There are powerful ideas for the ‘Digroth’ movement, but can it be able to overcome colonial luggage?

It is widely accepted that the primary drivers of global warming and environmental crises are human activities, including the rapid loss of biodiversity. However, the debate on how to deal with these issues better is not resolved. In political circles, “Green Growth” – the concept of making economic activities more stable – has emerged as the most popular solution.

Adequate green growth

While the environment is reduced, the expansion of economies is behind the greenery. Critics, however, argue that this approach failed to significantly control climate change and biodiversity loss.

Despite international initiatives since the 1970s, carbon emissions have continued to rise. As Worldly inequality report It reveals that almost half of historical emissions after the 1990s occurred. Increasing policy changes, technical innovations and changes in consumer behavior are not adequate. This failure has led to the growing appeal of the “Tigrov”, the most serious alternative that challenges the current global economic system.

What is ‘Dicroth’?

In the late 2000s, “Ticrot” emerged in Europe, especially in France. Philosophers like Andre Course And economists such as Serge Lottoch One of its early supporters, with such researchers Tim Jackson Then the English -speaking world popularize the concept. They argue that the root cause of environmental destruction is not only in human activities but also in the global economic model that prioritized growth and profit after the industrial revolution.

Initially, Dicroth is a criticism of Western lifestyle and ideas of progress. Environmental worries are part of the vast agenda of movement. However, over time, the goals of the environmental movement have been focused.

What about the universal south

Today, many bad lawyers insist that the richest countries in the North are often responsible for environmental degradation and that the economic measures should be measured to avoid environmental disaster. But what about the poor countries of the global South? Should they follow Dicroth techniques? Some argue that this will impose a new agenda, as wealthy countries once again decide on the rules of global growth. Others refer to that many poor countries need economic growth to fight poverty. Although Dicroth is limited to the north, it can still have significant consequences in the south – positive and negative.

The review of educational literature in the Dicroth and global South reveals two major perspectives: those who consider Dicro does not apply to the development needs of the South, and believe that it can provide cooperation with standard development goals.

Supporters of Ticroton often point out that many of its important ideas are formed in the south. Sri Lankan philosopher Ananda Gumarasamy, Indian economist J.C. Humanitarian Jason Hickel quotes that people like Kumarappa and Bengali poet Ravindranath Tagore are inspiring. Although these thinkers should not use the word “ticrot”, they encourage its accompanying ideas as Latin American Beautiful life (Or “good life”) Or South Africa Upunta. These non -Western perspectives are instrumental in designing a corrupted discourse in the north of the north.

Colonialization

Degreth lawyers argue that re -measuring economic activities in the North will help eliminate the unequal global labor unit, in which raw materials are extracted from the south and are processed as consumer goods in the north. This system is proportional to wealthy countries when leaving poor countries with social and environmental costs. Political ecology researcher Federico Dimeria argues that the Northern countries have “Pay for the past and current colonial exploitation in the south” – A central theme in contemporary diabetes lecture.

Some researchers suggest that it is complex to depend on both the North and the South. They argue that growth alone does not guarantee poverty – wealth distribution and corporate reforms are very important. May help both parts to avoid Samples of unprecedented growth By focusing more on social well -being than permanent economic expansion.

Challenges to the south of the world

However, many scholars believe that Dicroth is beautiful in the south of the world. Critics argue that this notion is very euro Centtric and that the poor countries fail to echo amidst the particular challenges faced by the poor. Interviews with academics and enthusiasts in the south, when they agree with some ideas behind Ticrot, they reject its language, and consider them to be rooted in Western thought. Economist Petetris Rodrigue “With firm recognition of the obstacles to do so, strengthening potential cooperation”.

There is also anxiety that promoting decay in the south can be considered a new form of colonialism. The imposition of Western ideas on Digroth may prevent the poor nations from following the same path to the North prosperity, which often involves the exploitation of the resources of the south. The failure of the Dicroth movement in fully remedying the colonial roots of economic growth is a challenge to its colonial ambitions.

Global relatives

Finally, global dependence is further complicated by the debate. Many people in the south rely on export -based economies that serve Western markets. Reducing economic activities in the North is harmful to people in the south.

This relying on each other gives an embarrassment to the rupture movement. Supporters argue that Dicroth is not the abandonment of economic activities, but to reform global trade, finance and administrative organizations to prevent negative impacts on the south. In order to succeed, its lawyers must formulate solid plans to address these global dependents without increasing the inequalities or harmful to the most vulnerable.

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Claudius Gruppner-Ratkovitch Junior Professor of European University Flensberg’s plural economy.

Brett Strong Ph.D. in the economy, the new school.

This article was first published Conversation.