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Scientific paper • 2014

Need and Use of Participatory Procedures to ensure Compliance and Legitimation of Codes of Conduct for Governing Nanotechnology's Risks

Abstract: The contribution problematizes the need and use of democratic procedures to ensure compliance and legitimation of voluntary self-imposed corporate norms of behavior. The starting point of this argument is the challenge of regulating nanotechnology's risks that are not adequately governed by governmental policy instruments. Corporations try to absorb the risks of manufacturing...

Scientific paper • 2014

Degrowth Europe in a Convergent World: Differential Degrowth towards Equity within Planetary Boundaries

By: Jenneth Parker

Abstract: This paper will draw on the findings of the EU P7 CONVERGE project in ‘Re-thinking Globalisation’ in the light of Contraction and Convergence TM. In particular it will build upon ideas proposals developed at an international conference on a ‘New Social Contract for Sustainability’ which focussed on a new sustainability vision for Europe. The paper will argue that in order to pay due...

Scientific paper • 2014

De-growth approach to the European chemicals management.

By: Oksana Udovyk, Erika Öhlund

Abstract: The number of newly synthesized chemicals is continuously increasing, and many of these are now affecting ecosystems as well as human health. The overall objective of chemical risk assessments and management is to assess and contain the risks associated with the introduction of these chemicals. Evidence shows, however, that chemical assessments fail to live up to this objective....

Scientific paper • 2014

A full life in a degrowth society – the case for an unconditional basic income (UBI) and against modesty

By: Robert Ulmer

unconditional basic income, modesty, sufficiency

Art contribution • 2014

Produce

By: Degrowth Conference 2014

In the run-up to the conference monthly videos were published on the conference homepage, dealing with different aspects of degrowth.

Misc • 2014

FUTURZWEI Zukunftsalmanach 2015/16

By: Harald Welzer, Dana Giesecke, Luise Tremel (Hrsg.)

Untertitel: Geschichten vom guten Umgang mit der Welt Verlag: "Alternativlos? Gibt es nicht. Der zweite FUTURZWEI-Zukunftsalmanach erzählt in 83 Geschichten von gelebten Gegenentwürfen zur Leitkultur des Wachstums und der Verschwendung. Das Schwerpunktthema ist Material – es geht um Rohstoffgewinnung und Güterproduktion, um Hyperkonsum und Abfall. Der Blick richtet sich auf das Politische und...

Position paper • 2014

Self-providing as a motor for Degrowth

By: Corinna Vosse, Dieter Haselbach

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 Consumption.

Position paper • 2014

Where does responsibility begin and end?

By: Antje Schaffartzik

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 Consumption.

Position paper • 2014

Degrowth by leisure – step down the upwards escalator!

By: Christer Sanne

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 Reproduction and Work.

Position paper • 2014

Degrowth and the re-organization of work – a feminist perspective

By: Andrea Pürckhauer, Marielle Beck

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 Reproduction and Work.

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.

Position paper • 2014

Urban agriculture and urban transformation

By: Antje Manteuffel

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

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...

Misc • 2014

MURKS? NEIN DANKE!

By: Stefan Schridde

Was wir tun können, damit die Dinge besser werden. Thema "geplante Obsoleszenz"

Report • 2014

Walk the line: Transformative practices for post-growth

By: Angelika Zahrnt, Jana Gebauer, André Reichel, Martin Schweighofer

Documentation of the event "Walk the line: Transformative practices for post-growth" at the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. From the conference programme: Panel discussion & world café: Post-growth practices are already developing. Within this workshop we intend to discuss: - The co-evolutionary relation of...

Misc • 2014

Futur Zwei: Zukunftsalmanach 2015/16

By: Harald Welzer, Dana Giesecke, Luise Tremel

Der Verlag: Alternativlos? Gibt es nicht. Der zweite FUTURZWEI-Zukunftsalmanach erzählt in 83 Geschichten von gelebten Gegenentwürfen zur Leitkultur des Wachstums und der Verschwendung. Das Schwerpunktthema ist Material – es geht um Rohstoffgewinnung und Güterproduktion, um Hyperkonsum und Abfall. Der Blick richtet sich auf das Politische und wie immer ins FUTURZWEI: Werden wir für ein...

Scientific paper • 2014

Rahmenbedingungen einer Postwachstumsökonomie

By: Steffen Lange

Herausgeber: Eine Wirtschaft jenseits des Wachstums bedarf grundlegender makroökonomischer Veränderungen. Sie betreffen das Steuersystem, die Unternehmensformen, die Verteilung des Wohlstands und die Arbeitszeiten. Doch auch Werbung und Bildung müssen sich wandeln.

Scientific paper • 2013

Happy degrowth through more amateur economy

By: Jørgen S. Nørgård

Degrowth economy; Amateur economy; Labor productivity; Work sharing; Happiness; Sustainability

Scientific paper • 2013

Wachstumsneutrale Unternehmen - Pilotstudie zur Unternehmensperspektive im Postwachstumsdiskurs

By: Jana Gebauer, Andrea Liesen, Christian Dietsche

Zusammenfassung: In Deutschland wird derzeit verstärkt darüber diskutiert, inwieweit eine „Postwachstumsgesellschaft“ möglich und nötig ist. Die wesentliche Rolle, die Unternehmen in einem entsprechenden Transformationsprozess zukommen könnte und müsste, bleibt in diesem Diskurs jedoch außen vor. Die IÖW-Studie „Wachstumsneutrale Unternehmen“ richtet daher den Blick auf die Unternehmensebene,...