Events
Past Events
13 – 15 May 2024
Beyond Growth Conference: Austria 2024
The Beyond Growth Conference Austria 2024 is a congress modeled on the event of the same name at the EU Parliament in Brussels. The event brings together politicians and decision-makers, media representatives and multipliers. Together with the social partnership, business, science, civil society and citizens, we will work out ways to achieve sustainable prosperity. Currently, sales and profits...
19 – 20 April 2024
Beyond Growth Conference: Italia 2024
Our civilization is at a critical crossroads. The multidimensional and multi-sectoral crises that threaten the very foundations of human life forcefully bring to the fore the need to explore alternative avenues to relentless economic growth. This two-day event stands at the center of such reflections, offering itself as a fertile meeting ground for alternative visions and sustainable solutions....
28 March 2024
Beyond Degrowth – Global South Talk Series: Emilia Reyes
While Degrowth has sparked enthusiasm and hope in Europe, it's met with skepticism in the global south. Why the divide? Join us for insightful and genuine discussions uncovering the nuances, tensions, and potential collaborations between the Degrowth movement and Global South Movements. Mark your calendars for three talks, We are honored to have esteemed academics and activists sharing...
19 March 2024
Beyond Degrowth – Global South Talk Series: Ashish Kothari
While Degrowth has sparked enthusiasm and hope in Europe, it's met with skepticism in the global south. Why the divide? Join us for insightful and genuine discussions uncovering the nuances, tensions, and potential collaborations between the Degrowth movement and Global South Movements. Mark your calendars for three talks, We are honored to have esteemed academics and activists sharing...
15 March 2024
Pathways Forum #12 - Resource-hungry societies and a future in flux: Insights from social metabolism
This webinar explores how the social metabolic analysis framework provides powerful insights into the interrelations between society, environment, and economy. The session will cover the key concepts of social metabolism, and how it can be applied to sustainability issues. As a framework seeking to bridge the social and natural sciences, we will also discuss how a variety of disciplinary...
13 March 2024
Beyond Degrowth - Global South Talk Series: Lebohang Liepollo Pheko
While Degrowth has sparked enthusiasm and hope in Europe, it's met with skepticism in the global south. Why the divide? Join us for insightful and genuine discussions uncovering the nuances, tensions, and potential collaborations between the Degrowth movement and Global South Movements. Mark your calendars for three talks, We are honored to have esteemed academics and activists sharing...
15 – 19 February 2024
World Social Forum 2024 Nepal, Kathmandu
The WSF will take place from the 15th to the 19th of February 2024, in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
12 February 2024
Aim high, degrow: dialogues on degrowth
Session 4: Degrowth and systems: back to the caves or back to the future?
31 January 2024
Aim high, degrow: dialogues on degrowth
Session 3: Degrowth and the city: urbanization and planning for degrowth
14 December 2023
Aim high, degrow: dialogues on degrowth
Session 2: Decolonization and feminism: does degrowth cut it?
22 November 2023
Aim high, degrow: dialogues on degrowth
Session 1: Degrowth: a slogan, a movement or a concept?
09 – 10 November 2023
Less is more: Imagining a good life beyond growth
The global environmental crisis is a fact. The urgent need for sustainable solutions to stop environmental damage is more pressing and ubiquitous than ever, and it’s clear that these solutions need to consider both social and environmental justice. While in theory there is a large societal consensus that action is needed within this decade, opinions vary as to what kind of changes are needed,...
21 – 25 August 2023
International Summer School of Political Ecology
Overcoming the Inequalities of Green Transition The International Summer School of Political Ecology 2023 will explore growing inequalities and address the question why concepts such as environmental justice or just transition are increasingly important in discussions on how to tackle the environmental crisis without deepening inequalities. The consequences of climate change, mass...
08 December 2022
Session Announcement: Migration, Borders, and Degrowth
We are pleased to invite you to the next session of the Municipal Degrowth network on 8 December 2022 at 5.00-6.30 pm (CET). This session explores key aspects of migration and border studies as well as activism to inform and stimulate debates on degrowth.
04 – 11 December 2022
Germinar-t: a community based degrowth art residency
The Shift Slow association is happy to announce that applications are open for Germinar-t: a community based degrowth art residency 1st Edition! WHENDecember 4th to 11th WHERESunseed Eco-community in Sorbas, Almerìa (Spain) WHYWe move at the intersection of degrowth and art. We want the degrowth movement to be more colourful, creative, artistic, playful, experimental, embodied ... through...
24 – 28 August 2022
Alt-Shift , a Degrowth Festival, 1st Edition!
WHENAugust 24th - 28th WHEREGars am Kamp, Lower Austria WHYWe want to go beyond the tendency of classical education to focus on the mind and create opportunities where participants can not only acquire knowledge, but also become passionate and active advocates for socio-ecological change. The festival is a place where learning with all the senses and creating something new are at the centre,...
19 – 20 March 2022
After Growth: A Symposium on Post-Capitalist Imaginaries
After Growth is a symposium, a gathering of bodies and minds, but it is also an invitation to construct another future. At its core is the belief that prosperity does not depend on economic growth, and that – in the face of ongoing climate catastrophe – there is an urgent need to find new ways of living within planetary boundaries.
20 – 28 January 2022
Degrowth - South & North
This theme week on Degrowth focuses on “paths into transition”. It specifically addresses opportunities and approaches for a planned, democratic, and peaceful transition to an economy without growth dependency. We aim to discuss central questions such as which actors can promote such a transition; what challenges they confront; and how to avoid provoking new crises and cleavages. In the...
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Final Conference WWWforEurope
The European Union has demonstrated a tremendous success story of unification and implementation of a joint currency for 330 million people. Nevertheless, in the last years, the European project has shown the need for a consistent, longer-term strategy, a vision that again sparks enthusiasm and support for this project. For the last four years WWWforEurope, has worked on such a strategic...