Aitor Marcos
@aitormarcos.bsky.social
🔍Researcher at USC Wrigley and UPV/EHU
🐌 Ecological economics
🌊 Urdaibai ez dago salgai
🐌 Ecological economics
🌊 Urdaibai ez dago salgai
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My brief address at the Spanish Parliament last week, on how capitalism is driving the polycrisis, and how we can begin to align production with democratically ratified objectives.
(Part 2 below)
(Part 2 below)
October 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My brief address at the Spanish Parliament last week, on how capitalism is driving the polycrisis, and how we can begin to align production with democratically ratified objectives.
(Part 2 below)
(Part 2 below)
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Three Mile Island wasn’t the worst nuclear disaster in American history.
Read about what was and the research @joearvai.org, @aitormarcos.bsky.social, and I are doing to understand risky decision-making in this ✨unusual✨context.
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025...
Read about what was and the research @joearvai.org, @aitormarcos.bsky.social, and I are doing to understand risky decision-making in this ✨unusual✨context.
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025...
Familiar harms, familiar terms - Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Creating a more sustainable and environmentally just future for our planet and all who live on it
dornsife.usc.edu
September 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Three Mile Island wasn’t the worst nuclear disaster in American history.
Read about what was and the research @joearvai.org, @aitormarcos.bsky.social, and I are doing to understand risky decision-making in this ✨unusual✨context.
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025...
Read about what was and the research @joearvai.org, @aitormarcos.bsky.social, and I are doing to understand risky decision-making in this ✨unusual✨context.
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025...
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La falacia del poder del l@s consumidorxs
Se retrata al capitalismo como un sistema democrático donde las personas “votan con sus billeteras”. Pero es una ilusión – incluso para los países ricos-. En lugar de defender el consumismo verde, debemos esforzarnos por desmercantilizar los alimentos.
Se retrata al capitalismo como un sistema democrático donde las personas “votan con sus billeteras”. Pero es una ilusión – incluso para los países ricos-. En lugar de defender el consumismo verde, debemos esforzarnos por desmercantilizar los alimentos.
The consumer power myth
Therefore, a central task is to de-commodify food through multiple means, such as self-provisioning, co-producing, gifting and sharing or even just by having a stable relationship between producers an...
www.resilience.org
June 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
La falacia del poder del l@s consumidorxs
Se retrata al capitalismo como un sistema democrático donde las personas “votan con sus billeteras”. Pero es una ilusión – incluso para los países ricos-. En lugar de defender el consumismo verde, debemos esforzarnos por desmercantilizar los alimentos.
Se retrata al capitalismo como un sistema democrático donde las personas “votan con sus billeteras”. Pero es una ilusión – incluso para los países ricos-. En lugar de defender el consumismo verde, debemos esforzarnos por desmercantilizar los alimentos.
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How did I not know about this???? It works amazingly well - select 'transactions' and then just whack in a company name. Massively under-used resource here
Want to know how fossil fuel companies use carbon offsets to claim they’re fighting climate change?
We've updated OffsetsDB — our offsets database — to allow you to search by carbon credit user. Search "Shell" and see what offsets they're using and when. (1/4) carbonplan.org/research/off...
We've updated OffsetsDB — our offsets database — to allow you to search by carbon credit user. Search "Shell" and see what offsets they're using and when. (1/4) carbonplan.org/research/off...
June 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
How did I not know about this???? It works amazingly well - select 'transactions' and then just whack in a company name. Massively under-used resource here
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BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.
Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills 25, medics say
An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 25 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.
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May 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.
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Conferencia Más Allá del Crecimiento será un espacio de deliberación democrática por un nuevo modelo económico que tenga como base el cuidado de las personas y el planeta.
Tendrá lugar los días 26 y 27 de septiembre de 2025 en el Congreso de los Diputados y el segundo día Foro Social.
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Tendrá lugar los días 26 y 27 de septiembre de 2025 en el Congreso de los Diputados y el segundo día Foro Social.
n9.cl/p3de5
May 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Conferencia Más Allá del Crecimiento será un espacio de deliberación democrática por un nuevo modelo económico que tenga como base el cuidado de las personas y el planeta.
