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.
This article is part of a series on degrowth.info discussing strategy in the degrowth movement. The introduction to the series and an ongoing list of contributions can be found here. In the article “Beyond visions and projects…”, by Herbert, Barlow, Frey, Ambach, and Cigna, the authors persuasively set out the case for a more explicit debate on strategy in the degrowth movement. Highlighting...
By André Reichel In the discourse on degrowth – the deliberate and planned downscaling of production and consumption that increases human well-being and enhances ecological conditions and equity on the planet – the notion of »sustainable development« has sort of a bad rap. In fact, sustainable degrowth is intended to replace sustainable development as the central concept under which ecological...
Eine Grundüberzeugung des Postwachstumskollegs besteht darin, dass die Überwindung der blindlaufenden Steigerungszwänge moderner, kapitalistischer Gesellschaften einer komplexen, simultanen und mehrdimensionalen Transformation (oder Revolution) bedarf, die ökonomische, politische und kulturelle Veränderungen zugleich impliziert. Die wesentliche Aufgabe des Kollegs besteht darin, so genau wie möglich zu identifizieren, was genau sich ändern muss, um die ‚blindlaufenden‘ ökonomischen, politischen [...]
