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Scientific paper • 2014

Components of the energy system for the transition to sustainable degrowth

Abstract: Energy as the basis for daily activities on an individual level and for economic activities on a societal level gives fundamental importance to our lives. Components that have to be considered for a successful energy transition include energy technologies, policy framework, behavioural changes, changes of institutional settings, and system dynamics. Critical issues in the field of...

Scientific paper • 2014

Information technology, decoupling and networked commons - a conceptual overview

By: Till Westermayer

Abstract: Starting at the idea that information technology leads to a dematerialization of economy and thus to a decoupling between growth and material, environmental impacts and resource use, the paper discusses various concepts related to this idea, loosely following the framework of first, second and third order effects (Hilty 2008). It comes to the conclusion that information technology,...

Art contribution • 2014

Cities

By: Degrowth Conference 2014

In the run-up to the conference monthly videos were published on the conference homepage, dealing with different aspects of degrowth.

Art contribution • 2014

Space

By: Degrowth Conference 2014

In the run-up to the conference monthly videos were published on the conference homepage, dealing with different aspects of degrowth.

Position paper • 2014

Shutting down the climate culprits – How can we phase out polluting industries?

By: Attac working groups EKU&JdW

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 Climate and Energy.

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...

Position paper • 2014

Initiative on socially responsible mobility – saying no to traffic madness

By: Sabine Leidig

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 Transport and Mobility.

Position paper • 2014

GAP working group 2014 - Transport and Mobility

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Transport and Mobility at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Proposals for the Transformation > Making car transport less attractive (parking fees, speed limits, access limits, gas prices...) > Improve quality / quantity of public transport (right to access infrastructure and services) > Decrease prices of public transport –...

Position paper • 2014

GAP working group 2014 - Urban Transformation

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Urban Transformation at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Proposals for the Transformation > Urban agriculture > Promote multifunctional and divers urban centres, including services, infrastructure, food production etc. > Promote community owned space > participatory urban planning > Stop urban sprawl! Vision >...

Position paper • 2014

Urban Transformations: Infrastructures and Degrowth

By: Benjamin Best

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 Urban Transformation.

Position paper • 2014

Public infrastructure in a degrowth society

By: Jeremy Heighway

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 Urban Transformation.

Presentation • 2014

Mobility for everyone – with less traffic

By: Sabine Leidig, Maggie Klingler-Lauer, Patrick Kayemba, Winfried Wolf

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Maggie Klingler-Lauer, Patrick Kayemba, Winfried Wolf Facilitation: Jan Urhahn From the conference programme: Today individual mobility is organized mainly to benefit transnational companies. Consequences are the destruction of the climate and the...

Misc • 2014

Bitte umsteigen! 20 Jahre Bahnreform

By: Winfried Wolf, Bernhard Knierim

Abstract: Das Jahr 1994 brachte mit der Bahnreform und mit der Gründung der Deutschen Bahn AG die größte Veränderung im Verkehrsbereich seit Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Kritiker sahen in der Bahnreform allerdings bereits damals die Verschleierung der Bahnprivatisierung. Und sie sagten Verhältnisse voraus, wie es sie z.B. im Sommer 2013 in Mainz und Umgebung gab. Inzwischen hat sich...

Report • 2014

Aufbruchtage - Mensch- und umweltfreundlicher Verkehr ...

By: Schattenblick

Bericht von der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig zu verschiedenen Veranstaltungen zum Thema Mobilität mit Sabine Leidig, Patrick Kayemba, Winfried Wolf, Maggie Klingler-Lauer und Bernhard Knierim. Aus dem Bericht: . . . Wie diese Schlaglichter aus der Diskussion des Panels zeigen, umfaßt der Widerstand gegen die herrschende Verkehrsweise ein breites Spektrum zwischen unmittelbar umsetzbaren...

Misc • 2014

« A Degrowth Project »: Sport and economic growth!

By: Vincent Liegey, Stéphane Madelaine, Christophe Ondet, Anne-Isabelle Veillot, Thomas Avenel

From the text: An abandoned city, another one plagued by demonstrations fuelled by petro-dollars… nothing new really. Except that we are not talking about Detroit, the Greek crisis or the arrival of massive investments into our industries originating from the Gulf countries. No, today, the collective “Un Projet de Décroissance” (« A Degrowth Project« ) takes a look at sports. Sport that created...

Scientific paper • 2013

Degrowth initiatives in the urban water sector? A social multi-criteria evaluation of non-conventional water alternatives in Metropolitan Barcelona

By: Laia Domènech, Hug March, David Sauría

Urban water management; Degrowth; Social multi-criteria evaluation; Non-conventional water supply; Decentralisation; Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

Scientific paper • 2013

Der Einfluss von Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen auf den deutschen Niedriglohnsektor Untersuchung am Beispiel der Arbeitsförderung

By: Valeska Gerstung

Paper presented at the Conference “New economic concepts in the current European crises“. Teil der Einleitung: Spätestens seit den Hartz-Reformen ist das Thema der Niedriglohnbeschäftigung in den Fokus der politischen und gesellschaftlichen Debatte in Deutschland gerückt. Laut einer aktuellen Studie des IAB ist der deutsche Niedriglohnsektor im europäischen Vergleich mit 24,1% im Jahr 2010 auf...

Scientific paper • 2013

Vielfalt statt Gleichwertigkeit - Was Bevölkerungsrückgang für die Versorgung ländlicher Regionen bedeutet

By: Reiner Klingholz, Eva Kuhn

Auf dem Land treibt der demografische Wandel die Kosten für Energie, Abwasser, Straßen, Bildung und ärztliche Versorgung in die Höhe. Und belastet damit immer weniger Einwohner mit immer höheren Ausgaben. Was wiederum verstärkte Abwanderung zur Folge haben kann. Welche Alternativen es zu dieser Entwicklung gibt, hat das Berlin-Institut für Bevölkerung und Entwicklung gemeinsam mit dem Potsdamer...

Scientific paper • 2012

Non-growth in the housing sector for sustainability and its planning implications

By: Jin Xue

Abstract: By thoroughly exploring the trends of the housing sector growth in Copenhagen (Denmark) and Hangzhou (China) metropolitan areas and its social, economic and environmental consequences, the paper argues for a non-growth and even degrowth in the housing sector in the global North and the wealthy cities in China. A simple thought experiment of a non-growing housing sector is made in...

Presentation • 2010

Cities, De-Growth and The Big Five

By: Richard Register

Transcription of an oral session by Richard Register at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona on the topic "Cities, De-Growth and The Big Five".