We live nextdoor to my partner’s grandmother, Maria, who was born during the Second World War in Northern Italy. This means that she knows what hard times look like. Maria could not believe we would be using washable diapers for our baby boy. With genuine surprise she asked me, “why?”, and then she was curious in which pot we were planning to boil the diapers. In her eyes, we could not possibly...
Last week, from the 21st until the 25th of August 2018, the 6th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity took place in Malmö, Sweden. It was organized by an international group and the newly formed Institutet för nerväxtstudier (Institute for degrowth studies). Around 800 people discussed about "Dialogues in turbulent times". This article will give you a...
Nach den Erfolgen der letzten Jahre laden die Vereinigung für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (VÖW) und das netzwerk n vom 30.7. – 2.08. 2014 zur vierten Sommerakademie nach Lobetal bei Berlin ein. Anhand der Erfahrungen bei der Etablierung von Nachhaltigkeit in Wissenschaft und Lehre sollen Strategien entwickelt werden, mit denen insbesondere Studierendeninitiativen alternative Konzepte wie Postwachstum, plurale Wirtschaftswissenschaften [...]
