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!
By Chandran Nair A seminal paper jointly authored by a dozen international scientists and academics and released in April has created a ripple in the conservation community. It is a lengthy essay but what An Ecomodernist Manifesto says is that accelerated technological progress combined with socio-economic change will 'decouple' human economic pursuit from its impact on the environment. Transl...
By Joanna Cabello Climate justice is a relatively new term. Being a key concept in the Degrowth in Action – Climate Justice Summer School 2015, it is important here to expand upon the different understandings of, and some of the debates surrounding, the term ‘climate justice’ – though of course no single understanding is right or wrong, and no group can lay claim to a particular concept. Alt...
Von Matthias Schmelzer Der folgende Artikel wird in erweiterter Form im “Atlas der Globalisierung” erscheinen. Der neue Atlas, herausgegeben von Le Monde diplomatique und dem Kolleg Postwachstumsgesellschaften (Universität Jena) wird unter dem Motto “Weniger wird mehr. Der Postwachstums-Atlas” auf verschiedene Aspekte von Wachstum und Postwachstum konzentrieren. Er erscheint in einer kostenfreien Vorabversion zur Degrowth-Konferenz 2014 und [...]
