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Scientific paper • 2014

Growing through the Cracks - A multi-case study of two alternative food networks in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Abstract: As a response to limitations of the conventional food system, alternative food networks such as community supported agriculture and direct selling box schemes have emerged in Romania, involving close producer-consumer connections and an emphasis on local and organic produce. Through a multi-case study of two such networks in the city of Cluj-Napoca, their contribution to the...

Scientific paper • 2014

Vertical Urban Garden

By: Alexander Stumm, Henry Anderson

Abstract: In the last years architectural interventions in urban space have shown their potential both on a social and a aesthetic level. The vertical urban garden is a multi-storey garden for the community, a meeting-point in the city, a space for cultural activities and recreation. The construction is based on the possibilities of the scaffolding system, is easy and cost-efficently to...

Scientific paper • 2014

THE FETISHISM OF PEDAGOGY AND THE REVOLUTION OF LOVE

By: Tamás Kahulits T.

Abstract: Our society shares a deep faith, an unquestionable belief that education is something good by its very nature. What I want to "dialogize" is that the education systems around the world, and schools in todays Super-Capitalism are the (1) depositories and reproducers of the structural injustice (2) the instruments of institutionalized dehumanization and (3) the manifestations of the...

Scientific paper • 2014

Utopias, liminalities and the commons. The case study of Gavdos island.

By: Angelos Varvarousis

Abstract: Gavdos is a small limitary islet in the southernmost part of Greece wherein has been formed an alternative community that has remained active for almost two decades. Based on ethnographic data assembled through fieldwork, this article examines the crucial role of liminality in the creation, maintenance and expansion of this community. The residents of this community perform their...

Misc • 2014

Glücksökonomie: Wer teilt, hat mehr vom Leben

By: Annette Jensen, Ute Scheub

Verlag: "Forscher sind sich einig: Lebensfreude hängt immer weniger von Geld und Besitz ab. Wichtig für persönliche Glücksgefühle sind soziale Fähigkeiten wie Kooperieren, Teilen oder sich für andere einsetzen - und sie finden immer öfter Eingang in unsere Arbeitswelt und Gesellschaft. Erfolgreiche Unternehmer, die bevorzugt Alleinerziehende beschäftigen oder sich selbst weniger Gehalt...

Position paper • 2014

Das konvivialistische Manifest

By: Les Convivialistes

Übersetzung des 2013 in Frankreich erschienenen und von 40 frazösischsprachigen Wissenschaftler_innen und Intellektuellen initiierte »Manifeste Convivialiste«

Scientific paper • 2014

Is eco-village/urban village the future of a degrowth society? An urban planner's perspective

By: Jin Xue

Degrowth; Relocalization; Eco-village/urban village; Urban planning; Multi-scalar strategies

Position paper • 2014

GAP working group 2014 - Redefining Value

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Redefining Value at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Primacy of needs WHAT? > Primacy of self-determined human fundamental needs for all (e.g. Max-Neef's human scale development approach: subsistance, protection, affection, understanding, participation, leisure, creation, identity and freedom). > Counscious human responsability...

Position paper • 2014

An Economy of Permanence and Rethinking Value

By: Rajni Bakshi

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 Redefining Value.

Position paper • 2014

GAP working group 2014 - Social Security

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Social Security at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Proposals for the Transformation > System for the process of transformation. > Avoiding future path dependencies (e.g. with regard to time banks → establishment of a bargaining, care not done by humanity, but by reward-seeking). Vision > Access to Care should be...

Presentation • 2014

A worldwide energy revolution?

By: Camila Moreno, Patrick Bond, Jonathan Neale, Nina Netzer

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Camila Moreno, Patrick Bond, Jonathan Neale Facilitation: Nina Netzer From the conference programme: The extensive use of dirty energy sources causes severe environmental and social damages while 2,7 billion people have no access to modern energy...

