The attached book chapter on Degrowth and Planetary Boundaries has a summary of core degrowth concepts on pages 2-5.
Day 2
September 4th
Abbreviation: CC: climate change
briefly present, and get suggestions from other groups
discuss whether the pre-clustering is aggreable to everyone – form working groups from the clustering to discuss more in depth
present group results – need not finish today, organise process
nonverbal communication signs were introduced
taken from sign language
X of lower arms for not agreeing
if you have feeling that we are running aronud in circles – circle of hands
agreement: wave / shake risen hands next to your head
Classification:
social questions (how does society have to change)
what would be a social energy sector
when available energy diminishes, what to do
how to foster global impacts through unemployment that results from shutting down coal industries
carbon budget / life cycle (production)
production
taking action
direct action (social movements)
coal phase out
how to phase out coal from the energy sector
local energy
community-based, sharing economy, building providers
movement
how do we build, European, global
connect climate change and degrowth movement
2015 – next UN conference on CC
process issues
how to organise
energy sector
policy change
how to change societal factors
carbon / emission trade
technical issues
debate in society
how to foster
aligned with social questions, how to connect / get the topics in discussion on societal basis (national, European, international level) together
degrowth paradigm
core of this workshop
strategies on transformation of energy sector on all levels, and CC
commons and energy
energy is abundant, away from scarce energy
Poster of Die Linke party, industrial society and energy transition, not fossil energy, solar energy (decentralised solar) independent of grids
not plea for coal mines
not all has to be discussed – prioritise now, and conglomerate
group formation process
3 groups of 4, or 4 of 3?
global North and South is missing
do we transfer our energy waste – energy intensive, polluting industries might go to the South
Question of energy transition form a North-South perspective
4 groups, titles:
N-S debate from viewpoint of energy transition
add social chasms in N and S, energy access
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local energy (self-organised, autonomously – requirement / prerequisite for degrowth, coops), check possible / feasible options and goals
is it possible everywhere – it is not in Switzerland – it's a policy issue
group organisation
policy question: on local scale
policy and community
recommendation – needed to form
decentral self-organised energy provision
)
2 will not be a group, but will assemble some recommendations instead
political requests
flight tickets should signal to consumers
debate in society – connect with social movements
carbon budget included in debate in society
4 people for group 3...
topic to be determined – suggestion: policy change
strategic question: need to present something tomorrow, needs to mature
should we try to do something that is coherent in itself
recommendations – should they be separate, or coherent
maybe 10-20 points for all
or 4 points for each sub-topic
define 4 topics – more detailed solutions