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Reading list around regenerative futures for Young Adults?
by Pallavi Varma Patil 11 Oct '20

11 Oct '20

Dear all, What fiction / non fiction books or writings would you recommend for young adults to introduce to them the idea of ecological/ solidarity based futures ? Sujit and I have the following ideas but am sure you all have many more and it would be nice to compile a reading list together for children/ young adults. Ours are as follows: 1. 'Year of the Weeds' by Siddhartha Sarma (Very clever and imaginative writing for young adults fictionalising the famous indigenous Niyamgiri struggle against mining ) 2. Daniel Greenberg's 'Free at Last ' about the Sudbury Valley School 3. Entropia: Life Beyond Industrial Civilisation by Samuel Alexander 4. Our own Gandhi Note book to introduce Gandhi to young readers 5. Ela Bhatt's Anubandh and "We are poor but so many". 6. The following chapters in Alternative futures: Ch 35, Looking Back into the Future: India, South Asia, and the world in 2010 ( pp 627-645), and Ch 18: Dare to dream ( pp 326- 340) What else and what more would you recommend to us that can be used as a reading list for Young Adults? Many thanks in advance! Pallavi https://naitaleem.wordpress.com/

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Graphic Novel version of Vikalp Sangam India's 'Extraordinary Work of 'Ordinary' People: Beyond Pandemics and Lockdowns'
by Ashish Kothari 28 Sep '20

28 Sep '20

<http://vikalpsangam.org/article/extraordinary-work-of-ordinary-people-graph…> Dear friends, we are happy to announce a graphic novel by Poorva Goel: EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF 'ORDINARY' PEOPLE; BEYOND PANDEMICS AND LOCKDOWNS (GRAPHIC NOVEL VERSION) Capacity building to govern and manage food, health, water, energy, shelter, education and other basic needs and aspirations http://vikalpsangam.org/article/extraordinary-work-of-ordinary-people-graph… this is based on a document by the same name, the first volume in a series being produced by Vikalp Sangam. Pl. see below links to various language versions of this document. PLEASE DO NOT 'REPLY ALL' ON THESE LISTS! ------------------------- (earlier mail) Dear friends, pl. see six language versions (English, Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Malayalam, and Spanish), of 'Extraordinary Work of 'Ordinary' People: Beyond Pandemics and Lockdowns', a document by the Vikalp Sangam Core Group, on resilient community responses to livelihood, food, and health crises. This is the first in a series of documents on the theme, showcasing inspiring initiatives across India. Pl. spread in your circles, and use as you feel appropriate. English http://vikalpsangam.org/article/extraordinary-work-of-ordinary-people-beyon… Malayalam / മലയാളം http://vikalpsangam.org/article/extraordinary-work-in-malayalam/#.XwWfBfkzZ… Hindi / हिन्दी http://vikalpsangam.org/article/extraordinary-work-in-hindi/#.XwWl3fkzZNA Gujarati / गुजरातीhttp://vikalpsangam.org/article/Extraordinary-Work-in-Gujarati/#.XwW… Tamil / தமிழ் http://vikalpsangam.org/article/Extraordinary-Work-in-Tamil/#.XwWmE_kzZNA Spanish / Espanol http://espai-marx.net/?p=7953 We hope to put up Kannada and Marathi versions also soon. Here are flipbook versions: English: https://pubhtml5.com/nnly/zeky Tamil: https://pubhtml5.com/nnly/gepm Gujarati: https://online.pubhtml5.com/nnly/bfpu/ Hindi: https://online.pubhtml5.com/nnly/rzxv/ Malayalam: https://online.pubhtml5.com/nnly/ktyd/ Spanish: https://online.pubhtml5.com/nnly/sxun/ Responses/queries may pl. be sent to Juhi Pandey, studiojuhi(a)gmail.com, 9820039110 thanks Ashish -- LATEST! Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary (thepluriverse.org) andwww.globaltapestryofalternatives.org Ashish Kothari Kalpavriksh Apt 5 Shree Datta Krupa 908 Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004, India Tel: 91-20-25654239; 91-20-25675450 http://kalpavriksh.org www.vikalpsangam.org www.radicalecologicaldemocracy.org www.iccaconsortium.org www.acknowlej.org http://ashishkothari51.blogspot.in/ Twitter: @chikikothari --