Tendrá lugar los días 26 y 27 de septiembre de 2025 en el Congreso de los Diputados y el segundo día Foro Social.
n9.cl/p3de5
Tendrá lugar los días 26 y 27 de septiembre de 2025 en el Congreso de los Diputados y el segundo día Foro Social.
n9.cl/p3de5
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You don't have to obey anyone's framing. Calling them British Petroleum. Call it a chatbot instead of "artificial intelligence". Use real emissions, not adjusted for offsets or certificates. It's all allowed!!!
May 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
You don't have to obey anyone's framing. Calling them British Petroleum. Call it a chatbot instead of "artificial intelligence". Use real emissions, not adjusted for offsets or certificates. It's all allowed!!!
Qué ilusión me hace escuchar a @elordenmundial.bsky.social y @punzadas.bsky.social en un episodio conjunto! La colabo que no sabía que necesitaba 🥹 open.spotify.com/episode/5YyS...
187. Punzada mundial: La barbarie
No es el fin del mundo · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Qué ilusión me hace escuchar a @elordenmundial.bsky.social y @punzadas.bsky.social en un episodio conjunto! La colabo que no sabía que necesitaba 🥹 open.spotify.com/episode/5YyS...
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Manifiesto «Por un futuro más allá del crecimiento económico» es el manifiesto fundacional de la Alianza más allá del crecimiento, de la que formamos parte más de veinte colectivos en búsqueda de un nuevo modelo ecosocial.
¡¡Decrecimiento o barbarie!!
#Decrecimiento
attac.es/manifiesto-p...
¡¡Decrecimiento o barbarie!!
#Decrecimiento
attac.es/manifiesto-p...
March 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Manifiesto «Por un futuro más allá del crecimiento económico» es el manifiesto fundacional de la Alianza más allá del crecimiento, de la que formamos parte más de veinte colectivos en búsqueda de un nuevo modelo ecosocial.
¡¡Decrecimiento o barbarie!!
#Decrecimiento
attac.es/manifiesto-p...
¡¡Decrecimiento o barbarie!!
#Decrecimiento
attac.es/manifiesto-p...
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You can now get REALLY location specific warming stripes thanks to @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
era-explorer.climate.copernicus.eu?lat=59.93&ln...
era-explorer.climate.copernicus.eu?lat=59.93&ln...
March 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
You can now get REALLY location specific warming stripes thanks to @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
era-explorer.climate.copernicus.eu?lat=59.93&ln...
era-explorer.climate.copernicus.eu?lat=59.93&ln...
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¡¡Protestar no es un delito!! El derecho a la protesta es un pilar fundamental en las sociedades democráticas.
ÚLTIMA HORA | El jurado considera culpable a Greenpeace en el juicio multimillonario que pone en jaque las protestas climáticas en EEUU www.eldiario.es/sociedad/jur...
March 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
¡¡Protestar no es un delito!! El derecho a la protesta es un pilar fundamental en las sociedades democráticas.
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Apagar las observaciones de CO₂ de Mauna Loa (NOAA) mientras el CO₂ atmosférico sigue disparándose es como apagar una alarma de incendios porque no te gusta el ruido.
#CaosClimatico #StandUp4Science
#CaosClimatico #StandUp4Science
Shutting down Mauna Loa CO₂ observations while atmospheric CO₂ keeps skyrocketing is like turning off a fire alarm because you don’t like the noise
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/c...
Mauna Loa Observatory’s Lease May End Because of NOAA Cuts
NOAA, the nation’s leading climate science agency, may lose dozens of offices, including one that is key to the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Apagar las observaciones de CO₂ de Mauna Loa (NOAA) mientras el CO₂ atmosférico sigue disparándose es como apagar una alarma de incendios porque no te gusta el ruido.
