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Misc • 2012

Schatten über dem Kongo - Die Geschichte eines der großen, fast vergessenen Menschheitsverbrechen

Die Geschichte des Kongo um die Jahrhundertwende ist eine Geschichte von Blut und Gewalt. Getrieben von der Gier nach Geld, Macht und Ruhm, brachte König Leopold II. von Belgien den Kongo 1885 in seinen Privatbesitz. In der Folgezeit ließ er das Land mit auch für damalige Verhältnisse beispielloser Grausamkeit ausbeuten und plündern. Geiselnahme, Vergewaltigung, Mißhandlung und Mord waren die...

Scientific paper • 2012

Gegen Landraub und Vertreibung - Ein Menschenrechtsansatz zur Entwicklung des Landsektors in Kambodscha

By: Natalie Bugalski

Achtzig Prozent der kambodschanischen Bevölkerung leben noch immer auf dem Land, viele von ihnen sind Kleinbauern. Doch in den letzten Jahren hat die Regierung an private Investoren Konzessionen für große Landflächen vergeben. In der Folge wurden viele Bauern von ihren Feldern vertrieben. Inzwischen sind über 2 Millionen Hektar Land an private Investoren übertragen worden – mit Hilfe einer...

Interview • 2012

Der Kampf ums Wasser

By: Der Kampf ums Wasser Maude Barlow, Wenonah Hauter, Oscar Olivera, Mary Ann Manahan, Olcay Ünver, Gerlinde Schermer

Noch immer haben fast 900 Millionen Menschen weltweit keinen Zugang zu sauberem Wasser. Gegen die Aneignung und Zerstörung von Wasserreserven hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren international Widerstand gebildet. Auf dem Alternativen Weltwasserforum (FAME), das vom 14. bis 17. März 2012 in Marseille stattfand, kamen AktivistInnen, WissenschaftlerInnen und VertreterInnen von...

Scientific paper • 2012

Building a collective sense of responsibility to redefine the concept of justice

By: Jean-Louis Aillon, Elena Dal Santo

Abstract: In 2000, 189 nations committed themselves to the Millennium Development Goals, namely a promise to free people from extreme poverty and deprivations. Unfortunately, UN reports and estimates show that MDGs are far from being achieved. Although the objectives are certainly ambitious, the lack of improvements in the basic life conditions of the world population is strictly connected to...

Scientific paper • 2012

Unconditional Autonomy Allowance (UAA): A tool for equity and dignity

By: Vincent Liegey

Abstract: In the last four years, inside the French Degrowth movement*, a social and economic tool able to initiate and support a democratic transition towards sustainable and desirable societies based on Degrowth has been developed. This discussions and thinking were made around the idea of basic income, resource caps, open relocalisation, free access of a “good” use of resources, etc. and...

Scientific paper • 2012

Sustainable job growth

By: Ole Busck

Economic degrowth and job growth can and should go hand in hand. What is the role of trade unions in a degrowth economy? It may be difficult to imagine trade unions fighting for something else than economic growth, since they have always done so - with some success at least for a time. However, if their core business really is to secure jobs the present situation calls urgently for an...

Scientific paper • 2012

Full Employment & Degrowth: The Social and Ecological Sustainability of The Job Guarantee

By: B.J. Unti

Introduction: The Degrowth Declaration of the 2008 Paris conference called for the “development of policies and tools for the practical implementation of degrowth”. The Job Guarantee (JG) is one such policy. This paper demonstrates how a JG program may be used to achieve both full employment and degrowth. Traditional Keynesian and Post Keynesian policies provide useful tools for addressing some...

Scientific paper • 2012

How is degrowth possible?

By: Luigi Vero Tarca

From the introduction: 1. Growth versus universalism - In what sense is growth evil? We can say that it is iniquitous, unjust. Indeed it contradicts the principle which lays down the universal validity as criterion of value since it is good for some people but bad for a lot of other people. Nowadays we could say, referring to “Occupy Wall Street”, that growth is good for 1% of people but is...

Scientific paper • 2012

The Valley that accepts to drown but not to die – Environmental and social (in)justice along the Narmada River (Central India)

By: Daniela Del Bene

From the text: This paper is being written as a non-violent struggle is occuring in the Narmada Valley in Central India, where hundreds of villages face the threat of being flooded by the reservoir waters of the Omkareshwar Dam. More than 10 activists have been staying in the Narmada waters over the past ten days with water up to their necks. They are shouting slogans like “We will fight, we...

Misc • 2011

Ausgewachsen!

By: Werner Rätz, Matthias Schmelzer, Barbara Muraca, Tanja von Egan-Krieger, Alexis Passadakis, Andrea Vetter (Hrsg.)

Ökologische Gerechtigkeit. Soziale Rechte. Gutes Leben. Reader zum Kongress "Jenseits des Wachstums!?"

