Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Resources and Extraction at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014
> Rethinking technology – towards sufficiency and a sustainable production.
> Technology transfer towards renewable energies.
> Introduce resource issues into trade unions and job issues (p.e. RSA: one million climate jobs).
> Re-politicize Renewable Energies, because they also depend on Extraction.
> Make resource use for final products more visible.
> Good information network → education of affected people.
> Look at the grass roots – affected people.
> More presence in mainstream media.
> Broad education campaigns.
> Make research more visible.
> Trans-disciplinary education: engage engineers with socio-economic results.
> “Naming and shaming” of popular brands for negative practises in the supply chain.
Open Questions
> How do we abandon the extractivist logic? What alternatives are there for extractivist societies?
> Mapping of resistance.
Stirring paper:
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Resources & Extraction
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