Archives de catégorie : Degrowth

Back from Hungary, a sojourn in Paris is an opportunity to see that – everywhere the atmosphere is positive and there is a push for change. Vincent Liegey –February 5th 2013 The transition is on its way! It’s the heading … Continuer la lecture →

For a democratic and serene transition towards sustainable and desirable societies ‘Without a minimum of resources, the new citizen cannot fully enjoy the republican principles of liberty, equality and fraternity”, Thomas Paine declared in 1792. But, two centuries later, this … Continuer la lecture →

After more than one and a half month of battle against the project of Notre Dame des Landes[1], about 140 support collectives opposing the airport project have sprung up in France. French Prime Minister Ayrault’s government asserted that the opponents … Continuer la lecture →

Published in LesZindigné(e)s!. Introduction Presented by many as the solution to reduce inequalities, the minimum wage at € 1700 has all the makings of a false good idea: at first, it looks obvious, but on reflection it becomes an aberration, … Continuer la lecture →

Published in Moins!, the swiss journal about political ecology. Over the last few years the idea of a living or basic income has been the object of more and more debates. Nevertheless it is quite difficult to make sense of … Continuer la lecture →

VENICE, Sep 25 2012 – “Degrowth is today not only an invitation to abandon the obsession with growth and the collective imagination based on unlimited growth, but also the most comprehensive effort to deal with the major phase of discontinuity … Continuer la lecture →

These notes offer a quick glance to ways, in the south of Mexico, in which people are regenerating the society from the bottom up. It is a new kind of revolution without leaders or vanguards, which goes beyond development and … Continuer la lecture →

Thanks to Transition movement and Rob Hopkins. At the 2012 Degrowth conference in Venice one of the highlights for me was the talk by Arturo Escobar(my notes from which can be found here). He is the author of Encountering Development and Territories of Difference, among … Continuer la lecture →

I fell in Degrowth… as some fall in love, just a matter of fact. From one day to the next, no more compromise… Even if I have been a fervent ecologist for ever, falling in Degrowth means seeing again, at … Continuer la lecture →

Last week the 3rd International Degrowth Conference took place in Venice. At least 600 growth objectors, coming from 50 countries and the five continents participated to this great get-together! Many public events had been organised in conjunction, such as a movie festival or … Continuer la lecture →

3th International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity Venice (Italy), 19th-23rd September 2012 THE GREAT TRANSITION Degrowth as a passage of civilization Workshop 25: Unconditional Autonomy Allowance In the last four years, inside the French Degrowth movement, we started … Continuer la lecture →

Published in RAGEMAG, 08/09/2012, by Adrien Mideau. The snail of Degrowth has finally established itself in the gardens of the French politics and economics. But misunderstanding still abound vis à vis this concept, deliberately provocative, but most of all critical … Continuer la lecture →

With a hammer in your head all the problems look like a nail … The religion of economics … how should we get rid of it? Degrowth or forced recession? What new economic models can help us to avoid enviromental … Continuer la lecture →

A short history The PPLD (Party Pour La Décroissance – Degrowth Party) was created in 2006 following the Degrowth AGM. Without expanding on the context and the debates triggered by its creation, let’ s mention Serge Latouche’ s harsh critics: … Continuer la lecture →

In 1989, Michael Moore presented Roger and Me, one of his first documentaries. The director, disgusted by the suppression of 30 0000 jobs in his native town Flint, embarks on the search for the culprit: the managing director of General … Continuer la lecture →