The climate crisis is a consequence of our economic system. Economic solutions, like carbon trading were supposed to be a problem solver. Despite such efforts, CO2 levels kept rising. Should we consider changing our economic system instead? And which role do environmental NGOs play in the battle for climate justice?
Joanna Cabello, activist and researcher on environmental justice and part of the Carbon Trade Watch collective, speaks about false solutions and grassroots activism. Joanna´s blog article "Where to begin with climate justice" is available here.
Die Anmeldung für das MOVE UTOPIA Zusammen!Treffen! für eine Welt nach Bedürfnissen und Fähigkeiten vom 21.-25.Juni 2017 in Lärz (Mecklenburg) ist ab sofort geöffnet. Wir veröffentlichen ein Interview der Zeitschrift arranca! mit zwei Organisator*innen des Treffens, bei dem der Zusammenhang zwischen MOVE UTOPIA und der Degrowth-Bewegung im Mittelpunkt steht. Im Juni findet das MOVE UTOP...
As policy makers return from Marrakesh puzzling over what a Trump presidency means for the Paris agreement, it is fascinating and wonderful to watch, from a desk in one of the biggest anti-poverty and development organisations, the increased energy, depth, and passion of the degrowth movement. But this movement is unfortunately peripheral to many development conversations. Perhaps that is be...
Degrowth aims at undoing growth. Undoing growth both at the level of social structures and social imaginaries. Although the focus is very often on the latter, i.e. the “decolonization of imaginaries” as put by Serge Latouche, the degrowth perspective still seems to lack a comprehensive understanding of the role of ideology, the path dependencies and the power that shape these imaginations. Degr...
