project TRANSIT highlights four prominent strands of ne...
Unter dem Motto „Besser – Anders – Weniger“ beleuchtet das aktuelle Böll.Thema den weltweiten Trend zur Suche nach alternativen Wirtschaftskonzepten, denn schneller als die Wirtschaft wächst in vielen Teilen der Welt „das Unbehagen an einer Vorherrschaft der Wirtschaft, die alle Lebensbereiche dominiert“. Das Heft zeigt und verknüpft einige der vielfältigen konkreten Alternativen, die zunehmend [...]
