By Chandran Nair A seminal paper jointly authored by a dozen international scientists and academics and released in April has created a ripple in the conservation community. It is a lengthy essay but what An Ecomodernist Manifesto says is that accelerated technological progress combined with socio-economic change will 'decouple' human economic pursuit from its impact on the environment. Transl...
By Oscar Krüger By now, there are likely few who have not heard of Pope Francis's recent encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si'”. And as many of the readers of this blog might already know, the Spanish and Italian versions contain what appears to be a direct endorsement of degrowth: the use of the term „decrecimiento“ (sp) and „decrescita“ (it), even if this is watered down to „decreased ...
Interview mit dem Leipziger Verein Ökolöwe Der Ökolöwe – Umweltbund Leipzig e.V. ging vor mehr als 25 Jahren aus der Naturschutzbewegung in Leipzig hervor und will auf mehreren Ebenen und in zahlreichen Projekten Ressourcen schonendere Strukturen voranbringen. Beispielsweise in den Bereichen Verkehr, Schutz der Artenvielfalt, Konsum, sowie Stärkung bürgerschaftlichen Engagements. Der Verein ist ein Unterstützer der [...]
