Our wanton destruction of nature is a one-time, irreversible experiment. Drastic #degrowth of livestock agriculture would fix many of the problems. In "Sufficiency and Wellbeing Magazine": www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/half-earth

Land sharing or land sparing? It was always going to be both! academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... and www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/09/the-... (But there's no avoiding the fact that meat and dairy are by far the most inefficient forms of food production in terms of land use)

My first post in Sufficiency and Wellbeing: degrowth has a biological dimension. www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/the-biolog...

This exposes the problems with a corrupt, decaying society. Slaughterhouses are brutalizing both to terrified animals and traumatized, underpaid workers. Now workers are being deported and the whole industry is in trouble. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...

Short and long-term effects of disruptive animal rights protest #AnimalRights #AnimalActivists #AnimalWelfare #DirectAction #AnimalSaveMovement #Vegan #AnimalRescue #FoodSystems #IntensiveAnimalAgriculture #FactoryFarming #ClimateChange #Sentience #Plantbased #Science www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Veganism implies degrowth: ". . . if the whole world went vegan, we could then rewild, you know, three quarters of our agricultural lands. Which would draw down enormous amounts of carbon. It would restore biodiversity. It'd be super helpful."

"Embracing Limits" compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/

Excellent suggestion. It looks like the whole world may be nonviolently moving towards something like China's one-child policy. We could at 1-2 billion in a century. Use our capital for degrowth instead of overpopulation.

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Ecological collapse. Surely degrowth also means veganism, and veganism is already degrowth in terms of human biological domination.

These net zero beef claims are corporate-funded messaging - hidden behind industry funded academics - with a simple goal to protect beef supply chains... not to deliver real environmental solutions. My comments: www.foodfacts.org/articles/net...

"Food systems are the top/key drivers of all Planetary Boundaries, with animal ag playing the biggest part." #degrowth #vegan #plantbased

Yes! They have completely lost their minds. Here's a novel idea: stop the spread of bird flu by not raising, killing, and eating billions and billions of birds. Bonus: health benefits! Just a thought! #degrowth #vegan

Colorado River basin is now steadily LOSING water. And here is most of it going? Livestock agriculture. #vegan #degrowth #plantbased www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Good message from a direction I wasn't expecting: "We need a new relationship with energy that includes respect for Nature and our place in it, humility and restraint." Perhaps #degrowth? www.artberman.com/blog/the-red...

“After all if our atmosphere wasn’t finite we’d not be capable of elevating atmospheric CO2 concentrations to record levels. & here’s the rub: humanity has expressly done these things in its quest for abundance, or what economists call growth.” #degrowth the-climate-laundry.ghost.io/this-is-abun...

Degrowth urgently needed in the livestock sector. #vegan #degrowth www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“The ecological crisis we are in cannot be decoupled from distributional aspects. Therefore, we must engage in discussions regarding what we consider an acceptable level of wealth for individuals & its subsequent contribution to the climate crisis.” #degrowth open.substack.com/pub/hanssteg...

“We can continue to evolve, to develop intellectually, emotionally, artistically & spiritually—but we can’t keep growing materially, which is what inevitably happens if the economy grows.” #PostGrowth #Degrowth 12 economic growth myths & how to counter them degrowthuk.org/2024/12/12/1...

If you keep telling people that renewables are useless, people will search for something else, and, no, it will not be degrowth or Socialism. senecaeffect.substack.com/p/wishing-fo...

The legacy of Pope Francis in one article: theconversation.com/pope-francis...

What if growth is the problem? Heikkurinen urges us to confront ecological limits and embrace a finite world—before it’s too late. Within our collection: Pasi Heikkurinen's DEGROWTH: An experience of being finite. Download the free PDF: mayflybooks.org/degrowth-an-... #openaccess #edusky

This is a good article on the "degrowth" dilemma --- the word "degrowth" sounds negative. But the word "degrowth" does capture the most critical fact: the physical economy must and will shrink (because physics). You can call it something else, but that's what it is.

“Step one in implementing #degrowth is releasing the wellbeing of people from the requirement of the economy to grow. This is best done by providing universal basic services, high up on the list of which is social housing.” - @erinremblance.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/erinremb...

