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
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The 6th International Degrowth Conference finished on Saturday, the 25th of August with a demonstration under the rain in the center of Malmö. Typical weather for the end of August in Sweden, and very welcomed after the past worryingly dry months. The subtitle 'Dialogues in Turbulent Times' would summarize the week quite well. The strangely hot summer experienced by all of us was frequently ...
Degrowth: lost in plurality? There seems to exist a gap in the degrowth discourse around the question of how to move towards a degrowth society. This brings to our attention an important concept - that of strategy. Here, we will use the word ‘strategy’ to refer to how the ends (i.e. a degrowth society) is achieved by the means. Having spent a number of years probing into the degrowth discourse...
Von Dorothee Häußermann In diesem Jahr gibt einen Tag mehr als sonst. Da die Erde sich nicht exakt in 365 mal 24 Stunden um ihre eigene Achse dreht, sondern etwas länger braucht, geben wir ihr alle vier Jahre einen Extra-Tag, um die verbummelte Zeit aufzuholen - damit der menschengemachte Kalender wieder mit den physikalischem Abläufen zusammenpasst. Das Schaltjahr (engl: „leap year“) erinnert...
