The climate crisis is a consequence of our economic system. Economic solutions, like carbon trading were supposed to be a problem solver. Despite such efforts, CO2 levels kept rising. Should we consider changing our economic system instead? And which role do environmental NGOs play in the battle for climate justice?
Joanna Cabello, activist and researcher on environmental justice and part of the Carbon Trade Watch collective, speaks about false solutions and grassroots activism. Joanna´s blog article "Where to begin with climate justice" is available here.
Dragon Dreaming offers simple, objective and playful tools for visionary processes, planning, implementation, evaluation and celebration to make our dreams come true. Thus it helps building a degrowth society. We have a world economy where eight men have a wealth equivalent to more than 50 per cent of the world’s people, while three billion try to live on less than three dollars a day. We ar...
Zusammen!Treffen! für eine Welt nach Bedürfnissen und Fähigkeiten. MOVE heißt: Wir möchten Miteinander Offen Vertrauensvoll Emanzipatorisch ... die Zukunft gestalten! Wir teilen die Vision, überkommene Verhältnisse menschlicher Vereinzelung ab- und neue Formen des Zusammenlebens aufzubauen. Wenn wir Bedürfnisse und Talente offen teilen und mitteilen, kann eine neue Art von Beziehungen entsteh...
By Monica Picavea Brazil is an amazing country, full of natural richness and blessed with many beauties. It has, however, a terrible sin on his shoulders: the thought that everything has to be done in a different, shorter, and faster way - in a way that takes advantage of everything. This is also why Brazil is currently undergoing a huge economic and political crisis, particularly reflected by...