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Scientific paper • 2012

The virtuous circle of Degrowth and Ecological Debt: a new paradigm for Public International Law?

By: Noémie Candiago

From the introduction: The seventh G20 was hosted by Mexico in Los Cabos on the 18 th and 19 th June of 2012. After the USA, the UK, France and South Korea, all rated as “developed”, “high-income” countries, it was for the first time a developing country's turn to direct the Leader's Summit. However, the out-coming response put forward as an answer to the global world issues remain unchanged...

Scientific paper • 2012

Development was the problem, not the solution 1 Part I: the critique of global environmental politics

By: Matthias Finger, Jacques Grinevald

From the text: There is, on the one hand, ever more economic growth and development as actively promoted by the projects of engineers (modern engineering), big science (physical and biological sciences), including the social sciences and mainstream economics, the competitive Nation-State system and related intergovernmental organizations, as well as by the firms and others big business actors,...

Report • 2011

Darf‘s ein bisschen mehr sein?

By: Angelika Zahrnt, Niko Paech, Alberto Acosta, Hans Diefenbacher, Joachim H. Spangenberg, Irmi Seidl, Konrad Raiser, Michael Frein, Johannes Küstner, Julia Rode, Julia Steffen, Mathis Wackernagel, Martin Gück, Nafisa Goga D ́Souza, Farida Akhter, Etienne Bazié, Agnes Abuom, Karin Bassler, Richard Brand, Ruth Gütter, Reinhard Loske

Von der Wachstumsgesellschaft und der Frage nach ihrer Überwindung Inhalt Vorwort: Wachstum. Ein Begriff hat Konjunktur Einleitung: Ausgewachsen? Von den Grenzen der Wachstumsgesellschaft - Michael Frein Kernthemen - Hat das Bruttoinlandsprodukt ausgedient? - Hans Diefenbacher - Die „peak everything“-Wirtschaft vorbereiten - Mathis Wackernagel - Die „Dritte Industrielle Revolution“ – ein...

Misc • 2011

By: Thomas Fatheuer

Klimawandel, Finanz- und Armutskrisen und die nukleare Katastrophe in Japan drängen zur Suche nach Alternativen zum derzeitigen Produktions- und Konsummodell. In allen Debatten um zukunftsfähige Entwicklungen blitzen die Ideale einer solidarischeren Welt auf und der Wunsch nach Glück und einem guten Leben. Diskussionen darüber gibt es längst auch in Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern. Eine...

Misc • 2011

Wissenschaft für nachhaltige Entwicklung! - Multiperspektivische Beiträge zu einer verantwortungsbewussten Wissenschaft

By: Moritz A. Drupp, Simon Meisch, Felix Roosen-Runge, Alejandro Esguerra, Lena Keul, Johannes Geibel

Wissenschaft für nachhaltige Entwicklung! - Dieser Ausruf soll Zweifaches bedeuten: Mit Bezug auf das normative Leitbild der nachhaltigen Entwicklung werden die Wissenschaften in die Pflicht genommen und aufgefordert, sich gemäß den Herausforderungen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung auszurichten. Zugleich drückt dieser Ausruf aus, dass die Wissenschaften selbst aktiv ihre Verantwortung wahrnehmen...

Scientific paper • 2010

Sustainable de-growth: Mapping the context, criticisms and future prospects of an emergent paradigm.

By: Joan Martinez-Alier, Unai Pascual, Franck-Dominique Vivien, Edwin Zaccai

Sustainable development, Post-development, Sustainable economics, Ecological economics, De-growth

Report • 2010

Schooling the world

By: Carol Black, Jim Hurst

schoolingtheworld.org: If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? - You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it forced Native American children into government boarding schools. Today, volunteers build schools in traditional societies around the world, convinced that school is the only way to...

Educational paper • 2010

Bruttoinlandsglück – Auf der Suche nach qualitativer Entwicklung

By: Sascha Meinert, Michael Stollt

Methode zum BIP und zu alternativen Indikatoren des Team Global der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. LERNINHALTE Basiswissen zu unterschiedlichen Indizes, mit denen Entwicklung gemessen werden kann: o Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) o Happy Planet Index (HPI) o Human Development Index (HDI) o Gini-Index o Genuine Progress Index (GPI) o Big Mac Index (BMI) Austausch und Argumentation, Abwägung...

