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 ...
http://www.degrowthindiainitiative.org/We are very excited that there's now a promising degrowth-iniatiative in India. The Degrowth-India initiative and blog aims at re-politicizing the Indian debate on the much needed socio-ecological transformation. A press-article about the kick-off of the initiative is available here. If you're interested in the further development of the debate, stay tune...
Krise, Klimawandel, begrenzte Ressourcen, zunehmende soziale Spaltungen und steigende Arbeitslosigkeit zählen gegenwärtig zu den größten gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen in Europa. Um diese zu bewältigen, ist ein sozial-ökologischer Umbau der Industrie- und Dienstleistungsgesellschaft erforderlich. Dieser Wandel wird oft verkürzt mit dem Modell der „Grünen Ökonomie“ beschrieben. Die grüne Wirtschaft soll den Gegensatz von Ökonomie und Ökologie aufheben [...]
