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Report • 2016

Angst vor den Kommunisten

Bericht von der Degrowth Konferenz in Budapest in 2016. Aus dem Text: . . . Die eindimensionale Orientierung am Wirtschaftswachstum, welche Degrowth kritisiert, hat sich mit der Globalisierung in den letzten 50 Jahren in nahezu allen Ländern dieser Welt breit gemacht. Gerade die ehemaligen Satellitenstaaten der Sowjetunion wie Ungarn hätten diesem Narrativ viele Jahre aufgesessen, meint Zoltan...

Position paper • 2016

A Proposal for Voluntary Degrowth by Redesigning Money for Sustainability, Justice, and Resilience

By: Alf Hornborg

An European Policy Brief of the European Commission of the project: FINANCIALISATION ECONOMY SOCIETY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT From the text: What is the fundamental goal of this proposal? The most fundamental idea underlying this proposal is to insulate local human subsistence and livelihood from the vicissitudes of national and international economic cycles and financial ...

Scientific paper • 2016

Degrowth and Ecological Economics in 21st Century Spain: Toward a Posthumanist Economy

By: Luis I. Prádanos

From the text: ". . . In the next few pages, I will lead with the way Spanish authors I mentioned unveil some of the unscientific assumptions behind the neoclassical and neoliberal economics that currently dominate the global scenario in general, and the European Union debate in particular. I then will analyze the common ground within the alternatives proposed by these writers. [. . .] Finally,...

Scientific paper • 2016

Surrendering to growth? The European Union's goals for research and technology in the Horizon 2020 framework

By: Jan Pollex, Andrea Lenschow

Keywords: European Union; Research policy; Sustainability; Degrowth and policy; Information and communication technology; Horizon 2020

Presentation • 2016

TUE_18h // Opening panel of the conference: Degrowth in semi-periphery context

By: Giorgos Kallis, Danijela Dolenec, Alexandra Köves, Zoltan Pogatsa

Panel discussion at the the 6th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Budapest in 2016. Speakers: Alexandra Köves, Zoltan Pogatsa, Danijela Dolenec, Giorgos Kallis Degrowth 2016 - English youtube channel

Scientific paper • 2016

An understanding of materialistic values in post-socialist Europe

By: Saamah Abdallah

Degrowth is a post-materialist movement, which places value on the biosphere, human wellbeing, and justice, above and beyond the possession of material goods (Degrowth Declaration, 2008). And yet surveys suggest that levels of materialism are higher in post-socialist countries than in Western European countries (Kyvelidis, 2001). In the sixth round of the European Social Survey (2012), nine of...

Scientific paper • 2016

Can degrowth and maintaining energy supply security go hand-in-hand in Europe?

By: John Szabo

Insuring European energy security in a degrowth environment, is essential in maintaining current levels of well-being. To transition toward a sustainable economy, the current, heavy reliance upon hydrocarbon imports needs to be tuned down and substituted with domestic energy production from renewable resources—primarily solar and wind—, leading to a substantial decrease in emissions emitted,...

Scientific paper • 2016

Energy poverty in a degrowth context: an unavoidable struggle?

By: Daniel Gerbery, Lidija Živčič, Lidija Živčič, Richard Filcak, Sergio Tirado Herrero

Austerity-driven, unsustainable degrowth has resulted in a surge of energy poverty in EU and beyond. Understood as the inability of households to secure a materially- and socially-necessitated level of energy services in the home, energy poverty has become a widespread societal concern that demands structural responses. Tensions are foreseen between energy poverty alleviation and degrowth. On...

Scientific paper • 2016

linking Europe on two wheels

By: carmine arvonio

Linking Europe on two wheels “The bicycle is a chance for a way of life in which respect for others and joy of living are priorities. This offers us a great hope: Cycling as a new Humanism!” This quote from M. Augé synthesizes our approach. We started CicloPoetica in Firenze, Italy, connecting different fields: pedagogy, sport, ecology, sustainability. Our focus is Bike culture, which for...

Scientific paper • 2016

Why won't they see the need for a change?

By: Mladen Domazet

Social attitudes and behaviours research on nationally representative samples often presents the European semiperiphery (and especially Eastern Europe) as an obstinate laggard stuck in the selfish unrealised growth hopes and unsacrifical individualistic distrust with respect to ecological transformation (cf. EVS and ISSP surveys), even when comparative understanding of the current and...

Presentation • 2016

Degrowth Conference Budapest, 2016 - An understanding of materialistic values in post-socialist Europe. Exploring demographic determinants and implications for working patterns

By: Saamah Abdallah

Presentation by Saamah Abdallah Degrowth is a post-materialist movement, which places value on the biosphere, human wellbeing, and justice, above and beyond the possession of material goods (Degrowth Declaration, 2008). And yet surveys suggest that levels of materialism are higher in post-socialist countries than in Western European countries (Kyvelidis, 2001). In the sixth round of the...

