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No Climate Protection without Climate Justice; No Climate Justice without Degrowth

May 28, 2015

No Climate Protection without Climate Justice; No Climate Justice without Degrowth Shortly before the most crucial UN climate change conference after the failure of Copenhagen, it seems that the international climate-movement is finally getting its act together: resistance against fossil fuel extraction is gaining ground and a rising global movement is putting pressure on institutions to divest their […]

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A Degrowth Response to an Ecomodernist Manifesto

May 10, 2015

A Degrowth Response to an Ecomodernist Manifesto A group known as the “ecomodernists,” which includes prominent environmental thinkers and development specialists such as Ted Nordhaus, Michael Shellenberger, Stewart Brand, David Keith, and Joyashree Roy has recently published a statement of principles called An Ecomodernist Manifesto (2015). Many of the authors of the Manifesto are connected to an influential think […]

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Degrowth, the Book | David Bollier

December 15, 2014

Degrowth, the Book | David Bollier. In industrialized societies, where so many people regard economic growth as the essence of human progress, the idea of deliberately rejecting growth is seen as insane.  Yet that is more or less what the planet’s ecosystems are saying right now about the world economy. It’s also the message of […]

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oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: Do We Own Our Stuff, or Does Our Stuff Own Us?

November 30, 2014

oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: Do We Own Our Stuff, or Does Our Stuff Own Us?. The frenzied acquisition of more stuff is supposed to be an unalloyed good: good for “growth,” good for the consumer who presumably benefits from more stuff and good for governments collecting taxes on the purchase of all the stuff. But the frenzy […]

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Degrowth-movement refuted by climate-report? No, not at all! | Degrowth 2014

October 27, 2014

Degrowth-movement refuted by climate-report? No, not at all! | Degrowth 2014. Right before the recent UN climate change summit and shortly after the Leipzig Degrowth-Conference, international media, governments and the United Nations enthusiastically welcomed a new report entitled “Better Growth, Better Climate” and trumpeted its central message around the globe: that economic growth and tackling climate change can go hand in […]

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charles hugh smith-What’s Avant-Garde Now? Social Innovation

October 23, 2014

charles hugh smith-What’s Avant-Garde Now? Social Innovation. What qualifies as true avant-garde? Degrowth qualifies–and very little else. In the 20th century, avant-garde was a term primarily reserved for the arts: fine arts, music, performance and literature. Avant garde–literally fore-guard or vanguard— challenges the conventions of Status Quo measures of beauty and departs from traditional forms and conceptions […]

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