The Journal of Cleaner Production will be issuing a special volume on the topic of technology and degrowth and is looking for interesting scientific contributions. Abstracts of 400 to 500 words can be submitted until 31 August 2015. The special volume aims to both provide 1) a state of the art selection of current discussions of the role of technology within Degrowth in academia and practice and 2) a deepened reflection on technologies with the aim to specify perspectives and to overcome their entrenchment. The full call for papers can be accessed here
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A Study on Transformative Social Innovation There are numerous grassroots movements and initiatives worldwide with the ambition to contribute to transformative change towards more sustainable, resilient and just societies. Many of them have a specific vision on the economy and relate to alternative visions of a ‘New Economy’. The research project TRANSIT highlights four prominent strands of ne...
By Oscar Krüger By now, there are likely few who have not heard of Pope Francis's recent encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si'”. And as many of the readers of this blog might already know, the Spanish and Italian versions contain what appears to be a direct endorsement of degrowth: the use of the term „decrecimiento“ (sp) and „decrescita“ (it), even if this is watered down to „decreased ...
von Frigga Haug Auf dem Kapitalismuskongress von Attac im Jahre 2009 plädierte Heiner Geissler in der Abschlussveranstaltung für eine Ökodiktatur. Schließlich war er aus Besorgnis auch um die ökologischen Probleme der Gesellschaft selbst als prominentes CDU-Mitglied in attac eingetreten und warb jetzt dafür, die etwa 2000 Versammelten möchten in diesem Sinn agieren. Im wachsenden Empörungslä...
