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@degrowUS

For just downscaling to a wellbeing economy within ecological limits. Degrow America first. 🐌 we/us/ours

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Looking for a group to discuss #degrowth more and take action? Join our Gaian Degrowth Pod (GDP). Sign up here: forms.gle/eSSQNvECJHtFU2
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Today!! @degrowus is putting on a discussion circle on how transportation and urban planning connect with degrowth. Register here!! degrowus.org/new-page-1
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📰New on the blog! 🌹C.P.B. Murphy introduces a new degrowth caucus that has been set up within the Democratic Socialists of America 🐌Read the article here: degrowth.info/en/blog/why-we…
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New essay explores the role of #degrowth in engineering and engineering in degrowth. @SteadyStateEcon @R_Degrowth @degrowUS @degrowth_info @j_mulrow @degrowthjournal @degrowthUK steadystate.org/degrowth-for…
Degrowth for Engineering and Engineering for Degrowth

Degrowth for Engineering and Engineering for Degrowth

Engineers need degrowth, and the degrowth movement needs engineers if we are to build sustainable economies

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friendly reminder there are genuine enemies of humankind
John Gibbons 🇵🇸 (@think_or_swim) profile pictureJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸@think_or_swim17 Aug 2023
Laughing psychopaths aka presenters on ‘GB News’ fall around the studio in laughter at descriptions of deadly effects of #heatwaves. Grim.
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I recently prepared these slides for a presentation, and thought I'd share them here too, for anyone who is interested in the topic of #degrowth (1/x)
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Some copies of #degrowthandstrategy2022 have also made it to the US! Please DM us if you are in the US and are interested in having a paper copy of the book @degrowUS @degrowth_info @ii_sambliss @BrianCzechCASSE @SteadyStateEcon #degrowth
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Here’s one 5 point manifesto for a post-pandemic degrowth recovery, quoted in the book The Future is Degrowth. It sounds… really good and reasonable?
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Never forget why student debt exists. It's a direct response to the student protest movement of the 1960s. Too many working-class people were getting an education and because they weren't in debt up to their eyeballs they were free to follow their consciences. Well, we fixed that
Line graph labeled "increase in student debt vs. income from 2009 values" The line labeled "student debt" starts at zero in 2009 and rises to above 90% by 2022 The line labeled "income" starts at zero in 2009 and rises to under 50% by 2020 Student debt is increasing twice as fast as income

ALT Line graph labeled "increase in student debt vs. income from 2009 values" The line labeled "student debt" starts at zero in 2009 and rises to above 90% by 2022 The line labeled "income" starts at zero in 2009 and rises to under 50% by 2020 Student debt is increasing twice as fast as income

Student protest, UC Berkeley campus, 1960s

ALT Student protest, UC Berkeley campus, 1960s

CIA correspondence regarding Communist infiltration of student protest movements in the UC system, dated 1965 "he has had discussions with prominent California businessmen... the situation definitely required some corrective action but at the same time he realized that any action taken against subversive types must be handled in a very prudent manner"

ALT CIA correspondence regarding Communist infiltration of student protest movements in the UC system, dated 1965 "he has had discussions with prominent California businessmen... the situation definitely required some corrective action but at the same time he realized that any action taken against subversive types must be handled in a very prudent manner"

We are in danger of producing an educated proletariat. That's dynamite! We have to be selective on who we allow to go through higher education. If not, we will have a large number of highly trained and unemployed people. That's what happened in Germany. I saw it happen. Prof. Roger A. Freeman, Stanford professor, Reagan advisor

ALT We are in danger of producing an educated proletariat. That's dynamite! We have to be selective on who we allow to go through higher education. If not, we will have a large number of highly trained and unemployed people. That's what happened in Germany. I saw it happen. Prof. Roger A. Freeman, Stanford professor, Reagan advisor

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@AP27 Jun 2023
A three-year pause on federal student loan payments will soon end. Here’s what to know to get ready to start paying back loans: apnews.com/article/student-l…
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Out now: new issue of @monthly_review on Planned Degrowth. Happy to have contributed an essay with @e_hofferberth. monthlyreview.org/product/mr…
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If you're keen on degrowing the economic empire of the United States, consider attending the degrowUS virtual general assembly on May 24, 8pm Eastern, where we will be getting organized to do just that. Register: degrowus.org/virtual-assembl…
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It is amazing to see degrowth groups launching in so many places! I will dedicate this thread to the degrowth groups/collectives/projects that I know of -please share in the comments any degrowth initiatives that you have come across Let's start snailing around the world 🐌
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Today at 2pm ET! William E. Rees, John Mulrow, and Miriam Stevens will be talking about the myths of the renewable transition. Don't miss it! Here's the Zoom link: purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/9304100… @ecofootnotes @j_mulrow @EndOvershoot #degrowth
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This just in: our book sold over 7500 copies in its first 6 months! That's 7500 more people who hate progress, modernity, and stuff. 😱 Thanks @VersoBooks
The cover of the book The Future Is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism

ALT The cover of the book The Future Is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism

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- Instead of saying “here’s why the US will never revolt,” try saying instead: “let’s revolt!” 5/5
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Scientists, don't separate activism and research, urges @JKSteinberger. We need ongoing critical reflection; only way to understand a system is try to change it. Activism critical to system change. 1/
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We're going to hit somewhere between 1.6°C and 2.6°C of global warming in the coming years making it difficult or impossible for humans and other species to cope as essential systems collapse. That explains why scientists are now urging immediate economic system change actions.🧵
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More than a decade in the making, my nail in the coffin (or wooden stake through the heart) of the #neoliberalconservation project is finally available today from @UCPress! ucpress.edu/book/97805203906…
University of California Press

University of California Press

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

ucpress.edu
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.@JoeBiden is facing a legacy moment: in the next week, he'll decide whether to approve or deny @conocophillips's massive Willow Project. He MUST deny it. A🧵on why:
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