At the COP24 conference in Poland, countries are aiming to finalise the implementation plan for the 2015 Paris Agreement. The task has extra gravity in the wake of the recent IPCC report declaring that we have just 12 years to take the action needed to limit global warming to that infamous 1.5ᵒC target. Although the conference itself is open to selected state representatives only, many see t...
Since the very beginning of modern growth-critique, starting with the publication of the report „Limits to Growth“ in 1972, the mainstream response to this critique has always been: “Well, we can grow the limits by making things ever more efficient”. Now, with the shiny user interface of the ongoing digital revolution, the holy grail of the efficiency revolution gets yet another new finish: By ...
In unserer letzten Telefonkonferenz des Web-Teams wurde ich gebeten, ein Zwischenfazit für den „Stream towards Degrowth 2016“ zu schreiben. Ein undankbarer Job, denn – so interessant und unterschiedlich die Veranstaltungen des Streams im Einzelnen sind – so uninteressant sind Zwischenfazits, die wohl- oder übel auf eher abstrakter Ebene arbeiten. Mein Kollege Christopher meinte ich solle einfac...
