[P2P-F] Fwd: Succesful and fruitful Degrowth workshop in Budapest - The Right Great Transformation is underway!

Tue Jan 27 13:14:08 CET 2015

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From: Vincent Liegey <vliegey at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:18 PM
Subject: Succesful and fruitful Degrowth workshop in Budapest - The Right
Great Transformation is underway!
To: info at nemnovekedes.net

After Ljubljana in 2013, Zagreb in March, Sofia in May and Leipzig in
September 2014
<http://programme.leipzig.degrowth.org/en/degrowth2014/public/events/55>, a
two-day long regional workshop on Degrowth in postsocialist countries
<http://nemnovekedes.net/?p=127> took place in Budapest on the 24-25
January 2015 <http://nemnovekedes.net/?p=130>.

Around 100 people from about 20 countries participated during the two days
of activities.
On the first day of the participatory workshop, discussions, and
brainstorming activities took place in small and large groups. Several
issues were debated such as Degrowth and inequalities, Degrowth and the
gift economy, Basic Income, Degrowth as a provocative slogan and how could
it be used in other languages, Degrowth in practice, Degrowth and
education, Degrowth in post-socialist countries, East-West interrelations
and dialogue, etc.

[image: DSC04991]
<http://nemnovekedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC04991.jpg>The lunch
was made with local food sourced directly from the organic farm in Zsambok
<http://www.zsambokibiokert.hu/#!home/coqo>. Many thanks to the
self-managed kitchen team who prepared delicious beetroot, onion and carrot
salads, körozöt and potato stew. Also thanks to all the participants and
all the products shared.

We concluded this first day with an open discussion about public debt and
extractivism with Nicolas Sesiron from the Committee for the Abolition of
Third World Debt <http://cadtm.org/English>.
[image: DSC04989]
<http://nemnovekedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC04989.jpg>Finally,
before a convivial party contemplating the falling snow and the Buda hills,
 Miklos Antal gave a talk about the physical limits to growth, explaining
why sufficiently fast decoupling is very unlikely. Then Vincent Liegey
presented the cultural limits by questioning why the quest for more is far
away from a meaningful life. Convivial discussions on how to reappropriate
hope and conviviality carried on until late night.

[image: DSC04985]
<http://nemnovekedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC04985.jpg>The second
day was spent focusing on concrete alternatives and self-organisation for
future projects. We were first welcomed by Edina of the Szimpla backyard
small producers’ market <http://www.szimpla.hu/szimpla-market> who
presented the cultural and community development activities surrounding the
weekly food market. Afterwards Logan from the organic farm of Zsambok
explained why direct market of this nature are important to, on one hand
find opportunities to directly sell the products, and on the other hand to
implement trustful and transparent relationships between the consumers and
the producers.

Also in the warm and special atmosphere of the market, we had a session on
the application to host the next Degrowth Conference in Budapest with a
regional organisation. After lunch in the market, we departed on foot, on a
sightseeing walk in wonderful Budapest, to Noha Studio, where Adrien
presented all the workshops and activities happening there. He also
presentedCyclonomia’s activities
<http://cyclonomia.org/cyclonomia-in-english/>, Do it Yourself bike and low
tech shop, where we had a meeting about upcoming events and projects we
could implement.

Also people from diverse backgrounds could share their different
experiences, in particular connected to local alternatives and initiatives.
Again thanks to all the participants and all the people who contributed to
this succesful organisation. In particular, thanks to Adrien, Orsi, Laura,
Dimas, Logan, Edina, Peter, Adela, Dan, Tamara, Miklos, Mladen, Ajda,
Jutka, Lidija, Gabi, Szabina, Tone, Blanka, Christina and a lot of other
for their precious help and contributions. Everything was organised based
on reciprocity economy principles. We received free donations which help us
to balance the budget in supporting local partners.

In Budapest, Karl Polanyi’s town, we could enjoy a new Great Transformation
which is underway… But that one, is based on Degrowth. That’s one is the
right one.

To go further:

   - Leipzig 2014: Degrowth in post-socialist European countries
   <http://programme.leipzig.degrowth.org/en/degrowth2014/public/events/55>
   - Visegrad Revue: Degrowth in post-socialist countries
   <http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=1887>
   - For hungarians: http://kovasz.uni-corvinus.hu/2014/kovesa_ismerteto.pdf
   - « A Degrowth Project » in Libération: “We can no longer grow in a
   finite world” <http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=961>
   - “The freedom to consume is a costly illusion” – A Degrowth Project
   <http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=888>
   - The transition is underway! – In Reporterre.net
   <http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=689>
   - A Degrowth Project on Slate.fr: « To do away with the God of Growth »
   <http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=1468>
   - Headed Straight For The Cliff? There Is Another Way! … with a Degrowth
   project. <http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=1878>
   - Momentum Institute analyses Basic Income / Unconditional Autonomy
   Allowance: « Living income for free and egalitarian societies »
   <http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=1640>
   - « A Degrowth Project » : Yesterday’s utopia has become today’s reality!
   <http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=1230>

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