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[Monograph] Towards a Peoples' Alternative Regionalism i
by Mon Sy 24 Sep '20

24 Sep '20

Comrades, Greetings! The UP CIDS Program on Alternative Development would like to share to all this monograph containing narratives of Philippine grassroots communities and people's organizations committed to shaping development in their own vision. *Towards a Peoples' Alternative Regionalism* is the collective effort of communities, tribes, organizations, and scholar-activists. We hope that this could contribute to our academic endeavors and classes! 𝗨𝗣 𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗦 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘀 "Towards a Peoples’ Alternative Regionalism: Cases of Alternative Practices in the Philippines" • Edited by Eduardo C. Tadem, Karl Hapal, Venerica B. Papa, Jose Monfred C. Sy, Ananeza Aban, Nathaniel P. Candelaria, and Honey B. Tabiola (UP CIDS Program on Alternative Development) 📖 Read and download the monograph for free at bit.ly/alternativesphv1 [image: 116131287_4148859308520473_7719242153157369190_o.jpg] *Jose Monfred C. Sy* Master of Arts (Philippine Studies) [ongoing] Bachelor of Arts (Comparative Literature) *University of the Philippines* jcsy3(a)up.edu.ph "Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. Are they innate in the mind? No. They come from social practice and from it alone." Mao Tse-tung, *Where Do Correct Ideas Come From?*

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"Solidarity through Cross-Border Regionalism" (monograph on SEA alternative practices)
by Mon Sy 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

Dearest comrades, The UP CIDS Program on Alternative Development is happy to announce that *Solidarity through Cross-Border Regionalism, *a monograph on grassroots communities, local movements, and peoples' organizations across Southeast Asia, is available for download. In it are narratives that detail and champion resistance against hegemonic visions of development. These stories are forged through participatory-action research and solidarity in the movements of the sectors involved in the book. *"Solidarity through Cross-Border Regionalism: Alternative Practices across Southeast Asia (Volume 1)"* Edited by Eduardo C. Tadem, Karl Hapal, Venerica B. Papa, Jose Monfred C. Sy, Ananeza Aban, Nathaniel P. Candelaria, and Honey B. Tabiola UP CIDS Program on Alternative Development Short link: *bit.ly/seaalternativesv1 <http://bit.ly/seaalternativesv1>* Download link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wqu4RabXirIDndSoFSqa6vO6mBz8zBXQ/view Facebook announcement: https://www.facebook.com/upcids/posts/4405334136206321 Twitter announcement: https://twitter.com/upcids/status/1306797729318752258 [image: 119562240_4405279012878500_4055595234440327012_o.jpg] We hope that this becomes an invitation to continue our engagements with ongoing alternatives and movements in our respective communities and home countries. In the face of the coronavirus pandemic and the rise of strongman governments, we march on! *Jose Monfred C. Sy* Master of Arts (Philippine Studies) [ongoing] Bachelor of Arts (Comparative Literature) *University of the Philippines* jcsy3(a)up.edu.ph "Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. Are they innate in the mind? No. They come from social practice and from it alone." Mao Tse-tung, *Where Do Correct Ideas Come From?*

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Looking for pioneers in regenerative/post-development higher education in Europe - can you help?
by Anne Snick 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

Dear PeDaGoG-friends, I’m involved in STEAM+; an Erasmus+ project that aims at innovating Higher Education in the light of the 21st century challenges; this project is a ‘Forward Looking Cooperation in Education & Training’, which means we also have to produce a policy-inspiration package. See https://www.steamtalent.eu/ . To inspire the policy makers in their respective countries, the partners of STEAM+ are looking for ‘frontrunners’, i.e. initiatives in Higher Education that pioneer in radical (post-development, regenerative) approaches to education. These frontrunners may be interviewed (short questionnaire, putting forward some core messages) and of course be invited to policy workshops with decision-makers in their country. Could you please help us to identify ‘frontrunners’ as well as policy makers that might be supportive of these innovations in the following countries: - Romania - Lithuania - Austria - Italy - Norway - Denmark - Germany - The Netherlands - Belgium Please send their names - and if possible contact details - to anne.snick at kuleuven.be. Thank you so much for your help! Anne Anne Snick SAPIRR – Systems Approach of Public Innovation and Responsible Research National Coordinator Belgium STEAM+ (EACEA funded) Board member Club of Rome – EU Chapter Arne Loosveldt Fund – KU Leuven LinkedIn: annesnick ORCID id: 0000-0002-3933-9517 Skype: anne.snick1 Mobile +32 479 54 84 22

