Protection of Collserola – Claudio Cattaneo (R&D) Friday 10th July, 16.50-17.10 – Can Masdéu (Barcelona) Collserola is a mountain range in the middle of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area that has been greatly urbanized and, a fraction of it is, since a few years only, protected as a natural park. The fight for its declaration…
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methodological training
Methodological training: Social Multi-criteria evaluation, Gonzalo Gamboa (ICTA-UAB) Thursday 9th July, 15.00-17.00, UAB Campus Traditional top-down and technocratic approaches seem to be insufficient to tackle the many conflicts related to the sustainable use of natural resources. At the same time, reductionist and mono-disciplinary approaches lack the capacity to capture the complex interactions within evolving…
degrowth and democracy
Degrowth, environmental justice, direct and deliberative democracy – Christos Zografos (ICTA-UAB) Thursday 9th July, 12.00-13.30, UAB Campus This lecture provides links between democracy and degrowth, specifically by presenting and reflecting upon the possible role of direct democracy for achieving degrowth transformations. The relevance of democracy for degrowth is paramount. Recently, key degrowth scholars have argued…
the degrowth alternative
The degrowth alternative – Giorgos Kallis (ICTA-UAB) Thursday 9th July, 10.00-11.30, UAB Campus Both the name and the theory of degrowth aim explicitly to repoliticize environmentalism. Sustainable development and its more recent reincarnation “green growth” depoliticize genuine political antagonisms between alternative visions for the future. They render environmental problems technical, promising win-win solutions and…
Sylvain Fischer
Sylvain Fischer, R&D France Sylvain Fischer completed a PhD in telecomunications and neurosciences on natural and computerized vision. One of his research interests is the rediscovery of skills in the context of degrowth and studying the limitations of science and academic work as such. His field of practice and study is Can Decreix. where he…
The Summer of Degrowth 2015
The Summer of Degrowth 2015 This year’s summer stands in light of action for degrowth! Across Europe, there will be a variety of summer schools on degrowth, with the focus of justice and degrowth in theory and practice. At the same time, various action camps will bring together scientists, activists, practitioners and interested individuals to…
Erik Gomez
Erik Gómez-Baggethun is a Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) and as Senior Visiting Researcher at the University of Oxford. He serves as vice president of the European Society for Ecological Economics and as national coordinator of the European Commission COST action TU1201 “Urban Allotment Gardens in European Cities”. He is…
Lecturers 2015
Speakers Below is the list of speakers who will be presenting at the Degrowth Summer School 2015: ICTA-UAB Speakers Guest Speakers Daniela del Bene – ICTA-UAB, Barcelona, Spain Alberto Acosta (economist and politician, Ecuador) Claudio Cattaneo – ICTA-UAB, Barcelona, Spain Pablo Cotarelo, Ecologists in Action Marta Conde – ICTA-UAB, Barcelona, Spain Sylvain Fischer – R&D…
Program 2015 – old
Program Outline General framework of the course: Morning sessions – standard classes of 1h 30 min each with questions and answers, with 30 minutes pause in between. Afternoon sessions – interactive workshops. Location: 5th – 9th July Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 10th July Can Masdéu, Barcelona 11th – 16th July Cerbère, France Date…
Other Summer Schools in 2015
This summer school does not come on its own. It is part of a consorted effort around Europe. At the Barcelona school we will establish links and share inputs for these other events, so that there is a thread of knowledge which is gradually woven in a colourful degrowth tapestry. Get involved in the protest…