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Scientific paper • 2014
By: Alan Boccato-Franco, Elimar Nascimento
Abstract: The purpose of this essay is to analyze to what measure, apparently very distinct movements like Solidarity Economy in Brazil and Degrowth, have the conditions to provide a common platform. So, through the identification of a given textual corpora for both movements, it was possible to verify and compare their theoretical-conceptual basis. The analysis of the basic corpora consisted o...
Scientific paper • 2014
By: April Anson
Abstract: The phenomenon of the recent tiny house movement offers a unique opportunity for a to expose the growing commodification of environmental sustainability in a market that continues to shelter economic and class privilege. Written from my subjective position as builder, owner and inhabitant of a tiny house, this paper examines the radical possibilities intrinsic to the mobility of the t...
Scientific paper • 2012
By: Philippe Léna
From the text: We can observe today a strong resistance to the idea of degrowth among emergent or developing countries. This proposal is often considered, among them, as a typical ideology of industrialized and rich countries. At national level, the idea of degrowth is denounced as a reactionary and upper class ideology. It is a well-known argument used by productivists, either from the right o...
Educational paper • 2012
By: Franz Nuscheler
Was ist Unterentwicklung? Ist sie Folge des Kolonialismus oder ungerechter Handelsbedingungen? Ist der Nord-Süd-Konflikt bereits zur Leerformel verkommen? Was heißt überhaupt Entwicklung? Was bedeutet »nachhaltige Entwicklung«? Inwieweit gefährden Umweltkrisen unsere natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen? Was heißt »Feminisierung der Armut« oder »globale Strukturpolitik«? Ist die Globalisierung für die ...
Scientific paper • 2012
Ecological Economics, Social Metabolism, and Political Ecology
Report • 2011
By: Tadzio Müller
Von der ewigen Wiederkehr des Gleichen (Versagens). Standpunkte 39/2011 von Tadzio Müller Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung: Im südafrikanischen Durban trifft sich vom 28. November bis zum 10. Dezember zum 17. Mal die Vertragsstaatenkonferenz der UN-Klimarahmenkonvention, kurz als COP17 bezeichnet. Selbstgesetztes Ziel des Gipfels ist es, den globalen Klimaschutz auch nach dem Ende der ersten Phase de...
Position paper • 2011
By: Olaf Bernau, Tadzio Müller, Claudia Haydt, Simone Knapp
Audiomitschnitt und Thesenpapiere des Forums "Die inhumanen Wirkungen des Wachstums: Klimaflüchtlinge und Ressourcenkriege" auf dem Attac-Kongress "Jenseits des Wachstums" 2011 in Berlin. Mit Claudia Haydt, Olaf Bernau, Simone Knapp und Tadzio Müller. Moderation: Mona Bricke. Aus dem Programm: Auch wenn die Diskussionen über die Grenzen des Wachstums oft abstrakt erscheinen mögen, müs...
Scientific paper • 2011
By: Federico Demaria, Francois Schneider, Andrea Calsamiglia, Laura Blanco, Dalma Domeneghin
Introduction: What is Degrowth? Degrowth is a slogan, a missile word, and a new social and intellectual movement of the North. The intention is to engage into a very contentious process: the one of making a diagnosis and a prognosis of our society. Degrowth attempts to re-politicize the debate about the much needed socio-ecological transformation, trying to affirm an alternative interpretative ...
• 2010
By: Walden Bello
Zwischen 2006 und 2008 kam es in vielen sogenannten Entwicklungsländern vor dem Hintergrund steigender Nahrungsmittelpreise und Versorgungsengpässe wiederholt zu Protesten und Aufständen. Seinen Höhepunkt erreichte dieser Protestzyklus im Frühjahr 2008 mit Aufständen in etwa 30 Ländern. Die Zahl der Menschen, die sich die Grundlebensmittel nicht mehr leisten konnten, stieg allein in Asien um ru...
Interview • 2010
By: Leida Rijnhout
Short-interview with Leida Rijnhout from the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona.
Presentation • 2010
By: Nick Meynen, Léa Sébastien
Poster by Nick Meynen and Léa Sébastien from the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title “Calculating the ecological debt for a private company in the North; an explorative study with conflicting results".
Presentation • 2010
By: David Listar, Pau Miró
Poster by David Listar and Pau Miró at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Anticooperation and Degrowth: Aiding through our Degrowth?".
Presentation • 2010
By: Donald Maclurcan
Poster by Donald Maclurcan at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Make Prosperity global: A holistic approach beyond quantitative degrowth".
Presentation • 2010
By: Bob Thomson
Poster and transcription of an poster session by Bob Thomson at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Pachakuti: Indigenous Perspectives and Degrowth".
Presentation • 2010
Transcription of an poster session by François Diaz Maurin at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Don’t Forget the Rich - A strategy proposal to spread the idea of degrowth".
Presentation • 2010
By: Joana Dias
Transcription of an poster session by Joana Dias at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Promoting Traditional Knowledge Systems. Are current international policies on Intellectual Property Rights consistent with socially sustainable economic degrowth?".
• 2007
„Wir wollen im Dschungel der entwicklungspolitischen Diskussion die Aufmerksamkeit auf die wesentlichen Fakten lenken – möglichst sachlich, ohne ideologische Scheuknappen, auf der Basis seriöser Daten“. Dieser Wunsch von Karl-Albrecht Immel, dem Autor des Buches „Tatort Eine Welt“ steht zu Beginn des Buches, das von Klaus Tränkle übersichtlich illustriert wurde. Welcher Vortragender kennt di...
Scientific paper • 2006
By: Peter Edward
Key words: global; China; poverty; inequality; growth; Gini