the collective that advocates degrowth in a white coat | EUROtoday

DAt the start of December 2023, as COP28 started in Dubai, an “alternative COP” opened for 4 days in Bordeaux, on the initiative of the Scientists in Rebellion collective. In the annex of town's submarine base, spherical tables and conferences on “the limits of the intensive agricultural model” or on the technique of “preventing” main infrastructure tasks alternated with inventive workshops and “participatory theater” – together with a fictional trial of TotalEnergies –, attracting an viewers of sympathizers and curious folks. The members of the collective additionally circulated within the metropolis middle in white coats, with banners and microphones.