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 and 2) a deepened reflection on technologies with the aim to specify perspectives and to overcome their entrenchment. The full call for papers can be accessed here
.Historical roots of current debates on sustainable degrowth The future of economic growth is one of the decisive challenges of the twenty-first century. Though beginning at different times in different places, during the last two centuries, overall global economic growth has profoundly transformed life of humans and of the rest of nature. Today, societies, economies, and cultures are essentia...
The signs from the Degrowth-Conference having disappeared from the walls of the portentous building of Corvinus University, and the streets of Budapest emptied from the stalls and the babble of the Degrowth-Week, the time is ripe for another evaluation-round. The conference can be assessed from diverse perspectives – with disparate outcomes, I suspect. Even if I am relatively new to the Degrow...
Der AK Reproduktion, das Feministische Institut Hamburg und die Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung laden ein zur „Aktionskonferenz Care Revolution“ am 14.-16. März 2014 in Berlin. Für den Stream towards Degrowth hat uns Jette Hausotter, als Mitglied des AK Preproduktion, einige Fragen beantwortet. Die Initiator_innen der Aktionskonferenz und über 50 Kooperationspartner_innen wollen den Anstoß geben, die individuellen und kollektiven [...]
