Interesting paper that reports that many degrowth policies are popular with the public, especially when degrowth isn't named. This is an important finding as much in the degrowth world seems to be obviously necessary—whatever your preferred politics.

We build entire identities around avoiding pain, even though everything meaningful in life requires vulnerability.

Superb thread 👏

Contrary to concerns that #degrowth is unpopular, it received substantial support from UK and US participants. Fostering proactive engagement with global challenges and awareness of nature’s fragility could further enhance the public’s acceptance of degrowth. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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One of the reasons why an #AMOC shutdown “cannot be considered a low likelihood risk anymore” is this study: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... And if you want to know more what this is about, watch my short presentation here: youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8?...

This is corporate manslaughter! Every new well that Shell sinks kills more people. Recent cutting-edge work by #climate scientists demonstrates how we can now attribute the deaths that will be caused from individual oil & gas projects... www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Sustainability researchers endorse post-growth policy instruments for the European Union This study surveyed 1,734 sustainability policy researchers from 97 countries on the potential, feasibility, and dependence on economic growth of 88 policy instruments from post-growth litera #sociology link

A breath of fresh air - such a relief to see sanity prevail.

Independent journalism is crucial for environmental protection. But, journalists who report on the harms caused by China’s overseas infrastructure buildout—from mines to ports and power plants—in Africa face intimidation, surveillance and police pressure. insideclimatenews.org/news/2311202...

McKibben in his latest book (2025). Then he goes on to explain degrowth cannot happen fast enough because people cannot change their lifestyles fast enough. He insists we must do solar and wind fast instead. Yeah, BUT we must also decrease the level of production and consumption (degrowth).

Two children have been killed every day in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire began. Why has this disappeared from the headlines? The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit. End all arms sales to Israel, now.

150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year. Older people left in excrement, wet beds, denied pain relief, forced to watch/hear other patients die. NHS money pilfered by PFI and privatisation But ... Govts have fiscal rules and don't want to tax the rich.

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

The mass murder continues, as expected. #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸

New research shows the world is nearing critical climate tipping points, from coral reef collapse to risks in the Amazon and major ocean currents. But positive shifts in renewables and sustainable farming offer a path forward. Read more:🔗 https://bit.ly/4pmzY9p #Trees4Resilience

New policy brief by Research and Degrowth and @waronwant.bsky.social out now: "Clothing the Planet Within Limits: A Degrowth Approach to Fashion" degrowth.org/blog/2025/11...

This is really good.

EXTRAORDINARY warm night ‼️DOZENS of tropical nights in Greece and Turkey MIn 19.0 Alexandroupolis November hottest night MINIMUMS up to 18C in Bulgaria,16C in Russia and Ukraine NOVEMBER HIGH MINIMUMS RECORDS🇷🇺 11.6 Konstantinovsk 11.5 Cimljansk 10.4 Nizhny-Chir 8.7 Pugacev

Inspired by Aldo Leopold’s land ethic, Dr. Roberta Millstein reexamines this philosophy in light of contemporary ecology, sharing new interpretations of interdependence, land health, & the “biotic community,” offering a fresh take on how these ideas can guide modern conservation & restoration policy

The @theguardian.com runs with "tensions rise", to describe what is in fact unilateral US aggression against a country that poses zero threat to the US or to anyone else.

“Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country’s climate minister told Reuters.” (Reuters) #GoodLuckWithThat #collapse

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Deep, personal, frank, meaningful. Tim Jackson's Foreword bodes well for this new book, The Meaning of Growth, by Richard Douglas cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...

“In mainstream discourse, green capitalism is promoted as a way to ‘decouple’ economic growth from environmental degradation. The Global North’s ‘clean’ economies depend on dirty production lines & deforested zones in the Global South.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth open.substack.com/pub/blacklod...

Well, you can start by shutting down data centers instead of building more in the desert... Duh.

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Viva Polanski!

Absolutely - and it’s exactly the way to do it. Go @zackpolanski.bsky.social!

Such a neat and powerful summary. Share far and wide!

💡👚Policy Brief: Clothing the Planet Within Limits: A Degrowth Approach to Fashion. Authored by Marula Tsagkari. It’s time to reimagine how we produce and consume clothing. 🔗Link to the full policy brief here: degrowth.org/projects/pol... #policybrief #degrowth #fashion #exploitation

A response to Daniel Susskind: Degrowth – a reckoning www.resilience.org/stories/2025...

Science historian J.-B. Fressoz: "Thinking that the rise of clean energy sources is enough to help the climate is naive." www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/11/10/denken-dat-de-opkomst-van-schone-energiebronnen-genoeg-is-om-het-klimaat-te-helpen-is-naief-a4909631 (Dutch, paywall?) #ClimateEmergency #degrowth

Wars affecting every corner of the globe, military spending at a record high, and 1.5 degrees breached. Our #COP30 preview wonders what, if anything, will be delivered on conflict, climate and militarism. ceobs.org/cop30-what-t...

Review of Japanese philosopher Kohei Saito's book, Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto: "Growth has inevitable limits... reached. Better path is not to squeeze last bits... but learn again how to do less on less... participate again in abundance of world" thewaywepractice.substack.com/p/personal-d...

Weirdly, this still hasn't been picked up by any mainstream 'news' Editors. You'd think this would be a pretty massive story, right?

Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide. The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵

THREAD 1/n Inspired by Herman Daly, a new paper lists seven policy directions for cities to thrive beyond economic growth. They are not speculative, all are being tried somewhere or other. #cities #postgrowth #degrowth #economics

Impact of flights on global warming severely underestimated by many carbon calculators & offset schemes that don’t properly account for taxiing, sub-optimal routing or non-CO2 climate effects which are larger component: www.newscientist.com/article/2502... Research paper: doi.org/10.1038/s432...

The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.

Compare and contrast. Absentee MP -v- his constituency. Greedy grifting spiv -v- most deprived English neighbourhood. He really couldn’t give a shit. He feeds off the inequality and anger to line his own pockets. He doesn’t want solutions because the problems are his income stream. (iPaper & BBC)

This is why I’m an anarchist!

Yeah

“As long as the logic of capital accumulation remains intact, technological innovation will continue to deepen, not alleviate, the social & ecological challenges we face.” Polycrisis, or the ‘Madness of Economic Reason’ - @cacrisalves.bsky.social www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...

The Green party is polling 25% with all voters under 50, & 39% among 18 to 24-year-olds. If that translates to votes, it could mean senior partnership in a coalition with others. A key advantage the Greens have over yourparty.uk, is the name: climate is THE number one issue for this age bracket.

Degrowth is the only solution to #GlobalWarming. #EndNecroCapitalistAddiction

40% with 18-24 year olds, according to the new poll from @yougov.co.uk.

When @zackpolanski.bsky.social was elected leader of the Green Party, he said: "We’re not here just to be disappointed by Labour. We’re here to replace you." Among voters under 50, its already happening! 🥳💚

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have. Python foundation said no and rejected the grant. If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

Fascinating and insightful read - recommended 😊