I heard Jennifer Jacquet (co-author of these studies) at the DU Animal Law forum recently. She's very well informed. One point she made is that the meat industry often declares a meat industry advocate to be a "climate expert", further confusing the public (and sometimes, us).

It's been a while since I've seen exaggerated claims about animal agriculture's impacts in a report...especially peer-reviewed. This is filled with a number of them, using mis-cited and low-quality sources, and even some outright fabrications. 🧵 academic.oup.com/oocc/article...

Cattle pasture is the largest driver of Brazilian Amazon deforestation by a dramatic majority. All urban infrastructure, power transmission, mining, and more combined contributes 2%.

compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2025/... #degrowth

Arctic update for Mar. 1, 2025: Arctic sea-ice extent set a record daily low every day in February and is poised to set an all-time record low maximum this month.

My book "Embracing Limits: A Radical and Necessary Approach to the Environmental Crisis" is out. Social justice, simple living, half-earth for wilderness, and plant-based diets. #degrowth #vegan #embracinglimits compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/

Just a friendly reminder that the average billionaire emits three million tons of CO2e per year through their investments alone. Sorry folks, but if we are going to tackle the climate crisis, we MUST address wealth inequality. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“One skill that you master while working at an abattoir is disassociation. You learn to become numb to death & to suffering.” (80+ billion farmed animals are killed yearly, not incl fishing industry) www.surgeactivism.org/articles/sla...

We're so easily manipulated by our intake of media. This is only one of many cognitive tricks used against us by billionaire media owners and major industries. We need to better integrate the scientific method, hierarchies of knowledge & critical thinking into culture.

The illusory truth effect - where repeated info is perceived as more truthful than new info - is an evolutionary flaw we're all susceptible to. This study, shows it holds true regardless of the info's plausibility. cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Fundamental causes are massive social inequality and limits to growth. We need #degrowth and a basic income floor for all. On the plus side, we don't have to worry about entertainment for a while. Stay tuned for the next exciting episode! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Now is the time to wean yourself off of animal products. You will be healthier, and it'll be the best thing for the planet and the and the animals! #vegan #plant-based #sustainable #sustainability

The Left in Germany are enjoying a late surge. Viral anti-fascism and a stress on working class interests is helping turn their fortunes around.

Great points in this. Laws follow culture. Right now, the law favours those at the top (and so would work against degrowth and other equilibrating movements) - because our culture favours hierarchy. Activism that changes the culture is absolutely priority activism.

"Flying causes more climate-heating pollution than any other form of transport for every km and is dominated by rich passengers, with 1% of the world’s population responsible for 50% of aviation emissions. The industry’s climate plans are rated 'critically insufficient' by Climate Action Tracker".

A few weeks ago Climate Healers and #VCOP20 featured the work of the VLM. Check out the great video they made 🥰 "We Love the Vegan Land Movement" with Mariquita Solis, Alison Hamje & Amit Gambhir. @plantbasednews.bsky.social @animalaid.bsky.social @ecowarriorss.bsky.social youtu.be/HezG6kjqvTI

I prefer to look for what needs to happen, and THEN figure out what the government needs to do and what individuals and investors need to do, for that to happen. Let what we need to do dictate the approach, rather than the approach dictating what we need to do.

I'm wondering of plant-based diets are a "degrowth value"? A dialog here would help both the vegan / animal rights and the degrowth movements. To me it's obvious: plant-based shrinks agricultural land use by 75%. We both need allies.

Degrowth is an important path to a saner, safer, and healthier world. Please read. #BlueCrew

It’s clear most of Tennessee is against @GovBillLee’s vouchers Maybe some outlets should think twice about handing out glowing headlines every time a Lee-tied pro-voucher privatizer group masquerading as non-biased feeds them a slanted poll? 🤷🏻 www.wbir.com/article/news...

I'll have to check this out. #degrowth

We can preempt the problem - #degrowth by design - or we can continue with the unsustainable status quo, & end up with degrowth by disaster. Time to wake up #PostCapitalism Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 & 2090 from climate shocks www.theguardian.com/environment/...

What inauguration?