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The Club of Rome is reluctant to point the finger at any one nation, yet clearly nations like the United States, which consumes approximately 60% of the world's resources, will, in the Club's view, have to accept a severe cutback in its voracious appetite.
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Computer predicts the end of civilization, ABC story that aired in 1973

https://youtu.be/cCxPOqwCr1I

#collapse #overshoot #usa #overconsumption #degrowth

🚨10 selected #researchluxembourg results 🚨

✅ An effective #antibody against #skincancer🧪
✅ How youth perceive their #weight🪞
✅ The fabulous destiny of #polaritons🔬
✅ European #healthdata⚕️
✅ The #overconsumption of harmful products📈
✅ The #housingmarket in #Luxembourg🏠

Discover the other #science & #research news from Luxembourg in July 2023 ➡️ https://www.researchluxembourg.org/en/10-selected-research-luxembourg-results-july-2023/

Population ecologist William Rees warns that humanity is on the verge of massive population correction (phys.org)

Full article:
https://www.mdpi.com/2431294

#overshoot #overconsumption

Is there some reason why the most #sustainable and #repairable phones are only available in Europe?

Do they think no-one values those things in the US or are there market barriers to #sustainability

#RightToRepair #OverConsumption #LifeCycleDesign

https://www.androidcentral.com/best-sustainable-repairable-phones

Rich parents upset that the bag delivery service they use to send loads of crap to their spoiled kids' $15,000 summer camp went out of business... because they planned to go on a family vacation as soon as the brats returned. #OutOfTouch #OverConsumption

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/style/camp-trucking-shut-down.html

Come on, if your kid can't carry their own luggage with them, they're taking too much shit to camp.

We are doomed. #overconsumption

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/9/23822742/cadillac-escalade-iq-ev-reveal

I can't tag EV or all sorts of people will pile on saying this is great. Hanging on to the idea that going EV absolves them of responsibility for carbon emission is very important to them.

@Pampa

First of all, the reason I'm posting so much stuff about #LimitedResources is because I agree that the rush to switch the fleet to EVs is based on magical thinking and #OverConsumption

But #RareEarth materials remain an issue because of that consumption. While electronics use far less per item, that's offset by the fact that there are 7B smart phones in the world vs 1.4B cars. phones are replaced every 2yrs or so. and the recycling recovery is of RareEarths is less than 1%

Still looking for a good hashtag to file all these #LimitedResources stories under. It's the problem that is just mostly ignored via magical thinking. "The entire fleet needs to be #EVs" is met with hurrahs. Very few people realize what that means in terms of #resource #extraction, the hard limits on #lithium or #RareEarth reserves or refining capacity.

We can't consume our way out of something that is an #OverConsumption problem at its core.

Today is #EarthOvershootDay , the day when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services for 2023 exceeds what Earth can regenerate.

While especially today it's tempting to draw attention to #overconsumption, in this blog post I argue that it's both ineffective to target individuals but also not the way the economy works.

Our focus should be on #overproduction.

https://tiuraniemi.org/blog/overproduction

Today is #EarthOvershootDay , the day when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services for 2023 exceeds what Earth can regenerate.

While especially today it's tempting to draw attention to #overconsumption, in this blog post I argue that it's both ineffective to target individuals but also is not the way our productive system works.

Our focus should be on #overproduction.

https://tiuraniemi.org/blog/overproduction

"Thanks to Tesla’s leadership, consumers are buying the biggest battery EVs they can, thinking that they’re saving the planet when they’re actually hoarding unused batteries to ward off their personal range anxiety. Because Americans only drive 40 miles a day on average, and because 95 percent of car trips are 30 miles or less, the range figures Tesla has normalized are wildly overkill and exacerbate battery supply chain issues that are only just starting to bite."

#Lithium #EV #OverConsumption

Prime day, man. Prime day.

#overconsumption #shame #oohshiny

The hard right and climate catastrophe are intimately linked. (The Guardian)

As climate policy is weakened, extreme weather intensifies and more refugees are driven from their homes – and the cycle of hatred continues.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/15/hard-right-climate-catastrophe-extreme-weather-refugees

#climate #climate_change #climate_crisis #global_warming #extreme_weather #refugees #climate_refugees #pushbacks #border_wall #floods #droughts #far_right #hard-right #climate_denial #consumption #overconsumption

some hashes: #BiogeanSocialism #DeGrowth #SlowTech #Durability #EcoProduction #EquitableDistribution #NaturalContract #OverConsumption #RepairableTech #WasteStreams #RecyclingStreams #Renovation

Human #water #consumption is sucking lakes dry.
“The amount of water stored in large lakes has decreased over the past three decades due to both human and climatic drivers.”

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo2812
diy #Desertification #DryingLakes #HumanActivities #WaterBodies #Overconsumption #Degradation #Ecosystems #Waterbirds #Habitat #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds

#Fashion #greenwashing: What’s in your closet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s89xhCxVtQc
Our #overconsumption of fast fashion and its complicated #supplychain continue to have massive #environmental impacts. Now, #shoppers are demanding more #sustainable #clothing options. Brands and retailers are responding with new items and promoting their #green and #ecofriendly lines.
But how can #consumers tell if this is real change that will #helptheplanet?

Overconsumption: Germany needs 3 planets – DW – 05/04/2023 https://www.dw.com/en/overconsumption-germany-needs-3-planets/a-65504421
#resources #Overconsumption

Okay, we in Australia are renowned for our humour- walk on grass all day - but plastic grass-soled thongs (flip-flops, Brits) are taking the piss in a planetary crisis.
#plastic #waste #overconsumption #degrowth #microplastics #environment

So apparently it is an "engineered energy crisis" now, lol.

Someone needs to point to the #PeakOil and #pollution 'elephants in the room'.

The enemy is multi-headed and not binary like some people want us to believe. We need to battle #overconsumption, and yes, such overconsumption is invariably linked to #overpopulation in some form or other. This means we need to adjust. We are inextricably linked to how we consume.

Waste not, want not.

#overconsumption
#finiteresources
#earthovershootday