The Journal of Cleaner Production will be issuing a special volume on the topic of technology and degrowth and is looking for interesting scientific contributions. Abstracts of 400 to 500 words can be submitted until 31 August 2015. The special volume aims to both provide 1) a state of the art selection of current discussions of the role of technology within Degrowth in academia and practice and 2) a deepened reflection on technologies with the aim to specify perspectives and to overcome their entrenchment. The full call for papers can be accessed here
.By Sam Bliss Growth means a process of increasing in physical size. When we think of economic growth, it is difficult to fathom what exactly grows, since 'the economy' is an invented concept that describes billions of human interactions as if they were one giant entity. But gross domestic product is a rate -- the total money value of economic activity per year -- and thus growth really means ...
Von Christiane Kliemann Während die Staatsoberhäupter noch das Abschlusspapier der Pariser UN-Klimakonferenz als "wichtigen Schritt für die Menschheit" feierten, hatten kritischere Stimmen den Vertrag bereits als "Schwindel", "episches Versagen" und "Handelsabkommen" verurteilt. Damit weisen sie auf die Diskrepanz hin zwischen der Verpflichtung, "den Anstieg der globalen Durschschnittstemperat...
By Corinna Burkhart Humans get used to quite a lot of things and live their daily life through a set of what we can call habits. Everyday experiences are not much worth a thought as long as everything is like it always is. This can be driving by car to town, only to get stuck in the usual traffic jam, or something very simple like flushing the toilet or using knife and fork to eat a grilled pi...
