Our very first book project! Degrowth & Strategy

Degrowth & Strategy: How to bring about social-ecological transformation

Since August 2020, a team of eight motivated degrowth scholars and activists has been working on a conference-follow up publication entitled Degrowth & Strategy. It highlights the importance of engaging with strategy in the degrowth movement, builds on contributions from the Degrowth Vienna 2020 Conference, and strives to provide a meaningful addition to the existing literature… Mehr anzeigen

We aim to publish an accessible book that will attract scholars and activists interested in the question of strategy for radical social-ecological change. Degrowth & Strategy advances the academic debate on social-ecological transformation, but can also serve as a guidepost for practitioners and activists in reflecting their own strategic approaches.

We’ve kept this book project rolling since August 2020, thanks to the generous funds of MA7 (City of Vienna) and contributions out of Degrowth Vienna’s own pocket. But our supplies will run out in the summer. We would be grateful for your donation that would help us round up the project, ensure the book gets published, and thus fill a major gap in the degrowth literature.

We aim to raise 5260€ which will be used as follows:

• Two partially paid coordination positions keep the project going, but our funds will run out in the summer. That is about the time when the project will need intense editing coordination work. 1630€ of the money raised will therefore be used to that end.

• When the book is published, we will need someone to coordinate our promotion and dissemination efforts. We planned 1630€ to remunerate them.

• We also need s
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The editorial team is composed of eight young activists and scholars, mostly from the Degrowth Vienna 2020 Conference organising team, as well as the international degrowth community. Having gathered experiences with editing in different contexts, the team unites a range of different perspectives, and collaborates closely with experts and activists in the fields addressed by the publication.

On the photo, from left to right, we are: Livia Regen, Christina P… Mehr anzeigen