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By: Christa Wichterich, Sybille Bauriedl

Feministische Perspektiven auf sozialökologische Transformationen. Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung: Die folgenden Ausführungen sind ein Beitrag aus herrschaftskritischer feministischer Sicht zu einer Debatte, die gegenwärtig in der Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung und anderen linken Kreisen meist unter dem Stichwort der «sozialökologischen Transformation» geführt wird. Hintergrund ist eine Vielfachkrise des ...

By: Jutta Kill

The Price to Pay for Conservation? A critical exploration Rosa Luxemburg Foundation: 'Nature is destroyed because it’s invisible to politicians and business', advocates of economic valuation say. The implicit assumption: Create a ‘nature that capital can see’ and the loss of biodiversity will be stopped. But it isn’t that simple! Possibly far-reaching changes in perception and subtle change...

By: Camila Moreno, Alexandra Strickner, Bernd Hansjürgens, Barbara Unmüßig

Panel discussion at the the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Speakers: Bernd Hansjürgens, Barbara Unmüßig, Camila Moreno Facilitation: Alexandra Strickner From the conference programme: Different strategies have been developed to address the “multiple crises”. One of them is the intensified financialization of natu...

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 responsabil...

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.

By: Michele Raspanti

Abstract: The central point of this paper is to stress how much our vision of man and of his rule in the world can influence our behavior towards nature (and also towards other men, but this problem is not discussed here). Here are analysed three philosophies: dominion, which is linked to growth, coordination, linked to sustainable development and cooperation, linked to degrowth philosophy. Eac...

By: Dorothee Quade

society-space relations, geography

By: Christoph Maria Sanders

Mental infrastructures; Societal relations with nature; Nature-culture-dualism; Buen Vivir; Theravāda-Buddhism

By: Rodrigo Silva

(De)commodification of nature; Society-nature relations; Planetary boundaries and environmental justice

By: Tone Smith-Spash

planetary boundaries, intrinsic value, democratic decision-making, objective knowledge, critical realism

By: Carla Wember, Suse Brettin

Abstract: In order to strive towards a more sustainable society, it is important to reconsider the relationships between culture (thus economy) and nature which implies questioning powerful dichotomization and hierarchization that are structuring western societies. The idea of nature as a mere resource for the exploits of mankind has led to crisis-laden phenomena as well as the naturalized conc...

By: Emanuele Leonardi

Abstract: The paper aims at constructively criticize Degrowth's reliance on the physical limits to growth as a discursive tool to undermine the growth-oriented attitude of mainstream economics. By recuperating the critique of political economy, the paper investigates the shift in the value/nature relationship which has occurred since the environmental crisis has emerged as a political problem. ...

By: Arianna Ferrari

Abstract: Despite the fact that degrowth theorists offer different analyses of the concept of nature, they share the belief that it is necessary to overcome the idea of a strict divide between subject (the human being) and object (the environment). They challenge the belief in technological progress as providing solutions to any problem, promote a social, fair and ecological perspective and typ...

By: Christine Biermann, Becky Mansfield

Abstract: This paper considers resurgent, or regrowing, forests, asking: What dynamics drive forest re-growth? How do economic changes articulate with ecological processes, and to what ends? Drawing on research in Appalachian Ohio, we add to critiques of forest transition theory, which states that after decades if not centuries of forest loss, countries begin to experience increases in forest c...

By: Alberto Acosta

growth, extractivism, economy, nature, sustainability

By: Degrowth Conference 2014

In the run-up to the conference monthly videos were published on the conference homepage, dealing with different aspects of degrowth.

By: Thomas Fatheuer

Ob Klimawandel oder Naturzerstörung – die Lösung dieser Probleme könnte in einer ökonomischen „Wertschätzung“ der Natur und ihrer Dienstleistungen liegen. Doch kann die Natur tatsächlich besser geschützt werden, wenn das, was sie in existentieller Weise für den Menschen leistet, in Euro und Dollar ausgedrückt wird? Die Publikation Neue Ökonomie der Natur von Thomas Fatheuer (2. Auflage) biet...

By: Verein Niedersächsischer Bildungsinitiativen (VNB e.V.), Arbeitsstelle Weltbilder e.V., Institut für angewandte Kulturforschung e.V.

Ein Buch, das die großen um.welt-Fragen unserer Zeit aufgreift und zeigt, dass Menschen es sind, die Veränderungen bewirken! Diese Menschen nennen wir global.patrioten, weil sie sich unabhängig von geografischen Grenzen mit großen Ideen, weitreichenden Taten oder kleinen Impulsen für eine bessere Welt einsetzen. In diesem Buch äußern sich Jugendliche, Fachwissenschaftlerinnen und Fachwissenscha...

By: Mario Candeias, Katja Kipping, Bernd Riexinger, Gregory Albo, Patrick Bond, Sabine Leidig, Christoph Spehr, Andreas Exner, Alex Demirovic, Elmar Altvater, Raul Zelik, Dieter Klein, Wolfgang Methling, Frieder Otto Wolf, Fabian Deus, Anna-Lena Dießelmann, Luisa Fischer, Clemens Knobloch, Hans Thie, Nicola Bullard, Ulrich Brand, Hilary Wainwright, Luis Juberías, Edgar Manjarín, Quim Cornelles, Ayoze Alfageme, Celestino Sánchez, Karen Stuke, Martin Eberle, Christoph Kleine, Horst Kahrs

Zeitschrift «Luxemburg» 03/2012 »Green Economy« und die bewusst neutral gehaltene Rhetorik von der »Transformation« versprechen Auswege aus der großen Krise des neoliberalen Kapitalismus: Sie setzen auf Reparatur, Reorganisation und Umbau der gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnisse. Ihre »große Transformation« ist eine halbe: Sie zielt auf die Beseitigung des fossilen Industrialismus und desse...

By: Alberto Acosta, Norma Giarracca, Eduardo Gudynas, Tobias Lambert, Miriam Lang, Tomás Palmisano, Sarela Paz, David Rojas-Kienzle, Maristella Svampa, Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray, Luis Sandoval, Jake Johnston

Lateinamerika ist seit Jahrhunderten Rohstofflieferant für Europas Industrie. Dies hat sich trotz der politischen Umwälzungen des letzten Jahrzehnts nicht grundlegend geändert. Obwohl die Rechte der Natur heute z.B. in der Verfassung Ecuadors verankert sind, besteht die ökonomische Fixierung auf den Export von Rohstoffen weiter, teilweise sogar in verstärktem Ausmaß. Daran regt sich Kritik von ...