Public events that I have co-organized
First Utrecht Degrowth Symposium: Introducing degrowth to the Netherlands (2019)
The concept of degrowth is now widely researched and practiced across Europe, but so far remained largely unexplored in the Netherlands. The first Utrecht Degrowth Symposium was organized to change this and to introduce degrowth thinking to the larger public. An interest in alternative, not growth-addicted pathways to sustainable future turned out to be high, as the event attracted more than 300 people from all over the Netherlands and from diverse sectors of the economy - academia, NGOs, public institutions, businesses. For those who could not come, we present below summaries of the three presentations. If you wish to watch the entire lecture yourself, video recordings can be found at the end of each summary. Watch the presentations and panel discussion here.
Second Utrecht Degrowth Symposium (online): From Circular Economy to Circular Society (2020)
The event had over 1500 registrations from various sectors including academia, NGOs, public sector, private companies. Some of the key discussion topics included the current challenges of the circular economy concept and the need to go beyond market-based circular solutions. This demonstrated the necessity to think of fair and regenerative circular society rather than simply an eco-efficient circular economy. Watch the presentations and panel discussion here.
Third Utrecht Degrowth Symposium: Sowing sustainability in food and agriculture (2023).
Sustainable agri-food systems are essential for societies to be able to thrive within planetary boundaries. The debate on agri-food systems sustainability is heated and multiple visions compete to cast light on the future of food production and consumption in the Netherlands and worldwide. Yet, the debate is also stuck in existing approaches and for many it has become difficult to imagine pathways to just and sustainable agri-food systems. In this context, can degrowth bring something new to the debate? Watch the presentations and panel discussion here.
Selected blog posts I have (co-)authored
Las memorias colectivas sí importan en las políticas públicas para el desarrollo sostenible. Blog post in: Latin American Network, 20 January 2023.
How Not To Go ‘Back To Normal’ After COVID-19: Planning For Post-Neoliberal Development. Blog Post in: EADI.org, 11 May 2021.
El valor de la agricultura periurbana: más allá de la productividad. Blog post in: Latin American Network, 18 June 2020.
Degrowth and the unmakinig of capitalism. Blog post in: ongroei.degrowth.net, 5 February 2020.
Strategies for a degrowth transformation: How useful are historical analogies?. Blog post in: degrowth.info, 9 October 2019.
Peri-urban land grabbing in Colombia. In: Utrecht University online news, 17 June 2019.
Acaparamiento de tierras en espacios periurbanos en Colombia. Blog post in: Latin American Network, 12 June, 2019.
Researching the Geography of Transition. Blog post in: Transition Research Network, October 2017.
Selected media coverage (to read)
O decrescimento e a desconstrução do capitalismo. By Fernanda Rocha Vidal on Medium.com, 28 May, 2020.
Glaciers are retreating. Millions rely on their waters. By Henry Fountain and Ben C. Solomon on New York Times, 16 Jan, 2019.
Sistemas agroalimentarios sostenibles para Sogamoso. In: Periodico Enterese, 20 August 2018.
Nuevas visiones para el territorio Sogamoseño. In: El Agora Blog, 20 August 2018.
Selected media coverage and audiovisual productions (to listen or watch)
AndersUtrecht Episode 6: Natural environment and sustainability. Podcast on the AndersUtrecht Project.
Interview with Giuseppe Feola by Oisin Klinkenbergh for the show Planting Permission at Dublin Digital Radio, November 2021.
AndersUtrecht Episode 2: Food and sustainability. Podcast on the AndersUtrecht Project.
AndersUtrecht Episode 1: What is AndersUtrecht? Podcast on the AndersUtrecht Project.
Giuseppe Feola on Agricultura periurbana en Sogamoso: espacios, visiones, cultura, VI Encuentro de Patriminio Cultural, Foro: Patrimonio cultural y turismo, una alianza necesaria, Sogamoso, Colombia, 9 April, 2021 (from 1h 34m at the link above).
Giuseppe Feola on degrowth. Interview by Action for Solidarity Environment Equality and Diversity (ASEED) team, May 2020.
Giuseppe Feola and Richard J Nunes on researching Transition. Interview by R. Hopkins in Transition Culture Blog, April 2014.