How do we get out of here?
On anxieties about the future and a constructive approach to multiple crises
For a just, fair, equitable economy
We are a non-profit think tank based in Leipzig. We have been working on issues of socio-ecological transformation, climate justice, and transformative education since 2012.
New Projects
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Consulting on digital collaboration within the organization
Working independently with open-source tools
We offer a range of free consultations on digital working methods for civil society organizations. The focus is on designing a self-determined digital infrastructure based on open-source tools.
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Building blocks for climate reparations
Putting perspectives from the Global South at the center
Six dimensions of climate reparations regarding the responsibility of global corporations, questions of just economic transformation, and the significance of Germany's colonial past for today's climate policy.
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For concern!
Strengthening queer feminist movements
Strengthening alliances, raising the status of care work, and advancing networking: Feminists and trade unionists are invited to a queer-feminist educational weekend in early August in Torgau (Northern Saxony). Let's learn from and with each other!
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Growing together – ESD in times of crisis
A one-year training series
For educators in education for sustainable development and global learning. We practice creating spaces that are accessible and enable critical reflection, where there is room for emotions and self-awareness, and where positive visions of the future are strengthened.
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Brassica
Transformative education – a future beyond growth
Brassica is our European degrowth project, in which we develop transformative educational methods.
Strong together for a just future
We are committed to structural change in society. To achieve this, we need people like you on our side.
Upcoming events
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18Mai
“Everything will be alright” at Re:publica
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20Mai
ESD in practice: Sustainable growth
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20Mai
Networking meeting to prepare for “For Care!”
Together for gender equality
Latest Posts
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The money with the anger
How ragebait on social media is influencing the film industry
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The Global North must change now!
The North must stop giving instructions to the Global South.
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“We need public solidarity”
Labor dispute in Leipzig: Interview with employees of the University Hospital
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Labor disputes in care work
Between trade union organizing and mutual aid
Current publications
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Handbook Education for Sustainable Development
Education in transformation processes
What does Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) stand for? What do the discourses on this topic look like in various related disciplines? This handbook provides an overview of the current state of ESD and is designed as a reference work for research and educational practice. -
How to (not) apologize
Building blocks for climate reparations
The four authors emphasize that climate reparations are more than symbolic apologies and require material justice. Using the example of the largely unaddressed genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama, they demonstrate that words do not create justice – only concrete actions do. -
Post-growth and decolonization
Building blocks for climate reparations
Tonny Nowshin and Matthias Schmelzer argue that climate justice requires an end to the structural repetition of harm by overcoming both the growth-oriented, extractivist economic model and colonial power relations. -
Pay for the climate crisis!
Building blocks for climate reparations
Asian People's Movement on Debt and Development writes about how to move from "development aid" to actual justice, decolonize climate policy, and restore economic sovereignty in the Global South. -
Hold corporations accountable
Building blocks for climate reparations
Nicholas Omonuk, founder of End Fossil Occupy Uganda, explains the impunity of companies as a lack of accountability for environmental destruction and human rights violations, and shows how weak laws and power imbalances enable such abuses.
The current economy is unfair
With the work of Konzeptwerk, we therefore want to give people the confidence to change society on their own terms. We connect social movements, academia, and civil society – and create learning spaces for critical educational work. Together, we work on feasible concepts and identify what is blocking change. Our goal in everything we do: a good life for all.
In the press
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Interview: Nature – The History of Our Planet
Nine female experts discuss their visions: how we can protect nature, end exploitation, respect the limits of our planet, and rethink the economy for a just and sustainable future. Our colleague Nora talks about room for maneuver and hope.
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Environmental associations fear that the costs of mining in Saxony will be passed on to the general public
Sina Reisch is a guest on Radio Blau's Mittagspause Magazin. For decades, lignite was mined in the Lusatian region and the Leipzig region. What remained were vast, lunar landscapes whose recultivation costs billions. Who is bearing these costs?
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Am I at risk of poverty in old age if I want to live sustainably?
Private pension provision is built on financial market capitalism. In a world without growth, it must be organized differently. An interview with Charlotte Hitzfelder.
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“We always try to understand ESD as political education”
In the didacta topic service, Maló Wawerda talks about our political education work and our stand at Germany's most important education fair, "didacta."
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Prohibition of tracking and personalized advertising
Heise Online reports on our statement, which we published together with the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), Wikimedia, the Forum of Computer Scientists for Peace and Social Responsibility (FlfF), and Germanwatch.
