Enough!’s Svenja Meyerricks and Ewan Mackenzie (University of Newcastle) are going to co-host a session at the International Joint Online Conference of the international degrowth research networks, the International Society for Ecological Economics and the European Society for Ecological Economics, hosted by University of Manchester, UK.
The Scottish Degrowth Commission: work, livelihoods and a ‘just transition
Summary: ‘The Scottish Degrowth Commission’ involve presentations and a panel discussion to explore how degrowth ideas and practices can influence ideas to restore people’s work and livelihoods in Scotland in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic fallout.
When: 6th July 2021, 13:45 – 15:15 (full conference programme here)
Like the rest of the conference, our session is FREE to attend, but you must register here in advance.
Presentations:
- Peatlands – An Exercise in Reimagining | Bethany Copsey and Ireen van Dolderen (RE-PEAT, a youth-led collective pushing for a peatland paradigm shift
- “Space to Breathe”: COVID-19, Reappropriating Space, and the Urban Degrowth Agenda | Scott Leatham, University of Edinburgh / Centre for Alternative Technology (Wales)
- The Cuchubal and the Commons: Sharing Circles, Food Sovereignty & Organising Bioregionally | Catriona Spaven-Donn (Climate & Gender team, UN House Scotland & Casagua Eco Project, Guatemala) and Diana Garduño Jiménez (Project Officer at Nourish Scotland)
You can download all abstracts here.
