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
.On the Need for Collaboration Between Social Movements and Activisms By Lucie Bardos Not that long ago, I left North America and arrived fresh and starry-eyed in Lund, Sweden, ready to begin my master’s degree in a program entitled Culture, Power and Sustainability. In my second year, I decided to write my thesis about the Transition Town movement, a social movement out of Great Britain born ...
As much as building walls cannot be the answer to the horrible situation of refugees seeking asylum in Europe, it cannot be the means of choice for protecting national economies either. In the face of a resurgence of sovereigntist and nationalist rhetoric from both the Right and the Left, the French Degrowth Project makes the case for open relocalization as a basis for a new international: By...
Von Felicitas Sommer "Ihr wart Teil eines Experiments" sagt einer der beiden Hauptkoordinatoren am ersten Tag der Konferenz, zur Begrüßung der über 2000 zuhörenden Menschen „Ihr konntet zahlen, was ihr wolltet.“ Der Mindestpreis pro Teilnehmer_in betrug 15 Euro. Das ist etwas mehr als die Raummiete der Universität Leipzig für eine Woche, also nur ein Bruchteil der Gesamtkosten für die Konfer...
