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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: Ashish Kothari, Schattenblick

Interview mit Ashish Kothari im Rahmen der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig. Aus dem Interview: . . . Ashish Kothari: Das Wort "radikal" kommt aus dem Lateinischen und bedeutet "Wurzel" oder "zu den eigenen Wurzeln zurückzukehren"; "ökologisch" bezieht sich auf die Erde, auf der wir leben, die Ökosysteme, die uns erhalten, und die Natur, von der wir Menschen ein Teil sind; und "Demokratie" b...

By: Lyda F. Forero

Der menschengemachte Klimawandel ist eine der größten Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. In der Wissenschaft herrscht Einigkeit darüber, dass der Ausstoß von Treibhausgasen drastisch reduziert werden muss, um gravierende Klimakatastrophen zu verhindern. Doch wie lässt sich der Klimawandel auf globaler Ebene fair und gerecht gestalten? Welche Verantwortung tragen die Länder des globalen Nordens...

By: Ronald Blaschke, Simone Knapp

Diskussionsworkshop auf der 4. internationalen Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig. Referent_innen: Knapp, Simone (Kirchliche Arbeitsstelle Südliches Afrika KASA), Blaschke, Ronald (Netzwerk Grundeinkommen) Aus dem Programmheft: Ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen ist nicht nur finanziell möglich, es ist auch politisch notwendig, da es dazu beitragen kann, das Zu...

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: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung

Video from the international Conference "Battle for the Climate" (Kampf ums Klima) which took place 10.-12. April 2015 in Cologne. Speakers and participants of the conference are giving statements. Main topic is climate justice.

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: Schattenblick

Bericht von der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig zur Veranstaltung "Buen vivir and radical ecological democracy" mit Ashish Kothari, David Barkin, Irina Velicu, Filka Sekulova, Federico Demaria, Joan Martinez Alier, Aili Pyhälä und Lucia Gallardo. Aus dem Bericht: "Buen vivir and radical ecological democracy" (Gutes Leben und radikal-ökologische Demokratie) - unter diesem Titel fand auf der ...

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: Camila Moreno, Patrick Bond, Jonathan Neale, Nina Netzer

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Camila Moreno, Patrick Bond, Jonathan Neale Facilitation: Nina Netzer From the conference programme: The extensive use of dirty energy sources causes severe environmental and social damages while 2,7 billion people have no access to modern energ...

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: Adelheid Biesecker, Sunita Narain

Recorded keynote speeches at the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speeches by Adelheid Biesecker and Sunita Narain. The topic of the day is "Building alliances". Adelheid Biesecker: (Re)Productivity as an economic paradigm for a social-ecological economy Modern capitalist economy systematically destroys the productivit...

By: Constanze Weiske

Abstract: Global climate change is the most pressing environmental issue the world society has to tackle in this day and age. Although the international Framework Convention on Climage Change (UNFCCC) has been established in 1992 in order to mitigate climate change, substantial progress is not made yet. In order to identify the reasons for that unsatisfactory situation, researchers has mainly c...

By: Alexander Krauss

subjective wellbeing, happiness, Colombia, unemployment, life satisfaction

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: Aili Pyhälä

Abstract: The last few decades have witnessed a rapid increase in the number of studies addressing the concept of “happiness”. However, the existing literature is highly biased to a) income-related studies; b) modern, industrialized societies; and c) single case studies. There is scarce research on cross-cultural understandings of happiness, particularly from small-scale, preindustrial societie...

By: Monica Guillen

human needs, international development, wellbeing, economic growth, values

By: Gustavo Garcia-Lopez

de-growth, common-pool resources, social movements, community-based resource management