http://www.degrowthindiainitiative.org/We are very excited that there's now a promising degrowth-iniatiative in India. The Degrowth-India initiative and blog aims at re-politicizing the Indian debate on the much needed socio-ecological transformation. A press-article about the kick-off of the initiative is available here. If you're interested in the further development of the debate, stay tuned in!
The fifth international Degrowth Conference is over, the call to host the sixth has been opened. A lot could be said about the conference, yet I do not intend to give a comprehensive overview, nor examine how it stands in relation with the former conferences. Instead, I want to share five aspects of the conference, which I found particularly insightful. 1. A Degrowth Conference in Hungary? ...
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...
Constanze Kurz und Frank Rieger sind Sprecher des „Chaos Computer Club“ in Berlin. Für ihr gemeinsames Buch mit dem schönen Titel „Arbeitsfrei“ (Riemann Verlag, München Oktober 2013) haben sie einen erheblichen Rechercheaufwand auf sich genommen. Sie waren auf Bauernhöfen, in Fabriken, in Erdölraffinierien und haben sich in selbstfahrenden Autos kutschieren lassen; um zu beobachten, was [...]
