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By: Brototi Roy

From the text: The context for a degrowth movement in India differs significantly from that of the Global North. Although founded upon the same philosophical, and ideological basis, the differences in scope between the two are sharp. For India, what is of central importance is the preservation of the “degrowth” paradigm in practice, rather than the establishment of it as a novel paradigm. Tradi...

By: Andreas Exner, Christian Lauk, Werner Zittel

Abstract  In recent years, the strategic role certain metals play is seen as central to the geopolitics promulgated by state agents in the North. While a switch to renewable energy and an increase in energy efficiency might be instrumental to reducing dependence on fossil energy, it increases dependence on metals. This paper starts from an analysis of the likely availability of metals in...

By: Ulrich Brand

Zusammenfassung: In Europa und Lateinamerika gibt es zwei Diskussionsstränge, in denen aktuell und prominent Kritiken an vorherrschenden Entwicklungen wie auch Alternativen verdichtet werden und die künftig orientierend wirken könnten. Die Diskussion um Degrowth in Süd- und Westeuropa und jene um Post-Extraktivismus in Lateinamerika. Erstaunlicherweise werden bislang die beiden Perspektiven kau...

By: Robert Koepp, Franziska Schunke, Christoph Köhler, Steffen Liebig, Stefan Schröder

Zusammenfassung: Die Literaturübersicht erfasst Beiträge aus der Postwachstumsdebatte, die sich mit den Folgen ökologischer Krisen und mit Gegenentwürfen für Wirtschaft und Arbeit im Globalen Norden beschäftigen. Autor_innen mit dramatischen Krisenannahmen und Schrumpfungsszenarien gehen für die Zukunft von einer Re-Traditionalisierung und Dualisierung von Wirtschaft und Arbeit aus und möchten ...

By: Swati Agarwal, Mihir Mathur

The two authors from India are arguing that: > Economic growth based on consumption is dependent on the exploitation of natural resources > Sustainable development demands lifestyle changes as much as technology and innovation > De-growth of the wealthiest economies rather than clean technology is the need of the hour

By: Arturo Escobar, Arturo Escobar

Degrowth, Postdevelopment, Transition, Civilizational crisis, Global South

By: Lasse Thiele

From the text: Is degrowth only conceivable in the context of “oversaturated” industrial societies while the global “South” remains dependent on growth? Lasse Thiele challenges this assumption, noting that "assumptions underlying such demands are quickly revealed to be rooted firmly in Western ideas of progress and growth." > read part 1 > read part 2 This article is also available i...

By: Steffen Kühne, Tadzio Müller, John Neelsen, Susanne Schultz, Wenke Christoph, Hella Hertzfeldt, Silke Veth, Hans Thie, Sabine Reiner, Mario Candeias, Katharina Pühl, Juliane Eirich

Debatte um Degrowth und gerechte Verteilung – Wege zum sozialökologischen Umbau der Gesellschaft. RosaLux 2/2014. Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung: Mit den Grenzen kapitalistischen Wirtschaftens, den zerstörerischen Folgen des immanenten Wachstumszwangs und der schwierigen Suche nach Alternativen befasst sich die Ausgabe 2-2014 des Stiftungsjournals RosaLux. Im Vorfeld des internationalen Degrowth-Ko...

By: Nicola Bullard, Schattenblick

Interview mit Nicola Bullard im Rahmen der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig. Aus dem Interview: . . . Im Anschluß an die Podiumsdiskussion zur Eurokrise beantwortete sie dem Schattenblick einige Fragen zu den Basisbewegungen des globalen Südens, dem Umgang mit Krisen in verschiedenen Weltregionen, den Entwicklungsperspektiven der Schwellenländer und der Vernetzung der zahllosen lokalen Kämpf...

By: Ulrich Brand

Contribution to a special session at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speaker: Ulrich Brand Abstract of the paper "Post-Extracivism and De-Growth: Two Sides of the Same Perspective?": There are at two continents two thrilling debates taking place. In Europe, the degrowth perspective pushes a dynamic politica...

By: Ashish Kothari, Alberto Acosta, Ulrich Brand, Beatriz Rodriquez Labajos

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Beatriz Rodriquez Labajos, Ashish Kothari, Alberto Acosta Facilitation: Ulrich Brand From the conference programme: Degrowth proposals are largely debated within and for the Global North. Despite strong dynamics and orientations towards economic...

By: Nnimmo Bassey, Tadzio Müller, Lucia Ortiz, Lyda Fernanda

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Tadzio Müller, Nnimmo Bassey, Lucia Ortiz Facilitation: Lyda Fernanda From the conference programme: The question of global justice is frequently underplayed or even omitted in the debate about the relationship between the climate crisis and eco...

By: Jan C. Zoellick

Abstract: This essay summarises a widespread critique of “sustainable growth” from the perspective of peak everything. By doing so, this essay adds peak waste capacity to the discussion as another important limiting factor to human economic growth. Assuming all mentioned peaks to occur under continued sustainable growth the “ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland-Rep...

By: Mario Pansera

Abstract: The process of technological innovation is widely considered to be crucial to enable human development and to guarantee environmental sustainability. However, the process of development in the so-called Global South has delivered controversial outcomes in terms of social and environmental sustainability. Does this setting present new forms of sustainable futures or is it rather absorb...

By: Stefanie Huertgen

Abstract: I argue that a coincidence of growing profits and growing consumption / wages cannot be presumed any longer. Even if many participants of the Degrowth-Debate do so, the equation of economic Growth of enterprises and consumptive Growth of the population (at least in the Global North) is in itself bound to imaginations coming from the postwar (“fordist”) period and the class-compromise ...

By: Michael Curran, Laura de Baan, Thomas Koellner, Carlo Rondinini, Piero Visconti, Stefanie Hellweg

Biodiversity loss, agriculture, ecological tax, compensation

By: Ulrich Brand

Abstract: Post-Extracivism and De-Growth: Two Sides of the Same Perspective? There are at two continents two thrilling debates taking place. In Europe, the degrowth perspective pushes a dynamic political and scientific debate in Europe which started some years ago in order to develop alternatives to the business-as-usual strategies. Since the beginning of the economic crisis, those strategies c...

By: Alan Boccato-Franco, Elimar Nascimento

Abstract: The purpose of this essay is to analyze to what measure, apparently very distinct movements like Solidarity Economy in Brazil and Degrowth, have the conditions to provide a common platform. So, through the identification of a given textual corpora for both movements, it was possible to verify and compare their theoretical-conceptual basis. The analysis of the basic corpora consisted o...

By: April Anson

Abstract: The phenomenon of the recent tiny house movement offers a unique opportunity for a to expose the growing commodification of environmental sustainability in a market that continues to shelter economic and class privilege. Written from my subjective position as builder, owner and inhabitant of a tiny house, this paper examines the radical possibilities intrinsic to the mobility of the t...

By: Philippe Léna

From the text: We can observe today a strong resistance to the idea of degrowth among emergent or developing countries. This proposal is often considered, among them, as a typical ideology of industrialized and rich countries. At national level, the idea of degrowth is denounced as a reactionary and upper class ideology. It is a well-known argument used by productivists, either from the right o...