Degrowth Conference Barcelona 2010

From Friday 26 to Monday 29 March 2010 the Second International Degrowth Conference took place at the historic building of ‘Universidad de Barcelona'. 500 scientists, civil society members and practionners from more than 40 countries attended the conference. Here's the list of participants.

NEW! See the Barcelona Conference Declaration

NEW! The results of the working groups are now available

We are now gathering all information from the conference. First results from the conference are available at the virtual conference section with poster tours, presentations, videos, etc.

More than 300 participants took part in working groups for degrowth political proposals and research. Stirring papers are available online in each working group section.

Around 80 posters were presented. The poster tour is now online! If your poster is missing please send it to us for uploading.

Around 50 oral presentations were made, you can see some of the slides from speakers here. We are also publishing video-interviews with different speakers recorded during the conference.

 Download Abstract Book (version 1)

Download the detailed program here:  Booklet Degrowth BCN 2010'

This conference happened thanks to the enthusiasm, energy and expertise of more than 70 volunteers and organisers.
Special thanks to :

  • Coati and Babel for the simultaneous translations to Spanish, Catalan and French
  • Xicoria for the delicious catering
  • Ecologistes en acció for the convivial coffee breaks
  • Enric and Filip for the amazing website care
  • Vincent Cheynet for the concept of the Banner and poster

More photos available on this link, please send us the link to your photos of the conference. You can also follow updates about the conference via this Twitter account

Have also a look at the website of the 1st Conference on Degrowth that took place in Paris in 2008: http://events.it-sudparis.eu/degrowthconference/en/

 

 

 

 

 

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