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What is clean energy and for whom?

07.08.2015

Camila Moreno, expert on "green" energy in Brazil, gives some demonstrative examples of so called green and clean energy projects and their impact in the Global South. Her input is part of the panel A worldwide energy revolution? which took place at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in September 2014.

Would you like to continue on the topic? Discussions and actions for Climate Justice and Degrowth are continued at the Degrowth Summerschool 2015, for example with the panel discussion "Green growth" vs. "Leave it in the soil!" - the issue of natural resources.

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Capitalism and (De)Growth

By: Susan Paulson

What is capitalism? A kind of state? An institution? Some values? A power structure? Ideology? A Culture? What governs capitalism? Supply and demand Invisible hand Enclosure of land The drive to expand Market mechanism Class schism Racism The moral virtue of productivism. Innovation! Invest! Impress! Progress! Entrepreneurial quest for Technological success in Pursuit ...

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Call for Papers: Technology and Degrowth

The Journal of Cleaner Production will be issuing a special volume on the topic of technology and degrowth and is looking for interesting scientific contributions. Abstracts of 400 to 500 words can be submitted until 31 August 2015. The special volume aims to both provide 1) a state of the art selection of current discussions of the role of technology within Degrowth in academia and practice an...

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Über 600 Einreichungen aus aller Welt

Am 14 März endete die letzte Frist zum Einsenden von Beiträgen für die Internationale Degrowth-Konferenz in Leipzig. Schon nach der ersten Sichtung  wurde klar, dass alle Erwartungen weit übertroffen wurden: Es gingen über 350 wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus den verschiedensten Disziplinen ein, von Wirtschaftswissenschaften über Psychologie bis hin zu Geographie und Stadtplanung.  Weitere 260 Vorschläge für [...]