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Degrowth in movement(s) - 21 texts now available in English!



Degrowth is not only a label for an ongoing discussion on alternatives, and not just an academic debate, but also an emerging social movement. Regardless of many similarities, there is quite some lack of knowledge as well as scepticism, prejudice and misunderstanding about the different perspectives, assumptions, traditions, strategies and protagonists both within degrowth circles as well as within other social movements. Here, space for learning emerges – also to avoid the danger of repeating mistakes and pitfalls of other social movements.

At the same time, degrowth is a perspective or a proposal which is or can become an integral part of other perspectives and social movements. The integration of alternatives, which are discussed under the discursive roof of degrowth, into other perspectives often fails because of the above mentioned scepticisms, prejudices and misunderstandings.

The multi-media project "Degrowth in movement(s)" shows which initiatives and movements develop and practice social, ecological and democratic alternatives. Representatives from 32 different fields describe their work and history, their similarities & differences to others and possible alliances. From the Solidarity Economy to the Refugee-Movement, from Unconditional Basic Income to the Anti-Coal-Movement, from Care Revolution to the Trade Unions - they discuss their relationship to degrowth in texts, videos, photos and podcasts.

The project was run by the "Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie" (Laboratory for New Economic Ideas) in Germany, so most of the authors are from there. However, there are a couple of clearly international perspectives and most of the movements work far beyond the national level.

You can find the English texts here. For now, we have translated 21 texts:

1. Introduction by Corinna Burkhart, Dennis Eversberg, Matthias Schmelzer and Nina Treu
2. 15 M by Eduard Nus
3. Artivism by John Jordan
4. Buen Vivir by Alberto Acosta (with VIDEO)
5. Care Revolution by Matthias Neumann and Gabriele Winker
6. Climate Justice by Tadzio Müller
7. Commons by Johannes Euler and Leslie Gauditz
8. Degrowth by Corinna Burkhart, Dennis Eversberg, Matthias Schmelzer and Nina Treu
9. Demonetize by Andrea*s Exner, Justin Morgan, Franz Nahrada, Anitra Nelson, Christian Siefkes
10. Environmental Movement (NGO) by Franziska Sperfeld, Kai Niebert, Theresa Klostermeyer and Hauke Ebert
11. Food Sovereignty by Irmi Salzer and Julianna Fehlinger
12. Free Software by Gualter Barbas Baptista
13. Peoples Global Action by Friederike Habermann (VIDEO coming soon)
14. Radical Ecological Democracy by Ashish Kothari
15. Refugee Movement by Olaf Bernau (with VIDEO)
16. Solidarity Economy by Dagmar Embshoff, Clarita Müller-Plantenberg and Giuliana Giorgi
17. Transition Initiativesby Gesa Maschkowski, Stephanie Ristig-Bresser, Silvia Hable, Norbert Rost and Michael Schem
18. Unconditional Basic Income by Ronald Blaschke
19. Unions by Jana Flemming and Norbert Reuter
20. Youth Environmental Movement by Janna Aljets and Katharina Ebinger
21. Closing chapter by Corinna Burkhart, Matthias Schmelzer and Nina Treu

Enjoy reading!