<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Vincent Liegey</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vliegey@gmail.com">vliegey@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:18 PM<br>Subject: Succesful and fruitful Degrowth workshop in Budapest - The Right Great Transformation is underway!<br>To: <a href="mailto:info@nemnovekedes.net">info@nemnovekedes.net</a><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.714285714rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:24px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">After Ljubljana in 2013, Zagreb in March, Sofia in May and <a href="http://programme.leipzig.degrowth.org/en/degrowth2014/public/events/55" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank">Leipzig in September 2014</a>, a two-day long regional workshop on <a href="http://nemnovekedes.net/?p=127" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank">Degrowth in postsocialist countries</a> took place <a href="http://nemnovekedes.net/?p=130" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank">in Budapest on the 24-25 January 2015</a>.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.714285714rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:24px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Around 100 people from about 20 countries participated during the two days of activities.<br>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.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.714285714rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:24px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://nemnovekedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC04991.jpg" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank"><img alt="DSC04991" src="http://nemnovekedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC04991-300x168.jpg" width="300" height="168" style="margin:0.857142857rem 1.714285714rem 0.857142857rem 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;max-width:100%;min-height:auto;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-left-radius:3px"></a>The lunch was made with local food sourced directly from <a href="http://www.zsambokibiokert.hu/#!home/coqo" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank">the organic farm in Zsambok</a>. 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.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.714285714rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:24px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">We concluded this first day with an open discussion about public debt and extractivism with Nicolas Sesiron from the <a href="http://cadtm.org/English" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank">Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt</a>.<br><a href="http://nemnovekedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC04989.jpg" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank"><img alt="DSC04989" src="http://nemnovekedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC04989-300x138.jpg" width="300" height="138" style="margin:0.857142857rem 0px 0.857142857rem 1.714285714rem;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:right;max-width:100%;min-height:auto;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-left-radius:3px"></a>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.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.714285714rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:24px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://nemnovekedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC04985.jpg" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank"><img alt="DSC04985" src="http://nemnovekedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC04985-300x168.jpg" width="300" height="168" style="margin:0.857142857rem 1.714285714rem 0.857142857rem 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;max-width:100%;min-height:auto;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-left-radius:3px"></a>The second day was spent focusing on concrete alternatives and self-organisation for future projects. We were first welcomed by Edina of the <a href="http://www.szimpla.hu/szimpla-market" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank">Szimpla backyard small producers’ market</a> 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.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.714285714rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:24px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">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 presented<a href="http://cyclonomia.org/cyclonomia-in-english/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank">Cyclonomia’s activities</a>, Do it Yourself bike and low tech shop, where we had a meeting about upcoming events and projects we could implement.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.714285714rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:24px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><img alt="" src="http://cyclonomia.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-Coverbulicyclo1.jpg" width="564" height="163" style="margin:0.857142857rem auto;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;display:block;max-width:100%;min-height:auto;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-left-radius:3px;clear:both"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.714285714rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:24px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Also people from diverse backgrounds could share their different experiences, in particular connected to local alternatives and initiatives.<br>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.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.714285714rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:24px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">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.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.714285714rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:24px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To go further:</p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:24px"><ul style="margin:0px 0px 1.714285714rem;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;line-height:1.714285714"><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://programme.leipzig.degrowth.org/en/degrowth2014/public/events/55" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank">Leipzig 2014: Degrowth in post-socialist European countries</a><br></span></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=1887" rel="bookmark" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank">Visegrad Revue: Degrowth in post-socialist countries</a><br></span></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">For hungarians: <a href="http://kovasz.uni-corvinus.hu/2014/kovesa_ismerteto.pdf" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank">http://kovasz.uni-corvinus.hu/2014/kovesa_ismerteto.pdf</a></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a title="Lien permanent vers « A Degrowth Project » in Libération: Vincent Liegey : “We can no longer grow in a finite world”" href="http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=961" rel="bookmark" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank">« A Degrowth Project » in Libération: “We can no longer grow in a finite world”</a></span></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=888" rel="bookmark" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">“The freedom to consume is a costly illusion” – A Degrowth Project</a></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a title="Lien permanent vers The transition is underway! – In Reporterre.net" href="http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=689" rel="bookmark" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank"></span><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "www.projet-decroissance.net" claiming to be</b></font> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The transition is underway! – In Reporterre.net</a></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=1468" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">A Degrowth Project on Slate.fr: « To do away with the God of Growth »</a></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=1878" rel="bookmark" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)" target="_blank"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Headed Straight For The Cliff? 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