Buen Vivir - Neue Töne aus Lateinamerika mit Grupo Sal und Alberto Acosta

Wo:

Arguments collected for the academic debate:

PRO arguments

- it’s necessary!
- we’re lovin’ it
- pro-health (better life)
- degrowth or die
- adapts to local context
- tackles colonialism
- live the impossible
- environment & sustainability
- future generations
- working conditions
- humans as social beings -> cooperation, inclusion
- stressing quality not quantity
- rethinking values + indicators (GDP, time)
- limits of resources
- increasing inequality
- pluralism of ideas

AGAINST arguments

- too complex and difficult
- no single answer
- no proofs
- fear and insecurity
- sacrifice comfort zone
- egoism
- growth makes people happy
- no vision for health system
- sounds negative/apocalyptic
- not universal
- eurocentric
- unfeasable
- systemic constraint

 




Wo:

SUNDAY MORNING SESSION

Aims: 1) learn from the experience of being participant for own future training practice
2) to understand the E-R-R model & practice it

- Reflection on the structure of the course
- E-R-R model
- Creation of own lesson
- Feedback & learning
- Life after GROWL


Own Lesson 1 - Degrowth for Beginners

Aim: 1) to initiate critical thinking about current system
2) to show them alternatives (degrowth)

E:

T-graph - what is good and bad about nowadays world?
Agreement Scale - using answers from T-graph

R:

Simple Images
- look at pictures - describe
- raise questions how to change it

R:

Presentation (PPT or video) - space for questions and answers


Own Lesson 2 - Introduction to the Degrowth Political Proposal

Aim: What kind of political proposals fit into degrowth and what is the link between them?

E:
- brainstorm of existing degrowth political proposals (bridge with local context, what is a political proposal?)
- small groups write the proposals on papers and put them on the wall

R:
- physically assign the proposals on the wall into different categories
- find out the linkage (by physically putting a rope from one to another, to another)
- the lecturers explain the narratives

R:
- group create TV spots of their own degrowth proposal (perhaps TV spot is too big assignment)
- presentation to the others

Wo:

Aims:
- next steps
- networking
- common plans


I. why this group?
70% local / 30% global
networking and follow-up fundamental for making sense of international meetings

II. examples
- Sylvia establishing a regional community farm (educational), exchange of know-how, best practices, etc.
- Marketa interviewing Sylvia about WIR in Austria
- Anna founding a CSA in Ostrava with help of Jan Valeska

III. next steps
- Wojtek digitizes notes
- share Valec GROWL documentation
- share feedback/notes/recommendations/links
- Francoisse will collect notes/feedback on peer reading text

Wo:

The GROWL train-the-trainer (TTT) reader provides an overview of the tools and methodologies for trainers and the functioning of the GROWL network.

A "think-about" for course organisers is also attached.

Trailer "Buen Vivir - Neue Töne aus Lateinamerika mit Grupo Sal und Alberto Acosta"

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