About
Working group formed for the International Conference on Degrowth 2014.
Stirring Papers
H. Aoki and Kawamiya, N., “Primary Energy Analysis: A New Approach beyond Extant Growth Theories”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014. Degrowth2014_Aoki_PrimaryEnergyAnalysis(handout).pdf (927.15 KB) Degrowth2014_Aoki_PrimaryEnergyAnalysis(ppt).pdf (1.29 MB) 3485.pdf (385.75 KB)
C. Apostolidi, “Is there still no alternative? Self-management under a degrowth perspective: a comparative approach between two case studies in France (Fralib) and Greece (VioMe)”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014. Degrowth2014_Apostolidi_Is there still no alternative? Self-management under a degrowth perspective: a comparative approach between two case studies in France (Fralib) and Greece (VioMe).pptx (260.36 KB) 3759.pdf (233.66 KB)
viviana asara and Kallis, D. Prof. Gior, “The Indignados movement: between prefiguration and creation of alternatives”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.
G. Barbas Baptista, “Learning and building knowledge for degrowth: communities of practice and peer production across scales and beyond roles”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014. 3734.pdf (86.53 KB)
G. Barbas Baptista, “Scaling up collective action and advancing knowledge on degrowth from the grassroots”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014. Bapt.pdf (227.61 KB)
stefano bartolini, “GREAT RECESSION AND U.S. CONSUMERS’ BULIMIA: DEEP CAUSES AND POSSIBLE WAYS OUT”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014. 3406.pdf (437.88 KB)
stefano bartolini, “Do people care for a sustainable future? Evidence from happiness data.”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014. 3409.pdf (311.7 KB)
stefano bartolini, “Happy for How Long? How Social Capital and GDP relate to happiness over time”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014. 3365.pdf (365.62 KB)
Participants
Results from Leipzig 2014
Proposals for the Transition
- Urban Planning should foresee areas for planting local food (i.e. Apple trees on streets) (local level)
- Subsidies for small scale ecological food production (EU Level)
- Taxes for agroindustry (EU level)
- Collective land ownership & collective production and processing should have a better legal framework (national level)
- Education should teach alternatives (society level)
- Right to Land for small farmers (global level)
Visions for a degrowth society
- Much less animal life-stock living in much better conditions
- Produce locally which is possible and trade globally what is necessary
- Direct connections between producers and consumers food sovereignty
Controversial questions
- What degree of de-industrialisation should we aim at in agriculture?
- Should markets continue to exist?
Results from Barcelona 2010
Here you can find the results of the GAP at the Degrowth Conference 2010 in Barcelona that are particularly relevant for this working group. More