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Scientific paper • 2013

‘Weak’ or ‘Strong’ Sustainable Consumption? Efficiency, Degrowth, and the 10 Year Framework of Programmes

By: Kersty Hobson

sustainable consumption, efficiency, degrowth, 10YFP

Scientific paper • 2013

De-Growth Is Not a Liberal Agenda: Relocalisation and the Limits to Low Energy Cosmopolitanism

By: Stephen Quilley

Degrowth, limits to growth, anthroposphere, liberalism, cosmopolitanism, communitarianism, Jeffersonian, Norbert Elias, civilising processes

Interview • 2013

Buchmesse Leipzig: Harald Welzer zu Gast am 3sat-Stand

By: Harald Welzer, Ernst A. Grandits

Harald Welzer im Gespräch über sein Buch "Selbst Denken - eine Anleitung zum Widerstand". Dabei geht es um Politik, sogenannte Alternativelosigkeit, Wirtschaft, Macht, Krisen, Veränderung und unsere Zukunft. In was für in einer Welt will ich leben und was kann ich dafür tun?

Misc • 2013

Das Morgen tanzt im Heute - Transformation im Kapitalismus und über ihn hinaus

By: Dieter Klein

»Denken heißt Überschreiten. So jedoch, dass Vorhandenes nicht unterschlagen, nicht überschlagen wird. Weder in seiner Not, noch gar in der Bewegung aus ihr heraus. Weder in den Ursachen der Not noch gar im Ansatz der Wende, die darin heranreift. Deshalb geht wirkliches Überschreiten auch nie ins bloß Luftleere eines Vor-uns, bloß schwärmend, bloß abstrakt ausmalend. Sondern es begreift das...

Misc • 2013

Baustelle Zukunft - Die Große Transformation von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft

By: Angelika Zahrnt, Irmi Seidl, Harald Welzer, Uwe Schneidewind, Wolfgang Sachs, Christa Wichterich, Reinhild Benning, Michael Müller, Gerhard Scherhorn, Reinhard Loske, Bernd Hirschl, Dirk Messner, Konrad Klingenburg, Kai Lindemann, Astrid Aretz, Thomas Jahn, Nicola Schuldt-Baumgart, Max Schön, Bernhard Stratmann, Christian Flachsland, Ottmar Edenhofer, Manfred Ronzheimer, Eva Leipprand

Zeitschrift politische ökologie 133 - 2013 Der Mensch treibt den Planeten in hohem Tempo an die Belastbarkeitsgrenzen. Längst ist klar, dass wir zu klimaverträglichen Lebensstilen und einer postfossilen Wirtschaftsweise kommen müssen. Viel Zeit für diese große Transformation bleibt nicht mehr. Gut, dass Einige schon mal angefangen haben: Unternehmen maximieren anstelle ihrer Gewinne die...

Scientific paper • 2013

Die Postwachstumsgesellschaft - Neues Wachstum, neues Wohlergehen

By: Angelika Zahrnt, Irmi Seidl

Herausgeberinnen: Verbreitete Vorstellungen über Bedürfnisse, Glück und ein gutes Leben haben mit der heutigen Berufs- und Konsumwelt wenig gemeinsam. Die Große Transformation bietet die Chance, das herrschende Wachstumsprimat durch sinnvolle Tätigkeiten, eine gerechtere Arbeitsaufteilung und mehr Zeit für Engagement und Muße zu ersetzen.

Misc • 2013

Penser la décroissance - Politiques de l'Anthropocène

By: Dir. Agnès Sinaï

Depuis les débuts de l'époque industrielle, il y a deux cents ans, les activités humaines ont profondément modifié les cycles de la nature, d'où le terme d'Anthropocène pour qualifier la période contemporaine. Alors que les stocks de combustible s'épuisent, la dissipation exubérante d'énergie liée aux économies fondées sur la croissance touche à sa fin. Quelles en seront les répercussions...

Art contribution • 2013

Revolution

By: Dub Inc

'Revolution' is a song by French band 'Dub Inc' from their 2013 album 'Paradise' Lyrics: Welcome inna di land Bouchkour pon the mic on more time come back again Welcome inna di land Ready and go! Let the music play again I need a revolution. A revolution, a new direction! Let's stop the pollution It's time to change the way I want to stay in my garden. I'm staying hidden, inna di garden! I...

