Social economy
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REPLAY – Degrowth and the ecological limits of cities
Episode 6 of the series on sufficiency
Fair economies22/03/2023
The degrowth movement criticized the phenomenon of metropolisation and attractiveness. Cities have been the terrain where this culture of growth has been materialized. How to […]
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Out soon: call for local social experiments
Stay tuned!
02/11/2022
The SHARED GREEN DEAL project stimulates shared actions on Green Deal initiatives across Europe, by providing Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) tools to support the […]
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How do we make sufficiency desirable?
Changing cultures and organizations
05/10/2022
On Tuesday, we welcomed Mathieu Saujot, a researcher at IDDRI, where he coordinates the Lifestyles in Transition initiative. This webinar addressed Mathieu’s paper on the 10 misconceptions […]
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01/06/2022
We cannot continue to aim, at once, for growth and reduce CO2 emissions and resource consumption. We need to rethink what we mean by “prosperity” […]
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Why are donuts round?
Amsterdam is going circular
01/06/2022
Thanks to English economist Kate Raworth, this oily, yet tasty round American pastry has become the symbol of an economy that promotes prosperity within planetary […]
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Transforming local economies to ensure sufficiency and social justice
Rethinking social and economic models based on local resources, ensuring societal solidarity and equity.
05/05/2022
Empowering local players, making wise use of our resources and living within our planet’s boundaries requires sound, democratic decision-making processes. We, at Energy Cities, are […]
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Don’t look up!
Policy op-ed by Claire Roumet
Community energy13/01/2022
March 1972: publication of the Meadows report “Limits to growth” March 2022: European summit of heads of State and government on the “new model for […]
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Transforming an Economic Commercial Area into a Sustainable Commercial Area
Developing sufficiency within companies
Local governance17/05/2021
In December 2015, the City of Frankfurt launched the ‘Sustainable Commercial Area’ project, involving over 400 companies in an area of 15 hectares. This model project received […]
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Economy: turn the line into a circle
What the cities already do!
13/04/2021
“The circular economy is a model of production and consumption, which involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products as long […]
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SSH CENTRE EU
Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy aNd Transport Research Excellence
SSH CENTRE is a Horizon Europe project representing the cross-European Centre of Research Excellence for Climate-Energy-Mobility Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH). The project will engage […]
