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SUMMARY:Ecopolis 2016: Power\, Politics & Chocolate
DESCRIPTION:This year’s edition of Ecopolis was a day filled with inspiring debates\, books\, round tables and documentaries. The golden thread was the theme Power\, Politics and Chocolate. Five different panel debates took place throughout the day: \nDebate 1: Power and Europe \nIn this first debate\, the writer Joris Luyendijk and MEP Bart Staes discussed\, among others\, the question of who holds real power today. The power that each citizen has in him- or herself\, which can be exerted with each local\, national and European election\, was one of the main topics during this panel. Moreover\, the power of lobbies\, which lies in their financial resources\, was discussed. \nDebate 2: What comes after COP21 in Paris? \nThe cynicism about the actual effects of the climate agreement reached in Paris last November is huge. The panellists of this debate discussed on whether any change which leads towards the implementation of the agreement is visible\, and argued for a positive view on the matter as transition requires time. Natalie Eggermont\, member of Climate Express\, and Karel Verhoeven\, editor in chief of De Standaard\, both stated that climate can function as a mobilising factor for many citizens. Faiza Oulahsen from Greenpeace added that citizens’ movements should continue to seek to mobilise and to remind important decision-makers to recall their ‘Paris moment’. \nDebate 3: Chocolate \nSince it is not easy for Ivorian chocolate farmers to be granted access to the international market\, cooperative models such as Ecookim are essential for producers on the ground. Ecookim’s director\, Mamadou Bamba\, was part of this debate’s panel\, and spoke about the challenges fair chocolate production faces in the light of economic globalisation. Isabelle Quirynen of Bittersweet emphasised the importance of close cooperation between producers and farmers\, which results not only in a good quality of the chocolate\, but also a more bio-ecological product. At the same time\, consumers are also partly responsible for the ways in which chocolate is produced\, since they can make a conscious choice for sustainable products. In addition\, higher tax levels could also lead to less burdens for fair trade products. As Olivier De Schutter\, international food expert\, stated\, decisiveness from high levels will be essential in the transition to a sustainable food system. \nDebate 4: Enough \nThe unstoppable need for economic growth will result not only in the phenomenon of the ‘oil peak’\, but also in that of the less tangible ‘happiness peak’\, as we are\, according to professor Niko Paech\, faced with too many choices and information\, resulting in increased levels of stress. In line with the degrowth scenario\, we must face the truth that equal prosperity with improved technology will remain an illusion. The whole system needs to find a new balance for a structural change. Green philosopher John Thackara stated that the situation is already developing in the right direction: while several years ago only a small number of local projects could be found\, now there are thousands initiatives flourishing\, but the overall story arc is still missing. It is\, however\, not easy to avoid the trap of growth displayed by the ‘sharing economy’ (e.g. Airbnb). When driven by an economic model of growth\, such initiatives can extract more value from society than their actual social benefits. As a starting point towards an era of degrowth\, the panel suggested a redistribution of work\, based on a 20-hour working week combined with a system of local self-sufficiency. Wannes Cappelle\, author of Ont-ferm U\, also emphasised that special attention must be given to those with a more precarious situation and supported the concept of a minimum income. \nDebate 5: Citizens in the world \nThe United Nations is the only body in which all countries of the world currently sit together around one table. It is therefore an absolutely indispensable organisation\, stated Warda El Kaddouri\, the Belgian youth representative to the United Nations. However\, it is well known that also this organisation suffers from cumbersome bureaucracy. There is a need for re-evaluation\, as stated by writers David Van Reybroeck and Jeroen Olyslaegers. Bottom-up recalibration is underway through the citizens- the “we”\, that is growing\, carries the promise of a renewed awareness in relation to the system. Moreover\, it is also necessary to have a wider that takes into consideration more than only our fellow human beings. A humanism which does not take animals and the planet into consideration is falling too short. This solidarity and humanity must be much more evident than it is today\, said author Annelies Verbeke. \nThe recordings of the different panels in Dutch can be found here.
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SUMMARY:Book Launch of 'Green Values\, Religion and Secularism' in Dublin
DESCRIPTION:Published by the Green European Foundation in December 2015\, the book details the ways in which Green politicians from different European contexts reflect on the relationship between politics and religion\, both in their own lives and in society. \nSix European Green Foundations participated in conversations on religion\, Green values and secularism with Green activists and politicians from across Europe: from Austria\, Belgium\, France\, Germany\, Greece\, Ireland\, The Netherlands\, Poland and Turkey. \nFind out more about the publication here. \nIncluded in the book are three Irish interviewees: John Barry\, Trevor Sargent and Mary White. All participated in the event\, which was launched by eco-theologian Seán McDonagh. \nThe event took place on Friday 8th April at the European Parliament Offices in Dublin.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/book-launch-green-values-religion-secularism-dublin/
LOCATION:European Parliament Information Office\, 14 Mount Street Lower\, Grand Canal Dock\, Dublin\, D02 W710\, Ireland
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SUMMARY:"Expulsions" author Saskia Sassen to participate in a debate in Brussels
DESCRIPTION:Saskia Sassen is professor of Sociology at Columbia University in New York. She is an expert on transnational migrations flows and a reference on globalisation. Her books have been translated into 12 languages and she is a member of the Club of Rome. Her criticism of growing inequality has earned her the label of the female “Piketty”. \nThe discussion was introduced by Gie Goris (Mo Magazine)\, with the participation of two special guests: Isabelle Ferreras (Sociologist at UCL\, researcher at FRNRS\, associate at “the labor and worklife program” of Harvard Law School) and Florent Marcellesi (Spokesperson for the Spanish Greens in the European Parliament\, member of the European Parliament as of next October\, and expert in international cooperation). The lecture was held in English\, with translation to French and Flemish. \nSassen’s most recent book\, “Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy” describes how capitalism has entered a new phase that is increasingly brutal\, even for those who may previously have felt shielded. The usual concepts of injustice and poverty are no longer sufficient to explain the current dislocation\, both socio-economic and ecological\, which is translated by a sharp rise in inequalities and unemployment\, an increasing number of people in incarceration\, as well as the accelerated destruction of land and water reserves. The time has come to recognise these tendencies as exclusions\, or even as expulsions: from one’s livelihood\, one’s home and even from the biosphere which renders life possible. \nWhat Sassen attempted to demonstrate is the complexity generated by the combination of knowledge or technologies\, used within the financial sphere as well as towards the destruction of the environment. This complexity contributes to an obscuring of the responsibilities in this situation. \nPlace: IHECS\, Rue du Poinçon – 1000 BXL \nDate: March 8th\, 2016
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