The picture above shows some of the statues decorating the northern entrance of the Corvinus University in Budapest where the recent Degrowth Conference took place. The building has not always been a university. It once was a place of trade, and the statues over the entrance depict virtues which, back then, were considered central to trade. Virtues like courage, faith, love and honesty. When di...
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...
By Giorgos Kallis A new Left has to be an ecological Left, or it won’t be left at all. Environmental change ‘changes everything’ for the Left too, Naomi Klein argued. Capitalism requires constant expansion, an expansion predicated on exploitation of humans and non-humans, that irreversibly damages the climate. A non-capitalist economy will have to sustain itself while contracting. But how can ...
