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Video: Degrowth Summer School & Climate Camp 2015

23.12.2015

The Degrowth Summer School 2015 took place at the climate camp in the Rhineland. The Rhineland is one of the biggest lignite mining regions, the biggest source of CO2 in Europe. To protest against climate-damaging industry and resource extraction, different movements which have a lot in common and share ambitions get together and work on alternatives and a social transformation. A video by Raute Film. Degrowth Summer School & Climate Camp 2015 from Marc Menningmann on Vimeo.

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