What could an alliance of techies and greens bring for a social, democratic and ecological future? The conference "Bits and Trees" ("Bits & Bäume" in German), which took place in Berlin on November 17th and 18th of this year, tried to shed light on this question. It brought together around 1.700 people interested and organized around digitalization and sustainability. Merely the name of ...
Dieser Text ist eine gekürzte Fassung des Attac-Beitrags für "Degrowth in Bewegung(en)" Als Attac Ende der 90er-Jahre gegründet wurde, schien das Dogma der Alternativlosigkeit gesellschaftlicher Verhältnisse festzustehen. Auch viele Menschen, die mit diesen Verhältnissen keineswegs einverstanden waren, konnten sich ihre Überwindung kaum vorstellen. Deshalb war die Botschaft, eine andere Welt s...
By Monica Picavea Brazil is an amazing country, full of natural richness and blessed with many beauties. It has, however, a terrible sin on his shoulders: the thought that everything has to be done in a different, shorter, and faster way - in a way that takes advantage of everything. This is also why Brazil is currently undergoing a huge economic and political crisis, particularly reflected by...