Misc • 2014

Die Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie

By: Christian Felber

www.christian-felber.at: Eine demokratische Initiative wächst. Christian Felbers alternatives Wirtschaftsmodell wird nach nur vier Jahren von mehr als 1700 Unternehmen und 200 Organisationen unterstützt, zahlreiche Personen und Institutionen sowie Schulen und Universitäten aus halb Europa und weiten Teilen Lateinamerikas beteiligen sich. Felbers Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie beruht – wie eine...

Report • 2014

Aufbruchtage - Gartenbrot und Schrebernot ...

By: Schattenblick

Bericht von der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig zur Veranstaltung "Mutter Erde Essen. Ist ein solidarisches Essverhalten möglich?" mit Elisabeth Meyer-Renschhausen. Aus dem Bericht: "Ist ein solidarisches Eßverhalten möglich?" Die im Diskussionsworkshop der Referentin Elisabeth Meyer-Renschhausen im Rahmen der Internationalen Degrowth-Konferenz am 4. September in Leipzig aufgeworfene Frage...

Position paper • 2014

Convivialist Manifesto. A declaration of interdependence

By: Les Convivialistes

From the book: "A different kind of world is not just possible; it is a crucial and urgent necessity. But where do we start when it comes to envisaging the shape it should take and working out how to bring it about? The Convivialist Manifesto seeks to highlight the similarities between the many initiatives already engaged in building that world and to draw out the common political philosophy...

Interview • 2014

Die Wachstumsdebatte ist die größte Herausforderung für Mensch und Natur

By: Helmut Röscheisen, Marion Busch

Herausgeber_innen: Mit minimalem Ressourcenverbrauch, Nullwachstum und im Frieden miteinander leben – das ist die Vision einer Gesellschaft, in der die Menschen vielleicht glücklicher sind als heute. Das setzt aber voraus, dass das Gemeinwohl in den Vordergrund rückt und die individuen sich umeinander kümmern, sagt der Generalsekretär des deutschen Naturschutzrings Helmut Röscheisen.

Misc • 2014

Eurotopia: Leben in Gemeinschaft - Verzeichnis von Gemeinschaften und Ökodörfern in Europa

By: Michael Würfel,‎ Diana Leaves Christian,‎ Dieter Halbach,‎ Marcus Andreas

Inhalt: -430 Gemeinschaften, Ökodörfer, Siedlungs- und Wohnprojekte stellen sich vor -Artikel zur Gemeinschaftsgründung, zur gesellschaftlichen Relevanz von Gemeinschaften, zur wissenschaftlichen Forschung in und über Gemeinschaften und mehr… -Vorstellung von Gemeinschaftsnetzwerken mit weiteren Gemeinschaftsdaten -Nützliche Adressen aus ganz Europa -Aktuelle Ausgabe 2014 - Ergänzungen,...

Scientific paper • 2013

The Impacts of Spatial Planning on Degrowth

By: Petra Wächter

degrowth; spatial planning; settlement structures

Misc • 2013

The Village Against the World

By: Dan Hancox

The publisher: One hundred kilometres from Seville lies the small village of Marinaleda, which for the last thirty-five years has been the centre of a tireless struggle to create a living utopia. This unique community drew British author Dan Hancox to Spain, and here for the first time he recounts the fascinating story of villagers who expropriated the land owned by wealthy aristocrats and...

Report • 2013

In Transition 2.0

By: Transition Network

The "Transition Network" about the film: In Transition 2.0 is an inspirational immersion in the Transition movement, gathering stories from around the world of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. You'll hear about communities printing their own money, growing food, localising their economies and setting up community power stations. It's an idea that has gone viral, a social experiment...

Position paper • 2013

Manifeste Convivialiste

By: Les Convivialistes

From the English book: "A different kind of world is not just possible; it is a crucial and urgent necessity. But where do we start when it comes to envisaging the shape it should take and working out how to bring it about? The Convivialist Manifesto seeks to highlight the similarities between the many initiatives already engaged in building that world and to draw out the common political...