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Scientific paper • 2014

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Work and the Economy: The Decline Of Unions And The Role Of Worker Cooperative

By: Tenille Brown

labour law; unionized context; worker cooperatives; amateur economy; secure employment

Scientific paper • 2014

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The misunderstanding of “Growing Growth”

By: Kay Bourcarde, Karsten Herzmann

Abstract: The paper addresses a core assumption of economic policy, namely, the assumption growth by steady high rates being typical to economies. In the seventies such exponential growth has been criticized in the bestseller “The Limits to Growth” to be a hazard to the environment and to mankind as a whole. However, as the paper demonstrates, almost all western economies show mere linear growt...

• 2014

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Was man für Geld nicht kaufen kann - die moralischen Grenzen des Marktes

By: Michael J. Sandel

Darf ein Staat Söldner verpflichten, um Kriege zu führen? Ist es moralisch vertretbar, Leute dafür zu bezahlen, dass sie Organe spenden? Dürfen Unternehmen gegen Geld das Recht erwerben, die Luft zu verpesten? Fast alles scheint heute käuflich zu sein. Wollten wir das so? Und was können wir dagegen tun? Mit Verve und anhand prägnanter Beispiele widmet sich Michael J. Sandel dieser wichtigen eth...

Interview • 2014

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Battle for the Climate: «It's not about parts per million, it's about power.»

By: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung

Video from the international Conference "Battle for the Climate" (Kampf ums Klima) which took place 10.-12. April 2015 in Cologne. Speakers and participants of the conference are giving statements. Main topic is climate justice.

Scientific paper • 2014

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“The World is My Backyard”: Critiquing Mobility From Inside the Tiny House Movement

By: April Anson

Abstract: The phenomenon of the recent tiny house movement offers a unique opportunity for a to expose the growing commodification of environmental sustainability in a market that continues to shelter economic and class privilege. Written from my subjective position as builder, owner and inhabitant of a tiny house, this paper examines the radical possibilities intrinsic to the mobility of the t...

Report • 2014

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Aufbruchtage - Sozioökologische Auswege ...

By: Schattenblick

Bericht von der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig zur Veranstaltung "Sozial-ökologische Krise & Krise der Demokratie: eine Sicht aus Südeuropa" mit Haris Konstantatos. Aus dem Bericht:. . . Haris Konstantatos, der dem Zentralkomitee der Linkspartei Syriza angehört, stellt diesem orthodoxen Ansatz linker Politik und dem Neoliberalismus die seiner Ansicht nach aussichtsreiche Alternative de...

• 2014

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Die Freihandelsfalle

By: Harald Klimenta, Andreas Fisahn, Pia Eberhardt, Peter Fuchs, Fritz Glunk, Hartmut Goebel, David Hachfeld, Marianne Henkel, Markus Henn, Sven Hilbig, Johannes Lauterbach, Christoph Scherrer, Ilana Solomon, Guido Speckmann, Rena Tangens, Berit Thomsen, Lori Wallach, Uwe Wötzel

Bei den Verhandlungen für ein Freihandelsabkommen zwischen den USA und der EU werden neoliberale Dogmen weiter verfolgt, obwohl die Schattenseiten allgegenwärtig sind: Standortwettbewerb, Lohndumping, sinkende Standards und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten in demokratischen Staaten. In diesem AttacBasisText werden die möglichen Folgen für Europa und Deutschland für den Fall herausgearbeitet, dass die ...

Position paper • 2014

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GAP working group 2014 - Childhood

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Childhood at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Ideas for Action – in communities > Participate in creating a library of resources: videos, books, articles, contacts, speakers, knowledge on degrowth for under-18s > When organizing events: always invite under-18s, always organize day-care/babysitting, think of other forms of pre...

Position paper • 2014

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GAP working group 2014 - Climate and Energy

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Climate and Energy at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Proposals for the Transformation > Energy consulting would lead to efficiency gains (free of charge or financed solidarily) > Efficiency contracting by cooperations Vision > Regional democratic decision on production/distribution > Free basic energy according t...

