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Position paper • 2014

GAP working group 2014 - Urban Transformation

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Urban Transformation at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Proposals for the Transformation > Urban agriculture > Promote multifunctional and divers urban centres, including services, infrastructure, food production etc. > Promote community owned space > participatory urban planning > Stop urban sprawl! Vision >...

Position paper • 2014

Urban Transformations: Infrastructures and Degrowth

By: Benjamin Best

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 Urban Transformation.

Position paper • 2014

Public infrastructure in a degrowth society

By: Jeremy Heighway

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 Urban Transformation.

Presentation • 2014

Introductory Course: "Degrowth: What?!"

By: Federico Demaria, Giacomo D'Alisa

Recording of an introductory course held at the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Federico Demaria and Giacomo D'Alisa from the French-Spanish organisation Research and Degrowth give an introduction to degrowth. The presentation is based on the introduction to the book "Degrowth. A vocabulary for a new era." and discusses...

Presentation • 2014

Degrowth Conference 2014: Opening event

By: Nina Treu, Alberto Acosta, Naomi Klein, Pablo Paolo Kilian, Melanie Bleckert, Daniel Constein

> The event starts with minute 38. Recorded opening event of the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. The opening event starts with a speech by Nina Treu & Daniel Constein, who are members of the organizing team of the conference. Further there are the opening keynotes by Alberto Acosta and Naomi Klein (via video), as...

Presentation • 2014

Opening plenary: Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity

By: Federico Demaria, Alberto Acosta, Sylvia Lorek, Silke Helfrich, Nicola Bullard

Recorded opening plenary of the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers are Federico Demaria, Silke Helfrich, Alberto Acosta and Nicola Bullard. Moderation: Sylvia Lorek. The speakers give statements of support for degrowth.

Presentation • 2014

Keynote speeches - Facing the current crises: critique and resistance

By: Barbara Muraca, Haris Konstatatos

Recorded keynote speeches at the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speeches by Haris Konstatatos and Barbara Muraca. The topic of the day is "Facing the current crises: critique and resistance". Haris Konstatatos: Social-ecological crisis & crisis of democracy: a view from Southern Europe The accelerating...

Presentation • 2014

Keynote speeches - Building alliances

By: Adelheid Biesecker, Sunita Narain

Recorded keynote speeches at the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speeches by Adelheid Biesecker and Sunita Narain. The topic of the day is "Building alliances". Adelheid Biesecker: (Re)Productivity as an economic paradigm for a social-ecological economy Modern capitalist economy systematically destroys the productivity...

Presentation • 2014

Keynote speeches - Visions and strategies for transformation

By: Michel Bauwens, Euclides André Mance

Recorded keynote speeches at the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speeches by Michel Bauwens and Euclides André Mance. The topic of the day is "Visions and strategies for transformation". Michel Bauwens: The Transition to a Sustainable Commons Society in Ecuador and beyond Degrowth will only be possible by changing the...

Presentation • 2014

Dimensions of learning for a degrowth society

By: Helena Norberg-Hodge, Barbara Muraca, Bertr, Stern, Jeremias Herberg

Panel discussion at the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Helena Norberg-Hodge, Bertrand Stern, Barbara Muraca Facilitation: Jeremias Herberg From the conference programme: On this panel people from different backgrounds discuss new concepts for education. The debate builds on the critique of the current...

Presentation • 2014

Free Trade – a barrier for degrowth?

By: Filka Sekulova, Manuel Pérez-Rocha, Lutz Weischner, Alexandra Strickner

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Manuel Pérez-Rocha, Lutz Weischner, Filka Sekulova Facilitation: Alexandra Strickner From the conference programme: International free trade regimes and neoliberal trading rules (NAFTA, TTIP, WTO) are a central obstacle for a development towards...

Presentation • 2014

Responses to the eurocrisis: Strategies for the degrowth-movement

By: Steffen Lange, Steffen Lange, Nicola Bullard, Nicola Bullard, Tadzio Müller, Tadzio Müller, Giorgos Velegrakis, Giorgos Velegrakis

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Steffen Lange, Giorgos Velegrakis, Nicola Bullard Facilitation: Tadzio Müller Further below you can choose to start watching the video at a specific point, e.g. with the contribution of Nicola Bullard or just watch the discussion From the conference...

Presentation • 2014

Climate Justice and Degrowth: commonalities, resistances and alternatives

By: Nnimmo Bassey, Tadzio Müller, Lucia Ortiz, Lyda Fernanda

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Tadzio Müller, Nnimmo Bassey, Lucia Ortiz Facilitation: Lyda Fernanda From the conference programme: The question of global justice is frequently underplayed or even omitted in the debate about the relationship between the climate crisis and economic...

Presentation • 2014

German parliamentary commission on growth - results and follow-up

By: Angelika Zahrnt, Matthias Zimmer, Hermann Ott, Sabina Leidig

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Matthias Zimmer, Hermann Ott, Sabina Leidig Facilitation: Angelika Zahrnt From the conference programme: There is a controversial discussion on the impacts of the special commission on "Growth, Prosperity and Quality of Life" of the last German...

Presentation • 2014

Alliances for degrowth between Global North and South?!

By: Ashish Kothari, Alberto Acosta, Ulrich Brand, Beatriz Rodriquez Labajos

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Beatriz Rodriquez Labajos, Ashish Kothari, Alberto Acosta Facilitation: Ulrich Brand From the conference programme: Degrowth proposals are largely debated within and for the Global North. Despite strong dynamics and orientations towards economic...

Presentation • 2014

The new economy of nature – tendencies of valuation and financialization

By: Camila Moreno, Alexandra Strickner, Bernd Hansjürgens, Barbara Unmüßig

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Bernd Hansjürgens, Barbara Unmüßig, Camila Moreno Facilitation: Alexandra Strickner From the conference programme: Different strategies have been developed to address the “multiple crises”. One of them is the intensified financialization of nature:...

Presentation • 2014

Degrowth? A feminist perspective

By: Adelheid Biesecker, Sabine O'Hara, Christa Wichterich, Karin Schönpflug

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Adelheid Biesecker, Sabine O'Hara, Christa Wichterich, Karin Schönpflug Facilitation: Katharina Pühl From the conference programme: This panel addresses the question what (queer-)feminist theory and practice can contribute to the debate on degrowth...

Presentation • 2014

ShareEconomy, P2P, Transition Town: What do they share?

By: Tony Greenham, Silke Helfrich, Astrid Lorenzen, Benjamin Tincq

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Astrid Lorenzen, Benjamin Tincq, Tony Greenham Facilitation: Silke Helfrich From the conference programme: One can find many initiatives and discourses which put the misguided economy back on track. More and more people do not simply fight "the...

Presentation • 2014

How can work be (re)organized under a degrowth perspective?

By: Christine Ax, Norbert Reuter, Chema Berro, Michael Fischer

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Norbert Reuter, Chema Berro, Christine Ax Facilitation: Michael Fischer From the conference programme: The panel will bring together trade unionists and NGO activists from both the 'classical', industrial growth-oriented and the more radical,...

Presentation • 2014

Décroissance, Postwachstum, decreixement, decrescita – all degrowth but different?

By: Niko Paech, Joan Martinez-Alier, Mauro Bonaiuti, Francois Schneider, Elisabeth von Thadden

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Joan Martinez-Alier, Francois Schneider, Niko Paech, Mauro Bonaiuti Facilitation: Elisabeth von Thadden From the conference programme: This panel brings together four different traditions of degrowth: decreixement/social and sustainable degrowth from...