Report • 2015

Is Europe staring at a second Renaissance?

By: Ashish Kothari

The publisher: Across Europe, as economies find themselves tottering in the face of deepening financial and social crises, various alternative initiatives are gaining ground, providing hope for a different future. Ashish Kothari writes on some of these.

Interview • 2015

"Wir erzeugen künstlich einen gescheiterten Staat": Harald Schumann über Griechenland und die Zukunft Europas

By: Kontext TV

mit Harald Schumann, investigativer Journalist (Der Tagesspiegel), Buchautor ("Die Globalisierungsfalle", "Der globale Countdown") und Protagonist der Filme "Staatsgeheimnis Bankenrettung" und "Macht ohne Kontrolle" Kontext-TV über den Beitrag: Griechenland habe mit den jüngsten Kreditprogrammen zwar den Euro behalten aber die Demokratie verloren. Das Land sei zu einem Protektorat der anderen...

Scientific paper • 2015

Wege der Energiedemokratie. Emanzipatorische Energiewenden in Europa

By: Conrad Kunze, Sören Becker

Herausgeber_innen: Die Energiewende verdrängt schon jetzt Atom- und Kohlekraftwerke in Europa und wird diese in nicht allzu ferner Zukunft ganz ablösen können. Diese Studie bietet einen allgemein verständlichen Überblick zu hervorragenden demokratischen Energiewenden innerhalb der Europäischen Union. Die Autoren machten sich auf die Suche nach jungen Energieprojekten, die sich auszeichnen,...

Report • 2015

Only degrowth can be a credible answer to Europe’s current refugee situation

By: Dennis Eversberg

From the article: Tens of thousands are currently coming to Europe, hoping for a better future. They are fleeing from war, violence, political persecution and utter despair, and their hope for a better life lets them endure experiences of dire poverty, exclusion, rejection, police repression and much more on their way here. At the same time, many degrowth activists participate in numerous...

Misc • 2015

An opportunity for “Generation Europe XXI” in (re)claiming public spaces in Europe – Degrowth Perspectives

By: Manon Dervin

From the article: . . . In a world of – and in – crisis, being inspired by Degrowth’ ideas, it would supposed to studying the possible perspectives and the role of the Youth in a decolonization of imaginaries (Serge Latouche)[1] which would push us outside our cultural, religious, historic zone of comfort. How to reinforced links rather than to create goods in a world entered the digital era,...

Scientific paper • 2015

Das Konzept der strukturellen Heterogenität und die Analyse fragmentierter Wachstumsgesellschaften in Europa

By: Stefanie Hürtgen

Zusammenfassung: Nicht erst seit der Wirtschaftskrise verschärft sich in Europa die Problematik sozialer Ungleichheit und Exklusion. Bemerkenswerterweise findet dies jedoch kaum Eingang in den Postwachsumsdiskurs. Vielmehr wird – auch dort wo die neue soziale Frage immerhin Erwähnung findet – kategorial von hohen BIP-Zahlen auf ein allgemein hohes Konsumniveau (nationaler) Bevölkerungen...

Position paper • 2015

Solidarische Ökonomie von Griechenland lernen

By: Judith Dellheim

Aktive Unterstützung ist eine Herausforderung für die Linken in der Europäischen Union Einleitung: Die erneute Offensive der Herrschenden richtet sich auf eine Vertiefung neoliberaler Prinzipien, autoritär und gegen jeden Widerstand. Herausragende Stichworte sind die Freihandelsabkommen TTIP und CETA und die Unterwerfung der griechischen Regierung und Syrizas, um jede Alternative in der...

Interview • 2015

Klimacamp trifft Degrowth - Goldgewinnung, Raubgesinnung ... Petros Tzieris im Gespräch

By: Schattenblick, Petros Tzieris

Interview mit Petros Tzieris im Rahmen des Klimacamps und der Degrowth-Sommerschule im Rheinischen Braunkohlerevier 2015. Aus dem Interview: Schon der Normalbetrieb des Goldabbaus läßt verheerende Schäden für Umwelt und Menschen erwarten: Abgeholzte Waldflächen, gravierende Grundwasserabsenkungen, ein immenser Wasserverbrauch, gefährliche atmosphärische Schadstoffe durch Sprengungen und...

Scientific paper • 2014

What Kind of Growth, What Kind of Degrowth: The Case of Croatia Reconsidered

By: Vladimir Cvijanovic, Tomislav Tomasevic

Abstract: This contribution is a part of Degrowth in post-socialist European Countries Special Session. It outlines the development path Croatia has pursued (that has not produced desirable results) and will argue that the country should pursue sustainable degrowth. We identify potentials Croatia has in ecological agriculture, utilisation of forests as well as other potentials in renewable...