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By: Angelika Zahrnt, Jana Gebauer, André Reichel, Martin Schweighofer

Documentation of the event "Walk the line: Transformative practices for post-growth" at the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. From the conference programme: Panel discussion & world café: Post-growth practices are already developing. Within this workshop we intend to discuss: - The co-evolutionary relation of post-...

By: Diana Wesser

[gallery link="file" columns="5" ids="100365,100366,100367,100368,100369"] From the conference programme: The walk investigates the shopping worlds of the city-centre of Leipzig. Different ways of moving around can change our perceptions and create a strengthened sense of awareness for the present moment. The city becomes a stage where participants discover everyday performances and differen...

By: Julian Röder

[gallery link="file" columns="5" ids="105128,105129,105130,105131,105132"] Photography by Julian Röder From the conference programme: An opening of a shopping mall, discounts on all articles, Monday, 12 am – masses of consumers and goods meet in the middle of the night. “Available for sale” stages and documents (mass-) consumption between rush and reality, euphoria and disillusionment. &...

By: Stefan Schridde

Was wir tun können, damit die Dinge besser werden. Thema "geplante Obsoleszenz"

By: Greta Taubert

Untertitel: Wie ich mich auf eine neue Gesellschaft vorbereite. Ein Selbstversuch greta-taubert.de: Krise hier, Katastrophe da: Greta Taubert kann es nicht mehr hören. Warum aber warten, bis dieser Tag da ist? Wenn wirklich alles immer schlimmer wird, muss man sich doch auf die schlechten Zeiten irgendwie vorbereiten können. Menschen, die sich schon heute von den ausgetretenen Pfaden des Konsu...

By: Werner Rätz, Vincent Liegey, Dagmar Paternoga, Margit Appel

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Vincent Liegey, Werner Rätz and Margit Appel Facilitation: Dagmar Paternoga From the conference programme: The essentials of the idea of an unconditional basic income are clearly related to a degrowth society. A basic income provides autonomy fo...

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Technology and Production at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Can hightech be produced democratically & sustainably in a degrowth society? Vision > Open source learning spaces > > Open educational resources, open source software and open source hard ware in schools > > Tinkering & Do-It-Yourself learning ...

By: Antje Schaffartzik

This media entry is a stirring paper of the Group Assembly Process (GAP) at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in 2014. This paper belongs the group Consumption.

By: Ben Touissant, Christiane Schwausch

This media entry is a stirring paper of the Group Assembly Process (GAP) at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in 2014. This paper belongs the group Consumption.

By: Corinna Vosse, Dieter Haselbach

This media entry is a stirring paper of the Group Assembly Process (GAP) at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in 2014. This paper belongs the group Consumption.

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Consumption at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Proposals for the Transformation > Reformation of the standardization processes (p.e. ISO) so that marginalized (especially in the global south) are more effectively involved. > Create time and space to build communities (= alternatives to shopping). > Mainstreaming of criti...

By: Jonas Pohlmann, Nils Ohlendorf

Abstract: This paper analyses the distribution of CO2 emissions over households in Germany, identifies their socio-economic drivers and discusses the policy implications. On the basis of an environmentally extended input output model, the CO2 intensities for consumption-based emissions from different categories are calculated and allocated to the expenditure data of a representative survey of 4...

By: Jonas Pohlmann, Nils Ohlendorf

Abstract: This paper analyses the distribution of CO2 emissions over households in Germany, identifies their socio-economic drivers and discusses the policy implications. On the basis of an environmentally extended input output model, the CO2 intensities for consumption-based emissions from different categories are calculated and allocated to the expenditure data of a representative survey of 4...

By: Ammalia Podlaszewska

Tourism, place-making, economic growth, commodification, locality

By: Julia Poerting

Urban farming, organic agriculture, Pakistan, futures, green consumerism

By: Jenneth Parker

Abstract: This paper will draw on the findings of the EU P7 CONVERGE project in ‘Re-thinking Globalisation’ in the light of Contraction and Convergence TM. In particular it will build upon ideas proposals developed at an international conference on a ‘New Social Contract for Sustainability’ which focussed on a new sustainability vision for Europe. The paper will argue that in order to pay due a...

By: Enrique Ortega, Sayoko Nakajima

Abstract: The ecological footprint method proposed by Merkel (2009) was used to calculate the support area related a population consumption profile in Ibiúna county, São Paulo state in Brazil. It was verified that when family income grows the support area becomes greater. The excessive consumption of products that are not primary necessities and wealthy lifestyle which leads some families to oc...

By: Sarah Netter

Abstract: In search of a new concept that will provide answers to as to how modern societies should not only make sense but also resolve the social and environmental problems linked with our modes of production and consumption, collaborative consumption and the sharing economy are increasingly attracting attention. This conceptual paper attempts to explain the emergent focus on the sharing econ...

By: Melanie Lukas, Christa Liedtke, Jola Welfens, Alexandra Seibt, Lisa Geringhoff

social practice, consumer behaviour, sufficiency, sustainable consumption, transition

By: Laura Stanszus

Abstract: Education for Sustainable Development, Attitude-behavior-gap, Mindfulness, Individual transformation, Self-reflection Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is considered one of the main drivers of sustainability transformation strategies worldwide. Despite numerous efforts to forward ESD, its practical relevance remains low, as exemplified in the consumption related education an...