Von Tilman Santarius
Degrowth-Konferenzen sind nicht nur spannend, weil dort ganz drängende Fragen unserer Zeit mit meist sympathischen Menschen in bunter Zusammenkunft aus Süd, Ost und West diskutiert werden. Sondern auch, weil dort unterschiedliche Formate und Herangehensweisen, wie gesellschaftlicher Wandel ins Werk gesetzt werden können, unter einem Dach diskutiert werden. Weiterlesen auf dem Blog Postwachstum
It is great to see an attempt to put degrowth ideas into a straightforward form that can be taken into political debate. However, the selection of points is critical and I am not convinced that this is the right selection. I'll just take issue with two: 1. Zero bank-debts “No bank should lend more than its deposits. Banks cannot be allowed to create money out of thin air, while all the re...
Degrowth aims at undoing growth. Undoing growth both at the level of social structures and social imaginaries. Although the focus is very often on the latter, i.e. the “decolonization of imaginaries” as put by Serge Latouche, the degrowth perspective still seems to lack a comprehensive understanding of the role of ideology, the path dependencies and the power that shape these imaginations. Degr...
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...
