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 tuned in!
Environmental protection is needed because we take useful things out of nature and put useless or harmful things back in. The resulting depletion and pollution have reached harmful, unsustainable levels. We know that voluntary behaviour change, led by an elite that encourages, fosters and politely ‘nudges’ the masses, won’t do it. Legislated solutions are needed on the principle of ‘I will if y...
Endlich ist es soweit: Der erste Satz Texte und Videos aus dem Projekt "Degrowth in Bewegung(en)" ist jetzt online. Hier beleuchten Vertreter*innen verschiedenster sozialer Bewegungen das Thema Degrowth und benennen aus ihrer Sicht die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede sowie Kritikpunkte an Degrowth. Ziel des Projekts ist ein offener Dialog- und Vernetzungsprozess, der den Austausch, das gegense...
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...
