Episode #24 of “Becoming a post-growth planner: obstacles and challenges to changing roles and practices” with Anton Brokow-Loga (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany). In conversation with Dr Christian Lamker (University of Groningen, the Netherlands).
Reflecting on the interfaces between sustainability, post-growth, and democracy, early seeds of post-growth debates in Germany, experiences in local politics, growth coalitions and political images, political shifts in Europe and threats to democracy, but also education, engagement, and sources for future optimism. Arguing for politicizing the sustainability debate in spatial planning and identifying points of intervention.
You might want to read into the following works that are related to this episode:
- Brokow-Loga, A., & Eckardt, F. (Eds.). (2020). Postwachstumsstadt: Konturen einer solidarischen Stadtpolitik. oekom verlag. https://doi.org/10.14512/9783962386962
- Brokow-Loga, A., & Eckardt, F. (2024). Upwind Despite Headwind? Degrowth Transformations Amidst Shrinkage and Eroding Democracy in an East German Small Town. Urban Planning, 9, Article 7788. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.7788
- Krähmer, K., & Brokow-Loga, A. (2024). The Case for Solidary Degrowth Spaces. Five Propositions on the Challenging Project of Spatialising Degrowth. In L. Eastwood & K. Heron (Eds.), De Gruyter Handbook of Degrowth (pp. 213–232). de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110778359-016
- Brokow-Loga, A., & Krüger, T. (2023). Potentials of Climate Emergency Declarations for degrowth transformations. The ambivalent stance of German municipalities in conflicts over a post-fossil future. Raumforschung Und Raumordnung | Spatial Research and Planning, 81(5), 523–537. https://doi.org/10.14512/rur.1666
- Platform Post-Growth City: www.postwachstumsstadt.de (in German)
- Municipal Degrowth Network: https://www.postwachstumsstadt.de/municipal-degrowth-network/
This episode is also available on YouTube (channel: @postgrowthplan).