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Scientific paper • 2014

Spatiality of Degrowth

By: Nina Vogel, Jin Xue

spatiality, degrowth visions, space, societal transformation

Scientific paper • 2014

Components of the energy system for a degrowth transformation

By: Petra Wächter

Abstract: Energy use in the context of degrowth goes beyond the claim for dematerialization and energy efficiency improvements. Although we can observe a decoupling of energy from growth in the past decade, absolute energy consumption is still increasing worldwide. Energy efficiency improvements are not sufficient to overcome an exploitation of energy resources and enhance the rebound-effect to...

Scientific paper • 2014

Post Growth City - the role of the Transition Town movement and urban planning (a case study in Bielefeld)

By: Janina Westerkowski

post growth city, urban planning, transition town movement, Scenarios and models of a post-growth economy

Misc • 2014

Gutes Leben statt Wachstum: Degrowth, Klimagerechtigkeit, Subsistenz – eine Einführung in die Begriffe und Ansätze der Postwachstumsbewegung

By: Matthias Schmelzer

Knapper Überblick über unterschiedliche Strömungen die es in der deutschsprachigen wachstumskritischen Szene und der Postwachstumsbewegung gibt.

Misc • 2014

“Wachstumsrücknahme”, “Postwachstum”, “Entwachsen”? An introduction to concepts and approaches of the German degrowth movement.

By: Matthias Schmelzer

Rough sketch of different currents of the Germans-speaking growth critical scene and degrowth movement.

Report • 2014

Other cities in crisis can learn from Detroit’s bankruptcy-fostered Degrowth Machine Politics.

By: Seth Schindler

The publisher: The city of Detroit was one of the major casualties of the 2008 financial crisis, finally filing for bankruptcy in July 2013. Seth Schindler looks at how the city’s bankruptcy has acted as a catalyst for change. He writes that Detroit has moved from a ‘growth machine politics’ characterised by a push for economic growth at the expense of urban services, to a policy of ‘degrowth’...

Scientific paper • 2014

Detroit after bankruptcy: A case of degrowth machine politics

By: Seth Schindler

austerity urbanism, degrowth, Detroit, growth coalitions, municipal bankruptcy, neoliberalism

Misc • 2014

Transformationsdesign: Wege in eine zukunftsfähige Moderne

By: Bernd Sommer, Harald Welzer

Kritik der Wachstumsgesellschaft und Forderung einens radikalen Wandels dieser Gesellschaft. Der Verlag: "Was wir brauchen, ist ein komplett anderes Leben, nicht das Auswechseln altmodisch gewordener Technologien gegen andere", so die Autoren. "Wiederverwenden, umnutzen, mitnutzen" muss das Credo einer neuen, reduktiven Moderne lauten. Doch wie lässt sich eine Kultur des Weniger gestalten?...

Misc • 2014

SOS: Alternatives Alternatives to Capitalism

By: Richard Swift

An investigation of the alternatives to capitalism, including socialism, anarchism and deep ecology.

Interview • 2014

Degrowth: Leben und Wirtschaften jenseits des Wachstums (Teil 1)

By: Kontext TV

Quelle: www.kontext-tv.de   Gäste: Naomi Klein, Journalistin und Buchautorin ("No Logo", "Die Schock-Strategie", "This Changes Everything") Barbara Muraca, Philosophin an der Universität Jena, Autorin des Buches "Gut Leben. Eine Gesellschaft jenseits des Wachstums" Nnimmo Bassey, Vorstand von Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, Träger des "Alternativen...

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...

Scientific paper • 2014

Ecological Econophysics for Degrowth

By: Salvador Pueyo

complex systems; theoretical ecology; edge of chaos; self-organized criticality; chaordic; peak oil; climate change; recessions; equality; degrowth

Scientific paper • 2014

Is eco-village/urban village the future of a degrowth society? An urban planner's perspective

By: Jin Xue

Degrowth; Relocalization; Eco-village/urban village; Urban planning; Multi-scalar strategies

Position paper • 2014

Thoughts on agricultural transformation

By: Peter Clausing

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 Agriculture and Food.

Position paper • 2014

Good:matters. Empowering the Willing – Practicing the Transformation

By: Ben Touissant, Christiane Schwausch

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

Education and/or Transformation?

By: Susanne Brehm

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 Learning for degrowth.

Position paper • 2014

GAP working group 2014 - Organizing collective action for degrowth

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Organizing collective action for degrowth at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Building Alliances: > Building Alliances with environmental and social conflicts actors and seed degrowth there. > Link up with democracy NGOs. > Link between Researchers and Activists. > Storytelling: develop a positive narrative. > Fight...

Position paper • 2014

Scaling up collective action and advancing knowledge on degrowth from the grassroots

By: Gualter Barbas Baptista

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 Organizing collective action for degrowth.

Position paper • 2014

Towards a new activism to effectively support a transition to a de-growth economy

By: Micha Narberhaus

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 Organizing collective action for degrowth.

Position paper • 2014

GAP working group 2014 - Politics of Sufficiency

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Politics of Sufficiency at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 General strategies > Focus on local policies (bottom-up participation) > Offer alternatives: > > both infrastructural & actual policies to try out alternative activities (like free bus pass) > > particularly to new residents because of higher acceptance...