Gemüsekooperative Rote Beete von Marc Menningmann auf Vimeo. Eine Exkursion während der Degrowth-Konferenz brachte Teilnehmende zur Gemüsekooperative "Rote Beete", die ein paar Kilometer außerhalb von Leipzig liegt. Hier wurde gezeigt, wie solidarische Landwirtschaft funktioniert. Außerdem ist ein großer Teil des Gemüses, das auf der Degrowth-Konferenz verzehrt wurde, hier angebaut worden. Das Video führt durch die Felder, begleitet die Tour und berichtet über den Anbau.
Environmental protection is needed because we take useful things out of nature and put useless or harmful things back in. The resulting depletion and pollution have reached harmful, unsustainable levels. We know that voluntary behaviour change, led by an elite that encourages, fosters and politely ‘nudges’ the masses, won’t do it. Legislated solutions are needed on the principle of ‘I will if y...
The picture above shows some of the statues decorating the northern entrance of the Corvinus University in Budapest where the recent Degrowth Conference took place. The building has not always been a university. It once was a place of trade, and the statues over the entrance depict virtues which, back then, were considered central to trade. Virtues like courage, faith, love and honesty. When di...
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...
