Camila Moreno, expert on "green" energy in Brazil, gives some demonstrative examples of so called green and clean energy projects and their impact in the Global South. Her input is part of the panel A worldwide energy revolution? which took place at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in September 2014.
Would you like to continue on the topic? Discussions and actions for Climate Justice and Degrowth are continued at the Degrowth Summerschool 2015, for example with the panel discussion "Green growth" vs. "Leave it in the soil!" - the issue of natural resources.
When hitch-hiking, a certain irony is common: Time and time again, the authors' of this post have been picked up by drivers who immediately instruct them that hitch-hiking used to work, but now is impossible. That these conversations were taking place at all would appear to contradict this supposed fact. This is not to say that it is always easy. Roads bar access to their sides for pedestrians ...
By Nnimmo Bassey The industrial mode of food production is known to greatly contribute to global warming through such means as the large-scale land use changes, deforestation and the use of chemical fertilisers. Industrial agriculture promotes monoculture, erodes biodiversity and treats agricultural produce as mere commodities and for speculation. it continues to be single-mindedly supported b...
Die Krise der gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnisse ist auch eine Krise der gesellschaftlichen ReProduktionsverhältnisse. Dies ist der Ausgangspunkt der queer-feministischen Kritik an den alternativen Ansätzen, die unter den Schlagworten Green New Deal, Postwachstum oder Solidarische Ökonomie verhandelt werden. Während die Strategien des Green New Deal auf eine ökologische Modernisierung der Industriepolitik abzielen, stellen Postwachstumsdebatte und Solidarische Ökonomien [...]
