Event details

Higher, faster, further, more. Unlimited growth. We live in a world of growth logic and constant acceleration: Production, the pace of work, the flood of information, opportunities, demands and events in everyday life are increasing. More and more can and should be achieved. However, the consequences and pitfalls of a constantly accelerating modern age are also becoming ever clearer – in the environment, in society and in ourselves.

However, deceleration is both a condition and a component of sustainable development and degrowth is a central sustainability strategy.

At first, it may sound rather unattractive or strange to take things more slowly or thoughtfully. But slowing down does not mean standing still! What qualities could emerge behind the (work/leisure) stress?

In this workshop, we will explore together what it could mean to get off the hamster wheel. In an open process, we will look at what is important, what can develop and what should stay. We will give you various exercises and methods to try out and reflect on.with you. It is less about a result and more about discovery. Between the first and second half-day, you will observe your everyday life and see which spaces are available for slowing down. You then try out what opportunities you can create or already have to slow down.

The workshop takes place as part of the Karlsruhe Transformation Center’s Deceleration Year (more information here), in which an entire research group is investigating what it means to work and decelerate in times of major transformations (WBGU 2011) and upheavals.

Workload for ECTS:

1 ECTS: active participation in the workshop and

• Completion of the transfer task recommended in the workshop
• Written reflection report

Lecturer: 

Annika Fricke is a research associate at the Karlsruhe Transformation Center for Sustainability and Cultural Change (KAT) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). She previously studied geoecology at KIT and the accompanying study program Sustainable Development at ZAK. She is currently working on the projects “School of Transformation” and “#climatechallenge”. She deals with various topics: Sustainable development, personal sustainability, transdisciplinary and transformative sustainability research, education for sustainable development, deceleration.