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What would a world without money look like? This book is a lively thought experiment that deepens our understanding of how money is the driver of political power, environmental destruction and social inequality today, arguing that it has to be abolished rather than repurposed to achieve a postcapitalist future. Grounded in historical debates about money, Anitra Nelson draws on a spectrum of political and economic thought and activism, including feminism, ecoanarchism, degrowth, permaculture, autonomism, Marxism and ecosocialism. Looking to Indigenous rights activism and the defence of commons, an international network of activists engaged in a fight for a money-free society emerges. Beyond Money shows that, by organising around post-money versions of the future, activists have a hope of creating a world that embodies their radical values and visions.

Does small mean less? Not necessarily. In an era of housing crises, environmental unsustainability and social fragmentation, the need for more sociable, affordable and sustainable housing is vital. The answer? Shared living - from joint households to land-sharing, cohousing and ecovillages. Using successful examples from a range of countries, Anitra Nelson shows how 'eco-collaborative housing' - resident-driven low impact living with shared facilities and activities - can address the great social, economic and sustainability challenges that householders and capitalist societies face today. Sharing living spaces and facilities results in householders having more amenities and opportunities for neighbourly interaction. Small is Necessary places contemporary models of 'alternative' housing and living at centre stage arguing that they are outward-looking, culturally rich, with low ecological footprints and offer governance techniques for a more equitable and sustainable future.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Steering Sustainability: What, When and Why -- Part I Transforming Cities -- 2 A Sustainable Cities Framework for Housing -- 3 Ecopolis: Concepts, Initiatives and the Purpose of Cities -- 4 Permaculture: Design Principles for Urban Sustainability -- 5 Policy Approaches Incorporating Life Cycle Assessment -- Part II Collective Practices -- 6 Stationary Energy: A Critical Element of a Sustainable Urban Metabolism -- 7 Sustainable Transport in Urban Neighbourhoods: Policy Approaches, User Responses -- 8 Indicators, Audits and Measuring Success -- 9 Sustainable Water Systems and Household Practices -- 10 Integrated Waste Management and Zero Waste -- Part III Community and Civil Society -- 11 Community Action and Engagement for Sustainability -- 12 WestWyck: An Urban Sustainability Demonstration Site -- 13 The Role of Leisure Time in Achieving Sustainability -- 14 Local Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Sustainability -- Part IV Transforming Suburbs -- 15 Innovating for Sustainability in Estate Development: VicUrban in Melbourne -- 16 Who Can Afford Sustainable Housing? -- 17 Retrofitting the Australian Suburbs for Sustainability -- 18 Nurturing Nature in the City -- 19 How Smart is 'Smart'? – Smart Homes and Sustainability -- 20 Sustainable Futures

E-Mail-Wahnsinn, sinnlos-surf-syndrom, Meeting-Malaria und Präsentationspest ruinieren unsere Produktivität und Gesundheit. 55 Heilmittel bringen beides zurück. Sofortwirkung inklusive. Klug eingesetzt, ist digitale Kommunikation ein Segen. Falsch eingesetzt, ist sie ein Fluch. 50 Prozent unserer Surf-Zeit verplempern wir im digitalen Nirwana, deformieren unser Denken und betreiben manisches Multitasking. Die Weltwirtschaft kostet dies jährlich Milliarden. Gegen den digitalen Wahnsinn hilft nur eine radikale Kur. Anitra Eggler, Digitaltherapeutin und selbst über Jahre dem Fluch ausgeliefert, präsentiert 55 kreative Heilmittel. Mithilfe von Selbsttests hält sie uns gnadenlos den Spiegel vor und zeigt, wie sinnlos wir täglich unsere Zeit vergeuden. Blitztherapien und Genesungspläne helfen, Produktivitätskiller zu reduzieren. In knappen, grafisch durchgestalteten Texten vermittelt sie die wichtigsten Botschaften - frech, provokant und direkt. Wer das Buch liest, fühlt sich sogleich ertappt und schaltet schon bald sein Mobiltelefon aus

This work relates Marx's theory of money to his overall political economy, and places it firmly within the wider context of his political and philosophical thought. It has for some time been held that there exists an epistomological break between the early 'humanist' and later 'scientific' Marx. However, in this ground-breaking study Anitra Nelson links Marx's conecept of money to his early key concepts with particular reference to 'alienation'

This book approaches the key challenges of achieving urban sustainability in a holistic way. It brings together academics and practitioners to analyze the complexity and interdependence of principles, models, processes and practices of sustainability in a range of integrated sectors to identify which policies are most effective in encouraging, enabling and enforcing social change.

Ergebnisse psychologischer und sozialpsychologischer Forschung. (Artikel von 1929 - 1975. Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Alexander Mitscherlich u.a.)

The Past & Present Reading Group is discussing, in the first half of 2024, Karl Marx's Grundrisse. This work is often considered a crucial read to grasp Marx's methods of analysis, with Marx diving off Hegel as one might a springboard. Yet our group has immediately plunged into deep swirling waters of postcapitalist debates over money.
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Mumbai, along with a few other metropolitan cities in India, witnessed an unprecedented flow of finance capital toward the development of new real estate soon after efforts to liberalize the country's real estate sector took force in 2005. Fifteen years later, however, the reality on the ground looks bleak. Not only does the demand for housing remain as high as ever before in Mumbai, but hundreds of real estate projects lie unfinished, abandoned, and/or unsold. In its attempt to make sense of the city's real estate crisis, this paper brings to the fore important insights about the organizing logics of urban land markets. Drawing on an exhaustive database of real estate indicators combined with ethnographic fieldwork, the paper reveals a tendency among Mumbai developers to fight competition by chasing land irrespective of long-term financial prudency, which in turn hinders the development and sale of new real estate. The paper therefore proposes that the reproduction of capitalistic arrangements within Mumbai's land market is precarious because the very lands that are to be turned into commodities inevitably become entangled in new socio-legal encumbrances, just as the separation of "land from man" begins to seem plausible. By demonstrating how real estate activity is nevertheless, centered problematically, around this unceasing yet always incomplete pursuit of commodified land, the paper contributes to the scholarly project of developing a heterodox conceptualization of land.

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Growth proliferates — demanding
degrading, derailing, deficient
destroying, degenerating, detonating
demineralising
depressing.
Degrowth devolves — deconstructs
decentralises, deinstitutionalises, decolonises
dematerialises, demilitarises and
decommodifies.
Degrowth defuses
and designs.
Decide destination degrowth.
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'This is Just Practice' reads the sub-title of Marisa Holmes' book Organizing Occupy Wall Street, which is the latest addition to the Alternatives and Futures: Cultures, Practices, Activism and Utopias series. The book reverberates with revolutionary intent: a threat and a promise.
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