The call: Soon it will be too late…

Kairos relays the appeal that some of us have signed, also circulated by Médiapart « Soon it will be too late… What to do in the short and long term? »

We have heard the call of more than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries published on November 13, 2017, in which they sound the alarm on the disastrous state of our planet. We understand that this is the last warning, because if we do not take the appropriate measures  » soon it will be too late « .

We, ecologists, alterglobalists, growth objectors, and degrowthists, wish to draw the practical consequences of this call, since it is soon « too late », it is now that we must act. No one has ready-made answers today, but we know that we need to change the dominant paradigm. The way out is not through austerity and growth, but rather through a break with productivism, extractivism, blissful faith in techno-science, authoritarianism and capitalism.

We must change our modes of production and existence, because they are at the origin of the current situation, and the collapse of resources could lead us to barbarism. But we are not starting from nothing, we know that alternatives already exist on a global scale, which must be brought together; we also know that the dream of the 99% is not to imitate the 1%, contrary to what the dominant would have us believe.

We must change our modes of production and existence but we know that tomorrow must be better than today while immediately dividing by three our CO2 emissions and preserving ecosystems. We don’t believe in the future because we want to sing in the present. The planet is rich enough to allow ten billion humans to live well if we preserve its biodiversity and know how to live in harmony with other species.

Our struggles today must bring us closer to the society of tomorrow.

If global warming is not drastically curbed, it will cause massive droughts and global famines. So that humanity does not disappear like a bankrupt company, we invite you to sign this appeal and to have others sign it in order to make a date by saying that the medium and long term solution is on the side of a society of gratuity, emancipated from the constraint of « always more » economic wealth and power over other humans, other living beings and the planet.

So that humanity does not disappear like a bankrupt company, we invite you to sign and to have signed this appeal in order to demand, from now on, the end of the Great Unnecessary Projects imposed (from the NDDL airport to Europacity through the Grand Prix de France de F1), a drastic reduction of the working time (to work less to work all better), the generalization of the commons and of free access (to public transport, school canteens, cultural and funeral services), a drastic reduction of inequalities of income and wealth, a broadening of democracy to move towards more autonomy and empowerment of people.

Everything must be rethought within the framework of the critique of growth because the degrowth that we support does not mean doing the same thing in less, it is not the praise of sacrifice, it is already building an ecology of incomes with a decent minimum and maximum and returning to bearable rates of deduction from nature, it is offering a future in a world that no longer offers one

We, ecologists, alterglobalists, degrowth activists, growth objectors in love with the good life, call for a common approach to build a project of transition towards a society of a‑growth, just and democratic. We will have to express our will to get closer, in order to create a movement of ideas rich in its diversity, to network our competences and alternatives, to take initiatives, to initiate resistances, and to prepare convergences with all those who oppose the coming barbarism.

Sign this appeal and get it signed!

To sign the appeal click here.

Find the text of the initiators of the call here and more information here.

First signatories signatories (in alphabetical order) :

