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Misc • 2017

Beyond the limits of nature: a social-ecological view of growth and degrowth

Teaser on entitle.org: In this second article of the series “Ecology after capitalism“, Finley revisits the concept of growth from the libertarian socialist perspective of social ecology. She draws on Bookchin’s work to interrogate the limits of a degrowth conception of ‘growth’ and argues that we might find more opportunities for social and political transformation in social ecology’s analysis...

Scientific paper • 2017

Degrowth and post-extractivism: two debates with suggestions for the inclusive development framework

By: Ulrich Brand, Tobias Boos, Alina Brad

Abstract: Two thrilling academic debates are taking place in different parts of the world. In Europe, the concept of degrowth is gaining in importance as a strategy to reorient societies and create well-being against the imperatives of capitalist growth. In Latin America, there is a post-extractivism or good living critique of the currently dominant development model of neo-extractivism. Only...

Misc • 2017

Umwelt und Entwicklung in globaler Perspektive

By: Stefan Peters, Hans-Jürgen Burchardt

Untertitel: Ressourcen - Konflikte - Degrowth Verlag über das Buch: Umweltpolitische Themen gewinnen an Bedeutung für die internationale Politik. In der Praxis erscheinen ökologische Bedenken gegenüber dem Wachstumsimperativ jedoch oft als Papiertiger. Dieses Buch diskutiert am Beispiel der Rohstoffpolitik die politischen, wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Konsequenzen einer intensivierten...

Scientific paper • 2017

Value, Growth, Development: South American Lessons for a New Ecopolitics

By: Eduardo Gudynas

KEYWORDS: Degrowth, ecosocialism, developmentalism, Buen Vivir

Interview • 2017

Civilizational Transitions / EnvJustice Vocabulary - Arturo Escobar

By: Arturo Escobar

Arturo Escobar, University of North Carolina, explains the term "Civilizational Transitions", its relationship with degrowth and environmental justice as well as the crisis of the current civilizational model and alternatives to that, such as "Buen vivir". Youtube-channel EnvJustice Vocabulary

Scientific paper • 2017

The Post-Development Dictionary agenda: paths to the pluriverse

By: Federico Demaria

Abstract: This article lays out both a critique of the oxymoron ‘sustainable development’, and the potential and nuances of a Post-Development agenda. We present ecological swaraj from India and Degrowth from Europe as two examples of alternatives to development. This gives a hint of the forthcoming book, provisionally titled The Post-Development Dictionary, that is meant to deepen and widen a...

Misc • 2017

Puerto Rico: A Potential Experiment in Degrowth?

By: Erik Assadourian

Introduction: I’m sure that some will criticize the insensitivity of the timing of this essay. How can you talk about Puerto Rico, climate change, and degrowth at this tragic time? But what time is better than now? There are only going to be more disasters and more tragic times ahead. And if after each one we spend billions on rebuilding costly infrastructure, the resulting carbon emissions are...

Scientific paper • 2017

Postwachstum als nachhaltige Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung - Eine Untersuchung im Raum Dresden

By: Elisa Dauben

Zusammenfassung: Klimawandel, Verknappung von Ressourcen, Finanzkrisen oder soziale Krisen werfen die Frage danach, wie sich unsere Welt nachhaltig entwickeln kann, vehement auf. Die Ansätze für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung sind vielfältig. Die Postwachstumsidee kritisiert in diesem Zuge das gängige Streben nach Wirtschaftswachstum und bringt neue Ansätze für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung...

Misc • 2017

Decolonizing the North, decolonizing the South: de-growth, post-development, and their cultural representations in Spain and Latin America

By: José Manuel Marrero Henríquez

Article by Luis I. Prádanos in the book Transatlantic landscapes - environmental awareness, literature, and the arts

Misc • 2017

John Bellamy Foster answers five questions about Marxism and ecology

By: Saral Sarkar, John Bellamy Foster

Introduction by Ian Angus March 30, 2017 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Climate & Capitalism – The Indian website Ecologise recently published John Bellamy Foster’s Foreword to my book Facing the Anthropocene. Commenting on Foster’s article, journalist and activist Saral Sarkar, who describes his views as eco-socialist, raised questions that challenge the...

