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<div><br></div><div>Alquien, porfa, nos podría ayudar a traducir al catala (o castellano) </div><div>un borrador de la declaración?</div><div><br></div><div>A mi me queda solo el traductor de la Gene o el de google :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Aun no es la versión final (porfa no difundir), pero estaría bien tenerla traducida como texto para el día del pic nic. </div><div><br></div><div>Ademas, alquien tiene algún folleto o triptic sobre el decrecimiento (en cat y/o cast) para tener en la mesa? </div><div>Como una presentación en general...</div><div><br></div><div>Gracies, </div><div>fede</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>DRAFT (Please, keep confidential)<br><div> Degrowth Declaration Barcelona 2010</div><div>In the midst of an international crisis more than four hundred researchers, practitioners and activists from forty</div><div>different countries gathered in Barcelona between the 26th and the 29th of March 2010 for the Second</div><div>International Conference on Degrowth. In the Declaration of the First International Conference in Paris in</div><div>2008, we had noted, against the current, the looming multi-dimensional crisis which was not just financial but</div><div>also fiscal, social, ethical, and ecological, result of the failure of an economic model based on growth. Today</div><div>this multi-dimensional crisis threatens the conditions of living of the most vulnerable people in our societies</div><div>and in the world.</div><div>An international elite and a “global middle class” with its conspicuous consumption is not only causing havoc</div><div>to the environment, but also further damage when imitated by the rest of the people in a vicious circle of status</div><div>seeking through material possession. While irresponsible financial institutions and governments are rightly at</div><div>the forefront of public criticism, this crisis has deeper structural causes. The so-called anti-crisis measures that</div><div>seek to boost economic growth will worsen inequalities and environmental conditions in the long-run. The</div><div>illusion of a "debt-fuelled growth", i.e. forcing the economy to grow in order to pay the debts, will finish in</div><div>social disaster, displacing economic and ecological debts to the future and to the poor. A process of degrowth</div><div>of the world economy is inevitable and will be beneficial for the environment. The challenge is how to manage</div><div>it so that it turns out to be socially sustainable and equitable both inside each country and in the world. The</div><div>Degrowth movement has been born in rich countries, in Europe and elsewhere. This is where it has to start.</div><div>Academics, activists and practitioners met in Barcelona to structure proposals towards an alternative,</div><div>sustainable and equitable degrowth society. An inclusive process was followed, something almost</div><div>unprecedented for an international conference. In addition to standard scientific presentations some 29 working</div><div>group discussions brought participants together to discuss hands-on policies for degrowth and identify the</div><div>research questions these generate. Economic, social and environmental topics were brought together. New ideas</div><div>and issues never before discussed in the context of sustainable development were put on the table: currencies</div><div>and financial institutions, social security and working hours, population and resource consumption, moratoria</div><div>on infrastructures and resource sanctuaries, restrictions to advertising and many others. The results of this</div><div>innovative process are hard to capture on paper and synthesise in a short declaration. We welcome those</div><div>interested to look at the www.degrowth.eu where the results of the working groups are presented in detail.</div><div>A wealth of new proposals came up including among several others: facilitation of local currencies and gradual</div><div>elimination of fiat money; promotion of small scale self-managed companies; defending local commons and</div><div>establishing new jurisdictions for global commons; establishing integrated policies of reduced working hours</div><div>(work-sharing) and introduction of a basic income; institutionalization of an income ceiling based on</div><div>maximum-minimum ratios; discouraging the consumption of non-durable goods and the under-use of durable</div><div>ones, such as houses, by regulation, taxation or bottom-up approaches; abandonment of large-scale</div><div>infrastructure such as nuclear plants, dams, incinerators, high-speed transportation; conversion of car-based</div><div>infrastructure to walking, biking and open common spaces; taxing advertising heavily and banning it from</div><div>public spaces; support from the environmental justice movements of the South that complain against resource</div><div>extraction, introduction of global extractive moratoria on areas with high biodiversity and cultural value, and</div><div>compensations for leaving resources under the ground; denouncing top-down population control measures</div><div>while supporting women’s reproductive rights, conscious procreation and the right to freely migrate while</div><div>welcoming a decrease in world birth rates; de-commercialization of politics and enhancement of direct</div><div>participation in decision-making.</div><div>These proposals are not utopian: new redistributive taxes will finance social investments and discourage</div><div>consumption and environmental damage, while reduced working hours with a reinforced social security system</div><div>will manage unemployment. As the economy will quietly contract and our damage on the environment through</div><div>new infrastructures and extraction activities will be constrained, well-being will increase through public</div><div>investments in low-cost social and relational goods.</div><div>Every new proposal generates several new objections and questions. We do not claim to have a recipe for a</div><div>future. But we know that we can no longer pretend that we can keep growing as if nothing has happened. The</div><div>folly of growth has come to the end. The challenge now is how to adapt. The debate has just started.</div><div><br></div><pre><br></pre><br><br> <br /><hr />Hotmail: posta elettronica attendibile grazie alla protezione avanzata Microsoft dalla posta indesiderata. <a href='https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969' target='_new'>Iscriviti subito.</a></body>
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