(1/1) TIM JACKSON: PROSPERITY WITHOUT GROWTH

Описание: ÜBER LEBENSKUNST KONFERENZ
17.-21.8.2011
HAUS DER KULTUREN DER WELT, BERLIN
http://www.ueber-lebenskunst.org


On prosperity that grows without growth

Most things that we produce today are thrown away before someone even has a chance to buy them. That less could be more contradicts our capitalistic production methods. Can we live more sustainably even if we continue to use these production methods? How can we create prosperity without relying solely on economic growth as we know it? During the first part of the event, Tim Jackson explains why we need to develop a post-growth economy. In the following debate between Elmar Altvater and Ralf Krämer, this question will be discussed more in detail. Is it possible to decouple economic growth from resource consumption? What forms could a Green New Deal take and how realistic are they to implement? Where are the limits? And how could alternative, post-capitalist economic models be structured?


Prosperity without growth
Lecture

Tim Jackson, head of the Research group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment (RESOLVE), Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey; author of "Prosperity Without Growth. The Transition to a Sustainable Economy" (Great Britain)