@DrALJONES

Outstanding article from 2021, thankyou Émile P Torres and Dr Jones tor sharing.

To all those in the eco-related movements I have seen here. To almost all of those in any #ClimateJustice movement or hose concerned with #ClimateChange #EcologicalEconomics #AntiCapitalism #BioDiversity and their followers. To those who just restate the problem and endlessly re-post the data, or hand-wave about "it's urgent we do something", to #Hickel #Raworth #Kallis. To those who say "let's be optimistic and wait for a technological unicorn", #ProfessorSamFankhauser, and all peddlers of childish romanticicsm. To those who repeatedly outline the Utopia we had or could have again if we fixed the problems (*see list below.)

GET A GRIP! #GetAGrip

The greedy and cynical are winning, every day, and of course they don't care. They won't give up any of their privileges willingly. How will we stop them?

Work out how to effect change NOW, how to START a RAPID transition to the world you want to see, don't wallow in your repetitious banalities.

*Some of our #Problems as a species. Feel free to add to the list:
Political
Transition policies absent from Manifestos
No Global cooperation
Dictators and Populism
Lobbying especially by Capitalist interests inc. Fossil Fuels
Subsidies for bad activity e.g. fossil fuels
Military
Conflicts
Technologies inc. L.A.W.S., WMD.
Economic
Capitalism & Growth
Greed & Inequality
Overconsumption by the 1%
Corporations & Corp Law
GDP as driving metric
Debt
Industrial
Plastic production and waste
Chemical Pollution inc. from Solar Panel manufacturing
Steel & Concrete e.g. in Wind Turbines, Fission power
Material Footprint
Agricultural
Forced crop changes
Beef & other meat production
Food Miles
Climate & Ecology
Carbon footprint & GHG emissions
Sea-level rise
Desertification
Deforestation
Coral reef destruction
Green-washing
Species loss
Health & Social
Poverty & famine
Refugee crises, from war, famine, sea-level rise
Discrimination, by race, religion, colour
Zoonotic Pandemics
Antibiotic resistance
Climate stress
Drug abuse
Religious extremism
Information & Computing
Intellectual property inc. GM crops, medicines and vaccines
AI inc. Singularity
Surveillance Society
Mis-information
Conspiracies
Population
8bn now and 2bn increase projected
Projections
Models sanitised to ~linear scenarios
Feedback loops / Tipping points: Permafrost, and ice melt and albedo reduction
Inertia of Climate change in the pipeline

"Oh, there is hope, an infinite amount of hope - just not for us." Franz Kafka :earth: :earth:

@gerrymcgovern

These #degrowth principles are obviously well thought out. I like #kallis and his work. However, they are nothing without political success.

Polling for the 2023 election in Spain summarised here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2023_Spanish_general_election
shows that support for Unidas Podemos, the key political grouping Kallis cites, is declining.

Are there any examples, anywhere in the world, of political parties adopting similar degrowth principles winning, or going UP in the polls?

[Edit: I should point out that the Spanish coalition Government, with its "junior partner" UP, is doing some things in the right direction https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/09/30/spain-approves-solidarity-tax-make-nations-top-01-pay-fairer-share]

Went to Kallis on Monday, a calm day, an overcast day, warmer in both air and water than it ‘looks’.

Painted it.
Realizing, I enjoy ‘not trying to make it look exactly like what I am painting, rather, inspired by, and letting it become what it becomes.’ I think that’s a liberating viewpoint for me, a playful and more lighthearted way of approaching this #dailydrawing-project of mine.

#ribersborg #kallis #malmö