Sustainability Weeks

Time: 4pm - 8pm
Location: UZA II, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, seminar room 2H 415 Rot 2
Language: German*English*Spanish
Max. number of participants: 30 persons

Birgit Fritz (link to website)

Workshop
Time: 4pm - 6.30pm
Place: Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, Hörsaal 3
Language: English

Alenka Mrakovcic

Within the last 10-15 years, the phenomenon "clothing swap party" established and spread rapidly. In most cases, "sustainability" is mentioned as one of the central factors that speak for clothing swap parties. So in recent years, there has been no getting around clothing swap parties in the discourse on sustainability.
However, these have taken on enormous proportions: People swap clothes on a large scale, the exchange value is not the number of pieces but the weight (bring max. 5kg or similar). Many people use these offers possibly to get rid of newly bought clothes in a supposedly sustainable way in order to have room for new clothes. According to this logic, regular clothing swap parties would even fuel the purchase of new products and fast fashion, as there are uncomplicated and particularly many offers to give away clothes that are no longer used in a supposedly sustainable way.
However, this is by no means a conscious use of resources. To exchange clothes and at the same time to serve the logics (faster, better, more) of the capitalist market system does not fit together.
We therefore offer a mindful alternative: Conscious Clothes Gifting
Conscious Clothes Gifting is about conscious and mindful gifting. It's not about the quantity or the number of pieces, but about the individual value of things. We also reject the practice of bartering, as it excludes people who do not have a medium of exchange. We advocate slowness and a conscious examination of the things in question. Questions such as "do I really need this?", "how could I combine this piece of clothing?", "does this top fit my style?" or "to what occasion can I wear it?" can support in not hoarding clothes arbitrarily and without reflection; instead, a conscious and reflected consumption decision is encouraged. The same is true when giving away clothes: rather than donating large quantities of clothing, Conscious Clothes Gifting is more about consciously choosing things that could bring joy to others. In other words, this event is not about disposing of old clothes in poor condition, but rather an opportunity to get new favorite pieces.

How To Build A Social Movement For Marginalized Classes In Austria - A Dialogue With The Global South

Workshop
Time: 4pm - 6pm
Location: Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Wien, seminar room 12, 2nd level
Language: german (translation to english or spanish possible)

Juan Gerez

In this participatory workshop, we reflect on a set of political tools for building mass social movements from an intersectional, class, and political ecology perspective. We will also approach the topic from a positioning of the Global South, more specifically from the experience of Latin American militancy.  
We will work mainly under the premise of the extent to which it is possible for the Austrian left to build mass social movements in a context of economic-political crisis.
 
We will also focus on the following areas of tension:
Individual/Subject;  
Capital/Labor;  
State/Society
Capitalism/identity politics

In this workshop we will mainly use texts by authors* from the Global South with an intersectional approach.  

There will be space for discussion and exchange.

Degrowth - A feminist perspective!

Interactive Game
Time: 4pm - 8pm
Location: Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Vienna, Room PC 1
Language: German (whisper translation to English is possible)
Max. number of participants: 30 persons

Attac Austria
Registration via mail to oekoref@oeh.univie.ac.at

Workshop
Time: 4pm - 7pm
Place: Kolingasse 14-16, 1090, Vienna, PC room 1
Language: English
Max. number of participant: 20 persons

Isabel Sherriffs

Crochet is an art form and craft that has seen a strong revival in the last few years. How to crochet, what crocheting has to do with sustainability, slow fashion and accessibility, and what you can do with crochet – all these questions will be the topic of the crochet workshop on the 4th of May. The workshop requires no prior knowledge, skills or tools – being interested in crocheting wouldn’t hurt, though. Everything you need to crochet will be provided by the ÖH-team! You can come as a complete beginner or intermediary (even as a crochet expert, if you just want to hang out and crochet).

Accessibility: Moderate accessibility (“barrierearm”) – English-language, wheel-chair accessible location. Crochet requires moderate vision and the ability to use hands freely and flexibly.

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Systemic campaign planning - reaching the goal dynamically and creatively

Workshop
Time: 16:00 - 19:00 h
Place: Kolingasse 14-16, 1090, Vienna, seminar room 17
Language: German

Heli from Humus

How can we plan campaigns in such a way that they appeal to different target groups, are developed jointly along the way, and address the causes of problems instead of just fighting symptoms? Considerations and methods for modern campaign design are fed by approaches such as Systems Thinking or Human Centered Design and integrate feedback from various stakeholders as early as possible in the planning process. In this crash course we will look at how this can be done - you are welcome to bring your own examples or topics!

Sarah from Kostnix-Laden