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Book Presentation of “growth in transition”

5. March 2012

29.02.2012 in Brussels Invitation to the book presentation of 29 February, 7-8:15pm Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU, Avenue de Cortenberg, 30, Brussels Edited by: Friedrich Hinterberger and Elke Pirgmaier (SERI), Elisabeth Freytag and Martina Schuster (Austrian ... More ...

The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters

28. June 2011

05.2011, Diane Coyle The new book by Diane Coyle The world's leading economies are facing not just one but many crises. The financial meltdown may not be over, climate change threatens major global disruption, economic inequality has reached extremes not seen for a ... More ...

Towards a Green Economy: UNEP’s ground-breaking report

8. March 2011

03.2011 UNEP's Green Economy Report, entitled Towards a Green Economy, aims to debunk several myths and misconceptions about the economics of "greening" the global economy, and provides timely and practical guidance to policy makers on what reforms they need to unlock the productive and ... More ...

The Study Commission on growth, prosperity and quality of life starts work

11. February 2011

17.01.2011 in Berlin “Towards sustainable development and social progress in the social market economy” The Commission, chaired by Daniela Kolbe (SPD) is to determine the significance of growth in the economy and society, develop a holistic well-being and progress indicator, ... More ...

GDP and its enemies: the Questionable Search for a Happiness Index

3. December 2010

01.2011 The Centre for European Studies published a policy brief: GDP and its enemies: the Questionable Search for a Happiness Index by Johan Norberg The financial crisis and global warming have led to a crisis of  confidence in our traditional ways of measuring wealth and as a result,  a number ... More ...

Enough is Enough- report generated from the Steady State Economy Conference

17. November 2010

Do you suspect that the idea of perpetual economic growth on a finite planet is folly? Are you searching for ways to solve our profound social and environmental problems? Do you want to know how we can construct an economy that (1) meets our needs without undermining the life-support systems of the planet and (2) ... More ...

Finnish Growth in Transition project inspired by Austrian process

8. November 2010

The Finnish Growth in Transition project was initiated in autumn 2009 by the Finnish Association of Nature Conservation (FANC) and co-operation partners.  The Finnish Ministry of the Environment was involved in the discussions from the beginning and inspiration was drawn by following the development of the Austrian ... More ...

“Sustainable de-growth: an alternative to sustainable development?” – European Commission DG Environment News Alert Service

20. September 2010

The European Commission published an article about sustainable de-growth in their News Alert Service. The text discusses the concept of sustainable de-growth, its advantages and disadvantages and differences to sustainable development. For reading the whole text click here. ... More ...

Europe 2020: “Smart, sustainable and inclusive Growth” as new strategic goal for the EU

3. March 2010

The European Commission has presented its proposal for the post-Lisbon strategy today, which will be discussed by the European Council on 25/26 March. The Commission has proposed three priorities: Smart growth: developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation. Sustainable growth: promoting a more ... More ...

Photos of the Conference now online

18. February 2010

Some photos of the conference are now online and can be seen and downloaded here. ... More ...

Presentations of the parallel sessions are now available

6. February 2010

The presentations of the parallel sessions can from now on be downloaded here. ... More ...

International Conference “Growth in Transition”: Programme online!

20. December 2009

The international conference “Growth in Transition” will take place at the Auditorium of Science (Aula der Wissenschaften) in Vienna on the 28th and 29th of January 2010. Among an elaborate programme developed by the initiators of the conference, one of the highlights will be the video message of Elinor Ostrom ... More ...

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