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!
Contribution for a dialogue between Degrowth, Human Development and Buen Vivir Over the last 50 years, the mounting evidence of a civilizational or multidimensional crisis has progressively dislocated the (still dominant) industrialist and developmentalist discourse, setting out the imperative of a socio-ecological transition to overcome this crisis. In particular since the turn of the cent...
The picture above shows some of the statues decorating the northern entrance of the Corvinus University in Budapest where the recent Degrowth Conference took place. The building has not always been a university. It once was a place of trade, and the statues over the entrance depict virtues which, back then, were considered central to trade. Virtues like courage, faith, love and honesty. When di...
Der Kapp-Forschungspreis für Ökologische Ökonomie ging dieses Jahr an Matthias Schmelzer, Corinna Burkhart und Dirk Posse. Die Verleihung des mit 5.000 Euro dotierten Preises zur wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchsförderung fand am 5. September auf einer feierlichen Veranstaltung im Rahmen der Degrowth-Konferenz statt. Aus den 25 eingereichten Studien wurden drei für einen Preis ausgewählt. Der Hist...