#CaosClimatico #StandUp4Science
#CaosClimatico #StandUp4Science
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Okay, #DOGE, you asked for it so let’s talk about government waste. Can you guess which US industry makes TRILLION$ in profit, but receives HUNDREDS OF BILLION$ in government subsidies — subsidies which economists and policy advisors in your own party agree are a waste of money? Here’s a hint:
March 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Okay, #DOGE, you asked for it so let’s talk about government waste. Can you guess which US industry makes TRILLION$ in profit, but receives HUNDREDS OF BILLION$ in government subsidies — subsidies which economists and policy advisors in your own party agree are a waste of money? Here’s a hint:
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A talk prof Paul Behrens gave today on 'Food Transformations' has been recorded, so I'll post a link soon.
Some of his arguments:
🧵
1) Food systems are the top/key drivers of all Planetary Boundaries, with animal ag playing the biggest part (+ top driver of antibiotic resistance, pandemics, etc)
Some of his arguments:
🧵
1) Food systems are the top/key drivers of all Planetary Boundaries, with animal ag playing the biggest part (+ top driver of antibiotic resistance, pandemics, etc)
February 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A talk prof Paul Behrens gave today on 'Food Transformations' has been recorded, so I'll post a link soon.
Some of his arguments:
🧵
1) Food systems are the top/key drivers of all Planetary Boundaries, with animal ag playing the biggest part (+ top driver of antibiotic resistance, pandemics, etc)
Some of his arguments:
🧵
1) Food systems are the top/key drivers of all Planetary Boundaries, with animal ag playing the biggest part (+ top driver of antibiotic resistance, pandemics, etc)
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Constant economic growth is damaging to our planet, but Wrigley Institute research points to a better path: sustainable consumption.
Can we have green growth and sustainable consumption, too? 🧐I discussed this complex topic with Kathryn Royster in an interview for the @uscwrigley.bsky.social
#greengrowth #degrowth #postgrowth
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2024...
#greengrowth #degrowth #postgrowth
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2024...
Is sustainable consumption possible without limits on growth?
Sustainable consumption and economic growth: can we have both, or are they at odds with each other? One researcher has a unique answer.
dornsife.usc.edu
January 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Constant economic growth is damaging to our planet, but Wrigley Institute research points to a better path: sustainable consumption.
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How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issue:
theconversation.com/how-the-oil-...
theconversation.com/how-the-oil-...
How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issue
The climate policy pendulum is swinging back again with Trump in office. Money, lobbying and talking about red vs. blue states all play a role in the political and public divide.
theconversation.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issue:
theconversation.com/how-the-oil-...
theconversation.com/how-the-oil-...
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Why did Trump suspend energy efficiency and fuel economy rules? @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social explains: to create demand for oil and gas in an already saturated US market.
January 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Why did Trump suspend energy efficiency and fuel economy rules? @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social explains: to create demand for oil and gas in an already saturated US market.
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An analysis of tweets from three major U.S. sectors shows coordinated messaging to reinforce fossil-fuel reliance by denying the science and delaying change. @alainakinol.bsky.social Y. Si, J.Kinol, & @jenniecstephens.bsky.social propose a discourse of climate obstruction framework: bit.ly/4gcA1iW
Networks of climate obstruction: Discourses of denial and delay in US fossil energy, plastic, and agrichemical industries
The use of fossil-derived hydrocarbons in fossil energy, plastic production, and agriculture makes these three sectors mutually reinforcing and reliant on sustained fossil fuel extraction. In this pap...
journals.plos.org
January 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
An analysis of tweets from three major U.S. sectors shows coordinated messaging to reinforce fossil-fuel reliance by denying the science and delaying change. @alainakinol.bsky.social Y. Si, J.Kinol, & @jenniecstephens.bsky.social propose a discourse of climate obstruction framework: bit.ly/4gcA1iW
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@uscwrigley.bsky.social has put forward some insights from the institute, and links to resources, regarding the devastating #LAFires. Our priority during this difficult time is supporting our community now and into the future. dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025...
A Guide to the January 2025 L.A. Wildfires
A guide to the January 2025 L.A. wildfires: experts explain why the fires were so extreme, California's insurance challenges, and more.
dornsife.usc.edu
January 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
@uscwrigley.bsky.social has put forward some insights from the institute, and links to resources, regarding the devastating #LAFires. Our priority during this difficult time is supporting our community now and into the future. dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025...
