Abstract

This session will have an interactive discussion format, and its topic falls within the scope of “work in progress” and “unfinished ideas”. The “unfinished idea” is a proposal for a book hatched by one of us (Nadia Johanisova) about six years ago (and approved by a publisher). The provisional title was “Sustainable Economic Alternatives: Emerging Eco-Social Enterprises for Non-Growth Economies”. The idea was to approach what she has called “eco – social enterprises” (North, East and South) from a degrowth and environmental perspective and discuss their structure, activities, contexts and survival strategies. When Nadia started writing the book, she only wrote two chapters. In 2017 she partially burned out and the manuscript gathered dust until last year. Nadia then asked Tom Smith to be a co-author of the book. They have since been picking up the pieces and starting over. In the session, Tom and Nadia first present a framework of the book. What has been written? What is pending? What is still unclear? We will then try and pick your brains both content-wise and process-wise: What strikes you as superfluous? What is missing in the outline? And more generally: What are your experiences with book-writing? And any tips on overcoming procrastination?