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Misc • 2017

Integrating Southern Perspectives

By: Miriam Lang

How migration relates to the imperial mode of living, degrowth and new internationalism We are currently facing the most severe migration crisis in history. But this is only one dimension of a broader civilizational crisis. Thus, anti-racist movements should not focus solely on issues of human mobility rights, but also build new paths of solidarity

Misc • 2017

Den globalen Süden mitdenken

By: Miriam Lang

Was Migration mit imperialer Lebensweise, Degrowth und neuem Internationalismus zu tun hat The current severest migration crisis in history is only one dimension of a broader civilizatory crisis. Thus antiracist movements should not focus solely on issues of human mobility rights, but build new paths of solidarity with societies in the geopolitical Global South. We

Misc • 2017

Degrowth and Feminism

By: Corinna Dengler, Birte Strunk

How a feminist degrowth approach can alleviate ecological and gender injustices Is it possible to reconcile sustainable development, a fair distribution of both paid and unpaid work among genders, and an economic strategy based on growth? In our article “The Monetized Economy versus Care and the Environment? Degrowth Perspectives on Reconciling an Antagonism”, a contribution

Misc • 2017

Degrowth and Feminism

By: Corinna Dengler, Birte Strunk

Misc • 2017

Eine Sache der Bewegung – Degrowth geschlechtergerecht gestalten

By: Anna Holthaus

Soziale Bewegungen sind zentrale Akteure gesellschaftlicher Transformationsprozesse. Durch ihre Arbeit sind viele der gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen der letzten Jahrzehnte erst möglich geworden. Für soziale Bewegungen ist es jedoch eine Herausforderung, interne Strukturen nach den partizipatorischen, demokratischen, transparenten, gleichberechtigen und inklusiven Anforderungen zu gestalten,...

Misc • 2017

Sorge ins Zentrum einer Alternative zum Kapitalismus

By: Autor_innenkollektiv Werkstatt Care Revolution

Unter dem Begriff der Care Revolution entstand in den letzten Jahren eine Bewegung, die Sorgetätigkeiten zum Ausgangspunkt für gesellschaftliche Transformation nimmt. Unter Sorge – dieses Wort verwenden wir synonym zu Care – verstehen wir beispielsweise Pflegen, Trösten, Kochen, Betreuung oder Beratung, kurz gesagt all jenes, womit sich Menschen um das Wohlergehen und die persönliche Entwicklung

Misc • 2017

The Good Life Beyond Growth

By: Various

Many countries have experienced a decline of economic growth for decades, an effect that was only aggravated by the recent global financial crisis. What if in the 21st century this is no longer an exception, but the general rule? Does an economy without growth necessarily bring hardship and crises, as is often assumed? Or could it be a chance for a better life? Authors have long argued that...

Scientific paper • 2017

The Monetized Economy Versus Care and the Environment: Degrowth Perspectives On Reconciling an Antagonism

By: Corinna Dengler, Birte Strunk

KEYWORDS: Degrowth, gender inequality, sustainability, work sharing, gender working time equality, caring economy

Scientific paper • 2017

The Labor(s) of Degrowth

By: Stefania Barca

KEYWORDS: Degrowth, labor, alienation, ecofeminist political economy

Scientific paper • 2017

Value, Growth, Development: South American Lessons for a New Ecopolitics

By: Eduardo Gudynas

KEYWORDS: Degrowth, ecosocialism, developmentalism, Buen Vivir

Misc • 2017

Conversations on Degrowth: Exploring the Slow Movement

By: Lyudmyla Khrenova, Zhanara Yessenova, Riya Raphael

Information about the project: In this conversational blog, we seek to explore slow movement in order to gain insight, challenge some of the norms and enjoy a conversation over tea! We aim to link degrowth and “slow” and explore whether slow could be compatible with degrowth and in what way.

Scientific paper • 2017

Sharing, togetherness and intentional degrowth

By: Helen Jarvis

Keywords: association, degrowth, intention, sharing, social phenomenology, togetherness

Misc • 2017

Postgrowth and Wellbeing - Challenges to Sustainable Welfare

By: Max Koch, Milena Büchs

The publisher: This book presents a detailed and critical discussion about how human wellbeing can be maintained and improved in a postgrowth era. It highlights the close links between economic growth, market capitalism, and the welfare state demonstrating that, in many ways, wellbeing outcomes currently depend on the growth paradigm. Here the authors argue that notions of basic human needs...

Scientific paper • 2017

Degrowth-compatible environmentalism in Europe – a cross-national empirical analysis

By: Mladen Domazet, Branko Ančić, Logan Richardson

Keywords: Degrowth, environmentalism, attitudes survey, comparative, Europe

Scientific paper • 2017

Climate change, happiness and income from a degrowth perspective

By: Giorgos Kallis, Filka Sekulova, Francois Schneider

Chapter in the "Handbook on Growth and Sustainability" Edited by Peter A. Victor and Brett Dolter About the book: This Handbook assembles original contributions from influential authors such as Herman Daly, Paul Ekins, Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Jeroen van den Bergh, William E. Rees and Tim Jackson who have helped to define our understanding of growth and sustainability. The Handbook also...

Scientific paper • 2017

Degrowth, organic agriculture and GMOs: A reply to Gomiero

By: Bartosz Bartkowski

Agriculture; CRISPR/Cas genome editing; Degrowth; Food production; Genetic engineering

Report • 2017

Research & Degrowth Newsletter - May 2017

By: Research & Degrowth

Yet another editorial where the highlight is the high number of academic publications in degrowth. The multidisciplinary nature of these publications (technology, health, culture, happiness, extractivism, policies, transition, power, strategies, etc) explore the different roots, challenges and proposals of degrowth. This newsletter introduces the Feminisms and Degrowth Alliance (FaDA), a much...

Scientific paper • 2017

Finance, energy and the decoupling: an empirical study

By: Alevgul H. Sorman, Zora Kovacic, Marcello Spanò, Samuele Lo Piano

Abstract: This paper investigates the empirical and theoretical basis of the decoupling between energy throughput and economic growth, with a critical view of the use of the decoupling concept as a policy priority. We provide an analysis of the historical trends of the metabolic pattern of European economies over a period of 18 years focusing on the changes in energy throughput and financial...

Misc • 2017

The Transition Movements meets De-Growth

By: Richard Swift, Naresh Giangrande

Co-Founder of the Transition Movement, Naresh Giangrande in conversation with Richard Swift, author of SOS Alternatives to Capitalism and a former editor of New Internationalist magazine for more than two decades. These two thinkers were brought together in the Caribbean island of Dominica, with Earthbooktv's Jessica Canham and Timothy Speaks Fishleigh at the Earthbook retreat centre in the...

Misc • 2017

Enough is as good as a feast: here’s how we can imagine a brighter food future

By: Christoph Rupprecht

Introduction: The World Economic Forum’s 2017 report on the future of food examines what the world’s food systems might look like in 2030. But none of the four future scenarios it presents is particularly attractive. To create a world where everyone can eat well without wrecking the planet, we need better ideas, a rich imagination and the right tools.