Degrowth Group Assembly Process

Consumption

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Working group formed for the International Conference on Degrowth 2014.

What are the potentials and limits of individual self-providing and life-style changes for the transformation towards a degrowth society?

Papers

P. Altmann, “Good Life between Buen Vivir and Sumak Kawsay – Indicators of a political concept in Ecuador”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.Office presentation icon Degrowth2014_Altmann_Sumak Kawsay_Good Life.ppt (138 KB)PDF icon 3296.pdf (54.59 KB)
L. Alvarez and Hernández, M. S. Lysete, “Of the Constitutive Principles of a Post-Capitalist Economy”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon 3576.pdf (226.63 KB)
R. Amicolo, “The garbage crisis, the ecological justice and enviromental migrants in Campania (Southern Italy)”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon 3504.pdf (118.31 KB)
R. Amicolo, “The garbage crisis , environmental migrants and ecological justice in Campania (Southern Italy)”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon 3367.pdf (71.47 KB)
N. Anastasopoulos, “Redefining sustainability, resilience and Buen Vivir in a Social Knowledge economy context: The Ecuador experiment”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon 3458.pdf (338.05 KB)
D. Andreucci and Gallardo, L., “Sumak Kawsay and Degrowth: Towards new struggles against extractive development”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.
K. Andriotis, “Degrowing Tourism”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon 3616.pdf (53.95 KB)
A. Anson, ““The World is My Backyard”: Critiquing Mobility From Inside the Tiny House Movement”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon 3167.pdf (181.58 KB)
H. Aoki and Kawamiya, N., “Primary Energy Analysis: A New Approach beyond Extant Growth Theories (revised version)”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon Degrowth2014_Aoki_PrimaryEnergyAnalysis(ppt).pdf (1.29 MB)PDF icon Degrowth2014_Aoki_PrimaryEnergyAnalysis(handout).pdf (927.15 KB)PDF icon 3588.pdf (197.13 KB)
H. Aoki and Kawamiya, N., “The Ultimate Dilemma For Artificial Capitals: ever scarcer natural resources claim ever larger artificial capital”, in Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Leipzig, 2014.PDF icon Degrowth2014_Aoki_TheUltimateDilemma(handout).pdf (1.06 MB)PDF icon Degrowth2014_Aoki_TheUltimateDilemma(ppt).pdf (1.86 MB)PDF icon 3743.pdf (368.2 KB)

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Results from Leipzig 2014

Proposals for the Transformation

  • Reformation of the standardization processes (p.e. ISO) so that marginalized (especially in the global south) are more effectively involved.

  • Create time and space to build communities (= alternatives to shopping).

  • Mainstreaming of critical thinking across all school subjects towards consumption habits, social practices, social status and advertisement.

  • Discuss basic needs and fulfillment.

  • Teach different social-ecological models.

  • Expand teaching of self-providing.

  • Establish space for children to discover how to make/do things.

  • Create a marketing watch organization with an official mandate to restrict advertisement.

Visions

  • Everyone should get the possibility of “full” awareness about consumption impacts.

  • Find alternative fulfillment for psychological drivers of buying.

Controversial issues

  • One single sustainability label (“single score label”) ?

  • Base education on communal decision of what is liked and needed?

  • Make advertisement spaces public so that everyone can publish ads?

Ideas for Action

  • Ad-busting.

  • Spend a year without buying new stuff (contact: ben[at]goodmatters[dot]net).

  • Inform about manipulation practices.

Open Questions for Research

  • Should advertisement only be restricted or prohibited entirely?

  • What can we learn from the tobacco case?

  • How can we make long-lasting and high-quality products the new normal?

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