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Climate Jenny 2.1

It was half a year ago, but finally found where I got the idea that we can all live on the planet without wrecking it AND have access to a washing machine. #degrowth

—a healthy diet (EAT-Lancet) 2500 cal/day
—100 L of water/person/day for drinking, cooking, hygiene
—electricity for 16 h/day, incl. one high-power appliance, e.g. washing machine (0·7 kWh/capita/day)
—housing: living area 15m2
—transportation: up to 4500 passenger-km per year climatejustice.social/@breadan

Climate Justice SocialBread and Circuses (@breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social)More on that vital report which describes a very narrow path to a potentially survivable future... ________________________________ All of humanity could share a prosperous equitable future, but the space for development is rapidly shrinking under pressure from a wealthy minority of ultra-consumers, a groundbreaking study has shown. The new paper is a 62-page “thought experiment” by an international team of scientists that seeks to map out how the world’s 7.9 billion people could remain within safe planetary boundaries while accessing necessary levels of food, water, energy, shelter and transport. It then projects how this may change by 2050, when the population is likely to be 9.7 billion people. Growing environmental degradation and climate instability have pushed the Earth beyond a series of safe planetary boundaries, say the authors, but it still remains possible to carve out a “safe and just space” that would enable everyone to thrive. That utopian outcome would depend on a radical transformation of global politics, economics, and society to ensure a fairer distribution of resources, a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels, and the widespread adoption of low-carbon, sustainable technologies and lifestyles, it said. The scale of the required change will alarm many governments, acknowledged one of the lead authors. “It won’t be immediately welcomed. To some extent, it is frightening, but it shows that there is still a space for people and other species,” said Joyeeta Gupta, a professor of environment and development at the University of Amsterdam. Under our current highly unequal, fossil-fuel intensive social and environmental conditions, it is now impossible for all humans to live healthy lives within a “safe and just corridor.” That finding is underscored by previous studies that show that seven of the eight planetary boundaries have already been breached. The authors said the current global situation of worsening inequality and rising nationalist politics may not seem conducive to achieving the just and safe plan laid out, but governments can change and so can public opinion – particularly at a time of intensifying climate stress. ________________________________ FULL STORY -- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/12/consumerism-and-the-climate-crisis-threaten-equitable-future-for-humanity-report-says #Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Degrowth
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marie verdeil

BRUSSELS — BOOK LAUNCH — 29.4

→ How to make books more sustainable? During this evening, Low-tech Magazine will present our "Compressed Book Edition", this time in Brussels, at Architecture Curating Practice's gallery.

→ Inspired by the image compression on its solar-powered website, Low-tech Magazine squeezed the article catalog of their three-volume chronological book series into just one book. Compressing the content — an editorial and design choice — produces a larger reduction in resource use than printing on recycled paper could ever do.

🕰 18:30 Doors open
19:00 Book presentation and introduction of Low-tech Magazine
19:45 Q&A
20:00 Book sale / snacks & drinks / discussion

📌 Architecture curating practice,
et al. architect-run space
37 Rue des Tanneurs / Huidevettersstraat 137
1000 Brussels

(talk will be held in english)
Poster by our current intern Hugo Lopez

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#lowtechmagazine #lowtech #solarpoweredwebsite #solar #obsoletetechnology #bikegenerator #opensource #selfhosted #krisdedecker #degrowth #offgrid

a Poster features the 3 volume chronoloigcal series of low-tech magazine squeezed by wooden clamp, illustrating the principle of compression we applied with the book.
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Climate Jenny 2.1

@afewbugs I never used an electric toothbrush until 2020, when I realized that it might not be safe to visit the dentist again any time soon. Trade-offs.

I once heard a credible person on a #degrowth podcast argue that there is enough wealth in the world for *everyone* to have access to a washing machine. I need to look that up again.

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Fernando Racimo

How did the @ScientistRebellion movement emerge and spread so quickly around the world? My new book, Science in Resistance (out in October with UC Press) documents the evolution of the SR movement over the past 5 years. Combining personal stories, interviews with scientist-activists, and insights from research on direct action and academia, I explore the challenges scientists face when taking a stand for climate and ecological justice.

Half of the proceeds will go to SR and allied climate justice groups.

ucpress.edu/books/science-in-r

Cover of book "Science in Resistance" including author Fernando Racimo and an image of scientists engaging in civil disobedience at the steps of the Spanish parliament.
#ClimateJustice#ClimateChange#Activism
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Bread and Circuses

If large-scale action is going to take place quickly enough to stave off the worst damages of ecosystem breakdown, it will have to start at the top. We need total system change!

End capitalism. End colonialism. End imperialism. Break up the large nation-states. Commence degrowth.

Barring all that, which admittedly seems unlikely to happen, then it will be up to individuals and communities to make collective grassroots changes that might allow most of them to survive.

Either way, it's time to act.

