Vanessa Spedding
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Writer. Envisioning a carefully-placed twist in the tale of humanity.
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Learn Dirt
about 19 hours ago
Permaculture is more than agriculture; it is a way of being in the world.
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Phil Free
2 days ago
“So much of this fragility comes as a result of our misplaced faith in, & our ill-fated addiction to, growth. From here on out, our survival depends on our ability, or inability, to change our economic model.”
#degrowth
Slow Down or Die -
@timparrique.bsky.social
deceleration.news/slow-down-or...
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'Slow Down or Die'—An Economist's Warning
In a new book, Timothée Parrique dispels the myth of growth and shows how shrinking the economy to a sustainable steady state could make us all richer in the things that truly matter.
https://deceleration.news/slow-down-or-die-an-economists-warning/
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Ian@collapseaphorisms
2 days ago
Oh look...
#collapse
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Natacha
5 days ago
This is very important. The Green Party is the only party challenging Palentir’s takeover of the British state. Labour charlatans like Streeting and Starmer are trying to embed a fascist, genocidal company into our daily lives. Truly Orwellian stuff. Time to really take back control.
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Absolutely - a deliberate, manipulative and invidious choice and Zack is right to call it - and throw it back.
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Zack Polanski
5 days ago
I was very clear that the arson attacks were unacceptable & that our Jewish communities were fearful. For Labour to try & weaponise antisemitism against the only Jewish political leader in the UK is a choice. People see Labour for who they are. They will continue to fail.
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Humanity Must Win
5 days ago
Well said. What has become clear is that the real antisemite is Starmer. Every accusation is a confession with these genocidaires.
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Reporterre 🌍 | Le média de l'écologie
5 days ago
Pour sauver leurs profits, les capitalistes construisent un mythe : que la technologie permettra de revenir sur le réchauffement du climat, expliquent Andreas Malm et Wim Carton, auteurs d'« Overshoot ». Lire l'article ➡️
https://l.reporterre.net/jk4
⏱️ Redif. du 24/03/2026
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Some of the - if not THE - most important research on the planet right now….
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“The world is sitting on $7 billion of wasted fertilizer …. Can we fix that?” Something tells me
#localisation
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#permaculture
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/04/the-...
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The world is sitting on $7 billion of wasted fertilizer
Researchers mapped the production of human and animal waste across the US and matched it against crop nutrient demand. The numbers work. The logistics don't. Can we fix that?
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/04/the-world-is-sitting-on-7-billion-of-wasted-fertilizer/
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Caroline Lucas
6 days ago
History shows that when we change our perspective, we change our hearts and our policy. It's time to see the big picture again.
#SeeTheBigPicture
#ArtemisII
#NASA
#EarthDay
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Absolutely agree that a vision of a better future can be a powerful motivating force and lodestone - and is needed. Nice article.
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Peter Lipman
8 days ago
"In retrospect, basing the entire global food system on fossil fuels may have been a poor idea."
skywriter.blue/@70sbachchan...
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"In retrospect, basing the entire global food system on fossil fuels may have been a poor idea." -- @benehrenreich.bsky.social ft.com...
https://skywriter.blue/@70sbachchan.bsky.social/3mjvn7fgm2s2b
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L'Etat de fumier
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🌻Liza
9 days ago
Permaculture Principles
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Excellent and horribly enlightening graphic.
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I agree!
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Richard Sedgley
12 days ago
Green Party Announces Zohran Mamdani-Style Cost-of-Living Policies Like rent controls and workers getting at least 10% of what the CEO does.
#VoteGreen
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novaramedia.com/2026/04/15/g...
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Green Party Announces Zohran Mamdani-Style Cost-of-Living Policies
Green party leader Zack Polanski and his deputy, Rachel Millward, have announced a slate of policies aimed at tackling Britain's cost-of-living crisis.
https://novaramedia.com/2026/04/15/green-party-announces-zohran-mamdani-style-cost-of-living-policies/
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News Eye
12 days ago
NEW: The Pope is doubling down. In Cameroon today: “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.” 💥 (🎥 Vatican News)
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Charles Keener
12 days ago
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Matt Tutt
19 days ago
There is a very good debate on AI which is worth a read (quite short!) - How to be ‘anti-AI’ in the 21st century: overcoming the inevitability narrative
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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What’s in it for them 🧐
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Paul Brown
14 days ago
It’s up to us to decide at what temperature we wish to live & what sacrifices we’re willing to make to achieve this. It’s a question to be addressed democratically, not to be left up to politicians, scientists, economists, or AI. SAITO, KOHEI. Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto
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Charles Keener
14 days ago
I hope the empire falls. I hope the apartheid state of Israel is dismantled. I hope humanity is able to pry the steering wheel from the fingers of the ghouls who currently rule our world, so that we can create a healthy planet and a harmonious future together.
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LSE Sociology
14 days ago
As ecological and economic crises reveal the contradictions of our productive model, the idea of degrowth has gained both advocates and critics. Should degrowth be our priority? Can we downscale the economy and avoid the threat of recessionary crisis?
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Capitalism, climate change and inequality: what is the way forward?
6.30pm Mon 18 May | Professor Branko Milanovic, Professor Jason Hickel, Dr Robin Archer | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
https://buff.ly/H8gotsT
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Humanity Must Win
4 months ago
The US government has been using taxpayer money to fund and prop up these tech companies (Musk. Thiel, etc...) through subsidies, grants and government contracts. Treasonous lawmakers have basically been funding the destruction of American democracy while enriching themselves.
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EuropeanPowell
18 days ago
The Zone They Didn’t Tell You About How a 616-acre corporate enclave was quietly built in Somerset, and why the Guardian’s coverage of the Agratas gigafactory grant tells only half the story.