Who else is tired of getting this reaction? Climate change concern is not my hobby.
January 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Who else is tired of getting this reaction? Climate change concern is not my hobby.
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Good piece by @natureportfolio.bsky.social. The erosion of thinking time—driven by admin, bureaucracy, industry agendas, and unrealistic output targets—stifles curiosity-led science. These pressures undermine innovation and the intellectual freedom vital for real progress. 🧪🌱🌍 #ScienceIsNotBusiness
December 26, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Good piece by @natureportfolio.bsky.social. The erosion of thinking time—driven by admin, bureaucracy, industry agendas, and unrealistic output targets—stifles curiosity-led science. These pressures undermine innovation and the intellectual freedom vital for real progress. 🧪🌱🌍 #ScienceIsNotBusiness
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Magnífica entrevista al investigador Aitor Marcos Díaz sobre post-crecimiento.
"Degrowth is going to happen, either by design or disaster, because there are ecological limits on how much we can extract from our planet. Planned degrowth looks like democratically planned downscaling of consumption"
"Degrowth is going to happen, either by design or disaster, because there are ecological limits on how much we can extract from our planet. Planned degrowth looks like democratically planned downscaling of consumption"
Can we have green growth and sustainable consumption, too? 🧐I discussed this complex topic with Kathryn Royster in an interview for the @uscwrigley.bsky.social
#greengrowth #degrowth #postgrowth
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2024...
#greengrowth #degrowth #postgrowth
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2024...
Is sustainable consumption possible without limits on growth?
Sustainable consumption and economic growth: can we have both, or are they at odds with each other? One researcher has a unique answer.
dornsife.usc.edu
December 17, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Magnífica entrevista al investigador Aitor Marcos Díaz sobre post-crecimiento.
"Degrowth is going to happen, either by design or disaster, because there are ecological limits on how much we can extract from our planet. Planned degrowth looks like democratically planned downscaling of consumption"
"Degrowth is going to happen, either by design or disaster, because there are ecological limits on how much we can extract from our planet. Planned degrowth looks like democratically planned downscaling of consumption"
Can we have green growth and sustainable consumption, too? 🧐I discussed this complex topic with Kathryn Royster in an interview for the @uscwrigley.bsky.social
#greengrowth #degrowth #postgrowth
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2024...
#greengrowth #degrowth #postgrowth
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2024...
Is sustainable consumption possible without limits on growth?
Sustainable consumption and economic growth: can we have both, or are they at odds with each other? One researcher has a unique answer.
dornsife.usc.edu
December 17, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Can we have green growth and sustainable consumption, too? 🧐I discussed this complex topic with Kathryn Royster in an interview for the @uscwrigley.bsky.social
#greengrowth #degrowth #postgrowth
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2024...
#greengrowth #degrowth #postgrowth
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2024...
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What a privilege to work with this talented team of @uscdornsife.bsky.social researchers: @aitormarcos.bsky.social and @jailbirdjenna.bsky.social. Jenna was presenting her work on risk perceptions and behavioral responses among people living near one of the most contaminated sites in the USA.
December 10, 2024 at 2:48 PM
What a privilege to work with this talented team of @uscdornsife.bsky.social researchers: @aitormarcos.bsky.social and @jailbirdjenna.bsky.social. Jenna was presenting her work on risk perceptions and behavioral responses among people living near one of the most contaminated sites in the USA.
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#AcademicJob Alert! We're #hiring a research manager for our signature #CO2 and #climate, and plastics initiatives. The successful candidate will play an instrumental role in advancing world-class and game-changing #research in #environment and #sustainability. dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/abou...
Job Opening: Research Project Administrator - Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Creating a more sustainable and environmentally just future for our planet and all who live on it
dornsife.usc.edu
November 26, 2024 at 11:53 PM
#AcademicJob Alert! We're #hiring a research manager for our signature #CO2 and #climate, and plastics initiatives. The successful candidate will play an instrumental role in advancing world-class and game-changing #research in #environment and #sustainability. dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/abou...