"Degrowth: A Slogan for a New Ecological Democracy"
An interview with Serge Latouche, a proponent of the anti-utilitarian movement in environmental thought.
An interview with Serge Latouche, a proponent of the anti-utilitarian movement in environmental thought.
The article discusses how far the ecological state can go in pursuing sustainable development without intruding on democratic values. Focussing on social choice mechanisms, it draws the image of the ecological state as a “green fist in a velvet glove.”
In State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?, scientists, policy experts, and thought leaders attempt to restore the meaning to sustainability as more than just a marketing tool.
The 2014 edition, marking the Institute’s fortieth anniversary, examines both barriers to responsible political and economic governance as well as gridlock-shattering new ideas.
The 2015 edition examines what we think we know about environmental damage and the hidden threats to sustainability we need to recognize.
Clotilde Lebreton analyses the discursive, participative, and negotiation practices in the territorialized public action that occurred during the category change of the Nevado de Toluca Protected Area in Mexico from a high conservation status to a more flexible one.