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Eco-Imperial Relations: The Roots of Dispossessive and Unequal Accumulation
By Gustavo A. García López, Grettel NavasIntroductionOver the last decades, “imperialism” and “environment” have become closely linked concepts (Arnold 2015). Traditionally, scholars of empire had tended to ignore environmental issues (Arnold 2015; Foster and Clark …
NEW: 3 PhD Scholarships in political ecology at ICTA UAB in Barcelona
The Autonomous University of Barcelona has just published a call for three PhD openings in political ecology:1) Why has sustainable development failed to ensure a good life for all within planetary …
Environmental Justice MOOC
Environmental Justice MOOC starting 14 October!This free 5 week online course is open to everyone around the world and starts on 14 October. Understand how climate change, biodiversity loss and …
Call for ‘Conflicts Involving Waste Pickers in the Global South’
A research team at UAB (the Autonomous University of Barcelona) is looking for any information or local contacts involved with urban conflicts concerning waste pickers, landfills & incinerator construction in …
Crisis, liminality and the decolonization of the social imaginary
By Angelos VarvarousisAbstractThe decolonization of the social imaginary has been proposed as an important dimension of the transition towards a degrowth society. However, although omnipresent in the degrowth literature, the …
Decolonizing degrowth in the post-development convergence: Questions, experiences, and proposals from two Indigenous territories
By Padini Nirmal, Dianne RocheleauAbstractA growing coalition of degrowth scholar-activist(s) seeks to transform degrowth into an interdisciplinary and international field bridging a rising network of social and environmental justice movements. We offer …