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The Zone They Didn’t Tell You About
How a 616-acre corporate enclave was quietly built in Somerset, and why the Guardian’s coverage of the Agratas gigafactory grant tells only half the story
https://open.substack.com/pub/europeanpowell/p/the-zone-they-didnt-tell-you-about?r=2w9sq7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Wow this is brilliant. Share it round!
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18 days ago
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Glenn Vowles
19 days ago
Yes, human use is not the only use - and all uses are interdependent.
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Humanity Must Win
10 months ago
Wealth inequality is worse than pre-revolutionary France. The government is committing genocide abroad while building literal concentration camps at home. They are rounding up immigrants and trafficking them to work camps. Nazi America is here.
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Humanity Must Win
19 days ago
And nobody wants this crap.
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Michael
19 days ago
Zack Polanski calls for UK to withdraw trade agreement with Israel after strikes on Lebanon We should have done it well before now and introduced sanctions, stopped sending weapons and refused to allow US bombers to use UK air bases.
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Zack Polanski calls for UK to withdraw trade agreement with Israel after strikes on Lebanon
Green leader says PM should impose tougher sanctions on Israel and accuses country of acting in ‘completely uncontrolled way’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/09/zack-polanski-uk-trade-agreement-israel-lebanon-strikes
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦
19 days ago
Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.”
#cdnpoli
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I’ve definitely come across permaculture teachers and practitioners who embrace and promote the radical liberatory discourse described here. But wouldn’t deny that much more is needed. It’s a great article.
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Rahul Kumar
3 months ago
Roots of resilience are forged in the darkness, not the light.
#ForestBathing
#EcoPhilosophy
#ShadowWork
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Mariko Kobayashi|Eco Philosophy Japan
about 1 month ago
"Care of place" is a concept within care ethics that extends moral consideration beyond humans — to the places themselves, and the animals, ecosystems, and communities within them.
#EcoPhilosophy
#CareEthics
#JapanTravel
#Overtourism
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Mariko Kobayashi|Eco Philosophy Japan
about 1 month ago
Care ethics begins here: we are not isolated individuals making rational choices. We are born into webs of relationship, and those relationships generate obligations. Who is near? Who is affected? What do they need? Applied to travel, this reframes everything.
#EcoPhilosophy
#SustainableTravel
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Matt Tutt
21 days ago
I do some bits with the IDN (International Degrowth Network) and they have recently launched their 2026 Degrowth Events Fund. If you're a degrowth-aligned organisation you can apply for upto €1,000 via their grant - they have €15,000 to share (last year they supported around 13 org's!).
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It’s truly diabolical.
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Covering Climate Now
22 days ago
CBS News has laid off its last climate reporter, David Schechter, leaving one of the US's largest broadcasters with no dedicated climate journalists.
@mmfa.bsky.social
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CBS axed its last climate reporting pillar
CBS News is laying off national environmental correspondent David Schechter, reportedly leaving no one at the network dedicated to covering climate change. That means that when CBS does cover the…
https://www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-networks/cbs-axed-its-last-climate-reporting-pillar
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Brendan
23 days ago
We’re about to get capitalist degrowth. Unmanaged, undemocratic and profoundly unfair. The alternative was socialist degrowth. Managed, democratic and fair. Blame the capitalism. Not the degrowth.
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Zack Polanski
23 days ago
Is the Government still claiming the UK isn't involved in this war?
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Alhy K. Wood 🦔🧁🚀🪆🫧🌸🇵🇸
27 days ago
They don't want us to read it because it's "too negative".Would a doctor do the same? Please,
#ClimateAction
, world leaders!
#ClimateActionNOW
earthlinged.substack.com/p/the-uk-gov...
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateEmergency
#ClimateChange
#ClimateCatastrophe
#Collapse
#Degrowth
#GoVegan
#BanFossilFuels
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The UK government tried to stop you from being able to see this report. You need to read it.
A blocked report lays bare the importance of changing what we eat.
https://earthlinged.substack.com/p/the-uk-government-tried-to-stop-you
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Gaya Herrington
28 days ago
Growth-at-all cost support is declining across the globe. That's what this new survey reveals.
globescan.com/2026/03/11/i...
Last month, 150 governments approved a report that blames the growth pursuit for biodiversity loss and proposes economic reforms, incl. degrowth.
www.ipbes.net/business-imp...
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GlobeScan Insight of the Week
GlobeScan research shows public opinion moving beyond growth at any cost, with growing support for balancing economic prosperity and environmental protection.
https://globescan.com/2026/03/11/insight-of-the-week-growth-vs-environmental-protection/
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VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner
28 days ago
Now’s the perfect time to plan your veggie garden! Growing your own organic produce saves money, tastes amazing, & keeps you healthy. It’s fun, rewarding, & a great way to try exciting new vegetable varieties. Get your seeds ready & make this your best growing season yet!
#growyourown
#allotment
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Natalie Bennett
28 days ago
Now's a great time:
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Álvaro de Regil
about 1 month ago
Just Published! THE GRAMMAR OF RESISTANCE: RETHINKING PALESTINE BEYOND PITY AND FEAR—A resistance that thinks, creates, and envisions futures, seeking no approval and calling upon every political conscience unwilling to surrender to the imperial order
www.jussemper.org/Resources/De...
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Álvaro de Regil
about 1 month ago
Just Published! DEGROWTH AND FLOURISHING, OR STAY THE SAME AND PERISH ALONG THE WAY —If we truly desire a dignified and thriving future for generations to come, we have no choice but to degrow by decisively eliminating our consumerist culture.
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Jon Kiper
about 1 month ago
We can’t rely on petroleum-based fertilizer. The solution is regenerative agriculture and strong local food systems. NH can feed itself if we start now.
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Wolfgang Blau
about 1 month ago
He hates earth.
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