Yves-Marie Abraham, HEC Montreal (Quebec)
Alain Adriaens, Honorary member of the Brussels Parliament, spokesman for the political movement of the Growth Objectors (B)
Christophe Aguiton, co-founder of SUD/solidaires
Gilles Alfonsi, Association of Unitary Communists
Gabriel Amard, water activist, animator of La France Insoumise
Christian Araud, author
Paul Ariès, political scientist, editor-in-chief of the magazine les Zindigné(e)s
Isabelle Attard, former ecologist deputy
Geneviève Azam, economist, ATTAC
Sylvie Barbe, ecofeminist, yurtao
Julien Bayou, regional councillor of Île-de-France and spokesman for the Europe Écologie Les Verts party
Renda Belmallem, co-founder of the Decreasing University Network (DUN)
Jean-Claude Besson-Girard, writer
Martine Billard, France insoumise, former deputy of Paris
Christophe Bonneuil, Historian, director of the Anthropocene collection at Ed. du Seuil
Jacques Boutault, Mayor of the 2nd district of Paris (EELV)
François Briens, engineer and researcher in socio-economics and foresight
Thierry Brugvin, sociologist
Thierry Brulavoine, spokesman for the Maison commune de la décroissance, columnist for the newspaper La Décroissance
Vincent Bruyère, in charge of citizen mobilization at AJENA
Florent Bussy, philosopher
Lionel Chambrot, Friends of Degrowth Nancy
Fabrice Clavien, Réseau Objection Croissance Genève (ROC-GE)
Yves Cochet, former minister, president of the Momentum Institute
Mathieu Colloghan, artist
Maxime Combes, economist
Philippe Corcuff, lecturer in political science
Marie-Laure Coulmin Koutsaftis, CADTM facilitator, author
Thomas Coutrot, economist and member of ATTAC
Adrien Couzinier, energy specialist, member of Adrastia
Geneviève Decrop, sociologist
Robin Delobel, CADTM reviewer
Federico Demaria, ecological economist, Research & Degrowth
Alessandro Di Giuseppe, actor (« PAP’40 »)
Alessia Di Dio, Minus newspaper!
Alix Dreux, co-founder of Jeudi Noir
Marc Dufumier, agronomist
Jonathan Durand Folco, Saint Paul University (Quebec)
Renaud Duterme, CADTM and author of De quoi l’effondrement est-il le nom?
Timothée Duverger, researcher
Jean-Baptiste Eyraud, association activist
Guillaume Faburel, Professor of Geography, University of Lyon
Yann Fievet, socio-economist
Gérard Filoche, trade unionist
Fabrice Flipo, philosopher, Research & Degrowth
François Friche, Less! newspaper
Jean Gadrey, economist, ATTAC activist
Jean-Marc Gancille, co-founder of Darwin eco-system
Diane Gariépy, Quebec Network for Voluntary Simplicity
Jean-Pierre Garnier, urban sociologist
François Geze, editor
Frédérique Giacomoni, publisher (Le Passager Clandestin)
Willy Gianinazzi, biographer of André Gorz
Michèle Gilkinet, former Belgian MP, growth objector
Mathilde Girault, doctoral student in urban studies, member of Lucioles (Lyon)
Françoise Gollain, sociologist, growth objector
Didier Harpagés, professor of economics and social sciences
Yohann Hubert, spokesperson for the Maison commune de la décroissance
Anne Isabelle Veillot, co-author of Un Projet de Décroissance
Thierry Jaccaud, editor in chief of L’Ecologiste
François Jarrige, historian
Andréa Kotarac, Regional Councillor (FI)
Annie Lahmer, Regional Councillor EELV
Philippe Lamberts, MEP, Co-Chairman of the Greens/European Free Alliance Group
Paul Lannoye, former president of the Green Group in the European Parliament and president of Grappe asbl — Belgium
Serge Latouche, professor emeritus, director of the collection Les Précurseurs de la Décroissance (Editions Le Passager Clandestin)
Romain Lauféron, disobedient
Christophe Laurens, co-founder of the Master in Urban Alternatives
Stéphane Lavignotte, environmental activist, pastor
Anne Le Strat, consultant, former president of Eau de Paris
Philippe Léna, geographer, sociologist, director of research emeritus
Michel Lepesant, Maison commune de la décroissance (MCD)
Vincent Liegey, co-author of Un Projet de Décroissance and coordinator of the international conferences on Degrowth
Elise Lowy, Founder of Mouvement Ecolo
Lucas Luisoni, Objection Growth Network Geneva (ROC-GE)
Stéphane Madelaine, growth objector, Le Havre
Pietro Majno-Hurst, physician-surgeon, Geneva and Lugano, Switzerland
Noël Mamère, former Member of Parliament
Florent Marcellesi, Member of the European Parliament
Charlotte Marchandise, presidential candidate for laprimaire.org
Louis Marion, philosopher
Eric Martin, professor of philosophy, Edouard-Montpetit College
Myriam Martin, member of Ensemble! Movement for a left-wing, ecologist and solidarity-based alternative
Gustave Massiah, alterglobalist economist
Bertrand Méheust, writer, doctor in sociology and specialist in parapsychology
Myriam Michel, Utopia
Serge Mongeau, author
Corinne Morel-Darleux, National Secretary for Ecosocialism, Regional Councillor (PG-FI)
Marc Mosio, Decroissance idf
Barbara Muraca, Oregon State University
David Murray, Editor, Forget-Me-Not
Baptiste Mylondo, teacher-researcher in economics, supporter of universal income without conditions
Laure Noualhat, journalist and director
Nicolas Oblin, Editorial Director of Illusio magazine
Christophe Ondet, co-author of a Degrowth Project, facilitator of a bicycle workshop
Claudine Ottiger, Réseau Objection Croissance Genève (ROC-GE)
Laurent Paillard, philosopher
Mathilde Panot, MP for Val de Marne (FI)
Jean-Luc Pasquinet, décroissance idf, technologos
Pascal Pavie, peasant activist
Antoine Peillon, great reporter La Croix
Alexandre Penasse, editor-in-chief of Kairos newspaper
Evelyne Perrin, sociologist, author
Dominique Plihon, economist, ATTAC spokesman
Christine Poilly, anti shale gas collective
Valentine Porche, co-founder of the Decreasing University Network (RUD)
Loïc Prud’homme, deputy of Gironde (FI)
Franck Pupunat, Utopia animator
Gilles Quiniou, degrowth in the Cathar country
Yvon Quiniou, philosopher
Xavier Renou, disobedient
Dany Robert Dufour, philosopher
Marie-Monique Robin, journalist, director of the documentary Sacré Croissance
Barbara Romagnan, former PS MP
Daniel Rome, economist, ATTAC
Pierre Rose, Objecteur de Croissance 62; anti diaper gas collective
Flora Sallembien, MCD spokesperson and members of Décroissance IDF
Germain Sarhy, founder of the Emmaus community of Lescar-Pau
Hélène Schmitt, décroissance Montpellier
François Schneider, Research & Degrowth, Can Decreix
Nicolas Sersiron, former president of CADTM-France, North/South solidarity activist
Pablo Servigne, in(land)dependent researcher, author and lecturer
Michel Simonin, friends of Decroissance Nancy
Agnès Sinaï, journalist and lecturer at Science Po Paris
Michel Soudais, deputy editor-in-chief of Politis
Christian Sunt, Decroissance Pays Occitan
Jacques Testart, biologist, citizen science activist
Eric Toussaint, international spokesman of the CADTM
Nina Treu, coordinator Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie (Germany)
Aurélie Trouvé, ATTAC spokesperson
François Verret, spokesman of the MCD and member of Décroissance IDF
Denis Vicherat, Utopia Editions
Maxime Vivas, writer, ex-literary referent of ATTAC, administrator of the site legrandsoir.info
Patrick Viveret, philosopher
Jean-Pierre Worms, French sociologist, former French MP and association leader
Pierre Zarka, former deputy, former director of L’Humanité, ACU (Ensemble!) leader
Olivier Zimmermann, Geneva Objection Growth Network (ROC-GE)
Josef Zisyadis, President Slow Food Switzerland