Marta Conde and Mariana Walter Wednesday 27th June, 12.00-13.30, UAB Campus As Marta Conde argues on her paper “Activism Mobilizing science”, lay citizens, communities and local grassroots organisations immersed in socio-environmental conflicts are engaging with professional scientists to understand the impacts a polluting project is causing to their environment and themselves. Together with scientists they…
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Application of social metabolism to agriculture
Claudio Cattaneo Friday 29th June, 10.00 – 11.30, Can Masdéu (Barcelona) The energy efficiency of agriculture (EROI) is an important issue in the light of climate change and peak-oil as the current pattern is energetically unsustainable. The presentation will explore further the issue of EROI by opening the black box and exploring the energy flows…
Biodiversity policy beyond economic growth
Iago Otero Friday 29th June, 12.00 – 13.30, Can Masdéu (Barcelona) The presentation is based on a paper developed by a working group on conservation ecology and degrowth. It reviews the evidence on the links between economic growth and biodiversity loss, and it assesses the position of international biodiversity policies on economic growth. While showing…
Patterns and inequalities in global material resource use: Applying the social metabolism concept
Anke Schaffartzik Thursday 28th June, 12.00 – 13.30, ICTA-UAB In the 21st century, global resource use has grown at unprecedented rates. Based on the concept of social metabolism and the tools through which it can be measured, this presentation will delve into the international patterns underlying current high levels of growth in material resource use….
Ecological macroeconomics
Simone D’Alessandro Thursday 28th June, 10.00 – 11.30, ICTA-UAB Ecological macroeconomics is a new endeavour to strengthen the ecological foundations of macroeconomics and shift its focus to living well within planetary boundaries (Jackson 2011; Hardt and O’Neill, 2017). Ecological macroeconomics relies on holistic analyses of our economic system, by considering factors such as environmental pressures,…
Degrowth in the global South? – workshop
Julien-François Gerber Tuesday 25th June, 15.00 – 17.00, ICTA-UAB Ecological economists have had relatively little to say about ‘beyond growth’ approaches in the global South. Most of them simply do not believe that such approaches apply there. Are they right? There seems to be a general agreement that national metabolisms should be downsized and stabilized…
The EJAtlas: Ecological distribution conflicts as a force for Sustainability
Joan Martínez-Alier Wednesday 27th June, 10.00 – 11.30, ICTA-UAB The lecture will be based on a collective article recently published in Sustainability Science. Can ecological distribution conflicts turn into forces for sustainability? This paper addresses in a systematic conceptual manner the question of why, through whom, how, and when conflicts over the use of the…
Introducing and critically discussing degrowth
Giorgos Kallis Tuesday 26th June, 12.00-13.30, ICTA-UAB This will be a discussion session. Students will be expected to read in advance the bibliography below. The session will then be devoted to a Q&A session around the core ideas presented in the readings. Students who will not be able to read the bibliography will unfortunately not…
Direct democracy and degrowth
Christos Zografos Monday 25th June, 12.00 – 13.30, ICTA-UAB The class will focus on presenting and discussing the potential and challenges of direct democracy as a process that can facilitate a transition towards degrowth futures. Direct democracy is a collective decision-making process favoured by many advocates of degrowth – and more in general, advocates of…
Federica Ravera – Universitat de Vic, Colectivo FRACTAL
I’m a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Agroecology and Agro-food systems and collaborator of the Chair UNESCO of Women for the University of Vic- Central University of Catalunya. Bachelor in Classical Literature, I moved then to Environmental Sciences linking social and ecological dimensions for investigating global change and I obtained my Degree from the…