It's just f**king relentless. Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.

Based on over 100 peer-reviewed studies, this analysis finds that dietary change plant-based with rewilding provides far greater environmental benefits than any grazing-based approach. 1/ iffs.earth/living-repor...

Effecten van meer plantaardig eten en minder vlees/zuivel op klimaat zijn spectaculair. Analyse van 109 studies: minder vee = meer biodiversiteit. Gecombineerd met verwildering van begraasd land geeft het een reductie in CO₂ equivalent aan alle uitstoot van VS en EU samen. iffs.earth/living-repor...

What is this? An open attack on Europe by the world's richest man and Russia?

Heel mooi om dit samen met @robvanderrijt.bsky.social te doen💪🌳

Hoe innoveer je zonder groei als doel? Die vraag stond centraal tijdens Mission: Transition. @felixvanhoften.bsky.social en ik gingen hierover in gesprek met zeventig studenten, docenten en onderzoekers. www.hogeschoolrotterdam.nl/hogeschool/d... #degrowth #innovation #ontgroei #innovatie

Meesterlijke ontmanteling van Ronald Meesters stikstofmetingrapportje. www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu... Chapeau @sanderturnhout.bsky.social

I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

This is what the queen of the social sciences and the cultural goal of maximizing gdp at all costs got us into:

Nederland in een nutt-shell.

This is progress according to the richest guy in the world.

So the #COP30 doesnt mention fossil fuels. Why are we paying so much attention to a fossil fuel lobbyists gathering, expecting an outcome that will halt the climate crisis?

#COP30 is about to agree a climate deal that doesn’t mention fossil fuels, which is a bit like an alcoholic agreeing a plan to tackle his addiction without mentioning the vodka.

So, below is EU President von der Leyen saying that the EU is "not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions." And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing. I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.

Another month of NASA CERES satellite data and it's only getting worse! 0.11 W/m² added to the 4-year average Net-flux increase over the North Pacific. Absorbed Solar Radiation is almost 5W/m² higher than at the start of the century. All added greenhouse gases since 1750 cause a 4.1 W/m² forcing

Study after study shows that using LLMs is bad for cognition, bad for learning, bad for understanding, bad for mental health. So why are our schools and universities still relentlessly pushing them?

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans. washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain' #Iran 🇮🇷

I need an app to navigate, I need an app to get coffee, I need an app to see my kids grades, another one to communicate with my kids teachers, I need an app for the public transportation, I need an app if I want discount on my groceries. I need an app if I want to login at work...

Drie hele pagina's in de novembereditie van het Tijdschrift Milieu over toekomstbestendige innovatie. 🎉 Lees het stuk dat @felixvanhoften.bsky.social en ik schreven hier: milieu.vvm.info/milieu-2025-...

Economists: markets knows best! The real world: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Nederland, een land waar appjes over iemand in een privegesprek tot meer consequenties leiden dan een georganiseerd platform waar rascistische AI-drek wordt geproduceerd door twee kamerleden (!) over een ander kamerlid en minderheden.

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

This is insane. 🤦‍♂️ Why do tech giants like Elon Musk and Bill Gates keep on saying such dumb things about climate change? They have access to the best possible experts, who could actually teach them something, if they would only ask and listen…

Het recht op gezond voedsel moet ook betrekking hebben op de voedselproductie. Als het voedselsysteem onze planeet uiteindelijk verstikt met PFAS, kun je immers ook niet van ‘gezond voedsel’ spreken. Zeker niet voor dieren en toekomstige generaties.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

I am very happy with my piece in on of the main Dutch newspapers on the occurrence of ecological economics education in The Netherlands. Hint: it almost doesnt exist, and needs to be changed! #ecologicaleconomics

You dont say...🤯 @alleyesonCOP30

Als je het vaak genoeg herhaalt, gaan mensen het geloven. 📈 Bedrijfswinsten op een historisch hoog niveau 💰 Winstquote = één van de hoogste in de EU 📉 Arbeidsinkomensquote op een dieptepunt

We are heading for 3 degrees of warming in 2 decades. People have absolutely no idea what the economic and ecological implications of this are.

The richest country in the world has 42 million people on food stamps. This economic systemis not working folks.

Behalve dan dat 'woke' nauwelijks bestaat, natuurlijk.

Helaas geloof ik dit wel ja. Droevig zeg. Heel droevig. Natuur in NL is voor velen een last. Kijk bijvoorbeeld naar omgang met de wolf of in het klein, mensen die het hele weekend op hun knieën zitten om (on)kruiden tussen hun tegels weg te halen.

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: "A dangerous hothouse Earth trajectory may now be more likely due to accelerated warming, self-reinforcing feedbacks, and tipping points." academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

"dan hebben ze misschien iets meer honger in Afrika"

Twan in Buitenhof: "50% van ons landoppervlak is landbouwgrond" Het is nog een stuk meer, want bij dat percentage wordt een flink stuk Noordzee meegerekend. Zonder kustwater is het 60%. (Zonder IJsselmeer en Markermeer: 63%)

Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Doneer! De grootste common van de wereld komt nu echt onder druk.

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires theconversation.com/one-of-the-b...

The Peace President threatens to invade a country he whose name he can’t spell.

We need to get Ecological Economics on the map in The Netherlands. My piece for Folia, the university magazine of the University of Amsterdam: www.folia.nl/en/opinie/16... #Ecologicaleconomics #postgrowth #degrowth

The great and somewhat dark Georgescu-Roegen (1975).

We need to get Ecological Economics on the map in The Netherlands. My piece for Folia, the university magazine of the University of Amsterdam: www.folia.nl/en/opinie/16... #Ecologicaleconomics #postgrowth #degrowth

Het is meer dan opmerkelijk dat er in Nederland geen bachelor, master, minor of zelfs keuzevak Ecological Economics bestaat, betoogt promovendus Felix van Hoften. @felixvanhoften.bsky.social

It is more than remarkable that there are no Bachelor’s, Master’s, minor or even elective courses in Ecological Economics in the Netherlands, argues PhD candidate @felixvanhoften.bsky.social. www.folia.nl/en/opinie/16...

Attack on academia, research and education continues...🟥

This is incredible. The contrast between the Chilean consul and the Swedes is incredible. The audacity of the Israelis is incredible. I have no words

Maar volgens rechts Nederland is migratie een véél groter probleem www.nu.nl/klimaat/6372...