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#degrowth

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osfa_2030

Read the first 50 pages of Kohei Saito's "Slow Down. The Degrowth Manifesto". As usual the diagnostics part of this genre of books is devastating. KS particularly insists in the non viability of green growth and technosolutionism --- including of course electric cars.
I hope once he starts studying actual degrowth ideas, it will turn somehow more optimistic and inspiring. It actually starts with Kate Raworth's "Doughnut Economy diagram" which I used to teach my students and find very valuable. Let's see.
@motorhueso
#degrowth #saito

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Simon Johnson

phys.org/news/2025-04-world-tr

“It is clear that we are currently on a dangerous trajectory—with tipping points likely to be triggered unless we change course rapidly. We need urgent global action—including the triggering of 'positive tipping points' in our societies and economies—to reach a safe and sustainable future."

Our future is still in our hands, but only just

We will shift to a #degrowth model. The only question is whether it’s a choice or the result of #climate & #nature collapse

phys.orgWorld on course to trigger multiple climate 'tipping points' unless action accelerates, research warnsMultiple climate "tipping points" are likely to be triggered if global policies stay on their current course, new research shows. Scientists assessed the risk of "tipping" in 16 different parts of the Earth system—ranging from the collapse of major ice sheets to the dieback of tropical coral reefs and vast forests.
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The Inquisitive Biologist

Apologies for interrupting the scheduled broadcast of palaeontology reviews, but the United States Society for Ecological Economics is having a book club discussion this Tuesday. Just in time, here is my take...

A compelling book about degrowth that, well, grows on you, Less is More patiently but firmly explores why capitalism isn't working out for us and what we should focus on instead.

inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/

Less is More
The Inquisitive Biologist · Book review – Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the WorldA compelling book about degrowth that, well, grows on you, Less is More patiently but firmly explores why capitalism isn’t working out for us and what we should focus on instead.
#Books#BookReview#Bookstodon
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Mark Burton

Thinking today about #bikes, complex #technology, iron and #steel, rubber and #collapse

As the system collapses in the coming years, we'll use simpler modes to travel less.

"Socialism will only arrive on a bicycle."

But look how complex today's bikes have become.

Illich saw global transport equity as optimal at the 3-speed bike.

But that too is quite complex.

We'll be restoring and simplifying bikes, but where will the new parts come from? Where will they be made?
/ Continues #degrowth

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Miss Gayle

"What we need more than new solar-powered factories is the normalization of people turning away from destructive affluence, living simpler and happier lives, and sharing those lives with others. Not utopian lives, of course, but better lives. That will take different forms for different people, and some will be able to make larger changes than others."

Link: resilience.org/stories/2025-04

Business in the Age of Overshoot Trey Sutton, originally published by Resilience.org April 24, 2025 Perhaps more of us can look for the joyfully modest people in our lives, learning what we can from them instead of from the malignantly selfish, algorithm-drive madness running rampant today. That seems like genuine progress, however slowly it is made. Teaser image credit: Photo by New York Rowhouse stores and Homes on Unsplash ...The cultural transformation we need in affluent countries involves changes that, to my eyes, are unquestionably positive. Encouraging people to prioritize genuine life satisfaction over hollow, expensive, destructive, and time-consuming illusions of happiness – to prioritize relationships and meaningful work and nature over material luxuries and conveniences – that is worth fostering regardless of how much it scales. Every person who moves in that direction will be better off, and the environment will be better off, too...
#DeGrowth#Localization#Sustainability
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