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Art contribution • 2020

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Life within Planetary Boundaries, Down to Earth (Part 1)

By: Maja Lindström

Original title: Leva inom planetgränserna, Ett jordat liv. The film is based on interviews with author and journalist David Jonstad and agronomist and research leader Johanna Björklund, who guides us away from the utopia of eco-modernism: that with new technology we could live on as today, but in a sustainable way. Together they explain how we can "democratize survival" through sharing the l...

Scientific paper • 2020

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Looking for the inverted pyramid: an application using input-output networks

By: Louison Cahen-Fourot, Emanuele Campiglio, Elena Dawkins, Antoine Godin, Eric Kemp-Benedict

Herman Daly's view of the economy as an “inverted pyramid” sitting on top of essential raw material inputs is compelling, but not readily visible in monetary data, as the contribution of primary sectors to value added is typically low. This article argues that “forward linkages”, a classical development theory concept capturing the relevance of a sector for downstream activities, is an informat...

Scientific paper • 2019

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Unraveling the claims for (and against) green growth

By: Tim Jackson, Peter A. Victor

Can the global economy grow indefinitely, decoupled from the Earth's limitations? Science 22 Nov 2019, Vol. 366, Issue 6468, pp. 950-951

Scientific paper • 2019

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Unlocking wise digital techno-futures: Contributions from the Degrowth community

By: Christian Kerschner, Melf-Hinrich Ehlers, Mario Pansera

Many of the benefits anticipated from technology in the 1960s remain unrealized today. Alongside the optimism that drives technological development, more sceptical views that regard the promises of technology with reflection, mistrust, and even hostility, have emerged within Western societies. One such group is the Degrowth community, a heterogenous group of researchers and activists who questi...

Scientific paper • 2019

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Mapping and Analyzing Ecological Distribution Conflicts in Andean Countries

By: Joan Martinez-Alier, Mario Pérez-Rincón, Julieth Vargas-Morales

The extractive sector is increasingly important in the GDP and export basket of the four Andean countries under study (ACs) (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia). The analysis of an updated inventory of 296 environmental conflicts in the EJAtlas for these four countries reaches the following conclusions: extractivism causes environmental conflicts related to mining, fossil fuels, hydropower and...

• 2019

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Grünes Wachstum oder Verzicht – wie retten wir die Welt?

By: Kristin Langen

Die natürlichen Ressourcen müssen geschont werden. Darüber herrscht große Einigkeit, jedoch nicht über den Weg dorthin: Die einen plädieren für ein „grünes Wirtschaftswunder“ mit Zukunftstechnologien. Die anderen fordern den Abschied vom Wachstum. Zeitfragen, Beitrag vom 01.10.2019

• 2019

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Dynamic Energy Return on Energy Investment (EROI) and material requirements in scenarios of global transition to renewable energies

By: Iñigo Capellán-Pérez, Carlos de Castro, Luis Javier Miguel González

A novel methodology is developed to dynamically assess the energy and material investments required over time to achieve the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources in the electricity sector. The obtained results indicate that a fast transition achieving a 100% renewable electric system globally by 2060 consistent with the Green Growth narrative could decrease the EROI of the e...

Scientific paper • 2019

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Estimation of global final-stage energy-return-on-investment for fossil fuels with comparison to renewable energy sources

By: Lukas Hardt, Paul Brockway, Anne Owen, Lina Brand-Correa

Under many scenarios, fossil fuels are projected to remain the dominant energy source until at least 2050. However, harder-to-reach fossil fuels require more energy to extract and, hence, are coming at an increasing ‘energy cost’. Associated declines in fossil fuel energy-return-on-investment ratios at first appear of little concern, given that published estimates for oil, coal and gas are typi...

Presentation • 2018

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First North-South Conference on Degrowth-Descrecimiento, México City 2018 - The destruction of vernacular resources and know-how by industrial technoscientific development: a French perspective

By: Daniel Cerezuelle

Conferencia de la Plenaria del Martes por Daniel Cerezuelle: "La destrucción de los recursos y conocimientos técnicos vernáculos por el desarrollo industrial y tecnocientífico, una perspectiva francesa."

