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Scientific paper • 2012

The Priced versus the Priceless

From the text: I was listening to CBC, the national Canadian radio service, several years ago when the interviewer, Michael Enright, began chatting with a fellow named Alouitious from Newfoundland. Alouitious had a farm which was within the city limits of the capital, St John’s; so the first question that Enright asked him was, “How does it feel to be living such an old-fashioned way of life in...

Scientific paper • 2012

The Myth of Sustainability and the Quadrillion Dollar Economy: Why Must the Economy Grow

By: Richard H. Robbis

From the text: In this paper we will argue that the problem is not with the market or with capitalism, however defined;we argue that the market, as envisioned by classic writers such as Adam Smith and John Stuart Milbeen severely distorted by a financial structure that is culturally-specific. We will argue that the problem is not unbridled consumption (which we view as a symptom, not a cause of...

Scientific paper • 2012

Vieillissement et décroissance«Comment offrir une vie digne à nos personnes âgées, dans un monde en bouleversement?»

By: Sylvie Robert

From the text: Les pays industrialisés, et par contagion la plupart des pays du monde, semblent arrivés à la croisée des chemins à bien des égards: fragilité économique persistante, poids écrasant des dettes publiques et privées, continuation d’une consommation de ressources bien supérieure à la capacité de renouvellement naturelle, globalisation faisant des difficultés de certains pays les...

Scientific paper • 2012

EPISTEMOLOGÍA DE LA SUSTENTABILIDAD CONTE M PORÁNEA

By: Izarelly Rosillo Pantoja

No abstract available.

Scientific paper • 2012

What shall degrow? Proposals of bottom-up degrowth of capacity to produce and consume.

By: Francois Schneider

Capacity to produce and consume; Rebound Effect; Limiting Factors; Economic Size; Degrowth Policy; Frugal Innovation; Debound Strategies; Multidimensional crisis.

Scientific paper • 2012

The Other Road to Serfdom

By: Eric Zencey

Chapter two from "The Other Road to Serfdom and the Path to Sustainable Democracy", University Press of New England

Scientific paper • 2012

El descrecimiento en México

By: Miguel Valencia

No abstract available

Misc • 2012

Re-politicising society, re-socialising politics with Degrowth

By: Vincent Liegey

What political strategy for a democratic and serene transition towards sustainable and desirable societies of Degrowth. This text presents the complementarity of the diversity of levels, approaches and strategies for the Degrowth movement. > In French

Misc • 2012

A Degrowth Party: for what?; Nous sommes Parti-e-s Pour La Décroissance

By: Parti Pour La Decroissance

This text presents the history of the French Degowth party and questions why do we need, or not, a Degrowth party? > In French > Here also the genealogy of the French Degrowth movement (in French)

Interview • 2012

Vincent Liegey: Degrowth, Decolonising our imaginary…

By: Vincent Liegey

Vincent Liegey about Degrowth, about the need to decolonise our imaginary and concrete steps towards a socio ecological transformation. Quote from the interview:" . . . If you have a hammer in your head, all the problems look like a nail. And I think one of the hammers we have nowadays in our heads is really the religion of economics. . .".

Interview • 2012

La Décroissance en vidéo

By: Vincent Liegey, Vincent Moreau

Introduction à la Décroissance avec dix interviews filmés: 1. Notre candidatE est la Décroissance. 2. La Décroissance: mais c’est quoi ce mot repoussoir? 3. Aux origines de la Décroissance. 4. La Décroissance: l’histoire d’un mouvement. 5. Quelle stratégie politique pour la Décroissance. 6. Décroissance: démondialisation, protectionnisme ou relocalisation ouverte? 7. Crise de la dette et...

Art contribution • 2012

Décroissance Montréal/Montreal Degrowth - Highlights from the artistic program/Faits saillants du programme artistique

By: Geoffrey Garver

Décroissance Montréal/Montreal Degrowth - Highlights from the artistic program/Faits saillants du programme artistique from Geoffrey Garver on Vimeo. Highlights from the artistic programme at the International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas in Montreal 2012. Paintings, film, photography, music and dance with some short comments.

Misc • 2012

Décroissance Montréal/Montreal Degrowth - Audree Juteau & Andrea Hawkes

By: Geoffrey Garver, Audree Juteau, Andrea Hawkes

Décroissance Montréal/Montreal Degrowth - Audree Juteau & Andrea Hawkes - 14 mai/May 2012 from Geoffrey Garver on Vimeo. Dance performance at the International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas in Montreal in 2012. The topic of the performance is "taking position".

Presentation • 2012

Décroissance Montréal/Montreal Degrowth - John Fullerton & Joshua Farley

By: Geoffrey Garver, Joshua Farley, John Fullerton

Décroissance Montréal/Montreal Degrowth - John Fullerton & Joshua Farley - 15 mai/May 2012 from Geoffrey Garver on Vimeo. Plenary session on "finance and degrowth" at the International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas in Montreal 2012.

Art contribution • 2012

Décroissance Montréal/Degrowth Montreal - "Nothing Time"

By: Geoffrey Garver, unknown

Décroissance Montréal/Degrowth Montreal - "Nothing Time" - 15 mai/May 2012 from Geoffrey Garver on Vimeo. "Nothing Time" was performed at the International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas in Montreal 2012.

Presentation • 2012

Décroissance Montréal/Montreal Degrowth - Ohenton Karihwatehkwen - Mohawk Thanksgiving address/Mots de grâce

By: Geoffrey Garver

Décroissance Montréal/Montreal Degrowth - Ohenton Karihwatehkwen - Mohawk Thanksgiving address/Mots de grâce from Geoffrey Garver on Vimeo. Mohawk Thanksgiving address at the International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas in Montreal 2012. The Thanksgiving is first presented in the native language. The speaker then gives a translation and explanation. After the thanksgiving comes a...

Interview • 2012

A Future for Education

By: Extraenvironmentalist, Michael M'Gonigle

[ Michael M'Gonigle // A Future for Education ] from Extraenvironmentalist on Vimeo. Interview with Michael M'Gonigle made during the International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas in Montreal 2012. Michael M'Gonigle is talking about education, also university education and how it is economised. He is criticising that university is like a training ground for professionals while it should...

Interview • 2012

Observing Our Species

By: Extraenvironmentalist, David Suzuki

[ David Suzuki // Observing Our Species ] from Extraenvironmentalist on Vimeo. Interview with David Suzuki made during the International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas in Montreal 2012. What would an Alien think about humans judging from our suicidal behaviour? David Suzuki talks about interconnectedness and how it is overseen. Also calls for an understanding of humanity as being one...

Interview • 2012

Why We're in Denial

By: Bill Rees, Extraenvironmentalist

[ Bill Rees // Why We're in Denial ] from Extraenvironmentalist on Vimeo. Interview with Bill Rees made during the International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas in Montreal 2012. Bill Rees talks about mental infrastructure, dependency on fossil fuels and possible collapse. The option "no-collapse" would need an acknowledgement of the state of the world and a new narrative in the western...

Interview • 2012

Ecological Economics

By: Joan Martinez-Alier, Extraenvironmentalist

[ Joan Martinez-Alier // Ecological Economics] from Extraenvironmentalist on Vimeo. Interview with Joan Martinez-Alier made during the International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas in Montreal 2012. Why has it taken so long until climate change and degrowth became topics? He talks about "Debt-ocracy" and the hope that the financial crisis can open up discussions about the real economy....