Misc • 2010

Nano.Gen.Tech. - wie wollen wir leben

By: Le Monde Diplomatique

Gentechnik sichert die Welternährung, Soldaten steuern Kampfdrohnen per Mausclick, Hightech-Beschichtungen liefern Energie, Nano-Roboter bekämpfen Krebs, das Worldwide Web beantwortet alle Fragen. Noch was? Peter Glaser, Georg Klein, Constanze Kurz, Hartmut Rosa, Agnes Sinai u.a. berichten aus den Laboratorien der neuen Welt. (Beschreibung der Herausgeber) Inhaltsverzeichnis ISBN:...

Position paper • 2010

Nachhaltige Entwicklung – sozial-ökologischer Umbau

By: Bernd Ihme

Fragen der Nachhaltigkeit gehören ins Zentrum linker Politik im 21. Jahrhundert. Dabei besteht die Herausforderung für Linke nicht nur darin, Gefahren, Risiken und Bedrohungen aufzuzeigen. Vielmehr sind die gesellschaftlichen und politischen Ursachen und Zusammenhänge zu analysieren und aufzudecken. Schließlich enthalten kapitalistische Gesellschaften eine Reihe von Errungenschaften und...

Misc • 2010

Sociology and de growth: visions of social change, entropy and evolution in a way down era

By: Ernest Garcia

Presentation and transcription of an oral Session by Ernest Garcia at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona on the topic "Beyond Sustainable Development: Sustainable Degrowth towards a Steady-State". Abstract: In the last few years, different sources point to a same message: industrial civilization has entered an...

Presentation • 2010

Pathways to sustainable Development: Co-optimizing Economic Welfare, Employment, and Environment

By: Nicholas A. Ashford

Presentation by Nicholas A. Ashford at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona on the topic "Beyond Sustainable Development: Sustainable Degrowth towards a Steady-State".

Presentation • 2010

Functional Economy: A New Way for a "Sustainable Degrowth?"

By: Jacques Lauriol

Presentation by Jacques Lauriol at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona on the topic "Beyond Sustainable Development: Sustainable Degrowth towards a Steady-State".

Presentation • 2010

Promoting Traditional Knowledge Systems. Are current international policies on Intellectual Property Rights consistent with socially sustainable economic degrowth?

By: Joana Dias

Transcription of an poster session by Joana Dias at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Promoting Traditional Knowledge Systems. Are current international policies on Intellectual Property Rights consistent with socially sustainable economic degrowth?".

Presentation • 2010

Social capital, capacity and carrying capacity: exploring basics of ‘socially sustainable economic degrowth’

By: Volker Mauerhofer

Poster and transcription of an poster session by Volker Mauerhofer at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Social capital, capacity and carrying capacity: exploring basics of ‘socially sustainable economic degrowth’".

Scientific paper • 2010

Recommendations for a socio-ethical and sustainable approach to the industrial design

By: André Lucca

Transcription of an poster session by André Lucca at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Recommendations for a socio-ethical and sustainable approach to the industrial design".

Misc • 2010

Degrowth as a strategy for the sustainable management of economic development

By: Harris Topalides

Transcription of an poster session by Harris Topalides at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Degrowth as a strategy for the sustainable management of economic development".

Presentation • 2010

Development alternatives from the South. A Ghanaian rural development example

By: Gaia Calligaris

Poster and transcription of an poster session by Gaia Calligaris at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Development alternatives from the South. A Ghanaian rural development example". Poster en francais

Presentation • 2010

The movement for social technology in Latin-America

By: Ricardo T. Neder, Hernan Thomas

Poster and transcription of an poster session by Ricardo T. Neder and Hernan Thomas at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "The movement for social technology in Latin-America".

Presentation • 2010

Pachakuti: Indigenous Perspectives and Degrowth

By: Bob Thomson

Poster and transcription of an poster session by Bob Thomson at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Pachakuti: Indigenous Perspectives and Degrowth".