9th International Degrowth Conference

Here is just a tiny selection of the sessions expecting you at the Zagreb Degrowth Conference! Take a look! 📷

Don't miss out on the 9th Degrowth Conference in Zagreb! 🌍 Register now! Only 8 days left! 📆 29.8. – 2.9.2023. 📍 Primary Location: Zagrebački Velesajam - Zagreb Fair, Avenija Dubrovnik 15 odrast.hr/ #degrowth

Wonderful and inspiring Beyond Growth 2023 Conference ended yesterday in Brussels! Degrowth came to the European Parliament, hopefully to stay. Next stop - Zagreb! 📷 (See you, @ph_lamberts!)

#12 Thematic stream 🤝 The conference invites examples from various global instances of alternative economic initiatives. ❓ What creates a genuine alternative? ⏳ REMINDER: Only 15 days left to register for the conference. #degrowth

⏳ Only 20 days left to register for the 10th International Degrowth Conference! Don't miss your chance to contribute to the global dialogue on degrowth and forge connections with fellow change-makers. 🌐 Visit our website for more information: odrast.hr/ #degrowth

#11 Thematic stream 🤝 METAR is network for just and low-carbon transition. The goal is to jointly promote the principles of just transition. ❓ What can different institutional networks do to transform current policies to offer real change? #degrowth odrast.hr/

❓ It's time to ask where's justice in international climate policies and how effective they really are. Let's raise awareness of climate injustice and demand new practices and policies for a just transition to decarbonized society. #zagrebdegrowthconference #degrowth

✉️ Our acceptance letters should be in your inboxes now❗️ ℹ️ In case you have received no emails, please contact our support email (support[at]odrast.hr). Thank you for your wonderful submissions - we are excited to see you in Zagreb! #zagrebdegrowthconference

#9 Thematic stream ❌ The current system of technological development and high-end technical solutions are organised to support and are dependent on the capitalist growth-oriented system of extraction and exploitation. #zagrebdegrowthconference °°° ℹ️ odrast.hr/

🎉 We are thrilled to announce that we have received more than 380 conference proposals! ✅ Thank you to all of our submitters. You can now start the process of peer-reviewing submissions. ⏱ The results will be announced by mid-March! See you in Zagreb! #degrowth

❌ Capitalist accumulation and exploitation are reflected through urban spaces, popular media, social networks, and so on. 🚦 Communicating #degrowth ideas often hits a wall of growth-oriented and conditioned language and meanings. ❔ How to talk about degrowth in public?

Don't forget❕ The deadline for submissions for the 9th International Degrowth Conference is approaching: ✅ 29th January 2023. We're looking forward to your proposals!🙂 ℹ️ odrast.hr/ #zagrebdegrowthconference #degrowth #callforproposals

#7 Thematic stream #Degrowth conferences had a lot of research pointing to the conclusion that urgent decarbonisation is unattainable through ecological modernisation. 🌍 This makes degrowth a political project with the aim to place limits on destructive economic activities.

⚠️We announce that the deadline for submissions for the Conference will be extended until 29th January 2023. 📣 Use this opportunity to encourage anyone else who wished to apply to do so! ➡️odrast.hr/ #degrowth

Final keynote speaker is Karin Doolan! ✅Associate Professor at the University of Zadar, with a degree in sociology of education from the University of Cambridge. 📊She conducts research on the interface between social class inequalities, education and disaster events. #degrowth

#6 Thematic stream ✅ This is a thematic stream to talk about the contemporary political situation and to link the news cycle with sober transition plans. ❔ What immediate remedies does degrowth practice offer to those suffering now #degrowth ℹ️ odrast.hr/

#5 Thematic stream of #zagrebdegrowthconference 🎨Explores what art and cultural workers can do in response to the eco-social crisis. Artistic practices are rich in examples of self-sufficiency, international solidarity and conviviality in the face of adversity. #degrowth

📢 We are thrilled to announce our new keynote speaker - Roland Ngam! ✅ Doctor of development studies. ✅ Project Manager for Climate Justice at the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung – Southern Africa office. #degrowth #zagrebdegrowthconference °°° ℹ️ odrast.hr/

📢 We are thrilled to announce our second keynote speaker - Diana Ürge-Vorsatz! ✅ She is putting science into #degrowth. ✅Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy at the Central European University. #zagrebdegrowthconference ℹ️ odrast.hr

#4 Thematic stream of the conference 🚫 There is a message that once we get the right kind of growth the world won’t have to worry about growth per se. 🌍 As #degrowth-ers, we know that the carbon-fetishism of green growth is at best a distraction. #zagrebdegrowthconference