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The best book we have ever written is now published: "The case for degrowth" by Giorgos Kallis, Susan Paulson, Giacomo D'Alisa and Federico Demaria (Polity Press, 2020)
by Federico Demaria 17 Sep '20

17 Sep '20

Dear all, we are happy to say that our new book on degrowth is out <https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509535620>! Covid-19 has lain bare the fragility of existing economic systems. Any decline in market activity threatens systemic collapse. But it doesn’t have to be this way. To be more resilient to future crises –pandemic, climatic, financial, or political – we need to build systems capable of scaling back production in ways that do not cause loss of livelihood or life. We make the case for degrowth. Degrowth is not simply a contraction of the economy, it is living meaningfully, enjoying simple pleasures, working less, sharing and relating more with others in more equal societies. Its goal is to purposefully slow things down in order to minimize harm to humans and earth systems. The world will change after the virus, and there will be struggles over which paths to take. But the time is ripe for us to refocus on what really matters: not GDP, but the health and wellbeing of our people and our planet. In a word, degrowth. This book is unlike any other on degrowth, in that it is the first to try to address the hard question of 'how to' in the current political conjuncture. Most books on degrowth stay on the diagnosis and on prescriptions - this book thinks hard about the grassroots and institutional politics that can realize a transformation towards degrowth. Our book differs from those by also offering encouraging ways forward in daily practices and values, in communal organizing, in government policies, and in political mobilization. Find here a short article about the book by the authors in Open Democracy: "The case for degrowth in a time of pandemic <https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/case-degrowth-time-pandemic/>" You can buy the book here <https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509535620> for 8 euros (Discount code: FAL20). We hope you like it. In case, please help us out with dissemination! :-) Best, the authors: Giorgos, Susan, Giacomo and Federico [image: Kallis et al Twitter.jpg] *Endorsements * “COVID-19 is the symptom; the profit-driven destruction of natural and social habitants is the disease. There's only one cure consistent with global social justice. Read this eloquent and urgent book and find out what it is.” *Mike Davis, University of California and author of Ecology of Fear and Planet of Slums * “This is a major contribution to the current debate on growth and degrowth. The authors lay bare the innards of each and show us the importance of degrowth. Wellbeing, equity, and sustainability are key vectors organizing this text.” *Saskia Sassen, Columbia University and author of Expulsions* “Degrowth is one of the most important ideas of the 21st century. Here it is in compact form. Clear, timely, urgent. Don't miss this book.” *Jason Hickel, London School of Economics and author of The Divide and Less is More* *The Case for Degrowth* *By Giorgos Kallis, Susan Paulson, Giacomo D'Alisa, Federico Demaria *(Polity Press, 2020) The relentless pursuit of economic growth is the defining characteristic of contemporary societies. Yet it benefits few and demands monstrous social and ecological sacrifice. Is there a viable alternative? How can we halt the endless quest to grow global production and consumption and instead secure socio-ecological conditions that support lives worth living for all? In this compelling book, leading experts Giorgos Kallis, Susan Paulson, Giacomo D’Alisa and Federico Demaria make the case for degrowth - living well with less, by living differently, prioritizing wellbeing, equity and sustainability. Drawing on emerging initiatives and enduring traditions around the world, they advance a radical degrowth vision and outline policies to shape work and care, income and investment that avoid exploitative and unsustainable practices. Degrowth, they argue, can be achieved through transformative strategies that allow societies to slow down by design, not disaster. Essential reading for all concerned citizens, policy-makers, and students, this book will be an important contribution to one of the thorniest and most pressing debates of our era. *Reviews* “COVID-19 is the symptom; the profit-driven destruction of natural and social habitants is the disease. There's only one cure consistent with global social justice. Read this eloquent and urgent book and find out what it is.” *Mike Davis, University of California and author of Ecology of Fear and Planet of Slums * “This is a major contribution to the current debate on growth and degrowth. The authors lay bare the innards of each and show us the importance of degrowth. Wellbeing, equity, and sustainability are key vectors organizing this text. These should be understood in the fullness of their capacities to move us out of our current modernity --a decaying order that is today still dominant. But history has shown us across the centuries that no system of power can last for ever, and nor will our current system. Indeed, it is busy destroying itself.” *Saskia Sassen, Columbia University and author of Expulsions* “Degrowth is one of the most important ideas of the 21st century. Here it is in compact form. Clear, timely, urgent. Don't miss this book.” *Jason Hickel, London School of Economics and author of The Divide and Less is More* “Is there life after economic growth? Kallis and his co-authors have taken up the baton from the early proponents of degrowth and created a