Valentin Thurn ist Regisseur. 2011 kam sein Film "Taste the Waste" in die Kinos und er gründete die Selbstorganisations-Plattform "Foodsharing" mit, auf der überschüssige Nahrungsmittel an andere weiter gegeben werden können. Für den Stream towards Degrowth sprachen wir mit ihm in einem Videointerview fiktiv aus einer Zeit in der Zukunft, die die Steigerungslogik überwunden hat. Das Thema: Sein Filmprojekt über die zukünftige Ernährung der Gesellschaft, so wie er sie sich 2014 vorstellt.
Another UN climate summit is over and despite the prevalent rhetoric of hope, the gap between the 1,5 or 2 degree target agreed in Paris last year and the real commitments to achieve this target is nowhere near to closing. Worse, this gap hasn't even been a focus of this year's UN climate talks in Marrakesh although time is running: Recently published analyses of this emission gap warn that the...
By Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos, Leah Temper and Lucía Argüelles An interviewed Anuak farmer from the Gambella region in Ethiopia assures that nobody in his village supported the land deal for Al Amoudi´s Southern Star Farm project from the beginning. Despite of this, the contract was signed and the villagers were kicked off the lands. He lost his crop land and also his access to the now cleared ...
By Corinna Burkhart Humans get used to quite a lot of things and live their daily life through a set of what we can call habits. Everyday experiences are not much worth a thought as long as everything is like it always is. This can be driving by car to town, only to get stuck in the usual traffic jam, or something very simple like flushing the toilet or using knife and fork to eat a grilled pi...
