According to Smith and Seyfang (2007), the term ‘grassroots innovations’ describes networks of activists and organisations that generate novel bottom–up solutions for sustainable development –solutions that respond to the local situation and the interests and values of the communities involved. This differs from more mainstream greening practices in the sense that grassroots initiatives operate in…
#DTdialogue
#DTdialogue invites a broader community of scholars to (critically) reflect on the controversies and opportunities of the Deep Transitions framework to further test and validate its credibility.
During the Deep Transitions workshop on 18-20 May 2020 the Deep Transitions research team presented their findings and opened up their emerging ideas to critical scrutiny from a wide range of scholars with pertinent backgrounds. The workshop aimed at providing a space for constructive dialogue and discussion, including the future development of the Deep Transitions framework as well as opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration. #DTdialogue carries this aim further and presents the discussion between the Deep Transitions team and external scholars. A detailed workshop report can be found here.
Would you like to share your own reflections on the Deep Transitions framework and present your own thinking? If so, please feel free to comment on the contents presented below, or send an email to Jenny Witte to coordinate your own contribution. Also, make sure to join the debate by following @DTransitions2 and using #DTdialogue on Twitter.
Blog - November 4, 2020
Power to the people? The role of citizen collectives in fighting climate change: A #DTdialogue with Johan Schot and Tine de Moor
In pre-modern times commons or citizen collectives were an important mode of governance, in which groups of people collectively managed and used a collective resource, such as land, watercourses or fisheries. Commons functioned according to three underlying principles namely, solidarity, reciprocity and sufficiency. This implied that members of the commons could take as much as…
Blog - October 22, 2020
Redirecting Public Finance in the Global South to Support Deep Transitions (Fancy Footwork and Windows of Opportunity)
Transitions in the Global South share many aspects with similar processes in developed countries. However, there are a number of important asymmetries which disproportionally affect the Global South, and will alter the timescales and the nature of sustainability transitions in these countries. One aspect, which has received a great deal of attention in the literature,…
Blog - July 27, 2020
Deep Transitions, Green Transitions, Just Transitions: A #DTdialogue with Johan Schot and Mark Swilling
In this #DTdialogue Johan Schot and Mark Swilling reflect on Professor Swillings well-received book called “The Age of Sustainability: Just Transitions in a Complex World” and relate the findings of the book to the Deep Transitions Framework. Professor Swilling’s book, which Johan Schot describes as ‘an eyeopener’, is highly relevant to Deep Transitions research as…
Blog - July 14, 2020
Imagining a good life in a green and fair society: You must visualise the future in order to shape it!
The Deep Transitions project has emphasised how much the shaping of technology since the industrial revolution has been crucial in bringing us to the current environmentally threatening situation. Mass production, in particular, has brought the use of earth’s material resources and the emission of CO2 to dangerous levels. Excess possessions and waste in mass consumption…