The fifth international Degrowth Conference is over, the call to host the sixth has been opened. A lot could be said about the conference, yet I do not intend to give a comprehensive overview, nor examine how it stands in relation with the former conferences. Instead, I want to share five aspects of the conference, which I found particularly insightful. 1. A Degrowth Conference in Hungary? ...
On the Need for Collaboration Between Social Movements and Activisms By Lucie Bardos Not that long ago, I left North America and arrived fresh and starry-eyed in Lund, Sweden, ready to begin my master’s degree in a program entitled Culture, Power and Sustainability. In my second year, I decided to write my thesis about the Transition Town movement, a social movement out of Great Britain born ...
Die Krise der gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnisse ist auch eine Krise der gesellschaftlichen ReProduktionsverhältnisse. Dies ist der Ausgangspunkt der queer-feministischen Kritik an den alternativen Ansätzen, die unter den Schlagworten Green New Deal, Postwachstum oder Solidarische Ökonomie verhandelt werden. Während die Strategien des Green New Deal auf eine ökologische Modernisierung der Industriepolitik abzielen, stellen Postwachstumsdebatte und Solidarische Ökonomien [...]
