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!
As Vincent Ligey, coordinator of the Budapest Conference organizing team mentioned in the closing plenary, it was an experiment to hold an international degrowth conference in a former socialist country where the soil for degrowth ideas is not particularly fertile. The more it came as a surprise that the conference had received a widespread coverage in Hungarian media. Szandra Koves, press out...
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...
Dieser Artikel ist im Rahmen der Theoriewerkstatt zu Wachstumszwängen entstanden. Im ersten Teil dieses Artikels haben wir beleuchtet, warum die klassischen Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswachstum für notwendig halten, um die Konsumwünsche einer Bevölkerung zu befriedigen, sowie die Fragwürdigkeit dieser Annahme offengelegt. Um es nicht bei der Kritik zu belassen, stellen wir im zweiten Teil mögliche Alternativen [...]