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Scientific paper • 2014

Sharing is the new owning – subjectivities of the maker culture

By: Karin Bradley

Abstract: In recent years what is termed “the sharing economy” has grown, i.e. sharing and swapping of tools, clothes, spaces and services. Sharing practices are indeed not new but have been reinvented in contemporary contexts characterized by economic decline and/or environmental concerns, often facilitated through the use of digital technologies. This paper deals with the rationales of...

Scientific paper • 2014

Reinforcing resilience and self-reliance of communities in degrowth: The case study of the renewable energy workshop of 'Nea Guinea'

By: Kostas Latoufis

Abstract: The case study of the renewable energy workshop of the 'Nea Guinea' non-profit organization in Athens, Greece, is presented an example of how communities can practice paths towards degrowth though open source renewable energy technologies, convivial and experimental ways of learning and thus providing more resilient futures for the social networks in which they participate. The main...

Scientific paper • 2014

Frugal Value: Designing Business for a Crowded Planet

By: Carina Millstone

Abstract: This paper concerns new business models for de-growth and the steady state economy. It argues that business models need to be developed that drive products and services with the attributes of efficiency and sufficiency. It identifies four such models, including new approaches to product creation and retail, a shift from ownership to access, a shift from products to services and new...

Scientific paper • 2014

Information technology, decoupling and networked commons - a conceptual overview

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,...

Scientific paper • 2014

Learning and building knowledge for degrowth: communities of practice and peer production across scales and beyond roles

By: Gualter Barbas Baptista

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

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 - Technology and Production

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Technology and Production at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Can hightech be produced democratically & sustainably in a degrowth society? Vision > Open source learning spaces > > Open educational resources, open source software and open source hard ware in schools > > Tinkering & Do-It-Yourself learning...

Position paper • 2014

FabLabs, 3D-printing and degrowth – Democratisation and deceleration of production or a new consumptive boom producing more waste?

By: Charlotte Knips

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 Technology and Production.

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

Degrowth technologies – global experiences

By: Michel Bauwens, Arianna Ferrari, Alice Hooker-Stroud, Nguyen Thu Trang

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Alice Hooker-Stroud, Nguyen Thu Trang, Michel Bauwens Facilitation: Arianna Ferrari Alice Hooker Strout about Zero Carbon Britain Nguyen Thu Trang: Examples for Green Transformation in Vietnam Michel Bauwens talks about a...

Interview • 2014

Aufbruchtage - Entfremdungsfreies Schaffen ... Stefan Meretz im Gespräch

By: Schattenblick, Stefan Meretz

Interview mit Stefan Meretz im Rahmen der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig. Aus dem Interview: Stefan Meretz ist in der Commons-Bewegung aktiv, veröffentlicht unter anderem im Magazin Streifzüge und hat das 2004 erschienene Buch "Linux & Co. Freie Software - Ideen für eine andere Gesellschaft" verfaßt. Zum Zusammenhang von Open Source Software und Commons beantwortete er dem Schattenblick...

Interview • 2014

Open Source Vol. 1 14/10/2014

By: Vincent Liegey, Sara Feher

radiozora: The new spoken words series represents and presents the civil sphere and community building highlighting topics ranging from enviromental, social, ecological to economical issues. We welcome Degrowthist, Vincent Liegey, to kick off our new Open Source series where he will be a recurring host with his monthly talk shows focusing on all aspects of how "the freedom to consume is a...

Interview • 2014

Open Source Vol. 3 | CYLONOMIA - DO IT YORSELF | 09/12/2014

By: Vincent Liegey, Adrien Despoisse, Sara Feher

radiozora: Degrowthist Vincent Liegey is back again for the third time. Today Vince and his guest ADRIEN will speak about Cylonomia, Do it Yourself movement and low tech.

Scientific paper • 2012

Virtual gardens / Real gardens

By: Gianni Gaggiani

From the text: Web 2.0 at the service of horticulture: can a virtual garden help us grow a real garden and feed a family or sell produce in a neighbourhood market? Can a site teach the secrets of fruit and vegetable growing and train users to produce food by themselves? Can it reinvent and (re)launch a social version of bartering, the oldest form of trade of all? Is it possible for people to...

Scientific paper • 2010

The inspiring success of Free/Libre/Open Source Software

By: Claudio Vitari

Transcription of an poster session by Claudio Vitari at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "The inspiring success of Free/Libre/Open Source Software".