Dear all,
Here we would like to share the public events of Institutet för nerväxtstudier that anyone interested is warmly welcome to join.
We will kick start the new semester with fist a meeting and then a social drink/food somewhere nearby. Location: STPLN
Let´s go together and visit our closest sibling organisation Degrowth CPH on their own Festival!
This is a info, intro, and welcome meeting for all of you who wants to become new active members! We welcome new members all around the year, but we have at least one intro dedicated to new members each semester. Most welcome! Location: TBA - and probably we go for a social drink right after for those who wants to join.
This is our most formal meeting of the year. Information and agenda will be sent out three weeks in advance. Paying members can vote. MORE INFO TO COME, Location: TBA (probably STPLN)
We will celebrate the work of this semester with a study trip to Röstånga. Exact time and activities will be announced later, but count on a full day activity wehre we go together by train and bus to meet some of the engaged change-makers in the village, walk in the butiful nature around and eat together.
NOTE! To join this activity you have to sign up before so we have an overview of who will join and how many will join. The registration for the study trip will be sent out in the chat.
Welcome to this years Overshoot festival. The festival works as a reminder of the day we overshoot this years planetary resources. For Sweden this was already 10th of April this year, and for the whole planet May the 7th.
The festival is a joint event where several organisations come together under the joint mission of a fair transition to a sustainable future, and fill the park with activities for all ages and interests.
This year the Institute of Degrowth Studies Malmö is represented with an infotable where you can meet representatives from the group.
LOCATION: FOLKETS PARK, MALMÖ
More info and program: Overshoot festival 2025
This meeting will be dedicated to plan the upstart of Degrowth in the Autumn and our annual meeting.
Bring calendars, good ideas, and engagement!
Location: STPLN
This time we meet to testrun the Agroecology + Degrowth workshop that will be held on the ISEE Degrowth Conference in Oslo. This day we will tstrun the prototype for the workshop, thus this meeting is a closed meeting, primarily for our already engaged members and invited guests. You need to sign up for participating (plus sing up your invited guests) before - and you sign up in the message sent through Signal.
LOCATION: STPLN, 2-6 pm 20-30 people. Fika will be served.
Join this talk and discussion on the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Degrowth (out in June) with its editor activist-scholar Anitra Nelson and chapter contributor Nick Fitzpatrick.
Anitra is affiliated with the University of Melbourne (Australia) and Nick is based at Aarhus University (Denmark). They will talk about degrowth themes in the handbook, their other degrowth work and involvement in the degrowth movement over many years.
Up-dates on working groups, continuing planning spring activities
Location: STPLN TBA - comming soon. This meeting will not be an open meeting, so the location will be announced internally .
For those of you who are interested in contributing to the Overshoot Festival on the 29th of May in Folket Park are welcome to join this meeting. The meeting is arranged by ABF and the Overshoot Festival is a arranged as a collaboration between many organisation.
Location: ABF Malmö, Spånehusvägen 47
Degrowthers engaged in the working group for the ISEE Degrowth conference will meet with the group from Alnarp Agroecology Farm in Alnarp. We will interview the Agroecology group to decide on scenarios relevant for the conference workshop.
Location: at the farm in Alnarp (soup will be served, i think)
Now it is time to meet up with as many as possible. We will report what´s happening in the working groups and also discuss what we want to dedicate the up-coming meetings to. A lot is happening, so bring pen and paper/digital pen and paper and calender!
We will also discuss meeting places for the group.
If you are interested in joining Degrowth but has not been to any of our meeting yet, this is a perfect meeting for you to join!
Agenda:
18.00 Fika and intro to WeChange
18.30 Up-date from the working groups
19.00 Planning for spring
Location: STPLN
Planning meeting for the ISEE Degrowth Conference in Oslo 24th - 27th of June
Invited by the Alnarp Agroecology Farm, the Institute for degrowth studie will this year co-host a workshop on the international Degrowth conference. This meeting is a planning meeting for the workshop, travel etc. The meeting is for those who are interested in contributing to this collaboration and planning to go to the conference.
Location: zoom - link is on Signa - if you can´t find it, contact Sara
Everyone interested in joining the Material working group. The group will discuss about material needs and check out Degrowth books at the library.
Location: Malmö Stadsbibliotek. Host: Silfa
THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY SHORT NOTICE: A new day and time will be presented soon.
This meeting will be in a workshop style where we map out potential collaboration for a joint activity on something before the election 2026.
THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY SHORT NOTICE: A new day and time will be presented soon.
For new and old degrowth:ers. This is an event where we will discuss degrowth together. This session will be co-hosted by Silvia and Ekatarina.
Location: ABF Malmö Spånehusvägen
Questions: contact Silvia, Ekatarina or our Degrowth info-email.
