Round Table “Beyond growth for a new social approach”

RECORDING OF THE EVENT

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Good evening. ATTAC – PAÍS VALENCIÀ has wanted to echo the most current reflections on climate o collapse change. To achieve this, it has had three exceptional representatives in their respective branches. I will make a very brief presentation, in alphabetical order, of each of them. You can consult much more information on the Internet.

Firstly, we have had the Valencian economist and feminist CARMEN CASTRO, specialized in welfare models, European gender policies and birth leave systems, which was, by the way, the content of her Doctoral Thesis. Both professionally and academically, her contribution to gender quality and public policies, as well as gender mainstreaming, training and employment have been fundamental. In areas related to gender, she has advised public institutions and associations. She also launched the Chair of Feminist Economics at the University of Valencia. Likewise, she has made important written contributions about her field of research and pedagogy. She is also a prominent activist for a change in the social model. She is the author of books such as Claves feministas para transiciones económicas (Feminist Keys for Economic Transitions). She writes for publications such as El Diario.es and CTXT.

Secondly, we have the biologist specialized in Ecology, ALBERTO FRAGUAS, from Madrid, with more than 40 years of experience as a consultant in environmental development planning and in environmental authorization processes. He has combined his technical specialization with activism. He was Dean of the College of Biologists of Madrid, founder of the professional association APROMA and various national environmental conferences. Director of GREEN CROSS (NGO founded by Mijail Gorbachev) and collaborator of organizations such as Alliance for Solidarity, etc. He was director of the Earth Institute and advisor to the Ministry of Environment and Ecological Transition. Likewise, he is coordinator of Political Ecology of ATTAC – Spain and coordinator of the Alliance “Beyond growth”. The topic of his presentation will focus on the civilizational change that we are facing as a consequence of the crises of all kinds that we are experiencing.

Finally, we had the presence of the Valencian urban planner JOAN OLMOS, a civil engineer who joined teaching at the Polytechnic University of Valencia as an associate professor at the School of Civil Engineering. In 1996 he began as a professor at the School of Architecture of the same university until 2012, when he retired. He was Dean of his professional association and General Director of Public Works of the first Valencian regional government, until 1988. Linked from the beginning to the Valencian environmental movement, he collaborated in the creation, 24 years ago, of the multidisciplinary group Terra Crítica, a combative look at the environmental, cultural and urban conflicts of our territory, in contact with neighborhood and social movements. He publishes in specialized magazines and media and attends talks and debates. His latest project together with other professionals and activists is “La Plaça” (The Square) debate classroom. His presentation will focus on the fields that he knows so well, related to the core of the round table that I present.