Destination Degrowth
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Social-Ecological Transformation. Cycling to a post-growth Future. Social-Ecological Economics. 🐌🌱🚲
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I have created a starter pack of #degrowth and #post-growth people on Bluesky! Have a look and let me know if I have missed someone :) Really happy that Bluesky is the new place to be 🐌🌱✊
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Das 🇩🇪-Ticket wird bald für 14 Mio. Menschen teurer. Doch anstatt Bahntickets, verbilligt die Bundesregierung jetzt ernsthaft für 350 Mio. €/Jahr Flugtickets. Diese Regierung ist sozialpolitisch eine absolute Zumutung & klimapolitisch ein Totalausfall. Wie kann man nur so schiefe Prioritäten haben?
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Das 🇩🇪-Ticket wird bald für 14 Mio. Menschen teurer. Doch anstatt Bahntickets, verbilligt die Bundesregierung jetzt ernsthaft für 350 Mio. €/Jahr Flugtickets. Diese Regierung ist sozialpolitisch eine absolute Zumutung & klimapolitisch ein Totalausfall. Wie kann man nur so schiefe Prioritäten haben?
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30 years COP - do your job!
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
30 years COP - do your job!
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Sogar in Großbritannien erzählt man sich kopfschüttelnd von der Auto-zentrischen Politik der Berliner CDU und ihrer Bereitschaft, für immer mehr Blech in Berlin die Bevölkerung zu spalten und zu radikalisieren:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘The car belongs in Berlin’: city backpedaling on bike-friendly policies, critics say
Car-critical measures have been slashed since the conservative CDU came into power in 2023, triggering protests and dividing communities
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Sogar in Großbritannien erzählt man sich kopfschüttelnd von der Auto-zentrischen Politik der Berliner CDU und ihrer Bereitschaft, für immer mehr Blech in Berlin die Bevölkerung zu spalten und zu radikalisieren:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Die Kürzung der Ticketsteuer fürs Fliegen führt zu Mindereinnahmen von 350.000.000 Euro im Bundeshaushalt.
Das ist genau der Betrag, um den die Bundesförderung für das Deutschlandticket gekürzt worden ist.
Prioritäten. So wichtig.
Das ist genau der Betrag, um den die Bundesförderung für das Deutschlandticket gekürzt worden ist.
Prioritäten. So wichtig.
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Die Kürzung der Ticketsteuer fürs Fliegen führt zu Mindereinnahmen von 350.000.000 Euro im Bundeshaushalt.
Das ist genau der Betrag, um den die Bundesförderung für das Deutschlandticket gekürzt worden ist.
Prioritäten. So wichtig.
Das ist genau der Betrag, um den die Bundesförderung für das Deutschlandticket gekürzt worden ist.
Prioritäten. So wichtig.
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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You know what Weber will do now though. Act contrite, row back a bit, say he cannot control how the populist right will vote. Do it politely.
People in Brussels and Berlin will forgive him, attributing it to being "pro business".
And then he'll do it all over again.
(Weber is a nasty little shit)
People in Brussels and Berlin will forgive him, attributing it to being "pro business".
And then he'll do it all over again.
(Weber is a nasty little shit)
This is what it looks like when the firewall is torn down for good. EPP, under the leadership of Manfred Weber, using the entire extreme and far right (including German AFD, French RN) for trashing sustainability and due diligence requirements for big business. The masks are off for good.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
You know what Weber will do now though. Act contrite, row back a bit, say he cannot control how the populist right will vote. Do it politely.
People in Brussels and Berlin will forgive him, attributing it to being "pro business".
And then he'll do it all over again.
(Weber is a nasty little shit)
People in Brussels and Berlin will forgive him, attributing it to being "pro business".
And then he'll do it all over again.
(Weber is a nasty little shit)
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Axing the cycle-to-work scheme might seem like low-hanging fruit for a cash-strapped Treasury, but it would be a big mistake. Particularly with expensive kid-carrying cargo e-bikes, it's one of the most effective modal shift levers out there.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Axing the cycle-to-work scheme might seem like low-hanging fruit for a cash-strapped Treasury, but it would be a big mistake. Particularly with expensive kid-carrying cargo e-bikes, it's one of the most effective modal shift levers out there.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Look behind you?
“Taxpayers shouldn’t be footing the bill for luxury leisure.” Says govt source.
Will that apply to the £4bn a year in fuel duty freeze costs, which go to drivers on the highest incomes the most?
“Taxpayers shouldn’t be footing the bill for luxury leisure.” Says govt source.
Will that apply to the £4bn a year in fuel duty freeze costs, which go to drivers on the highest incomes the most?
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Look behind you?
“Taxpayers shouldn’t be footing the bill for luxury leisure.” Says govt source.
Will that apply to the £4bn a year in fuel duty freeze costs, which go to drivers on the highest incomes the most?
