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Welcome to Degrowth India!

08.12.2015

http://www.degrowthindiainitiative.org/We are very excited that there's now a promising degrowth-iniatiative in India.  The Degrowth-India initiative and blog aims at re-politicizing the Indian debate on the much needed socio-ecological transformation. A press-article about the kick-off of the initiative is available here. If you're interested in the further development of the debate, stay tuned in!

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Business Interest in the Environmental Crisis

By: Kanchi Kohli

By Kanchi Kohli and Manju Menon Is the world going through an environmental crisis? If yes, who has caused it and where does the onus to remedy it lie? If one is to go by the policy debates and outcomes worldwide, the existence of a crisis seems established, the attribution contested, and the road map for remedies under perpetual review. Each year several international conventions revisit thei...

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