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Report • 2010

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Growth isn't possible

By: New Economics Foundation

NEF Webpage: This [. . .] report [. . .] tests that thesis [Growth isn’t Working] in detail in the context of climate change and energy. It argues that indefinite global economic growth is unsustainable. Just as the laws of thermodynamics constrain the maximum efficiency of a heat engine, economic growth is constrained by the finite nature of our planet’s natural resources (biocapacity). As ec...

Report • 2010

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Schooling the world

By: Carol Black, Jim Hurst

schoolingtheworld.org: If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? - You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it forced Native American children into government boarding schools. Today, volunteers build schools in traditional societies around the world, convinced that school is the only way to...

Scientific paper • 2010

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Cohousing’s relevance to degrowth theories

By: Matthieu Lietaert

Urban design, Degrowth, Cohousing, Intentional Community, Social Movement, Ecovillage

• 2010

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Der unmögliche Hamster

By: New Economics Foundation

Ein kurzer Trickfilm, in dem auf anschauliche Art die Absurdität von unendlichem Wirtschaftswachstum dargestellt wird.

Educational paper • 2010

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Bruttoinlandsglück – Auf der Suche nach qualitativer Entwicklung

By: Sascha Meinert, Michael Stollt

Methode zum BIP und zu alternativen Indikatoren des Team Global der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. LERNINHALTE Basiswissen zu unterschiedlichen Indizes, mit denen Entwicklung gemessen werden kann: o Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) o Happy Planet Index (HPI) o Human Development Index (HDI) o Gini-Index o Genuine Progress Index (GPI) o Big Mac Index (BMI) Austausch und Argumentatio...

• 2010

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Alles fühlt

By: Andreas Weber

Der Verlag: Seit jeher erklärt uns die Wissenschaft: Alle Lebewesen werden von Reflexen und Genen gesteuert. Doch was ist mit den Gefühlen? Lassen sie sich mit der Naturwissenschaft vereinbaren? Klar und packend erläutert Andreas Weber die Revolution der Lebenswissenschaften: Tiere und Pflanzen sind inniger mit uns verwandt, als wir jemals vermutet hätten. An ihnen erfahren wir zentrale Dimensi...

Presentation • 2010

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The Chicken/Egg Spiral - "Reconciling" the Conflict Between Economic Growth and Environmental Protection with Technological Progress

By: Brian Czech

Presentation of an oral Session by Brian Czech at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona on the topic "The Chicken/Egg Spiral - "Reconciling" the Conflict Between Economic Growth and Environmental Protection with Technological Progress" The Chicken/Egg Spiral de Goteo / Platoniq

Scientific paper • 2010

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Serge Latouche’s Farewell to Growth (Book review).

By: François Diaz Maurin, Philip J. Vergragt

Two Book reviews for the book "Farewell to Growth" by Serge Latouche. Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy 6(2): 77–78.

Scientific paper • 2010

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Can de-growth be considered a policy option? A historical note on Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen and the Club of Rome.

By: Clément Levallois

Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, History of ecological economics, De-growth, Club of Rome

Report • 2010

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Monitor: Besser statt mehr - Wirtschaftswachstum radikal anders

By: Monitor - ARD

"Wachstum, Wachstum über alles - das Glaubensbekenntnis, nicht nur hierzulande. Und wer auch immer zweifelte, wurde als weltfremd abgetan. Das ändert sich langsam nach Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise. Es wird neu gedacht: Vielleicht sind steigende Wachstumsraten gar nicht so gut, sondern ökologisch und ökonomisch falsch. Vielleicht sollte die Wirtschaft den Menschen dienen, und nicht umgekehrt. Wi...

• 2010

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Warum wir kooperieren

By: Michael Tomasello

Seit vielen Jahrhunderten wird die Frage nach der Natur des Menschen von zwei grundsätzlichen Positionen bestimmt: Hobbes’ Meinung, daß die Menschen egoistisch zur Welt kommen und die Gesellschaft sie zur Kooperation erziehen muß, und Rousseaus Darstellung, nach der die Menschen von Natur aus kooperativ sind und später von ihrem Umfeld zu Egoisten gemacht werden. In Warum wir kooperieren berich...

• 2010

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Designing financial institutions for a shrinking or no-growth economy

By: Richard Douthwaite

Input-text for a workshop by Richard Douthwaite at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona. Introduction: Leaving insurance aside, two broad types of financial institution will be needed in a de-growth world. Some institutions will be concerned with payments. They will look after the movement of money from one acco...

• 2010

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Warum die Rettung der Erde bereits voll im Gang ist – und kaum einer es bemerkt

By: Paul Hawken

Zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts zeigen sich zwei erstaunliche Entwicklungen: Auf der einen Seite sind wir mit systemischen Problemen konfrontiert, die sich nur global lösen lassen, und auf der anderen Seite gibt es das stille Wachsen einer Bewegung, die ohne Hierarchie und Ideologie an vielen Orten der Welt spontan das Notwendige für ein nachhaltigeres und gerechteres Leben der Menschen tut – n...

Presentation • 2010

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Differential relations between income and aspects of well-being

By: Saamah Abdallah, Sam Thompson

Poster by Saamah Abdallah and Sam Thompson from the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Differential relations between income and aspects of well-being".

Presentation • 2010

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De-growth as a contemporary strategy for the sustainable managment of economic development

By: Harris Topalides

Poster by Harris Topalides Espin at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "De-growth as a contemporary strategy for the sustainable managment of economic development".

Presentation • 2010

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Changing the Relationship Between Paid and Unpaid Work – a Sustainable Working Model in the Perspective of Degrowth

By: Linda Nierling

Poster by Linda Nierling at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Changing the Relationship Between Paid and Unpaid Work – a Sustainable Working Model in the Perspective of Degrowth".

Presentation • 2010

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Eco-units as a Paradigm to recover the World Climate

By: A. N. Costa, E. R. Ortega, A. Souza

Poster and transcription of an poster session by A. N. Costa, E. R. Ortega and A. Souza at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Eco-units as a Paradigm to recover the World Climate".

Presentation • 2010

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Secular Stagnation and the Failed Growth Economy

By: Kent Klitgaard

Poster and transcription of an poster session by Kent Klitgaard at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Secular Stagnation and the Failed Growth Economy".

Presentation • 2010

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Class, Degrowth and Transition to a Just and Sustainable Society

By: Marko Ulvila, Jarna Pasanen

Poster by Marko Ulvila and Jarna Pasanen at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Class, Degrowth and Transition to a Just and Sustainable Society".

Presentation • 2010

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Pathways to sustainable Development: Co-optimizing Economic Welfare, Employment, and Environment

By: Nicholas A. Ashford

Presentation by Nicholas A. Ashford at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona on the topic "Beyond Sustainable Development: Sustainable Degrowth towards a Steady-State".