Arguments collected for the academic debate:
PRO arguments | AGAINST arguments |
SUNDAY MORNING SESSION
Aims: 1) learn from the experience of being participant for own future training practice
2) to understand the E-R-R model & practice it
- Reflection on the structure of the course
- E-R-R model
- Creation of own lesson
- Feedback & learning
- Life after GROWL
Own Lesson 1 - Degrowth for Beginners
Aim: 1) to initiate critical thinking about current system
2) to show them alternatives (degrowth)
E:
T-graph - what is good and bad about nowadays world?
Agreement Scale - using answers from T-graph
R:
Simple Images
- look at pictures - describe
- raise questions how to change it
R:
Presentation (PPT or video) - space for questions and answers
Own Lesson 2 - Introduction to the Degrowth Political Proposal
Aim: What kind of political proposals fit into degrowth and what is the link between them?
E:
- brainstorm of existing degrowth political proposals (bridge with local context, what is a political proposal?)
- small groups write the proposals on papers and put them on the wall
R:
- physically assign the proposals on the wall into different categories
- find out the linkage (by physically putting a rope from one to another, to another)
- the lecturers explain the narratives
R:
- group create TV spots of their own degrowth proposal (perhaps TV spot is too big assignment)
- presentation to the others
Aims:
- next steps
- networking
- common plans
I. why this group?
70% local / 30% global
networking and follow-up fundamental for making sense of international meetings
II. examples
- Sylvia establishing a regional community farm (educational), exchange of know-how, best practices, etc.
- Marketa interviewing Sylvia about WIR in Austria
- Anna founding a CSA in Ostrava with help of Jan Valeska
III. next steps
- Wojtek digitizes notes
- share Valec GROWL documentation
- share feedback/notes/recommendations/links
- Francoisse will collect notes/feedback on peer reading text
The GROWL train-the-trainer (TTT) reader provides an overview of the tools and methodologies for trainers and the functioning of the GROWL network.
A "think-about" for course organisers is also attached.