Show the Newsletter in your browser
Please add info@criticalscientists.ch to your addressbook

CSS Newsletter | Dec. 2024

03.12.2024 | You recieve this mail because you subscribed to the newsletter of Critical Scientists Switzerland.

Dear Visitor

We are delighted to announce the launch of our podcast Beyond the Fix, with the first episode featuring Professor of Ecological Economics at the University of Lausanne, Julia Steinberger.

Best regards, the executive secretaries,

Tamara Lebrecht & Ephraim Pörtner

1. Beyond the Fix

New Podcast of Critical Scientists Switzerland

Check out our new podcast, Beyond the Fix.

The belief that science and technology can fix all our problems is widespread – but is it justified? The Beyond the Fix podcast by Critical Scientists Switzerland offers a deep dive into commonly proposed fixes to the challenges we face today in areas such as climate, energy, economics, agriculture, food and human health. Our host Thomas Kobel talks to scientists, policy-makers, and practitioners about thought-provoking perspectives that will not leave your view of promised solutions untouched.‍

Go to Podcast

2. Fixing the Economy with ‘Green Growth’? w/Julia Steinberger

Beyond the Fix, Episode 0101

In this episode we look at ‘green growth’, the idea that the problems of our current economy can be solved with green technologies while continuing to grow the economy.

Our guest, Prof. Dr. Julia Steinberger, Professor of Ecological Economics at the University of Lausanne, talks about the differences between ecological and environmental economics, and more generally about the problems with dominant economics. We explore the problems with the idea that growth can be sustained if only technologies change, discuss issues of decoupling or the rebound effect, and ultimately the need to address the neoliberal strategies behind many current policies. Julia explains alternative economic perspectives such as degrowth and postgrowth, which are based on actual human needs and planetary boundaries. She talks about one of her key research projects, 'Living Well Within Limits', which demonstrates the viability of such a needs-based and well-being-centred perspective, and the implications for transformative pathways beyond green growth.

For additional resources and a deeper exploration of Julia’s work and views, please visit: https://www.unil.ch/gse/fr/home/menuinst/vie-facultaire/promotions--nominations/steinberger-julia.html
https://jksteinberger.medium.com/