Degrowth Group Assembly Process

Reproduction and Work

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Working group formed for the International Conference on Degrowth 2014.

How is work organized in a degrowth society (formal, informal work, care, subsistence etc.)?

In a degrowth society, will we have to work more or less than at present?

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 , 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)
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)
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 Transformation

  • Reduction in paid working time.

  • Dissociation of income from work, and work from identity.

  • Greater recognition of unpaid work (self reproduction, household reproduction, community reproduction).

  • Strengthening autonomous collective experiences based on trust in interdependency.

  • Elimination of zero-hour contracts.

  • Introduction of basic income.

Vision

  • Emerging entities from self organising community which will redistribute resources.

  • Elimination of precarious work.

  • Equal distribution of all 4 types of work between genders and races.

Controversies

  • What is work? What is destructive work?

  • Is work going to emancipate us, or should we emancipate ourselves from work?

  • How to reorganise work beyond market?

  • Recognition of unproductive time (leisure)

  • Environmental impact of different spheres of work

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.