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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

The Conservation-Extraction Conundrum: The commodification of nature across vertical boundaries

By: Timothy Norris

private conservation, Peru, extraction, property institutions, de-growth

Scientific paper • 2014

Degrowth, Commons and Convivial Technology

By: Victor Petit

Abstract: For many people, the way of degrowth supposes to leave the urban lifestyle. Instead, we would like to show that it is possible (and more realistic) to understand the degrowth in an industrial context. For this, we will follow two objectives. The first one is to answer to the critics of the concept of degrowth, through the current reflections on the so-called commons ; the second...

Scientific paper • 2014

Utopias, liminalities and the commons. The case study of Gavdos island.

By: Angelos Varvarousis

Abstract: Gavdos is a small limitary islet in the southernmost part of Greece wherein has been formed an alternative community that has remained active for almost two decades. Based on ethnographic data assembled through fieldwork, this article examines the crucial role of liminality in the creation, maintenance and expansion of this community. The residents of this community perform their...

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

Interview • 2014

Degrowth: Leben und Wirtschaften jenseits des Wachstums (Teil 2)

By: Kontext TV

Quelle: www.kontext-tv.de   Gäste: Barbara Muraca, Philosophin an der Universität Jena, Autorin des Buches "Gut Leben. Eine Gesellschaft jenseits des Wachstums" Michel Bauwens, Gründer und Direktor der Peer-to-Peer Foundation (P2P) Tony Greenham, New Economics Foundation, London / Transition Network Sarah Ackerbauer, Transition Town / Dresden im Wandel Benjamin Best, Wuppertal Institut...

Misc • 2014

Think Like a Commoner

By: David Bollier

From the book's webpage: The biggest “tragedy of the commons” is the misconception that commons are failures — relics from another era rendered unnecessary by the Market and State. Think Like a Commoner dispels such prejudices by explaining the rich history and promising future of the commons — an ageless paradigm of cooperation and fairness that is re-making our world. With graceful prose and...

Position paper • 2014

GAP working group 2014 - Commons and Peer Economy

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014, Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Commons and Peer Economy at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Commons and Degrowth > Commons are essential for degrowth. They represent an existing alternative to state & market. > Capitalism exploits the commons and depends upon them (p.e. unpaid women's work, enclosed nature). > Commonisation (= reclaiming the Commons) is...

Position paper • 2014

How can we construct the commons?

By: Naomi Miller, Patrick Bresnihan

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.

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

Commons, Economy for the common good and Solidarity Economy: What do they share?

By: David Bollier, Euclides André Mance, Lisa Muhr, Anja Humburg

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Lisa Muhr, David Bollier, Euclides André Mance Facilitation: Anja Humburg 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...

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

Die Opfer der Sparprogramme: Naturzerstörung und Privatisierung von Gemeingütern / Proteste gegen die Goldmine in Skouries

By: Giorgos Chondros

Nach der Kürzung der Löhne und Renten, der Zerstörung von Arbeiterrechten wie Kollektivverträgen findet nun die dritte Phase der Sparprogramme in Griechenland statt: Die Privatisierung von Gemeingütern wie Flughäfen, Häfen, der Bahn, Krankenhäusern oder Schulen. Dabei werde auch der Natur- und Landschaftsschutz ausgehebelt, so Giorgos Chondros von der Linkspartei Syriza. So plane die Regierung,...

Scientific paper • 2014

Commons against and beyond capitalism

By: George Caffentzis, Silvia Federici

Abstract: This essay contrasts the logic underlining the production of ‘commons’ with the logic of capitalist relations, and describes the conditions under which ‘commons’ become the seeds of a society beyond state and market. It also warns against the danger that ‘commons’ may be coopted to provide low-cost forms of reproduction, and discusses how this outcome can be prevented. Community...

Misc • 2013

Stadt der Commonisten

By: Christa Müller, Andrea Baier, Karin Werner

Neue urbane Räume des Do it yourself Der Verlag: Es ist nicht mehr zu übersehen: Eine neue Generation von Do-it-yourself-Aktivisten nutzt die postfordistische Stadt als Labor für soziale, politische, ökologische und ästhetische Experimente. Ob im Gemeinschaftsgarten oder im FabLab, ob in Offenen Werkstätten oder bei Tausch-Events – überall hinterfragen die Protagonistinnen und Protagonisten...