Camila Moreno, expert on "green" energy in Brazil, gives some demonstrative examples of so called green and clean energy projects and their impact in the Global South. Her input is part of the panel A worldwide energy revolution? which took place at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in September 2014.
Would you like to continue on the topic? Discussions and actions for Climate Justice and Degrowth are continued at the Degrowth Summerschool 2015, for example with the panel discussion "Green growth" vs. "Leave it in the soil!" - the issue of natural resources.
We at Research & Degrowth are repeatedly being told that our framing won't work. That we are preaching to the choir by the way we frame our proposals, and that we will never convince the broader public. So, here are our policy proposals re-framed in the language of the U.S. elections. Dedicated to all you framing aficionados out there. Oil-funded tax breaks Abolish all inc...
By Nnimmo Bassey The industrial mode of food production is known to greatly contribute to global warming through such means as the large-scale land use changes, deforestation and the use of chemical fertilisers. Industrial agriculture promotes monoculture, erodes biodiversity and treats agricultural produce as mere commodities and for speculation. it continues to be single-mindedly supported b...
„Weiter wie bisher“, lautet das Motto der herrschenden Politik, gerade auch in Deutschland. Die dominante öffentliche Diskussion und Politik inszeniert sich als Sachzwang-Politik – Anpassungsleistungen an die angeblich alternativlose Austeritätspolitik sind andernorts zu erbringen. Dass Menschen verarmen, von unten nach oben umverteilt wird und soziale Rechte und Demokratie abgebaut werden, sei nur vorübergehend, wird [...]