“Taxpayers shouldn’t be footing the bill for luxury leisure.” Says govt source.
Will that apply to the £4bn a year in fuel duty freeze costs, which go to drivers on the highest incomes the most?
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Dammbruch im EU-Parlament: Erstmals beschließt eine Mehrheit aus Konservativen und Rechtsextremen - also auch CDU, CSU und AfD eine Gesetzesposition. Damit werden u.a. Kinderarbeit und Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Lieferketten gefördert. Vollkommen verheerend. Schämt euch, CDU und CSU.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Dammbruch im EU-Parlament: Erstmals beschließt eine Mehrheit aus Konservativen und Rechtsextremen - also auch CDU, CSU und AfD eine Gesetzesposition. Damit werden u.a. Kinderarbeit und Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Lieferketten gefördert. Vollkommen verheerend. Schämt euch, CDU und CSU.
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Renewables don't just replace fossil fuels, because things like AI and the general push for economic growth, is massively increasing energy demand, and as I explain here, unless you eliminate the extravagance of the top few percent, we are heading towards catastrophe.
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I created this thread, as commentary on COP30. I doubt it will be understood, and will probably be seen as radical or extremist, whereas denying this reality, is the extremist and radical position. What I address here is the denial.
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Thread by @SteB777 on Thread Reader App
@SteB777: "Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit" @antonioguterres is correct, but unfortunately the rest of the article descends into the same, empty rhetoric, w...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Renewables don't just replace fossil fuels, because things like AI and the general push for economic growth, is massively increasing energy demand, and as I explain here, unless you eliminate the extravagance of the top few percent, we are heading towards catastrophe.
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1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Berlin muss sich endlich wieder in die Zukunft bewegen! Hier geht's lang :)
Wir brauchen eure Unterstützung 🫵
🗳 Mit dem Verkehrsentscheid bringen wir ein Gesetz auf den Weg, das den Autoverkehr innerhalb des S-Bahn-Rings deutlich reduziert. So schaffen wir mehr Platz, mehr Verkehrssicherheit und Lebensqualität für alle.
🗳 Mit dem Verkehrsentscheid bringen wir ein Gesetz auf den Weg, das den Autoverkehr innerhalb des S-Bahn-Rings deutlich reduziert. So schaffen wir mehr Platz, mehr Verkehrssicherheit und Lebensqualität für alle.
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Berlin muss sich endlich wieder in die Zukunft bewegen! Hier geht's lang :)
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Taking the fight to the right requires a renewed left
"You can’t reach an accommodation with an ICE agent when he’s kneeling on your neck. Climate chaos does not come with a moderate option. An oligarch is not interested in your pitiful attempts to strike a deal." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"You can’t reach an accommodation with an ICE agent when he’s kneeling on your neck. Climate chaos does not come with a moderate option. An oligarch is not interested in your pitiful attempts to strike a deal." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Zohran Mamdani method can work beyond New York. Take the fight to the right | Aditya Chakrabortty
For too long, the centre has been adopting the language of the right but deploying it with greater civility – to disastrous ends, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Taking the fight to the right requires a renewed left
"You can’t reach an accommodation with an ICE agent when he’s kneeling on your neck. Climate chaos does not come with a moderate option. An oligarch is not interested in your pitiful attempts to strike a deal." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"You can’t reach an accommodation with an ICE agent when he’s kneeling on your neck. Climate chaos does not come with a moderate option. An oligarch is not interested in your pitiful attempts to strike a deal." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Deutsche Bahn is selling SNCF Tickets from France to Italy! This is great news for #crossborderrail. And they're even affordable for once! Excited and looking forward to more simple ticketing thanks to DB, after all they have the best timetable lookup @jonworth.eu @seatsixtyone.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Deutsche Bahn is selling SNCF Tickets from France to Italy! This is great news for #crossborderrail. And they're even affordable for once! Excited and looking forward to more simple ticketing thanks to DB, after all they have the best timetable lookup @jonworth.eu @seatsixtyone.bsky.social
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🚨 @greenparty.org.uk are absolutely soaring among the youth, polling at an incredible 40%, according to YouGov. 📈
The Greens are 19 points above Labour, the governing party. 💚💥
The Greens are 19 points above Labour, the governing party. 💚💥
November 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
🚨 @greenparty.org.uk are absolutely soaring among the youth, polling at an incredible 40%, according to YouGov. 📈
The Greens are 19 points above Labour, the governing party. 💚💥
The Greens are 19 points above Labour, the governing party. 💚💥
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So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll
ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.
www.thenational.scot
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
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I'll be giving a talk on Tue 4 Nov, 15:00–16:30 CET.
“Political Ecological Economics & the nature of growth.”
It will revolve around why growth persists (surplus extraction, cost-shifting) and how to move beyond it.
Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/8854726631...
