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Sunday 24th June, 16.00-21.00 – Parc of Collserola (Barcelona)  The Welcome Event  will take place in the Parc of Collserola, the natural park surrounding Barcelona. The spot is in between Barcelona city centre and the UAB Campus, the same train stop of the InOut Hostel. You can easily reach it by train from Plaza Catalunya Read More

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Mariana Walter and Marta Conde Wednesday 27th June, 12.00 – 13.30, ICTA-UAB 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 Read More

François Schneider Wednesday 3rd July, 12.00 – 14.00, Hotel Central (Cerbère) A narrative is a « spoken or written account of connected events; a story. It is a representation of a particular situation or process in such a way as to reflect or conform to an overarching set of aims or values. » It is not an Read More

Filka Sekulova Wednesday 3rd July, 10.00 – 11.30, Hotel Central (Cerbère) Having passed through the bits and pieces of the summer school where concepts of justice and democracy, along with the whys and the hows of degrowth have been put across and teased, this interactive class will aim at putting it all together in a Read More

Salvador Pueyo Tuesday 2nd July, 12.00 – 13.30, Hotel Central (Cerbère) Hardware performance has increased a trillion times in a person’s lifespan, and software is not falling behind. Both have contributed to the recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI). The degrowth movement needs to take into account that, in coming decades, when the alternatives that Read More

Christian Kerschner Tuesday 2nd July, 10.00 – 11.30, Hotel Central (Cerbère) The role of technology in a future Degrowth society is one of the most controversial topics within the Degrowth community and in sustainability research at large. For some the solution to all our sustainability problems, to others the very origin of these problems. A Read More

Sara Mingorría, Irene Iniesta and Federica Ravera Monday 2nd July, 10.00 – 13.30, Hotel Central (Cerbère) This workshop focuses on exploring the connections between environmental conflicts generated by increasing economic growth and material extraction and ecofeminisms and feminist political ecologies, seen as social movementsand as critical perspectives to interpret the world. We will present and Read More

Giacomo D’Alisa Monday 2nd July, 17.00 – 18.30, Hotel Central (Cerbère) Care is the daily action performed by human beings for their welfare and for the welfare of their community. Here, community refers to the ensemble of people within proximity and with which every human being lives, such as the family, friendships or the neighborhood. Read More

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 Read More