Presentation • 2018

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First North-South Conference on Degrowth-Descrecimiento, México City 2018 - Extractivismo, generación de riqueza?

By: Aleida Azamar

Conferencia de la Plenaria del Jueves por Aleida Azamar: "Extractivismo, ¿generación de riqueza?"

Presentation • 2018

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First North-South Conference on Degrowth-Descrecimiento, México City 2018 - A critical-integral assessment of Mexico's Energy Transition Strategy

By: Alevgul H. Sorman, Sofía Avila-Calero

Socio-environmental issues will continue to emerge if an energy transition project does not include changes in patterns of consumption and resource governance.

Presentation • 2018

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First North-South Conference on Degrowth-Descrecimiento, México City 2018 - Megaproyectos: minería en América Latina

By: Aleida Azamar Alonso

Esta presentación trata de los impactos económicos, sociales y ambientales del extractivismo en América Latina.

Presentation • 2018

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Post-Growth Conference, Brussels 2018 – Workshop Technology, Growth & Sustainability

By: Guillaume Pitron, José Bellver, Paul Hodson, Doris Schroecker

Chair : Florent Marcellesi, MEP (Greens/EFA) Panellists: Guillaume Pitron (Author of “La guerre des métaux rares”), José Bellver (Researcher at FUHEM Ecosocial, Member of the Transitions Forum and the Inclusive Economy Group), Paul Hodson (European Commission, DG ENER, Energy Efficiency Unit), Doris Schroecker (European Commission, DG Industrial Technologies, Research and Innovation, Head of S...

• 2018

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movum - Heft 20: Kohleausstieg

By: Damian Ludewig, Svenja Schulze, Michael Vassiliadis, Ottmar Edenhofer, Jennifer Morgan, Christoph Zöpel, Manfred Fischedick, Peter Hennicke, Patrick Graichen, Friederike Maier, Joachim Wille, Jörg Staude, Susanne Götze, Susanne Schwarz,

Heft 20 des Magazins movum zum Thema Kohleausstieg. Kurzbeschreibung: Die Politik hat sich jahrelang vor der Auseinandersetzung um den notwendigen Ausstieg aus der Kohleverstromung gedrückt. Jetzt muss es schnell gehen. Das Heft als PDF Die Infografik als PDF

• 2018

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Why economic 'degrowth' is an ethical imperative

By: Carina Millstone

Edited excerpt from "Frugal Value: Designing Business for a Crowded Planet" by Carina Millstone

• 2018

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Are de defining economic sucess all wrong?

By: Kevin Charles Fleming

A new study asks: Can countries meet citizens' needs without over-consuming resources?

• 2018

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Radikale Alternativen

By: Alberto Acosta, Ulrich Brand

Warum man den Kapitalismus nur mit vereinten Kräften überwinden kann Der US-amerikanische Kulturtheoretiker Fredric Jameson sagte einmal, es sei leichter, sich das Ende der Welt vorzustellen als das Ende des Kapitalismus. Entsprechend beherrscht der Wunsch nach Wachstum und die Orientierung am wirtschaftlichen Gewinn seit Jahrzehnten unser Denken. Alternativen zum kapitalistischen System wer...

• 2017

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A climate of injustice: achieving fairness in a sustainable economy

By: Riccardo Mastini

Although some have criticised the Paris agreement as unfair for western countries, we may need to go even further towards consumption-based accounting to limit climate change and support an inclusive economic model.

Art contribution • 2017

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Standard Oil Co by Pablo Neruda

By: Pablo Neruda

The discussion of peak oil and the worldwide struggle against oil companies fracking and exploitation brings us back to this poem by Pablo Neruda. Food for thought...

• 2017

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On the ecology of capitalism

By: Antithesi

From the introduction: According to the apologetic ideology of “environmental economics” the disturbance of the ecological balance of the planet, the accumulation of pollutants and toxic substances, i.e. the destruction of the natural preconditions for the satisfaction of human social needs, is a result of the inherent conflict between humanity and extra-human nature. The origin of these chang...