“Political Ecological Economics & the nature of growth.”
It will revolve around why growth persists (surplus extraction, cost-shifting) and how to move beyond it.
Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/8854726631...
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I'll be giving a talk on Tue 4 Nov, 15:00–16:30 CET.
“Political Ecological Economics & the nature of growth.”
It will revolve around why growth persists (surplus extraction, cost-shifting) and how to move beyond it.
Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/8854726631...
“Political Ecological Economics & the nature of growth.”
It will revolve around why growth persists (surplus extraction, cost-shifting) and how to move beyond it.
Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/8854726631...
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How does wealth inequality impact climate change?
Alongside my brilliant colleagues @morrison-james.bsky.social & @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social we attempt to answer this in a new article @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions
Alongside my brilliant colleagues @morrison-james.bsky.social & @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social we attempt to answer this in a new article @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
How does wealth inequality impact climate change?
Alongside my brilliant colleagues @morrison-james.bsky.social & @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social we attempt to answer this in a new article @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions
Alongside my brilliant colleagues @morrison-james.bsky.social & @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social we attempt to answer this in a new article @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions
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The Congestion Charge went live today - so it's a great time to talk about a book (published this year) I recently finished reading.
Did you know JRR Tolkien wrote a short satirical fantasy about how cars and congestion were ruining Oxford in the 1960s?
Congestion has plagued Oxford for decades.
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Did you know JRR Tolkien wrote a short satirical fantasy about how cars and congestion were ruining Oxford in the 1960s?
Congestion has plagued Oxford for decades.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Congestion Charge went live today - so it's a great time to talk about a book (published this year) I recently finished reading.
Did you know JRR Tolkien wrote a short satirical fantasy about how cars and congestion were ruining Oxford in the 1960s?
Congestion has plagued Oxford for decades.
🧵
Did you know JRR Tolkien wrote a short satirical fantasy about how cars and congestion were ruining Oxford in the 1960s?
Congestion has plagued Oxford for decades.
🧵
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🗳 Greens could win Oxford East from Labour!
🤯 The latest @yougov.co.uk national poll has us on 16% - for seat projections from @electionmaps.uk this would mean @greenparty.org.uk winning 51 seats!
📊 Want to see and share the projections for your constituency? Read on!
🤯 The latest @yougov.co.uk national poll has us on 16% - for seat projections from @electionmaps.uk this would mean @greenparty.org.uk winning 51 seats!
📊 Want to see and share the projections for your constituency? Read on!
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🗳 Greens could win Oxford East from Labour!
🤯 The latest @yougov.co.uk national poll has us on 16% - for seat projections from @electionmaps.uk this would mean @greenparty.org.uk winning 51 seats!
📊 Want to see and share the projections for your constituency? Read on!
🤯 The latest @yougov.co.uk national poll has us on 16% - for seat projections from @electionmaps.uk this would mean @greenparty.org.uk winning 51 seats!
📊 Want to see and share the projections for your constituency? Read on!
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🌿 From what grounds and inspires us to how we act together 🌿
We’re deepening our transnational organising for justice and solidarity.
Building connections, sharing knowledge, and planning concrete action across borders.
The work continues. ✊
We’re deepening our transnational organising for justice and solidarity.
Building connections, sharing knowledge, and planning concrete action across borders.
The work continues. ✊
October 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🌿 From what grounds and inspires us to how we act together 🌿
We’re deepening our transnational organising for justice and solidarity.
Building connections, sharing knowledge, and planning concrete action across borders.
The work continues. ✊
We’re deepening our transnational organising for justice and solidarity.
Building connections, sharing knowledge, and planning concrete action across borders.
The work continues. ✊
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The Spectator and others have chosen (deliberately I suspect) to interpret this article as a desire to stop a future Reform UK government from legislating. My purpose is to stop *any* government crushing our fundamental rights. It’s just more urgent now. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot
It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The Spectator and others have chosen (deliberately I suspect) to interpret this article as a desire to stop a future Reform UK government from legislating. My purpose is to stop *any* government crushing our fundamental rights. It’s just more urgent now. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Transport Planning & Post-Growth? Does it work, or not? Which tensions surface, and what are trade-offs to discuss? 'To Transport or Not to Transport: Post-Growth Avenues for Transport Infrastructure Planning' in Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy 📖 doi.org/10.1002/jci3... #postgrowthplanning
To Transport or Not to Transport: Post‐Growth Avenues for Transport Infrastructure Planning
Post-growth literature has recently raised attention to the role of transport infrastructure planning in relation to global sustainability challenges and human wellbeing. Transport infrastructure can...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Transport Planning & Post-Growth? Does it work, or not? Which tensions surface, and what are trade-offs to discuss? 'To Transport or Not to Transport: Post-Growth Avenues for Transport Infrastructure Planning' in Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy 