Publications
We regularly publish dossiers, books, articles, podcasts and websites on our topics and make them available free of charge.
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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. -
Just Transition now!
Building blocks for climate reparations
Roland Ngam, project manager for climate justice at the RLS in Johannesburg, traces the origins of the term Just Transition from labor disputes to climate negotiations and places it in the context of climate reparations. -
Compensate for damages and losses
Building blocks for climate reparations
Hwei Mian Lim, an independent consulting expert, explains losses and damages as unavoidable climate damages that disproportionately affect the Global South, traces their historical and structural causes, and uncovers significant funding gaps despite the new L&D fund. -
#5 trans*feminist labor struggle and self-organization
How sex workers support each other
In the fifth episode, we speak with Schotter from Trans*Sexworks about the self-organization of trans* sex workers. We ask ourselves: How can collective organizing take place in a precarious and stigmatized sector of work – what can we learn from and with each other? -
#4 Educators at their limit
How they are fighting for better care in Saxony
In the fourth episode, we talk to Maria, herself a childcare worker and verdi activist, about the situation of childcare workers in Leipzig and Saxony. -
#3 Fight together and organize as a community
Au pairs against the devaluation of care work
In this episode, we talk to Maria and Janet from Bloque Latinoamericano Berlin about the working conditions of au pairs and how au pairs are joining forces against isolation, devaluation, and discrimination. -
#2 Caregiving relatives
Between lack of recognition and labor disputes
What is the daily work routine of family caregivers like? What obstacles do they face? What needs to change so that they are less burdened and children are well cared for? -
#1 Feminist labor struggle
Strength through alliances?
What alliances have already existed between workers and feminist activists? How are unions and feminism connected? What are common goals and visions? -
Democracy also needs care
Our projects in 2024
From the socialization conference, to new methods on the educational platform "Endlich Wachstum" (Finally Growth), to publications such as the fact sheet on the subsequent costs of lignite mining and new feminist podcast episodes on "Danke für Nichts" (Thanks for Nothing). -
What Germany owes Cameroon
On the need for climate reparations
Why colonial rule and climate destruction are linked and why climate justice remains an empty promise without a consistent reappraisal of the past. -
#12 Paths to the Caring City.
With the Polyclinic, Eisi for all & AuPair Repair
What infrastructures are needed in a caring city? What does it mean, specifically, to focus on the care needs of all people? And how should care work, which is currently exploited and poorly paid, be organized differently? -
#11 Alternative economic models, East Germany and the transformation.
With Delal Atmaca
How can we ensure our needs are met – even beyond times of crisis? How can the production of goods and services be organized so that all workers have a say? And what is the relationship between cooperatives and capitalism and real-state socialism? -
#10 Ecofeminist economic critique and webs of abundances
In motion for care.
With Abundia Alvarado, Amaia Pérez Orozco, and Lina Hansen. They talk about "Stop Cop City," rebellious care, the feminist strike in Spain, and more care in motion. -
Finally growth
Socio-ecological transformation in the classroom
The innovative educational platform offers power-critical and interactive methods for socio-ecological transformation. The collection of methods is aimed at anyone working with adolescents and young adults in an educational context. -
Climate debt and reparations
Building blocks for climate justice
Debt relief for countries in the Global South and reparations for the climate catastrophe caused by the Global North – now! -
#9 Why we need a solidarity care movement.
With Maxi and Chris.
Who's behind this podcast? And what motivates us to be active in the care movement? In this special episode, Maxi and Chris talk about their approaches to care. We also feature an interview with Eric Llaveria Caselles about the gender pay gap and the limitations of this concept. -
Consequences of lignite and the energy transition in East Germany
Socialization of costs, privatization of profits
Who will pay the follow-up costs of lignite mining? This question is coming back into focus in the run-up to the 2024 state elections in Saxony and Brandenburg. We asked the relevant democratic parties for their positions and hereby publish their answers. -
#8 Queer through Saxony.
With the RosaLinde Leipzig.
Counseling and networking services for queer people in rural areas are scarce. Dasha and Jole from the project "Queer through Saxony. Empowerment and Counseling" provide support for those seeking to come out and transition in rural Saxony during a time of right-wing shifts and transphobia and queerism. -
#7 How to socialize shopping centers?
With the Sorge initiative in the Parkcenter
In many places, shopping centers are empty, while childcare, food supplies, and counseling services are lacking. The "Care in the Parkcenter" initiative aims to socialize care work in Berlin's vacant Parkcenter. But what are the needs there? -
Let's talk about utopias
Our projects in 2023
In 2023, we launched the podcast "Thank You for Nothing," published the building blocks for climate justice, brought a depressed ATM to the CCC, reworked our "Finally Growth" methods with a critical eye for power, and conducted a utopia workshop. -
#6 “Let’s Socialize Care!”
Special episode on the socialization conference
What might socialization and democratization look like in care contexts? Chris and Maxi discussed this with various individuals and initiatives at the Socialization Conference. -
Socialization to go
Conference objectives, strategies and plans
On the website of the Socialization Conference, we have compiled reports, videos, interviews, photos, material for further thought, and visual transcripts for you. -
#5 | March 8: How to fight feministically?
With the Colectiva Feminista De Abya Yala
How did Colectiva come about? How do "women and dissidents" organize themselves within it? And what's the story behind the green scarves that people repeatedly wear at feminist demonstrations? -
#4 Industrial action at Leipzig University Hospital
with Katharina Jüttner
What's it like working as a nurse in the central operating room of a university hospital? Why is the collective bargaining round important for Katharina and her colleagues, but also for all of us? What does a hospital strike look like? And what might a fair healthcare system look like? -
#3 Queer Parenting
with Lisa Bendiek
How are rainbow families currently doing in Germany? How is care work distributed in rainbow families, and what can heterosexual-cis families learn from them? -
Building blocks for climate justice
8 measures for a future of solidarity
Paths to a (climate-)just future that begin in the here and now and rethink ecological and social issues. Each selected measure represents a distinct social transformation project that can be implemented in the next five to ten years. -
Social guarantees
Basic income and social guarantees for all
A socio-ecological transformation will involve many changes and disruptions. Basic income and other social guarantees, such as adequate healthcare and access to public and social infrastructure, will alleviate the fear of these changes. -
Shaping the digital transformation for a sustainable society
Contributions from Bits & Trees
This companion book brings together the insights, work, research, and opinions of more than 65 authors with a background in ‹Bits & Trees›, including practitioners, researchers, and activists. -
#2 Migration for care work
with Justyna Oblacewicz from Fair Mobility
What needs to be done to ensure greater visibility and better occupational safety for care workers? And how do those receiving care experience the situation? -
Promotional machine
Practical action ideas at the touch of a button
Activist work is important, and without protest, there can be no social change. The Action Machine provides a playful overview of the wide range of forms of action, offers practical tips for implementation, and highlights examples from the recent past. -
#1 Why? How? What for? An Introduction to Care and the Economy
with Andrea Vetter
Why do care activities, both in private and professional contexts, often take place under very precarious conditions? How can care work be placed at the center of the economy? -
What gives us hope
Our projects in 2022
We report on our new advisory board and the Anti-Discrimination Working Group, on our finances, and provide insights into our work in the areas of education, digitalization, and climate justice. -
Mapping the visions of digital-ecological transformation
An empirical analysis
This study provides an overview of the visions of digital-ecological transformation present in the German-speaking discourse and relates them to each other in a landscape of ideas about transformation, sustainability and technology design. -
Fair land policy
For a democratic, diverse agriculture
Agricultural land in Germany is very unevenly distributed, and non-agricultural investors and large-scale farms are increasingly using land as a speculative asset. Fair land policy aims to democratize the land market and allocate land according to social and ecological principles. -
Learning, caring and acting in post-migrant alliances
Together_ Fair_ Global_
This anthology presents various care initiatives with their diverse motives and approaches. They are part of a creative search for viable ways to overcome the massive structural devaluation of vital care work. -
Socio-ecological tax policy
Redistribute in a climate-friendly way
With socio-ecological tax reforms, against environmentally harmful subsidies, tax privileges for the super-rich, and loopholes for large corporations, injustices are to be reduced and ecological steering and redistributive effects are to be promoted. -
Reduction in working hours
For the 4-day week and a good life for all!
The goal of collective working time reduction (CTR) is to redistribute work, personal time, and income, thus enabling a good life for all and a socio-ecological transformation. "Collective" CTR encompasses all CTR approaches that go beyond individual solutions in which -
Car-free cities
We need cities for people – not for cars
Car-free cities are a relevant contribution to a just mobility transition. In addition to their potential for CO2 reduction, they offer scope for improving the quality of life through clean air, space for social interaction, and greater safety. -
digital technologies
Overview & Case Study: Low-Tech Magazine
Chapter 13 in the book: Degrowth & Strategy: How to bring about social-ecological transformation -
Fair distribution of housing
social and ecological socialization
The dossier discusses not only the social but also the ecological benefits of socializing housing. -
Energy prices
Transformative ways out of the energy crisis
For a basic energy supply that redistributes profits, prohibits electricity and gas shutdowns, and curbs non-essential industrial production. -
Hydrogen and climate justice
Instead of a “miracle weapon” more global injustice
Hydrogen is not a silver bullet to combat the climate crisis. While there are sensible uses for "green" hydrogen, European industry's plans to rely on massive imports from the global South to secure its energy supply threaten to perpetuate centuries-long patterns of global injustice. -
We continue to fight
Our projects in 2021
About new visions for a future for all and socio-ecological digitalization, post-migrant alliances, and an election program analysis that shows: The plans of the parties in Germany will not achieve the 1,5 degree target. -
Can a green market economy save the climate?
Climate justice check of the traffic light government
With this analysis, we provide an overview of the climate policy of the "traffic light" government from a climate justice perspective. Even though it is more ambitious than before, it remains a policy of business as usual. This is not enough to tackle the catastrophic consequences of the climate crisis. -
Words of Global Learning
With head, heart and hand
The climate crisis and many social problems around the world are closely linked to discrimination. This glossary explains terms that describe the disadvantages faced by groups of people and helps us better understand global contexts. -
Who shut shit down?
