Environmental protection is needed because we take useful things out of nature and put useless or harmful things back in. The resulting depletion and pollution have reached harmful, unsustainable levels. We know that voluntary behaviour change, led by an elite that encourages, fosters and politely ‘nudges’ the masses, won’t do it. Legislated solutions are needed on the principle of ‘I will if y...
Das Konzeptwerk hat eine Replik auf postwachstumskritik.de geschrieben. Die der Webseite entsprechende Studie "Wirtschaftswachstum aufgeben? Eine Analyse wachstumskritischer Argumente" (Funke et al. 2015) fasst die Ergebnisse eines Seminars zusammen, in welchem sich die studentischen Autor_innen kritisch mit dem Konzept Postwachstum auseinandergesetzt haben. Die Autor_innen fragen "Müssen wir W...
Camila Moreno, expert on "green" energy in Brazil, gives some demonstrative examples of so called green and clean energy projects and their impact in the Global South. Her input is part of the panel A worldwide energy revolution? which took place at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in September 2014. Would you like to continue on the topic? Discussions and actions for Climate Justice and D...
