Challenges for degrowth and environmental justice in the North – South debate – Ulrich Brand (University of Vienna / Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam) Tuesday 5th July 2016, 10.00-11.30, UAB Campus Two thrilling debates take place in different parts of the world. In Europe, the concept of degrowth gains importance as a strategy…
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Latest challenges within degrowth
Latest challenges within degrowth – Giorgos Kallis (ICTA-UAB) Monday 4th July, 12.00-13.30, UAB Campus This lecture introduces degrowth, as a project of radical socioecological transformation calling for decolonizing the social imaginary from capitalism’s pursuit of endless growth. Degrowth is an advanced reincarnation of the radical environmentalism of the 1970s. This lecture will use Ursula…
Program 2016
Program Outline General framework of the course: Morning sessions – standard classes of 1h 30 min each with questions and answers, with 15 minutes pause in between. Afternoon sessions – interactive workshops. Location: 4th – 9th July Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 10th – 15th July Cerbère, France Date Activity 03/07 Sunday 17.30…
Related events 2016
5th International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity Budapest (Hungary), 30th August – 3rd September 2016 After Paris in 2008, Barcelona in 2010, Venice in 2012 and Leipzig in 2014, the conference, which focuses on ecological sustainability and social equity, will be held in the Corvinus University of Budapest. First and foremost,…
Call 2016
Degrowth and environmental justice: Alternatives and proposals A trans-disciplinary summer school on methods and practices4th-15th July 2016Barcelona-Cerbère We are pleased to announce the third edition of the Summer School on Degrowth and Environmental Justice, organized by ICTA and Research & Degrowth, taking place in Barcelona (Spain) and Cerbère (France), 4th-15th July 2016! The intellectual and…
Lecturers 2016
Speakers Below is the list of speakers who will be presenting at the Degrowth Summer School 2016: ICTA-UAB Speakers Guest Speakers Daniela del Bene – ICTA-UAB, Barcelona, Spain Viviana Asara – University of Vienna Claudio Cattaneo – ICTA-UAB, Barcelona, Spain Ulrich Brand – University of Vienna Giacomo D’Alisa – ICTA-UAB, Barcelona, Spain Sylvain Fischer –…
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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…
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…