Misc • 2012

Manetti Lesen oder vom Guten Leben

By: P.M.

Roman in dem das Gute Leben thematisiert wird.

Scientific paper • 2012

Critique of Degrowth and its Politics

By: David Schwartzman

From the paper: The degrowth program is highly problematic because of its failure to analyze the qualitative aspects of economic growth and its emphasis on the local economy without recognizing the urgency to address global anthropogenic change from a transnational political perspective. In particular, a major challenge humanity now faces is to rapidly implement a prevention program to avoid...

Scientific paper • 2012

De-growth: Do you realise what it means?

By: Ted Trainer

Abstract: The implications of de-growth are much more far reaching and radical than seems to be appreciated. It is important to start with a brief consideration of the magnitude and nature of the global predicament, because when this is understood it becomes clear firstly that consumer-capitalist society cannot be made sustainable or just, secondly that a satisfactory and viable post-capitalist...

Scientific paper • 2012

How to rebuild democracy, re-thinking degrowth

By: Onofrio Romano

Abstract: Can the degrowth project contribute to rediscovering the meaning of democracy? Can the establishment of a real democracy lead to building a degrowth society? And last, has the project of a “democratic degrowth” a real chance to succeed, from a political point of view? If not, how should degrowth be re-thought to foster democracy? These are the questions entertained in this opinion...

Scientific paper • 2012

Degrowth, the past, the future, and the human nature

By: Ernest Garcia

Abstract: In the last years, different sources point to a same message: industrial civilization has entered an overshoot mode, the natural limits to growth have been already surpassed. This frontier does not wait for us in the future; it already belongs to our past. If population and the economy are truly beyond the limits, then current visions and theories of social change would be deeply...

Scientific paper • 2012

On the Prospect of Preventing Global Climate Catastrophe due to Rapid Social Change

By: Olli Tammilehto

From the paper: Though the chances of dethroning growth by a huge increase of social movement activities in the near future seem very slim, there are reasons why we still have hope. Social change movements exist, and there are historical experiences indicating that in dire situations these movements can change and grow rapidly. Witness, as of this writing in November 2011, the Occupy Wall...

Report • 2012

The Path to Degrowth in Overdeveloped Countries

By: Erik Assadourian

Introductory text to degrowth, starting of with reporting from the 2nd international Degrowth Conference which took place in 2010. It includes basic growth critique as well as degrowth proposals. Topics are “The Curse of Overdevelopment”, “Reducing Overall Consumption by Overconsumers”, “Distributing Tax Burdens More Equitably”, “Sharing Work Hours Better”, “Cultivating a Plenitude Economy”,...

Misc • 2012

Hur vi kan leva hållbart 2030

By: Christer Sanne

Naturvårdsverket: Kan vi fortsätta att leva ett modernt och bekvämt liv i Sverige och ändå ”rädda världen”? Den här rapporten går från ord till siffror för att ge en konkret och sammanhållen bild av en hållbar livsstil år 2030. Den diskuterar också hur andra viktiga frågor i politiken påverkar miljö- och naturresursfrågorna och hur de kan hanteras för att nå en hållbar utveckling. Genom att...

Report • 2012

Voices of Transition

By: Nils Aguilar

voicesoftransition.org: This inspirational film presents innovative and very concrete solutions to the food security challenges of our crisis-ridden age. Its powerful images showcase community-led agriculture in Cuba, ingenious woodland farming methods in France and the influential Transition movement in the UK, where communities are already moving towards local resilience. The pioneers of...

Scientific paper • 2012

L’empreinte écologique et l’Indice de progrès véritable: Des pistes pour l’avenir du Québec

By: Harvey L. Mead

Introduction: Le discours actuel n’est que pour les façons d’assurer une sortie de crise, d’une reprise de l’activité économique, de sa croissance. Il n’y a presque aucune attention portée sur la possibilité qu’un changement de paradigme s’impose devant les faiblesses du paradigme actuel montrées par la crise financière et ensuite économique (sans parler de la crise écologique). L’ampleur de la...

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.

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. . .".