vibrant, accessible discourse for the 21st Century. The Case for Degrowth provides the why, the where and the how of a better economy and a richer society. Its vision is needed now more than ever.” *Tim Jackson, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity and author of Prosperity without Growth* “The COVID pandemic is laying bare dysfunctions of the growth model and the urgency of a pathway to sanity, climate protection, and security for all. This wonderful and accessible introduction by leading degrowth scholars is a vital resource for anyone interested in viable alternatives, rooted in cooperative economic relations and respect for planetary limits.” *Juliet Schor, author of After the Gig: how the sharing economy got hijacked and how to win it back* “A superb account of why capitalist economies fail life on Earth, even as peoples initiatives in community sharing already revive joy and hope for our futures. This small book teaches economics like no other. It will reply to your doubts about change. It should be on every public library shelf and every syllabus; give copies to your friends.” *Ariel Salleh, activist and editor of Eco-Sufficiency and Global Justice: Women write Political Ecology* “The case for degrowth as argued in this book is so well rounded and compelling that it is difficult to imagine how progressive politicians could avoid integrating the many policies advocated here into their party manifestos . . . unless of course they cannot escape the growth mentality that has suffocated progressive policies for decades. But even in this case, the book offers ways of changing that mentality through commoning and collective action.” *Massimo De Angelis, University of East London, editor of The Commoner, and author of Omnia Sunt Communia* “The degrowth movement now has its Manifesto. A rigorous, practical analysis that will guide grassroots and institutional politics so they can realize a transformation akin to degrowth and turn the current global crisis into a new opportunity and pathway towards more sustainable and carrying societies.” *Isabelle Anguelovski, Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability (BCNUEJ) and author of Neighborhood as Refuge* “By this book, degrowth finally becomes adult. No longer a simple game of hide-and-seek with the growth regime. No longer a vague illusion postponed until the advent of a catastrophe that never comes. No longer a generous experimentation among circles of virtuosos nor an extreme form of resilience by the excluded from the banquet of the consumer society, but a mature and innovative political project, facing the hegemony challenge in the open field of the social arena. The authors are the best fruits of the degrowth movement: activists at the forefront and at the same time leading scholars.” *Onofrio Romano, University of Bari and author of Towards a society of degrowth* "Degrowth is one of the most exciting approaches to emerge from the belly of the industrialised and colonising world, fundamentally challenging its unsustainable and inequitable path of 'development'. But approaches and concepts also need praxis, else they remain in rarified ivory towers. Perhaps for the first time, here, degrowth proponents transform visions and recommendations into a coherent set of actions, from our individual choices to macro-economics and politics. Essential reading for anyone interested in transforming society to be crisis-resilient and crisis-avoiding!" *Ashish Kothari, activist and co-editor of Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary * “Decrecer es la consigna. Más y más crecimiento económico en un mundo finito es una locura. Más todavía si éste ahonda las diferencias sociales, las frustraciones y la infelicidad. No podemos mantener ese ritmo despiadado de acumulación del que afloran múltiples pandemias, como la del coronavirus. No hay duda, requerimos una desaceleración programada de la actividad económica para reencontrarnos armónicamente con los ritmos de la Madre Tierra, así como para construir otras sociedades basadas en la diversidad, la sostenibilidad, la pluralidad y la reciprocidad; bases fundamentales del Pluriverso: un mundo donde quepan todos los mundos posibles que aseguren una vida digna a humanos y no humanos.” *Alberto Acosta, former president of the Constituent Assembly of Ecuador and author of Buen Vivir* *Table of Contents*Acknowledgements 1. A case for degrowth 2. Sacrifices of growth 3. Making changes on the ground 4. Path-breaking reforms 5. Strategies for mobilization Frequently asked questions Notes -- Federico Demaria Faculty of economics, Universitat de Barcelona Research & Degrowth (R&D <http://www.degrowth.org/>) Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA <http://icta.uab.cat>), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB <http://www.uab.cat>) [image: http://vocabulary.degrowth.org/] <http://vocabulary.degrowth.org/>[image: Image result for post-development dictionary] <http://thepluriverse.org> New papers: "Environmental conflicts and defenders <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378020301424?via%3Di…>"; "Who promotes sustainability? 5 theses on degrowth and env justice <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921800919306160?via…>"; "Geographies of degrowth <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2514848619869689?journalCode=e…>"; "Garbage is Gold: Waste-based Commodity Frontiers <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10455752.2019.1694553?journalCo…>". Profile here <https://uab.academia.edu/FedericoDemaria> with all my publications, freely downloadable. Project: EnvJustice <http://www.envjustice.org/> https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509535620

