Table of Contents
Preface Donatella della Porta 1
Foreword Barbara Muraca 4
Introduction: Degrowth and the Emerging Mosaic of Alternatives Corinna Burkhart Matthias Schmelzer Nina Treu 9
Chapter 1 The Growth Imperative of Capitalist Society Eric Pineault 29
Chapter 2 15M: Strategies, Critique and Autonomous Spaces Eduard Nus 44
Chapter 3 Artivism: Injecting Imagination into Degrowth John Jordan 59
Chapter 4 Basic Income: Unconditional Social Security for All Ronald Blaschke 73
Chapter 5 Buen Vivir: A Perspective for Rethinking the World Alberto Acosta 87
Chapter 6 Care Revolution: Care Work - The Core of the Economy Matthias Neumann Gabriele Winker 100
Chapter 7 Climate Justice: Global Resistance to Fossil-Fueled Capitalism Tadzio Müller 114
Chapter 8 Commons: Self-organized Provisioning as Social Movements Johannes Euler Leslie Gauditz 128
Chapter 9 Degrowth: Overcoming Growth, Competition and Profit Corinna Burkhart Dennis Eversberg Matthias Schmelzer Nina Treu 143
Chapter 10 Demonetize: The Problem is Money Andrea*s Exner Justin Morgan Franz Nahrada Anitra Nelson Christian Siefkes 159
Chapter 11 Ecovillages: Living Degrowth as a Community Christiane Kliemann 172
Chapter 12 Food Sovereignty: Fighting for Good Food for All Irmi Salzer Julianna Fehlinger 187
Chapter 13 Free-Software: Re-decentralizing the Internet and Developing Commons Gualter Barbas Baptista 201
Chapter 14 Open Workshops: Collectively Creating and Using Infrastructure Tom Hansing 216
Chapter 15 Peoples Global Action: (Truly) Global Grassroots Resistance Friederike Habermann 231
Chapter 16 Post-Extractivism: Against the Exploitation of Natural Resources Ulrich Brand 244
Chapter 17 Radical Ecological Democracy: Reflections from the South on Degrowth Ashish Kothari 258
Chapter 18 Refugee Movement: Struggling with Migration and Escape Olaf Bernau 272
Chapter 19 Solidarity Economy: Paths to Transformation Dagmar Embshoff Clarita Müller-Plantenberg Giuliana Giorgi 287
Chapter 20 Transition Initiatives: How Communities Start Their Own Transformation Gesa Maschkowski Stephanie Ristig-Bresser Silvia Hable Norbert Rost Michael Schem 302
Chapter 21 Trade Unions: Who Can Afford to Degrow? Jana Flemming Norbert Reuter 318
Chapter 22 Urban Gardening: Searching New Relationships Between Nature and Culture Christa Müller 333