Collected notes

Train-the-trainer: Dilemmas

3 groups worked on a few identified challenges. The work done by these groups can form the background for further production of contents.

1. Lack of analysis    Achieving common meanings/clear definitions for concepts
  • Growth
  • Market
  • Profit
  • Efficiency
  • Productivity
  • Money
  • Policy
  • Cooperative
  • Community
  • Property rights
  • Value
  • Capitalism
  • ...
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Hey everyone - here are the notes from the morning, still some group notes missing, would be nice that you add them (just login and click on edit)The methodological description of the exercise: https://co-munity.net/file/113019/download?token=Do8gg4qW.Case Study: Pueblos Blancos A role playing exercise

by Agata Hummel and Czapka

Marta, a farmer, had her crops last year destroyed by a flood. To deal with the losses, she proposes to open up the cooperative to the market, effectively going against the original values of…more…

GROWL - an introduction

A short exercise and presentationBy Gualter BaptistaShort exercise: Please write down what is GROWL3 groups:    first comers    old schoolers and partners    people who attended 1 or 2 courses    (online viewers?)  
team 1growl is a platform for expchange of ideas and debate of degrwothprogram of progamme learning about degrowthinvite peopel learn+12network promote degrwothplace to exchange in local and alternative expirementsa forum to create new concepts and varies to teh…more…

Food (land) policies in degrowth economy

Presentation (upcoming) by Ladislav Jelinek (Institute of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policies, Martin-Luther University Halle) on the European Agriculture policies, how they work, what are the main aims, their criticism etc.Ladislav's Personal background - research areas: agriculture policy, institutional economics, sustainability, renewable energies. Current project - sustainable land use in Siberia, Russia (Kulunda) - he was investigated by the Russian security service because he is doing research there, there is tension between nations and they are suspicious (why would a german…more…

By François Schneider, Research & Degrowth

Presentation: https://co-munity.net/system/files/documents/media/schneiderbogoriadiversel.pdf

Diversel 
facing the uni-versalism of growth: not to create a nre hegemony or be closted in a specific particularics or post-modernist diversity
grassroots universalism

Growth Universalism
economic hegemony
Neoliberalism (private enterprises) vs Keynesiasim (state)

TINAS
Neoliberal…

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What has influenced the way humans produce and distribute food?

TEAM 1

  • climate

  • lack of scientific understanding

  • monotheistic morality (dominance)

  • difficult tot change ways of productions

  • economic hegemony

  • social status (eat meet)

  • care profit not land

  • conflicts about land (agriculture, cities, etc)

  • fuels – huge transportation – lost the link to production

  • dissatisfaction of status quo (destroying bases of our life

TEAM 2

  • change in food system W Europe…

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Agreed rules and conditions for the course

Notes from the first morning block of day 1 - you're welcome to add anything missing!Ground rules:
  • Voluntary principle - you are not forced to take part on something or talk, if you don't want to
  • Concise speaking
  • Be present
  • Tech corner, for people who want to sit down with computers/smart devices on their laps
  • Punctuality
  • One moderates, one person speaking at a time
  • respect hand signs, follow the order, don't interrupt
  • keep focused on the topic
  • if you…
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