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Fwd: [wego-itn] Feminist Naturecultures - online screening and debate 22 September 16.00 CEST
by Seema Kulkarni 17 Sep '20

17 Sep '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Wendy Harcourt <harcourt(a)iss.nl> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 13:32 Subject: [wego-itn] Feminist Naturecultures - online screening and debate 22 September 16.00 CEST To: wego-itn(a)lists.riseup.net <wego-itn(a)lists.riseup.net> *Subject:* Feminist Naturecultures - online screening and debate 22 September 16.00 CEST Dear friends Please find a link to an online screening + conversation on feminist Naturecultures: https://www.janvaneyck.nl/en/news/environmental-identities-4-feminist-natur… <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.janva…> Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/3223753904398400 <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.faceb…> I am speaking at organized by the Multiform institute for fine art, design and reflection --- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists> -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- *Seema Kulkarni* *B-1 Nilgiri Apartments, Karvenagar, Pune 411052phone- 91 20 20251168 (o); 91 20 2546 5936 (r) 9423582423* (m) ___________________________________________

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Fwd: [wego-itn] Fwd: [miljohumaniora] FW: Upcoming PhD course: Water, Society, Ecology
by Seema Kulkarni 12 Sep '20

12 Sep '20

Dear friends perhaps this may be of interest to some of you. Best Seema ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Andrea Nightingale <andrea.nightingale(a)sosgeo.uio.no> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020, 04:26 Subject: [wego-itn] Fwd: [miljohumaniora] FW: Upcoming PhD course: Water, Society, Ecology To: wego-itn(a)lists.riseup.net <wego-itn(a)lists.riseup.net> Dear all, This is a feminist, decolonial political ecology PhD course. Many of you probably have enough courses but I thought you might be interested! Best, Andrea Begin forwarded message: *From: *Ursula Münster <ursula.munster(a)ikos.uio.no> *Subject: **[miljohumaniora] FW: Upcoming PhD course: Water, Society, Ecology* *Date: *11 September 2020 at 21:00:54 CEST *To: *"miljohumaniora(a)ikos.uio.no" <miljohumaniora(a)ikos.uio.no> *Reply-To: *Ursula Münster <ursula.munster(a)ikos.uio.no> Dear all, please see the call for participation in an exciting PhD course in collaboration between Aarhus University and the University of Cape Town below. Warm wishes, Ursula ----- Ursula Münster Associate Professor and Director Oslo School of Environmental Humanities University of Oslo ursula.munster(a)ikos.uio.no +47-22854976 ------------------------------------------- Dear all, We welcome all interested PhD students to apply for an innovative weeklong PhD course that will begin in only a couple weeks (24 Sept to 5 October). The course, titled “Water, Society, Ecology: Situated Knowledges of Flows and Models,” is free and available remotely/online, with an individual field component. Participants must be able to access a river/stream/canal of some kind to undertake field observations and activities during the course. The course is a collaboration between Aarhus University and the University of Cape Town, with instructors, participants, and empirical work from South Africa, as well as Scandinavia. Please see the following link for more information and the brief course application: https://phdcourses.dk/Course/72630 If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at: ikshswanson(a)cas.au.dk <mailto:[email protected]> Best wishes, Heather List home: https://sympa.uio.no/ikos.uio.no/info/miljohumaniora Subscribe: https://sympa.uio.no/ikos.uio.no/subscribe/miljohumaniora Unsubscribe: https://sympa.uio.no/ikos.uio.no/signoff/miljohumaniora --- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>

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