Meme with a raised fist. Text says: "System change, not climate change."
#Environment#Climate#ClimateChange
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Bread and Circuses

We presently face the most radical of challenges to the continuation of a livable biosphere — and indeed to humanity’s existence as a species — and therefore I believe the most radical response is justified and is urgently required.

First: Nationalize and then shut down the fossil fuel industry, the auto industry, the airlines, and the factory farms. The US military budget also must be deeply slashed, as they are the world's biggest single source of institutional emissions.

When I say shut down all those industries, I don't mean literally overnight. I realize of course that we can't stop burning fossil fuels instantly. I'm suggesting, however, a very rapid reduction, something on the order of 20% per year, meaning after five years we are down to zero. TRUE zero, not the phony greenwashed “net-zero.”

Second: Confiscate all previous financial holdings from fossil fuel corporations, their executives and their major investors, and dedicate a portion of those funds to help countries in the Global South raise standards of living without overly expanding the use of fossil fuels. Some of the funds can also be used to ease a transition for employees of the shuttered industries.

Third: Let the dust settle, see where we are with emissions, and maybe then consider deploying some solar geoengineering techniques, but only as a last resort.

Now, you might be concerned that many people would suffer and have to endure hardships if we shut down the fossil fuel industry and the auto industry and the airlines and the factory farms — and you’re right, they would.

However, that’s almost nothing compared to how many people will suffer and how great their hardships will be in the next few decades if we DON’T do all those things now.

Would this plan be easy to accomplish? No, not at all. Would it cause inconvenience and misery? Yes, certainly. Real change comes at a real cost.

Sorry to say it, but the choice we face is between a very bad outcome and a very VERY bad outcome.

#Economics#Environment#Climate
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Bread and Circuses

I agree with everything that Athena (@Climatehistories) says in a recent essay titled "Climate and the End of Capitalism."

Here are a few excerpts...
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The pace of global warming has been significantly underestimated.

Last year marked a historic and deeply troubling threshold: for the first time, global temperatures exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. In March 2025 the global temperature was 1.6°C above pre-industrial averages — the 20th month in a 21-month period that global temperatures exceeded the 1.5°C threshold. Arctic sea ice hit its lowest March extent since satellite records began 47 years ago, marking four consecutive months of record lows.

These aren't just worrying trends — they’re flashing red alarms.

Despite decades of warnings, global carbon emissions are still rising. If current policies persist, we’re heading for a world between 2.2C and 3.4C warmer.

In recent days, commentators on social media, sometimes jokingly, have referred to US tariffs as ‘right-wing degrowth.’ It’s a catchy phrase, but misleading.

Degrowth calls for a controlled and equitable reduction in economic activity to protect people and the planet. Idiotic tariffs that raise the cost of food, clothing, and essentials don’t do that. They hurt lower-income families without helping the environment. Economic nationalism risks destroying the economy it claims to protect. It’s a path to chaos and instability.
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FULL ESSAY -- theclimatehistorian.substack.c

Bar graph showing "Global surface air temperature anomalies" for the month of March in every year from 1979 through 2025. The amount of warming has steadily increased and is now beyond the 1.5° C target.
#Politics#Economics#Science
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Simon Johnson

@midide but in terms of wider consumption patterns, beyond power generation, fossil fuel usage, rather than declining, also continues to increase

While a shift to renewables is welcome, it only matters if it *replaces* fossil fuels, not if it provides additional capacity. Until we understand the implications of living on a finite planet - endless economic growth is a cancer that is killing us - we continue to hurtle towards climate & nature collapse

#degrowth#climate
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midzer

@ebinger eigene Fragen, welche ich mir dabei stelle:

* fahren dadurch weniger Schiffe?
* fliegen dadurch weniger Flugzeuge?
* wird dadurch weniger (Elektro-) Müll für die Halde produziert?

Wenn nein, dann findet #Degrowth / "Minuswachstum" nicht statt. Nicht-nachwachsende Rohstoffe werden nicht eingespart.

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Bread and Circuses

Capitalism cannot be allowed to continue.

As long as capitalism is in charge, then Business As Usual is inevitable.

But Business As Usual can only lead to collapse — of the ecosystem, of the economy, of governments, and of modern society.

Collapse, starting slowly and then growing, means tragedies beyond anything you have ever imagined.

If capitalism is still the dominating force ten years from now, then it’s too late. Collapse will happen. It may in fact be too late already — but we will never know unless capitalism is rejected and #degrowth is adopted.
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Here we are! Another week of BUSINESS AS USUAL, sponsored this time by Shell Oil, Koch Industries, and the US Army.

🎶 "Keep driving, keep flying, keep shopping, keep buying!
We've got this, everything's fine." 🎶 😃

Mock promotional poster for a faux TV show called "Business As Usual" as described in post.
#Economics#Science#Environment
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