On request from new members: This session will be hosted by Ekaterina, experienced degrowth:er and researcher on degrowth. This session is mainly for new members, but for everyone interested in degrowth. If you have questions contact Ekatarina or the Degrowth info-email.
Time: 14-16. Location: ABF Malmö, Spånehusvägen 47
Join our first planning session for 2025. The aim of the meeting is to put together an agenda for spring 2025. We had some sessions for generating ideas for this semester and this meeting will be about putting everything together. Location: Direktörsvillan (Kirseberg) Lundavägen 51A. Welcome. Host: Sara - contact Sara or info-mail Degrowth if you have questions.
Let´s come together for a drink and catching up after winter-holidays. Place to be announced. Contact Annita for more info. If you don´t have her email, contact us on the degrowth info-email.
This meeting will be dedicated to plan our up-comming activities! We will do this in a workshop style and the only preparation you have to think of is to reflect on the following:
What would you like the Institute for Degrowth Studies to focus on this autumn, in the spring and more long-term?
Is there any activities you think the Degrowth group SHOULD engage with?
In what way do you want to contribute to these proposed activities?
This time we meet at Direktörsvillan in Kirseberg, Lundavägen 51 A.
See. you there!
Welcome to our annual meeting! As this is the only formal meeting, we have sent out more detailed info on our info-email list, as well as on our active email list. If you are not on one of these lists and are interested to join our meeting, send us an email!
Dear all! Have you come in contact with the Institute for Degrowth Studies or heard about us anywhere and got interested. This meeting is for you! We give a short introduction to Degrowth and to the group, who we are, we we have done etc. We meet at ABF Malmö. The meeting will be short from 17-18. After this we will go for a social drink/snack in Folkets Park - everyone that wants to join are welcome!
We meet at Sara´s place. We say hello to our new members and continue to discuss the autumn. Most welcome!
We meet at Spilios place for a final spring meeting, to reflect on our activities during spring, and to spark some ideas for autumn 24. + planning our first meetings after summer.
Topic: Deep dive 2: Degrowth perspectives on wellbeing and welfare
To attend this study circle, you need to have registered in advance.
Topic: Deep dive 1: Degrowth perspectives on labour and organising
To attend this study circle, you need to have registered in advance.
Topic: Contemporary currents within degrowth and constructive critical perspectives
To attend this study circle, you need to have registered in advance.
Topic: Fundamental Degrowth: The core of degrowth and the origin of the field
To attend this studycircle, you need to have registered in advance.
How can we better organise non-profit organisations, cooperatives and communities working on a socio-ecological transformation? Join us in a workshop with cooperatives from Malmö and Lund and discover what their challenges are and how they see the future of the cooperative model.
In the second part of the event, two experts will share their experiences with the cooperative model and community organising.
Program:
17:00 - 18:00 Workshop Capacity building for non profit organisations. Local cooperatives have been invited (Circle Centre Lund, Matvarukooperative Lund, Alnarp’s Farm, Swop Shop Malmö) to co-create a map of strategies to innovate the cooperative model in order to answer the emerging needs of the sector.
18:00 - 18:30: Food/fika
18:30 - 19:30 The degrowth institute in conversation with Jakob Rask, Founder of Copenhagen Doughnut and writer of Cooperative Handbook and Britt Jurgensen, co-developer of Homebaked Community Land Trust and Homebaked Bakery Liverpool
Attendees can choose to attend all the events or parts of it.
Fika will be served! Please mark "going" on the Facebook event so we know how much fika to prepare to avoid any waste!
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Degrowth of the digital? What can your old smartphone – and a website that sometimes goes offline – tell us about degrowth of the digital?
Please bring your oldest smartphone, laptop, tablet or other web-enabled device to put this degrowth concept to the test!
Discussions on how to think about planned obsolescence with Roel Roscam Abbing (Doctoral Student in Interaction Design at Malmö University) and Jessika Richter (Repair Café Malmö).
We will discuss the possibilities and challenges to repairing and the connection to degrowth!
The workshop will be in English, but Swedish interaction is also possible. We will have some old electronics for people that don't have any at home but still want to participate!
Tentative program:
15.30 – 15.35 Introduction the Institute of Degrowth studies
15.35-15.40 Intro to the theme: ‘Obsolescence driven consumption and the degrowth of production’
15.40 – 16.00 Introduction to ‘Right to Repair Movement’ by Jessika from Repair Café Malmö
16.00-16.20 Presentation by Roel
16.20-16.30 Fika break
16.30-17.00 Workshops with Roel and Jessica on what can be repaired
17.00 – 17.30 Panel discussion
Fika will be served! Please mark "going" on the event so we know how much fika to prepare to avoid any waste!
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