Scientific paper • 2014

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Is there still no alternative? Self-management under a degrowth perspective: a comparative approach between two case studies in France (Fralib) and Greece (VioMe)

By: Catherine Apostolidi

alternatives, capitalism, citizen initiatives, degrowth, self-management, solidarity economy, transition

• 2014

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Silicon Valley - Was aus dem mächtigsten Tal der Welt auf uns zukommt

By: Christoph Keese

Was mit der digitalen Revolution wirklich auf uns zukommt Aus erster Hand berichtet Christoph Keese von den Innovationen im Silicon Valley und verbindet die vielen Facetten des digitalen Wandels zum großen Bild. Er traf Erfinder, Gründer, Wagniskapitalgeber und Professoren in Stanford und Berkeley – auf der Suche nach Erfolgsmustern und Treibern der boomenden Internetwirtschaft. Wie funktion...

Scientific paper • 2014

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Post-Extracivism and De-Growth: Two Sides of the Same Perspective?

By: Alberto Acosta

growth, extractivism, economy, nature, sustainability

• 2014

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A Degrowth Project: « And What If We No Longer Had To Work? »

By: Vincent Liegey

From the text: In order to move beyond a productivist vision of life, we have to question the notion of work itself, which, for the most part, serves to sustain a system of profound inequality. We need to break from “sacrosanct economic growth”, “abandoning work-based ways of thinking, putting the economy and our obsession with the bottom line back where they belong, rejecting the view that eve...

Presentation • 2014

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ShareEconomy, P2P, Transition Town: What do they share?

By: Tony Greenham, Silke Helfrich, Astrid Lorenzen, Benjamin Tincq

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Astrid Lorenzen, Benjamin Tincq, Tony Greenham Facilitation: Silke Helfrich From the conference programme: One can find many initiatives and discourses which put the misguided economy back on track. More and more people do not simply fight "the ...

• 2014

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Welzer wundert sich

By: Harald Welzer

In dieser Kolumne in der Deutschen Ausgabe des National Geographic Magazins wundert sich Harald Welzer über allerlei Normalitäten unserer Zeit. Darunter: Kreuzfahrten, Innovation, Turbokapitalisten, mangelnde Wertschätzung, Smartphones, Fremdenversorgung, Aufrüstung und Gipfeltreffen. Zitat aus "Abkoppelung von da draußen": . . . Wenn wir mal unsere soziale Umwelt im haeckelschen Sinn ökolog...

Interview • 2014

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Degrowth: Leben und Wirtschaften jenseits des Wachstums (Teil 1)

By: Kontext TV

Quelle: www.kontext-tv.de   Gäste: Naomi Klein, Journalistin und Buchautorin ("No Logo", "Die Schock-Strategie", "This Changes Everything") Barbara Muraca, Philosophin an der Universität Jena, Autorin des Buches "Gut Leben. Eine Gesellschaft jenseits des Wachstums" Nnimmo Bassey, Vorstand von Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, Träger des "Alternativen Nobelpreises" ...

Position paper • 2014

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GAP working group 2014 - Technology and Production

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Technology and Production at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Can hightech be produced democratically & sustainably in a degrowth society? Vision > Open source learning spaces > > Open educational resources, open source software and open source hard ware in schools > > Tinkering & Do-It-Yourself learning ...

Art contribution • 2014

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You are here - Ein achtsamer Spaziergang durch den Konsum

By: Diana Wesser

[gallery link="file" columns="5" ids="100365,100366,100367,100368,100369"] From the conference programme: The walk investigates the shopping worlds of the city-centre of Leipzig. Different ways of moving around can change our perceptions and create a strengthened sense of awareness for the present moment. The city becomes a stage where participants discover everyday performances and differen...

Report • 2014

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Aufbruchtage - Die Praxis eines jeden 1-3

By: Schattenblick

Bericht von der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig zur Veranstaltung "Scenarios for a post-growth economy" mit Niko Paech und Clive Spash. Der Bericht ist in 3 Teile geteilt: Teil 1, Teil 2, Teil 3 Aus dem Bericht: "Szenarios einer Postwachstumswirtschaft" - zwei Ökonomen versuchten sich am vierten, vorletzten Tag der Internationalen Degrowth-Konferenz daran, diesen Titel mit Inhalt zu fülle...