Archives de catégorie : Degrowth

Video: A Degrowth Project, by Vincent Liegey

And also: 8 videos with Vincent Liegey on Degrowth Vincent Liegey, French Degrowth thinker and activist, is one of the spokespersons of the French Degrowth movement, member of the International Degrowth network. He’s also the co-author of the book Un … Continuer la lecture

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Transition and Degrowth movements… Three questions by Silence!

This interview was made by the French magazine S!lence. Three questions were asked to the members of the Collective « Un projet de Décroissance » (« A Degrowth Project » ) about the differencies, the complementarities, and the convergences between the Degrowth and Transition … Continuer la lecture

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8 videos with Vincent Liegey on Degrowth

Vincent Liegey, French Degrowth thinker and activist, is one of the spokespersons of the French Degrowth movement, member of the International Degrowth network. He’s also the co-author of the book Un Projet de Décroissance – A Degrowth Project (2013). See … Continuer la lecture

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Convivialist manifesto

Declaration of interdependence1 Humanity has never had so many material resources as well as scientific and technical expertise at its disposal. Taken as a whole, its wealth and power have grown to an extent unimaginable in previous centuries. There is … Continuer la lecture

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The first summer harvests for « A Degrowth Project »…

A Degrowth Project was published in January. Since then we have participated in more than twenty public debates in Switzerland, Belgium and around France. In September we are organising new meetings around Paris and in a few places around France (Centre, … Continuer la lecture

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Opening of Cyclonomia, a convivial, participative bike repair workshop in Budapest

Cyclonomia, a DIY bike repair workshop opened June 15 2013, in Budapest. The workshop is open Tuesdays and Thurdays from 3 pm to 8 pm and from 11 am to 6 pm on Saturdays. Located within Noha Studios: an alternative … Continuer la lecture

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Gaz de schiste : « Occupy Chevron »

Near the Ukrainian border, in Zurawlow, for nearly four weeks, a few peasants have been occupying a field on which Chevron intends to test shale gas extraction. No women’s breasts in sight, no immolation, no punk music echoing in churches … Continuer la lecture

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I embraced Degrowth but… he didn’t, she didn’t, they didn’t…

In her letter dated 21 09 2012, Petei Sapiri wrote: “I fell in Degrowth… as some fall in love!” Yes, but ? [I] embraced degrowth… As a matter of fact I embraced degrowth ALONE… she didn’t, he didn’t, they didn’t… Him, … Continuer la lecture

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A Maximum Acceptable Income: beyond the symbolic limits

Suggesting an Unconditional Autonomy Allowance (UAA – Dotation Inconditonnelle d’Autonomie-) coupled with a Maximum Acceptable Income (MAI – Revenu Maximum Acceptable) is part of the approach, which proposes an economic, social and emancipatory tool to initiate models for sustainable, and … Continuer la lecture

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Third Picnic for Degrowth! June 1st, 2013

Organize or join a picnic and chat with your neighbours, colleagues, family or community about their ideas of what a post-growth society might involve. Help create or strengthen a post-growth study and/or action group in your community. To find or … Continuer la lecture

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« A Degrowth project » right in the middle of a growth crisis?

A few weeks ago we published an article titled Transition is underway: « More and more people are realising the physical and anthropological limits of our growth society. More and more people feel uncomfortable with consumerism, even more with the demeaning … Continuer la lecture

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« A Degrowth Project » in Libération: Vincent Liegey : “We can no longer grow in a finite world”

Vincent Liegey: “We can no longer grow in a finite world” Libération – Economy – April 21, 2013, 19:06 INTERVIEW – The spokesperson for the supporters of degrowth, this engineer campaigns to give society an ecological and humane meaning. By … Continuer la lecture

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A Degrowth Project in « Le Monde »

March 11, 2013, by Hervé Kempf, in Le Monde. Degrowth, instructions manual An equal income on the one hand and a maximum income on the other: this is the economic vision offered by Degrowth supporters in this book which is intended on … Continuer la lecture

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Vincent Liegey : “The freedom to consume is a costly illusion” – A Degrowth Project

By AgnèsRousseaux from BastaMag (March, 23rd 2013) “We have successfully created misery and ill-being in our opulent materialistic societies”, declares Vincent Liegey. The engineer and spokesperson for the Degrowth party (PPLD: Parti Pour La Décroissance) does not stop at slaying … Continuer la lecture

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A springboard for a Degrowth Project: the citizens’ initiative for a basic income.

The co-authors of A Degrowth Project, Manifesto for an Unconditional Autonomy Allowance give their enthusiastic and vigilant support to the European citizens’ initiative for an Unconditional Basic Income validated by the European Commission. Within a context of economic absurdities and the … Continuer la lecture

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