The Spanish Minister of Consumer Affairs, Alberto Garzón, calls for #degrowth and eco-socialism in this fantastic, well-researched post.
It's so inspiring to see these ideas starting to break through also at the political level!
https://la-u.org/the-limits-to-growth-eco-socialism-or-barbarism/
I've been sad to learn some western climate activists have started pushing geoengineering. This is bad idea for many reasons, but the biggest is that it's politically unwise. Advocating for a techno-fix will inevitably weaken demands for a system change.
Hello new followers! I've been bad at hashtags, which are crucial here for discoverability, so here's some of them.
I try to toot interesting things related to #activism about #ClimateChange / #ClimateCrisis / #EarthBreakdown, from the perspective of #degrowth / #ClimateJustice / #sustainability. I'm one tiny part of #ExtinctionRebellion.
I build #FOSS / #OpenSource / #commons and #SmallTech using #rust and will write more about that soon.
Third, occasionally #philosophy, #anticapitalism.
Reading this article by Farhana Sultana on #ClimateJustice was so powerful in so many ways.
I got a long list of references on the many different viewpoints to #EarthBreakdown and colonialism.
I was philosophically challenged by the strong arguments for plurality of not only views and practices but knowledge, instead of seeking universality.
I was emotionally moved by the personal journal entries, skillfully included in an academic text.
Heartily recommended!
Green growth – claim that we can both keep growing GDP and stop #EarthBreakdown – is a myth. This was echoed by #IPCC based on robust empirical evidence from ecological economics.
For those who still refuse to let go, this report found out that
"[T]here are not enough minerals in the currently reported global reserves to build just one generation of batteries for all EV’s and stationary power storage, in the global industrial ecosystem as it is today."
#Degrowth now!
Wonderful people of #elokapina (#XR Finland) and #Greenpeace have stopped a Russian coal train heading to Europe.
Finland must stop accelerating Earth breakdown and funding Putin's war machine. Ban Russian coal and oil transit now. #StandWithUkraine
The #IPCC WG II report warned about 700 million people being displaced because of water shortages in Africa. That's half of the continent's entire population.
When? Not by 2100 nor by 2050, but by 2030.
Did you know over 1000 scientists engaged in civil disobedience yesterday all over the world? This was massive: scientists are trained to be cautious, so getting this many to act should have been a top story.
Media coverage? Zero. An utter disgrace.
The analysis of the IPCC WG III report is slowly trickling in, and it seems many have underestimated how radical the proposals really are.
I'll be posting the best sources about #degrowth and #ClimateJustice in this thread.