Library

Position paper • 2014

How can we construct the commons?

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 Commons and Peer Economy.

Position paper • 2014

"Let’s be realistic, let’s try the impossible.“ Degrowth needs a different economy!

By: Gunter Kramp

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 Commons and Peer Economy.

Position paper • 2014

GAP working group 2014 - Consumption

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 critical...

Position paper • 2014

Self-providing as a motor for Degrowth

By: Corinna Vosse, Dieter Haselbach

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 Consumption.

Position paper • 2014

Good:matters. Empowering the Willing – Practicing the Transformation

By: Ben Touissant, Christiane Schwausch

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 Consumption.

Position paper • 2014

Where does responsibility begin and end?

By: Antje Schaffartzik

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 Consumption.

Position paper • 2014

GAP working group 2014 - Democracy

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Democracy at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Proposals for the Transformation The necessary shifts will only be democratic but it needs to be an alternative to the representative democratic system we experience today. > More time. > More inclusive. > Enable autonomous societies. > Look for windows of opportunity. System...

Position paper • 2014

A postgrowth society will have to be democratic or will not be at all

By: Barbara Muraca

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 Democracy.

Position paper • 2014

GAP working group 2014 - Learning for degrowth

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Learning for degrowth at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Contents – What to learn for Degrowth? > Learning should be more focused on skills an competences and less on theoretical knowledge. > Important skills to be strengthened in education are: critical thinking, creativity, self-consciousness, (non-violent) communication,...

Position paper • 2014

Education and/or Transformation?

By: Susanne Brehm

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.

Position paper • 2014

Subsistence and Sufficiency – Which skills support these attributes of a post-growth culture and how do we have to encourage and embed them further in the sector of education?

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.

Position paper • 2014

New tools for new times. Cocreating the world currency of the future

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.

Position paper • 2014

GAP working group 2014 - Money and Finance

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Money and Finance at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Consensual proposals: > Complementary currencies should be allowed in a degrowth societies. > Cooperative banks managed by communities will be established in degrowth societies. > If we want to reach a stationary or shrinking economy in a peaceful way, corrections in the...

Position paper • 2014

Beyond regulation: Money, banks and finance in a degrowth perspective

By: Fabian Scheidler, Matthias Schmelzer

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.

Position paper • 2014

How to built, organize and manage degrowth movements rooted in the territory?

By: Jean-Louis Aillon, Elena Dal Santo, Marta Guindani, Stefano Zummo, Allesandro Montis, Maurizio Pallante

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 Organizing collective action for degrowth.

Position paper • 2014

GAP working group 2014 - Organizing collective action for degrowth

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. > Fight...

Position paper • 2014

Scaling up collective action and advancing knowledge on degrowth from the grassroots

By: Gualter Barbas Baptista

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 Organizing collective action for degrowth.

Position paper • 2014

Towards a new activism to effectively support a transition to a de-growth economy

By: Micha Narberhaus

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 Organizing collective action for degrowth.

Position paper • 2014

“Politics of sufficiency” as politics for the good life

By: Angelika Zahrnt, Uwe Scheidewind

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 Politics of Sufficiency.

Position paper • 2014

GAP working group 2014 - Politics of Sufficiency

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Politics of Sufficiency at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 General strategies > Focus on local policies (bottom-up participation) > Offer alternatives: > > both infrastructural & actual policies to try out alternative activities (like free bus pass) > > particularly to new residents because of higher acceptance...