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 ...
By Fabian Scheidler In the face of climate change, financial crises and mass poverty, a growing number of people agree that we need a fundamental social-ecological transformation that includes all areas of society. Luckily, a huge variety of concepts and practices for such transformation already exists. These, however, have not yet been able to leave their niches. Why is this so difficult? Are...
Wachstum ist keine Option, denn eine absolute Entkoppelung von Wachstum und Ressourcenverbrauch hat sich historisch als unmöglich erwiesen – diese Position eint all jene, die zur Degrowth-Konferenz beitragen. Wachstumskritik ist auch in den Medien immer präsenter. Selbst die liberale Wochenzeitung DIE ZEIT (Nr. 10/ 2013) beendete ihren Leitartikel zum Thema mit den Worten „Die [...]
