Erin Remblance

Everything I don’t like is ‘degrowth’ 🙄

Degrowth: You Might Actually Like It Beyond the benefit of helping avoid a mass extinction event, we may even find that we enjoy the simpler life that degrowth can give us.

I encourage you to read this by @erinremblance.bsky.social

lower energy lifestyle can be more enjoyable

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Degrowth: No, Let’s Not Call It Something Else We don’t need to change the name ‘degrowth’. What we need is for more of us in wealthy nations to intuitively associate the term ‘economic growth’ with ‘collapse’.

I agree with this line of thinking presented by @erinremblance.bsky.social here - however I get the arguments that might sound "scary" too.

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Just this for those who might need to hear it today. With thanks to @erinremblance.bsky.social for giving me the lift I needed today. You are awesome 🙏

You don't understand! The ALP government has to support Israeli genocide, US war crimes, the destruction of the rule of law, and the north west gas shelf, because it only has a 51 seat lead on the Coalition. Something something Murdoch. They're really progressive, I swear.

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Here’s what 4m of sea level rise looks like for England www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Palestinian infant miraculously survives an encounter with Western values.

The Trump administration announced plans to eliminate federal protections for millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness, opening the door to drilling and mining in some of the nation’s last untouched landscapes.

De-growth and the Care Economy with Dr. Tim Jackson Our global economic system is premised on the idea that gross domestic product needs to constantly grow. But on a finite planet, is green growth possible? And is prosperity possible in a world without growth? Today’s guest is Dr. Tim Jackson , Professor of Sustainable Development at the University

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Thank you for being so open to feedback. I can’t wait to see the next iteration 😊

I’ve only had a quick glance & it does look interesting. Noticeably absent though is industrial animal agriculture & land clearing, both leading causes of climate change. I’d also love to see it expanded to be more than global warming, and have all of the planetary boundaries included.

Excellent quote from Patrick Howse about the BBC’s false impartiality of treating liars and honest people as if their contributions have equal value

Kinda wild that so many Very Serious People take the need to build data centers for AI as a given when the main use case for AI so far seems to be degrading people’s ability to read, write, think critically and connect to other human beings

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I'm making an exit strategy as I type :-)

As someone interested in the nexus between diet, climate & justice, I’m often surprised by the questions I get asked regarding whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) diets. I’ve realised that there’s 5 things I wish everyone knew about industrial animal agriculture and WFPB diets: (1/19)

How advanced a society is is not measured by whether it is engaged in space travel or developes artificial intelligence.

Introduction to Degrowth Presentation slide deck

Some are triggered by #degrowth – not understanding it's a rare path still available to us to often IMPROVE people's well-being & secure planetary health & stability. They think it means pain, like recession, rather than thoughtful restructuring.

See @erinremblance.bsky.social's helpful slide deck:

How captured economics stole our climate — and what we can do about it Part 1: What (almost) failing to become an economist taught me about economics

I've started a three-part series of articles as preparation for an upcoming podcast series on how captured economics stole our climate - and what we can do about it.

As @vegardbeyer.bsky.social put it "working with the garage door open" 😅

Comments welcome.

P1 here: medium.com/@katyrshield...

Degrowth Through Social Movements Erin Remblance talks with Steve about degrowth, capitalism, and the choices we face.

“So what this ultimately means is that we’re turning more of nature into dead commodities so we can sell them. So that we can grow GDP. Like, it’s literally consuming the nature on which we depend.”

#Degrowth Through Social Movements - @erinremblance.bsky.social
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Here’s the first instalment of our "Fireside Carbon Chat" series, hosted by @cemusuppsala.bsky.social and available as both a podcast & on YouTube: www.cemus.uu.se/fireside/

We borrowed the "Fireside" concept to reflect our goal of fostering informal, candid conversations on climate-related issues.

1. As we face a series of great crises, every parent is confronted with the question of how much we tell our children. We don’t want to lie to them, but nor do we want to terrify them. Of course, there is no single answer. It depends in part on the child. But this thread suggests one approach. 🧵

I'm not like a degrowth guy but ngl there is something about the word "abundance" that's starting to feel red flaggy to me

Why and how we should question growth | D+C - Development + Cooperation Debates on the feasibility and necessity of continuous economic growth have increased, not least due to the urgent need for action to mitigate climate change and the current polycrises. Thinking about...

“The potential negative impact of #degrowth on low-income countries arises from unequal exchange & colonial legacies.

It is therefore crucial to address injustice in global economic systems & link colonial & post-development perspectives with the degrowth debate.”
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"The crisis of our time." On my return from Palestine.

"What unfolds in #Palestine is the doomed legacy of Western civilisation… It is the 500yr-old history of Western racism, colonisation, & settler colonialism being replayed & reenacted in real time—a recycled legacy of brute force & sadistic violence.”
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Coming Soon to Our Musk-Trump Hellscape: AI-Trained Tesla Robotaxis Tesla could launch the robotaxis by year’s end, and Wall Street is banking on the incoming president to clear any regulations that stand in the way.

“In reality, the kind of abundance these companies want is simply to fill the country up with more unnecessary, energy-intensive junk that’ll make a small subset of very rich people even richer & an already hot planet even hotter.”

AI-Trained Tesla Robotaxis
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YouTube video by Planet: Critical States, Markets, and the Rest of Us | Grace Blakeley

Loved talking to the brilliant @racheldonald.bsky.social on Planet Critical!

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaV0...

America, watch and learn.