By Ashish Kothari, Federico Demaria and Alberto Acosta André Reichel’s very thoughtful piece ‘Retaking sustainable development for degrowth’ raises several very important issues. We start by acknowledging that we and Reichel are clearly on the same page in criticizing current models of ‘growth’ including in its ‘green’ and ‘eco-modernist’ forms. We concur also on the need for the world to move...
Camila Moreno, expert on "green" energy in Brazil, gives some demonstrative examples of so called green and clean energy projects and their impact in the Global South. Her input is part of the panel A worldwide energy revolution? which took place at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in September 2014. Would you like to continue on the topic? Discussions and actions for Climate Justice and D...
Am 14 März endete die letzte Frist zum Einsenden von Beiträgen für die Internationale Degrowth-Konferenz in Leipzig. Schon nach der ersten Sichtung wurde klar, dass alle Erwartungen weit übertroffen wurden: Es gingen über 350 wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus den verschiedensten Disziplinen ein, von Wirtschaftswissenschaften über Psychologie bis hin zu Geographie und Stadtplanung. Weitere 260 Vorschläge für [...]
