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By: Schattenblick

Bericht von der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig zu verschiedenen Veranstaltungen zum Thema Mobilität mit Sabine Leidig, Patrick Kayemba, Winfried Wolf, Maggie Klingler-Lauer und Bernhard Knierim. Aus dem Bericht: . . . Wie diese Schlaglichter aus der Diskussion des Panels zeigen, umfaßt der Widerstand gegen die herrschende Verkehrsweise ein breites Spektrum zwischen unmittelbar umsetzbaren ...

By: Petra Wächter

Abstract: Energy as the basis for daily activities on an individual level and for economic activities on a societal level gives fundamental importance to our lives. Components that have to be considered for a successful energy transition include energy technologies, policy framework, behavioural changes, changes of institutional settings, and system dynamics. Critical issues in the field of ene...

By: Unbekannt, Ganna Gladkykh, Elena Bakhanova

Documentation of the event "Working hours reduction as a part of degrowth agenda" at the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. From the conference programme: Participatory modelling: Degrowth paradigm implies significant changes in economy. Economic downscaling will cause an increase in unemployment rates. It will negativel...

By: Christian Kerschner, Clive Spash

Abstract: This paper is part of the special session called: “Exploring Transformation to a Radical Alternative Gesellschaft: Economy, Ethics, Ecology” (RAGE). All papers in this session will be 10 minutes and presented in the first hour of the session. The paper is a first attempt to map the contributions of Social Ecological Economics (SEE) to research on transformation of society and economy ...

By: Michael Schlauch

Abstract: This paper explores new ways of applying ecological knowledge to solve economic problems in a manner that suits the complexity of society and environmental challenges. This is done by developing the integrative analysis method. The integrative analysis uses systems ecology in order to characterize economic systems with their energetic properties and model them as ecosystems. This make...

By: Artan Zandian

sustainable degrowth, village life, urban district, shared housing system

By: Sabine Leidig

This media entry is a stirring paper of the Group Assembly Process (GAP) at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in 2014. This paper belongs the group Transport and Mobility.

By: Robert Strauch

This media entry is a stirring paper of the Group Assembly Process (GAP) at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in 2014. This paper belongs the group Learning for degrowth.

By: Miguel San Miguel

This media entry is a stirring paper of the Group Assembly Process (GAP) at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in 2014. This paper belongs the group Money and Finance.

By: Peter Clausing

This media entry is a stirring paper of the Group Assembly Process (GAP) at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in 2014. This paper belongs the group Agriculture and Food.

By: Emile Bravo, Heinrich Böll

Der Verlag: In einem kleinen Hafen macht ein Fischer morgens seine Siesta. Ein Tourist weckt ihn durch das Klicken seines Fotoapparats und fragt, warum er nicht aufs Meer fahre. Der Fischer antwortet, er sei schon draußen gewesen. Warum er nicht noch einmal hinausfahre, fragt der Tourist. Mit der größeren Ausbeute könne er Schiffe und eine Fischfabrik kaufen. Am Ende wäre er so reich, dass er n...

By: Marion Musch

Begehbare Kunstinstallation, 2014, Ständer mit Kleiderbügeln in dunklem Raum, Projektion von weiteren leeren Kleiderbügeln, Stimmen aus Lautsprechern. mamuk.de: Eine Installation zum „schönen Schein“ des Konsums und der Manipulation des Verbrauchers. Das Märchen „Des Kaisers neue Kleider“ ist eins der bekanntesten von H.C. Andersens. Es handelt von dem eitlen Kaiser, der von schmeichelnden Ve...

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Organizing collective action for degrowth at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Building Alliances: > Building Alliances with environmental and social conflicts actors and seed degrowth there. > Link up with democracy NGOs. > Link between Researchers and Activists. > Storytelling: develop a positive narrative. > Fig...

By: Martina Wildau

Integrated education – human values – university as role-model – awareness – spirituality

By: Richard Swift

An investigation of the alternatives to capitalism, including socialism, anarchism and deep ecology.

By: Till Westermayer

Abstract: Starting at the idea that information technology leads to a dematerialization of economy and thus to a decoupling between growth and material, environmental impacts and resource use, the paper discusses various concepts related to this idea, loosely following the framework of first, second and third order effects (Hilty 2008). It comes to the conclusion that information technology, es...

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Consumption at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Proposals for the Transformation > Reformation of the standardization processes (p.e. ISO) so that marginalized (especially in the global south) are more effectively involved. > Create time and space to build communities (= alternatives to shopping). > Mainstreaming of criti...

By: Gualter Barbas Baptista

communities of practice, nowtopias, peer production, postnormal science, open knowledge

By: Degrowth Conference 2014

In the run-up to the conference monthly videos were published on the conference homepage, dealing with different aspects of degrowth.

By: Janina Westerkowski

post growth city, urban planning, transition town movement, Scenarios and models of a post-growth economy