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Misc • 2018

Defending Hambach Forest is part of the struggle for degrowth!

By: Kai Kuhnhenn & Nina Treu

Degrowth stands for moving beyond the paradigm of the growth- and profit-oriented economic system. By means of a social-ecological transformation, a good life for all can be achieved. This means overcoming the imperial way of living of the global North, building alternatives, and creating positive narratives of our possible future. This also includes resisting useless

Misc • 2018

Offener Brief: Europa, es ist Zeit, die Abhängigkeit vom Wirtschaftswachstum zu beenden

By: Ruth Krohn

Über 238 engagierte Sozial- und Naturwissenschaftler*innen aus den 28 EU-Mitgliedsstaaten appellieren an die EU: Europa, es ist Zeit, die Abhängigkeit vom Wirtschaftswachstum zu beenden. Anlass für diesen offenen Brief, der zeitgleich im Guardian, auf Zeit Online, bei Der Freitag, Liberation, der Wiener Zeitung, Politiken und vielen anderen europäischen Zeitungen veröffentlich wird, ist heute...

Misc • 2018

The EU needs a stability and wellbeing pact, not more growth

By: Ruth Krohn

Please find below a text published in The Guardian and also in several European Countries. More than 200 academics call on the European Union and its member states to plan for a post-growth future in which human and ecological wellbeing is prioritised over GDP. This text also announces the upcoming Post-Growth Conference in the EU

Misc • 2018

Gathering degrowth in the American pluriverse

By: Sam Bliss

Friday “When you told your friends and family you were going to a degrowth gathering, they asked, ‘What is degrowth?’ How did you respond?” The 2018 degrowUS gathering from September 28-30 2018 in Chicago began with this question. The first day’s thirty-odd attendees wrote their responses on sticky notes as they scraped the last bites

Misc • 2018

Gathering degrowth in the American pluriverse

By: Sam Bliss

Friday “When you told your friends and family you were going to a degrowth gathering, they asked, ‘What is degrowth?’ How did you respond?” The 2018 degrowUS gathering from September 28-30 2018 in Chicago began with this question. The first day’s thirty-odd attendees wrote their responses on sticky notes as they scraped the last bites

Misc • 2018

Wachstum vorprogrammiert – Der blinde Fleck der Klimaschutzszenarien

By: Kai Kuhnhenn

Am 8. Oktober veröffentlichte der IPCC seinen Sonderbericht über 1,5°C Erwärmung. Aus diesem aktuellen Anlass reposten wir Kai Kuhnhenns kritischen Blogbeitrag zu Klimaschutzszenarien der auf einer längeren Analyse fußt. Im Auftrag der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung hat Kai seine Kritik auch nochmal auf die Szenarien des IPCC zugespitzt, die entsprechende Kurzstudie findet sich hier. Wir alle benutzen...

Scientific paper • 2018

Business Development in Post-Growth Economies: Challenging Assumptions in the Existing Business Growth Literature

By: Jan Cornelius Zoellick, Thomas Cyron

Existing literature has not specifically examined individual business growth in post-growth economies. This paper challenges dominant assumptions in the business growth literature by considering post-growth economies as an organisational context characterised by natural resource scarcity and an absence of macro-level economic expansion. We investigate conceptually how such a context impacts...

Scientific paper • 2018

Towards Growth-Independent and Post-Growth-Oriented Entrepreneurship in the SME Sector

By: Jana Gebauer

For a long time the postulate that quantitative growth is the entrepreneurial raison d’être and an indispensable obligation for a company has remained unquestioned. Empirical studies on firm size and growth show, however, that a large fraction of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are non-growers or slow growers. These SMEs often show a more qualities-driven perspective on the growth...

Scientific paper • 2018

Framing Social Enterprise as Post-Growth Organising in the Diverse Economy

By: Eeva Houtbeckers

Organising for post-growth society is called for to enable living on our finite planet. While previous research has suggested that social enterprise could be one form of post-growth organising (PGo), these suggestions might not rely on critical studies of social enterprise (SE) or studies exploring everyday practices of SE. This paper asks to what extent can SE practices be considered to be...

Scientific paper • 2018

Structured Diversity: A Practice Theory Approach to Post-Growth Organisations

By: Benedikt Schmid

Innovative forms of organising are a crucial pillar of post-growth transitions. Situated within a growth-based institutional context, actually existing forms of post-growth organising are ambiguous. Divisions across legal structure, market participation and sectoral focus do not suffice to single out post-growth organisations. Instead, this paper develops a more fluid notion which is based on...

Scientific paper • 2018

Common Good-Oriented Companies: Exploring Corporate Values, Characteristics and Practices That Could Support a Development Towards Degrowth

By: Jasmin Wiefek, Kathrin Heinitz

At present, little is known about the corporate characteristics that support a socio-economic development towards degrowth. Addressing this research gap, we conducted interviews with companies which have joined the Economy for the Common Good, a social movement which identifies the common good as the purpose of economic activity. Our analysis was guided by Latouche’s (2009) eight ‘R’s which, he...

Scientific paper • 2018

Decrescimento. Uma perspectiva de esquerda sobre as crises socioambientais (I)

By: Luiz Marques

Do autor: "Este é o primeiro de uma série de seis artigos sobre as crises socioambientais contemporâneas e suas possíveis soluções ou mitigações numa perspectiva de decrescimento administrado. Essa perspectiva afigura-se hoje como a mais consequente, talvez a única efetiva para uma sociedade viável."  

Misc • 2018

Pós-extrativismo e Decrescimento - Saídas do labirinto capitalista

By: Alberto Acosta, Ulrich Brand

Na Europa — e, agora, também na América Latina — as políticas de austeridade estão fazendo com que a pobreza e a desigualdade voltem a aumentar: o Estado de bem-estar social sucumbe diante do mercado financeiro, enquanto novas fronteiras petrolíferas, mineiras e agropecuárias engolem a vegetação nativa, atropelando os Direitos Humanos e os Direitos da Natureza. Acosta e Brand são categóricos:...

Scientific paper • 2018

O decrescimento: leituras a partir do Sul global

By: Gabriel Trettel Silva

Palavras-chave: decrescimento, desenvolvimento, desenvolvimento sustentável economia ecológica, limites ao crescimento, países em desenvolvimento, países periféricos revisão sistemática de literatura, sul global, sustentabilidade Resumo O debate sobre o decrescimento constitui uma crítica ao sistema socioeconômico baseado na lógica do crescimento ilimitado e no imperativo cultural do...

Misc • 2018

Qual é o número ideal de humanos sobre a Terra?

By: José Eustáquio Diniz Alves

Muitas pessoas, recorrentemente, perguntam qual é o número ideal de humanos sobre a Terra?Contudo, em geral, a maioria fica frustrada ao saber que não existe um número mágico como resposta. Globalmente, o número ideal de humanos depende de vários condicionantes econômicos e éticos. O primeiro condicionante econômico é o padrão de vida. O número de pessoas que a Terra pode sustentar depende do...

Misc • 2018

Para construir estrada, governo de Nairóbi destrói comunidade com 2 mil pessoas

By: Amélia Gonzalez

A autora discute o mito do progresso problematizando uma reportagem do jornal britânico The Guardian sobre a construção de uma rodovia em Nairóbi, no Quênia. Ela aponta o paradoxo entre o crescimento do Produto Interno Bruto e da pobreza extrema no país, assim como a adoção de soluções petróleo-dependentes que geram a destruição de casas e desalojamentos para os problemas de tráfego urbano.