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!
“When you told your friends and family you were going to a degrowth gathering, they asked, ‘What is degrowth?’ How did you respond?” The 2018 degrowUS gathering from September 28-30 2018 in Chicago began with this question. The first day’s thirty-odd attendees wrote their responses on sticky notes as they scraped the last bites of lunch off the dishes the event’s organizers had told them to ...
By Kiran Pereira If you want to know the ‘most consumed raw material on earth’ look no further! Sand and gravel have overtaken even water on this front. Yet, not many people would think about sand unless they wanted to go on holiday to a beach! This resource exerts a hegemony that is unrivalled. From the mundane to the mystical, the uses of sand are far too numerous to list exhaustively here. ...
Von Ulrich Schachtschneider Mit der Degrowth-Bewegung ist ein neuer Stern am Himmel der sozialen Bewegungen erschienen. Doch die traditionelle Linke beobachtet diese Neu-Erscheinung etwas kritisch – ist es doch ein Aufbruch, der auch ohne sie möglich erscheint. Es fehlten die marxistischen, feministischen und antirassistischen Analysen und die entsprechenden Parolen. Wo sie doch kamen, wurden ...
