Wirtschaft – betrifft uns alle Dr. Maja Göpel

16.12.2016, NAWIKO, Berlin

Was ist Wirtschaften?

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Wie Wirtschaft denken uns alle betrifft

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Socio-Ecological-Technical Systems

Productive Processes

Relationships:Human-humanHuman-nature

Human-technologyHuman infrastructure

Path Dependencies:Infrastructures & technologies

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“Humans make their own history... but under circumstances transmitted from the past.” -Karl Marx

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Intentionale Transformationsstrategien: Systeme neu ausrichten

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Feedback andadjustments

Rules andincentives

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Mid layer: using the right rules and incentives can create structural change and significantly influence key drivers

Deep layer: shared mindsets translate into vision, goals and collective action

Surface layer: listening to systemfeedback and adjusting environmentalpressures maintains progress

Source: UNEP GEO 5 Report, based on Donella Meadows: Leverage Points 1999

Akteure als Treiber transformationalen Wandels (im Großen)

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Akteure als Treiber transformationalen Wandels (im Kleinen)

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Warum kann das dominante ökonomische Paradigma Nachhaltigkeit nicht sehen?

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Wir brauchen einen Paradigmenwechsel in der Ökonomie

21tes Jahrhundert Paradigmenwechsel: Rück-koppelung menschlichen und natürlichen Wohlergehens

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Hegemoniale Krise des alten Paradigmas ist ein wichtiges Fenster für Transformation

#1 Pre-Development #2 Take-off #3 Acceleration #4 Stabilisation at a New Level or Relapse

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•  Fortschritt nicht gemessen als Aggregation von Geld, sondern als multidimensionale Perspektive auf eine sozial, ökologisch, ökonomisch wie kulturell ausblancierte Entwicklung.

•  Freiheit nicht als Abwesenheit von Beschränkungen hinsichtlich individueller Kaufwünsche, sondern als menschliche Sicherheit und Suffizienz: Freiheit von Angst (kein Verdrängungswettrennen um begrenzte Ressourcen) und Freiheit von (kulturell-kommunikativ kreiertem) Verlangen.

•  Wohlstand nicht als immer mehr Konsumoptionen, sondern der resiliente Zugang zu diversen Bedürfnis-Befriedigungsstrategien, wobei Bedürfnisse ganzheitlich und als sich verändernd verstanden werden.

•  Wachstum nicht als Zweck ansich, sondern verschiedene Formen wirtschaftlicher Aktivitäten wachsen, bleiben konstant oder schrumpfen, je nachdem wie Wohlergehen für alle innerhalb Planetarer Grenzen aktuell gestaltet werden kann.

Paradigmatische Übereinstimmungen in aktuellen Bewegungen für Rückkopplung*

*Transition Towns; Beyond GDP; Commoning; Common Good Businesses 11

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maja.goepel@wupperinst.org

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Maja GöpelThe Great MindshiftHow a New Economic Paradigm and Sustainability Transformations go Hand in Hand

The Anthropocene: Politik–Economics–Society–Science

The GreatMindshift

Maja Göpel

EnvironmentISSN 2367-4024

The Great Mindshift

How a New Economic Paradigm and Sustainability Transformations go Hand in Hand

With Forewords by Simon Dalby and Uwe Schneidewind

Sustainable development is the 21st Century’s wicked problem. After 40 years into this agenda have reversed only few unsustainable trends we hear the call for a paradigm shift, transforma-tion, radical change or system innovations in order to finally change course. But what does this actually mean? And how do we put it into practice?

This book describes the path ahead. It combines system transformation research with political economy and change leadership insights when discussing the need for a great mindshift in how human wellbeing, economic prosperity and healthy ecosystems are understood if the Great Transformations ahead are to lead to more sustainability.

It shows that history is made by purposefully acting humans and introduces transformative literacy as a key skill in leading the radical incremental change strategies that wicked problems require, illustrating their nature through mapping pioneering practices and their commonalities.

Mankind’s search for a new narrative outside the ‘planet stupid’ discourse of GDP growth is in full swing. Maja Göpel’s book is a field guide to our unfolding future. A must-read for leaders who seek to make sense of what’s going on and ensure their organisations stay relevant.

Mark Drewell, former CEO, Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative, Senior Partner The Foresight Group

Reimagining the economy, and its purpose in our lives, is one of the key challenges of this cen-tury. Maja Göpel draws on an array of emerging ideas to show that it is not just a challenge but an opportunity, and one that has already taken root in inspiring initiatives around the world.

Kate Raworth, Founder of ‘doughnut economics’, Senior Visiting Research Associate University of Oxford

We want sustainable development. That requires profound changes in the way we explain and manage our societies. Maja Göpel shows how to do that. She offers the analytical framework for transformative change. Brilliant!

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Co-President Club of Rome

For those seeking to understand and engage with our turbulent global moment, The Great Mindshift serves as a primer for the perplexed and a manifesto for the disheartened. …. Gram-sci’s observation that “the old is dying and the new cannot be born” has never been truer, and in Göpel we have a wise midwife to assist us in giving birth to a healthy planetary civilization.

Paul Raskin, President, Tellus Institute and Founder, Great Transition Initiative

Dr. Maja Göpel is Head of the Berlin Office of the Wuppertal Institut.

9 783319 437651

ISBN 978-3-319-43765-1

OPEN ACCESS Link für kostenloses ebook: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-43766-8