"Es gibt nicht „die“ Grundeinkommensbewegung, wie es auch nicht „das“ Grundeinkommenskonzept gibt. Es gibt auch nicht „die“ Degrowth-Bewegung wie es auch nicht „das“ Degrowth-Konzept gibt. Aber es gibt in beiden Bewegungen übereinstimmende bzw. ähnliche Ansätze, die fruchtbar für ein gemeinsames politisches Engagement gemacht werden können." Artikel aus dem Degrowth-Blog auf degrowth.de, erschienen im Februar 2016
On October 1st, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno announced a series of economic measures for the country, including the elimination of gasoline and diesel subsidies and the liberalization of their prices, as part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). These measures led to the eruption of massive nationwide protests for eleven consecutive days, which were met by the govern...
Self-limitation is not about constraining, but about defining collectively as societies our limits. Political ecology ‘has made strong arguments against natural limits’ and is in friction with ‘degrowth’s .. urgency of less’, writes Paul Robbins. Indeed, political ecologists developed the field as a response to 1970s neo-Malthusianism. Nancy Peluso, Lyla Mehta or Betsy Hartmann have exposed ...
Linda Schneider reflects on Geoengineering Monitor about a workshop on geoengineering from a degrowth and climate justice perspective at Degrowth Summer School in Rhineland, Germany: http://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2017/09/workshop-geoengineering-from-a-degrowth-and-climate-justice-perspective/ Geoengineering Monitor aims to be a timely source for information and critical perspect...