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By: Ulrich Brand

Abstract: Post-Extracivism and De-Growth: Two Sides of the Same Perspective? There are at two continents two thrilling debates taking place. In Europe, the degrowth perspective pushes a dynamic political and scientific debate in Europe which started some years ago in order to develop alternatives to the business-as-usual strategies. Since the beginning of the economic crisis, those strategies c...

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Organizing collective action for degrowth at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Building Alliances: > Building Alliances with environmental and social conflicts actors and seed degrowth there. > Link up with democracy NGOs. > Link between Researchers and Activists. > Storytelling: develop a positive narrative. > Fig...

By: Panos Petridis

Abstract: As the concept of socio-ecological transformation is increasingly gaining momentum in both academic research and policy circles, contributions from the degrowth debate come very timely. This paper analyses the recent developments in the degrowth literature, highlighting its visions as regards transformation, by presenting its ontological assumptions, actors and strategies, as well as ...

By: Alan Boccato-Franco, Elimar Nascimento

Abstract: The purpose of this essay is to analyze to what measure, apparently very distinct movements like Solidarity Economy in Brazil and Degrowth, have the conditions to provide a common platform. So, through the identification of a given textual corpora for both movements, it was possible to verify and compare their theoretical-conceptual basis. The analysis of the basic corpora consisted o...

By: Niko Paech, Joan Martinez-Alier, Mauro Bonaiuti, Francois Schneider, Elisabeth von Thadden

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Joan Martinez-Alier, Francois Schneider, Niko Paech, Mauro Bonaiuti Facilitation: Elisabeth von Thadden From the conference programme: This panel brings together four different traditions of degrowth: decreixement/social and sustainable degrowth...

By: Barbara Muraca

„Gut Leben“ bietet einen guten Einstieg in die Postwachstums- oder Degrowth-Debatte. Barbara Muraca beschreibt den internationalen Degrowth-Diskurs und verbindet diesen mit den deutschen Postwachstumsansätzen. Sie zeigt auf, dass zu „gut leben“ Solidarität, Selbstbestimmung und Freiheit gehören. Wichtig für sie ist auch eine feministische Perspektive, die das Ganze der Arbeit in den Blick nimmt...

By: Gualter Barbas Baptista

This media entry is a stirring paper of the Group Assembly Process (GAP) at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in 2014. This paper belongs the group Organizing collective action for degrowth.

By: Ashish Kothari

Abstract: Globalised development and centralised natural resource governance have seriously threatened the ecological security of countries like India, with rapid loss of ecosystems and biodiversity. Official responses to such loss have mostly been top-down, undemocratic protected area systems and conservation laws. However, across the country as in other parts of the world, communities and civ...

By: Nnimmo Bassey, Tadzio Müller, Lucia Ortiz, Lyda Fernanda

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Tadzio Müller, Nnimmo Bassey, Lucia Ortiz Facilitation: Lyda Fernanda From the conference programme: The question of global justice is frequently underplayed or even omitted in the debate about the relationship between the climate crisis and eco...

By: Julia Mertens

Vorstellung der Diplomarbeit zum Thema: Akteure des Wandels – am Beispiel des Transition Town Movements Abstract: Seit etwa 2006 breitet sich ausgehend von Groß Britanien eine Bewegung aus, die als eine Umweltbewegung mit neuen Ansätzen bezeichnet werden kann: Die Transition Town Bewegung. In dieser geht es im Vergleich zu früheren Umweltbewegungen (etwa denen der 70´er Jahren in Deutschland)...

By: Tadzio Müller

Gespräch mit Tadzio Müller über Degrowth, Kapitalismus und politische Praxis. Dabei geht es um mögliche Ziele der Degrowth Konferenz in Leipzig und den Wunsch oder die Erwartung das Degrowth praktisch(er) wird und damit auch eine soziale Bewegung.

By: Christopher Laumanns, Schattenblick

Interview mit Christopher Laumanns im Rahmen der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig. Aus dem Interview: . . . Entfremdete Arbeit bedeutet, daß der Arbeiter mit dem Produkt nichts zu tun hat. Das war bei uns nicht der Fall gewesen, denn das Produkt hat extrem viel mit uns als Personen zu tun. Sicherlich hat es immens viel Arbeit gekostet, aber man muß dabei die Arbeitsbedingungen, die Länge der...

By: Ulrich Brand

Contribution to a special session at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speaker: Ulrich Brand Abstract of the paper "Post-Extracivism and De-Growth: Two Sides of the Same Perspective?": There are at two continents two thrilling debates taking place. In Europe, the degrowth perspective pushes a dynamic politica...

By: Ben Touissant, Christiane Schwausch

This media entry is a stirring paper of the Group Assembly Process (GAP) at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in 2014. This paper belongs the group Consumption.

By: David Bollier, Euclides André Mance, Lisa Muhr, Anja Humburg

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Lisa Muhr, David Bollier, Euclides André Mance Facilitation: Anja Humburg 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 ec...

By: Vishwas Satgar (editor)

The publisher: Our contemporary world is plagued by a deep crisis that threatens the survival of our species and the planet. In the midst of this dire situation, we are being misled to believe by transnational corporations, governments, mainstream media networks and spin doctors that neoliberal capitalism has all the answers and can overcome any crisis. But can more of the same and a blind fait...

By: Friederike Habermann

Der Verlag: Friederike Habermann legt den Schwerpunkt ihrer Erinnerungen an die Globalisierungsbewegung auf jene Zeit, die das Ende vom »Ende der Geschichte« einläutete: von Francis Fukuyama als endgültiger Sieg des Kapitalismus ausgerufen, machten die 1990er Jahre aus Bewegungen Nichtregierungsorganisationen und aus Kämpfen Runde Tische. Doch beginnend an den Rändern dieser Erde entstand mit ...

By: Dietmar Wetzel

Abstract: This contribution attempts to raise some conceptual reflections about the debate with regard to the conditions of an embodiment of the “good life” into social movements, especially with regard to the situation in Switzerland. Although we find – in comparison with other countries – in Switzerland a very rich und prosperous society, there are emerging alternative life forms which are no...

By: Bengi Akbulut, Schattenblick

Interview mit Bengi Akbulut im Rahmen der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig. Aus dem Interview: Nach ihrem Vortrag beantwortete Bengi Akbulut dem Schattenblick einige Fragen zur jüngeren Entwicklung sozialer Bewegungen in der Türkei und zum Verhältnis ökologischer und sozialer Fragestellungen. . . . Interview/060 aus der Rubrik "Bürger/Gesellschaft" > "Report" von der Zeitung Schattenb...

By: Silke Oetsch

Abstract: In this contribution I try to develop a typology of „progressive“ and „conformist“ systems of finance in projects of transition aiming at providing a set of criteria for civil society projects and preventing the political exploitation of progressive movements by conformist forces. By progressive I mean projects that promote the logic of provisioning, whereas conformist indicate those ...