Scientific paper • 2011

The Quest for Pleasure and the Death of Life

By: Joseph Morrill Kirby

Schopenhauer; Kant; Hegel; Ecology; Economics; Philosophy

Misc • 2011

Gerechte Übergänge

By: Angelika Zahrnt, Tilman Santarius, Alberto Acosta, Irmi Seidl, Nicola Bullard, Michael Dauderstädt, Mario Candeias, Eduardo Gudynas, Rainer Rilling, Dieter Klein, Uwe Witt, Leida Rijnhout, John Bellamy, Amit Bhaduri, Günther Bachmann, Ralf Krämer, Wolfgang Rhode, Kai Burmeister, Ho-fung Hung, Stefan Schmalz, Wu Ming Kollektiv, Ryan Pyle, Harald Schumann, Hans-Jürgen Urban, Campaign against Climate Change, Milton Rogovin, Holger Politt, Rosa Luxemburg, Hermann Scheer, Stefanie Graefe, Jana Seppelt, Julian Jaedicke, Heiner Reimann, Meinhard Meuche-Mäker

Zeitschrift «Luxemburg» 01/2011 Wir können nicht so weiter machen wie bisher, wollen wir unseren Planeten auch in Zukunft bewohnen. Doch was sind die Alternativen? Die Vorstellungen und Perspektiven darüber gehen selbst innerhalb der Mosaik-Linken weit auseinander: soziales oder qualitatives Wachstum, grünes Wachstum bzw. Green New Deal und Steady-State-Economy ohne Wachstum oder gar...

Misc • 2010

Theater in Bewegung - Globale Gerechtigkeit spielend voranbringen

By: Fabian Scheidler, Stefanie Kaluza, Marc Amann, Jörg Isermeyer, Ruth Heynen, Inge Kleutgens

Das Handbuch Theater in Bewegung zeigt anhand von Beispielen aus der Praxis des GRIPS Theaters und anderer Projekte, wie politische Bewegung im Theater wirken kann und wie Theater auf politische Bewegungen ausstrahlt. Sowohl Akteure aus dem sozial-politischen Bereich und NGOs, die Anregungen für theatrale Interventionen im öffentlichen Raum suchen, als auch Theaterschaffende, die Möglichkeiten...

Misc • 2010

Growth, Degrowth, and the right to a ‘good life’: A scrutiny of the ethical assumptions in the growth-degrowth debate with respect to distributive justice

By: Barbara Muraca

Transcription of an oral session by Barbara Muraca at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona on the topic "Degrowth, Capitalist Institutions and Democracy". Abstract: The aim of the paper is a critical scrutiny of the ethical assumptions laid down by advocates of growth and degrowth with respect to distributive...

Misc • 2010

Elements of Ecological Economics

By: Jan Otto Andersson, Ralf Eriksson

About the Book: Elements of Ecological Economics provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of ecological economics, an interdisciplinary project trying to give answers to the problems related to the overexploitation of the earth’s resources today. These include the problems of global warming (the greenhouse effect) and the overuse of the seas (e.g. overfishing). The book also gives an...

Presentation • 2010

Class, Degrowth and Transition to a Just and Sustainable Society

By: Marko Ulvila, Jarna Pasanen

Poster by Marko Ulvila and Jarna Pasanen at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Class, Degrowth and Transition to a Just and Sustainable Society".

Presentation • 2010

Calculating the ecological debt for a private company in the North; an explorative study with conflicting results

By: Nick Meynen, Léa Sébastien

Poster by Nick Meynen and Léa Sébastien from the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title “Calculating the ecological debt for a private company in the North; an explorative study with conflicting results".

Presentation • 2010

Growth, Degrowth, and Justice - A scrutiny of ethical and anthropological assumptions in growth and degrowth

By: Barbara Muraca

Presentation of an oral Session by Barbara Muraca at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Growth, Degrowth, and Justice - A scrutiny of ethical and anthropological assumptions in growth and degrowth". Growth, Degrowth, and Justice from Goteo / Platoniq

Interview • 2010

Degrowth and Civil Society Organisations

By: Leida Rijnhout

Short-interview with Leida Rijnhout from the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona.

Educational paper • 2009

Wasser - für alle!?

By: Robby Geyer, Maike Gorsboth

Aus der Reihe "Themenblätter im Unterricht" (Nr. 76) Wasser bedeutet Leben. Angesichts von Bevölkerungswachstum, Umweltverschmutzung, Klimawandel sowie Armut und Ungleichheit stehen die Staaten, aber auch die Zivilgesellschaft vor der Herausforderung, den Zugang zu sauberem Wasser für alle Menschen zu gewährleisten und Nutzungskonflikte zu lösen. Angefangen bei der Auseinandersetzung mit dem...