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...
Why do degrowth scholars use the word "decolonise" to discuss the process of changing the growth imaginary? Isn’t decolonisation about undoing the historical colonisation of land, languages and minds? How do these two uses of the word relate? This blog post is the result from a discussion held between some participants at a Degrowth Summer School in August 2017. While some parts of this blog...
Vom 04.-08. Oktober 2017 organisieren die Zeitpioniere innerhalb der Vereinigung für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (VÖW) gemeinsam mit der Forschungsgruppe „Digitalisierung und sozial-ökologische Transformation" die VÖW-Herbstakademie „Digitalisierung im Grünen" auf der Insel Schwanenwerder bei Berlin. Chancen und Risiken der Digitalisierung für eine sozial-ökologische Gesellschaft Die z...