What degrowth can learn from movements
Chapter 6 in the book: Degrowth & Strategy: How to bring about social-ecological transformation -
digitally moved
Paths to a good (digital) life for all
How can digital processes in the areas of mobility, logistics and communication be designed in a democratic, social and ecological way? -
Digitalized capitalism
Learning to shape the economy democratically
The educational methods deal with how digitalization changes life, work and the economy individually and structurally. -
Future for All Congress
Video recordings and other materials
We met in over 300 workshops and 20+ panel discussions to explore paths toward a just and ecological future. Some of these were captured digitally and are now collected here. -
Is climate justice a choice?
An election manifesto analysis
Why the mainstream party-political discourse is inadequate and what measures are really needed to tackle the climate crisis. -
Transformative learning through engagement
A handbook for cooperation projects
Theoretical background knowledge, practical recommendations, methods, and materials for conducting learning workshops in the context of Education for Sustainable Development. For multipliers in school and extracurricular educational work, as well as practitioners. -
Everything different
Our projects 2020
A utopian online congress at the right time with socio-ecological visions for education, care work and digitalization and a good life for all. -
How does a digital congress work?
a guide
Experiences and insights from the organizing team of Future for All. -
Beyond capitalism with a Green New Deal?
Finding the jump
How a radicalized Green New Deal could target “symbiotic” reform measures in conjunction with the expansion of non-capitalist spaces. -
Stay below 1.5°C
A social transformation scenario
How we can stay below 1,5°C by reducing production and consumption in the global north, even without having to resort to high-risk technologies such as CCS, geoengineering and nuclear technology. -
In the collective everyone counts equally,
but being 'equal' is also work.
Classism refers to discrimination based on class origin or class membership and limits access to housing, educational qualifications, healthcare, power, participation, recognition and money. -
Future for All
A vision for 2048
This book shows that the good life is achievable for everyone. It describes what a solidarity-based and ecological future could look like. -
Another world is possible
Our projects 2019
We co-organized the "Education Powers Future" conference, were involved in the founding of the Leipzig Nutrition Council, hosted the "Feminist Futures Festival" in Essen, and celebrated the fact that the village of Pödelwitz will not be demolished. -
Education Creates the Future
Learning for socio-ecological transformation?
Possibilities and limitations of critical transformative education from the perspectives of educational practice, science and social movements. -
Solidarity, climate justice & self-determination
A utopian view of Pödelwitz in 2025
How have the region and the village developed since the rescue of Pödelwitz and the initiation of the coal phase-out? What processes toward a socio-ecological and equitable transformation are underway within the framework of structural change? -
Degrowth/Post-growth
for introduction
About the history of growth and economic statistics and the central forms of growth critique: ecological, social, cultural, capitalist, feminist, industrialist, and South-North critique. -
In the midst of exciting times
Our projects 2018
A book on post-growth and the fourth Degrowth Summer School, a Bits & Trees conference, new educational methods on care work—this and much more was our year 2018. -
What connects bits and trees
Shaping digitalization sustainably
What kind of digitalization do we want? One that makes the world a better place! Ideas for thinking and action for a digitalization that benefits the common good. -
What is important (to us)
Our projects 2017
In 2017, we published the book "Degrowth in Movement(s)" and organized the 3rd Degrowth Summer School. We co-founded the "Care Revolution" network and co-organized the "Self-Determined and Solidarized!" conference on migration, development, and the ecological crisis. -
Tools for change
Our projects 2016
Education and movement work on climate justice, degrowth and freedom of movement -
No growth is (not) a solution
Myths and claims about degrowth
The goal of economic growth appears to be a consensus across party lines. GDP should increase, regardless of whether manufactured goods are needed and the social and environmental damage associated with them. This brochure refutes common myths surrounding economic growth. -
Degrowth in motion(s)
32 Paths to Socio-Ecological Transformation
These 32 social movements are seeking alternatives to the prevailing economic model. Away from the focus on competition, profit-seeking, exploitation, and growth—and toward more cooperation, solidarity, and a focus on concrete needs. -
non-profit & independent
Our projects 2015
Workshops, project days, multi-day seminars and a week-long degrowth summer school. -
Growth in climate science
a blank space
This study criticizes climate protection scenarios from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: They continue to rely on growth and allow for temporary exceedances of the 1,5°C or 2°C limits. Measures beyond the growth logic, such as reduced production or consumption, remain largely unconsidered. -
Time wealth
How we work, do business and live differently
What is prosperity, and what role do time, work, and a healthy environment play in our well-being? A stimulating introduction to the debate on sustainable economics with visions of a just future and a guide to building a time machine. -
Economic turnaround
Social & ecological out of the euro crisis
Why and how can a socio-ecological transformation solve the euro crisis? Alternatives beyond the pressure to save and grow, opening up a longer-term social, ecological, and democratic perspective.
