ASEED Podcast 3.0: Degrowth with Giuseppe Feola
“When the ordinary language in use is inadequate to articulate what begs to be articulated, then it is time for a new vocabulary.” The ASEED podcast is back!!! With a third episode, this time related … verder lezen
European Patent Office gives green light to prohibit patents on plants and animals
Enlarged Board of Appeal agrees with restrictive interpretation of patent law. Patents on plants and animals derived from conventional breeding can be fully prohibited in Europe. This is the result of a … verder lezen
Reading Group report #6 – Degrowth
Reading Group Article // Degrowth // 29.04.2020 Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era Imaginaries of Hope: The Utopianism of Degrowth In this reading group we were talking about the revolutionary topic: … verder lezen
Intersectionality statement
ASEED’s commitment to embed intersectionality as an organising principle “The cause of the majority is the cause for all of us! It is all of our humanity that we seek to recover, … verder lezen
Let’s germinate Reclaim the Seeds!
Reclaim the Seeds (RtS) began as a protest against the new EU seed legislation in 2010. Since then, every year around February and March Reclaim the Seeds happened initially rotating in different … verder lezen
Reading group report #5 – Veganism and Organic Farming
Written by one of our beloved reading group members, thank you! In this ASEED reading group session, we discussed the animal-human relationship in the context of food production. The three articles are … verder lezen
New bi-monthly theme: Degrowth
ASEED is continuing the bi-monthly themes. We are now saying goodbye to two months of focus on ’Alternatives to industrial agriculture’ and hello to the theme of “Degrowth”. Given the current global … verder lezen
Coronavirus in Times of Climate Change
A Reflection: Causes of zoonotic diseases Covid-19 belongs to the category of zoonotic diseases like ebola, SARS, MERS and Zika. The increasing spread and persistence of these diseases over the past … verder lezen
Rojava Everywhere Workshop hosted by the Barricade Collective
“A policy that promises salvation from the present crisis can only lead to a proper social system if it is ecological”. – Abdullah Öcalan The event On the 23rd of February 2020, … verder lezen
Reading Group Report # 4 – Gender & Agriculture
Reading group // 29.01.2020 // Gender & Agriculture Women who dig – Chapter Uganda Enraged: Women and Nature Donna Andrews, Kiah Smith and M. Alejandra Morena Feminist agroecology for food sovereignty … verder lezen