Megatrends, das sind grundlegende gesellschaftliche Wandlungsprozesse, die man meist nicht „voraussagen” muss, sondern die bereits seit längerem unsere Gesellschaften verändern und uns auch noch lange prägen werden. Informiert man sich, was alles so als Megatrend bezeichnet wird, so listen beispielsweise das Zukunftsinstitut, die Webseite zukunftsstark.org oder die Unternehmensberatung PriceWaterhouseCoopers – mit leichten Abweichungen – folgendes auf: Urbanisierung, Globalisierung, Individualisierung, Gender Shift, Bevölkerungsentwicklung (als netter Euphemismus „Megatrend Silver Society“), Klimawandel – um nur einige zu nennen. Auch genannt werden sodann SmartCities, Konnektivität, Wandel der Arbeitswelt, Internetkultur & Digitalisierung, Intelligente Produkte & Infrastrukturen. Weiterlesen auf dem Blog Postwachstum
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...
This and many other questions around European politics were discussed at the first Post-growth conference, which took place at the EU Parliament on September 18 and 19. Hosted by ten Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from five party families, it attracted around 600 people to Brussels. Through panel (and solely panel) discussions, they engaged in debates around economic models, technolo...
Why do degrowth scholars use the word "decolonise" to discuss the process of changing the growth imaginary? Isn’t decolonisation about undoing the historical colonisation of land, languages and minds? How do these two uses of the word relate? This blog post is the result from a discussion held between some participants at a Degrowth Summer School in August 2017. While some parts of this blog...