Misc • 2017

Detroit Open City

By: Aaron Robertson

Blog article about Detroit and its possible development in the future

Scientific paper • 2017

Future green economies and regional development: a research agenda

By: David Gibbs, Kirstie O'Neill

Future green economies and regional development: a research agenda. Regional Studies. The past 30 years have seen an explosion of interest and concern over the detrimental impacts of economic and industrial development. Despite this, the environmental agenda has not featured substantially in the regional studies literature. This paper explores a range of options for regional futures from a...

Scientific paper • 2016

Innovation for de-growth: A case study of counter-hegemonic practices from Kerala, India

By: Mario Pansera, Richard Owen

Keywords: Degrowth from the Global South; Technological innovation; Discourse of development

Scientific paper • 2016

TATuP-Ausgabe 2/2016 zu Postwachstum

By: M. Albiez, J. Kopfmüller, L. Nierling, A. Reichel, St. Lorenz, B. Muraca, C. Waitz, S. Meyer-Soylu, D. Posse, St. Ober

Der Themenschwerpunkt des aktuellen Hefts (TATuP - Technikfolgenabschätzung Theorie und Praxis) widmet sich verschiedenen Perspektiven der Forschung auf das Konzept von Postwachstum in Technik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. KIT Online: Wie sehen derzeitige Konzeptionen von Postwachstum aus? Wie stehen so unterschiedliche Bereiche wie Technikentwicklung, Städte oder Unternehmen zu Strategien für...

Report • 2016

Post-Development

By: Daniel Bendix

Dies ist ein Beitrag zum Projekt Degrowth in Bewegung(en), in dem es um Post-Development geht. Info zum Projekt Degrowth in Bewegung(en): Degrowth ist nicht nur ein neues Label für eine Diskussion über Alternativen oder eine akademische Debatte, sondern auch eine im Entstehen begriffene soziale Bewegung. Trotz vieler Überschneidungen mit anderen sozialen Bewegungen gibt es sowohl bei diesen...

Scientific paper • 2016

Degrowth und Postwachstum – Reflexionen zu Konzeptvielfalt und Nachhaltigkeitsbezügen

By: Stephan Lorenz

Herausgeber_innen: Mit den Themen „Degrowth“ und „Postwachstum“ wurde in den vergangenen Jahren Wachstumskritik wieder auf die politische und wissenschaftliche Agenda gehoben. Die Vielfältigkeit der Debatten zu systematisieren, gelingt bislang nur unzureichend. Gründe dafür werden in diesem Beitrag diskutiert. Zum einen bleiben die Begriffsbestimmungen von Wachstum bzw. Wachstumskritik und der...

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

Presentation • 2016

WED_19h // Evening plenary - Capitalism and (de)growth

By: Susan Paulson, Daniel O'Neill, Jen Hinton

Panel discussion at the the 6th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Budapest in 2016. Speakers: Jen Hinton, Susan Paulson, Daniel O'Neill Degrowth 2016 - English youtube channel

Scientific paper • 2016

Challenges in the transition towards sustainable development in Bulgaria

By: Aneliya Paneva

Challenges in the transition towards sustainable development in Bulgaria Abstract: An understanding of the causes for changes of ecosystems at the local and national level is essential for initiating learning processes and for designing interventions to reduce adverse environmental impacts. However, transition economies have not been studied much in this context. Taking Bulgaria as a case...

Scientific paper • 2016

Empowering Radical Development Alternatives

By: Ashish Kothari

Conventional power equations are being challenged in innovative ways by communities in India and elsewhere. While the power elites prod countries like India into the ever-tightening embrace of global capital, it is becoming clearer by the day that neither do the poor and marginalized benefit, nor is a globalized model of development ecologically sustainable. In the middle of the multiple crises...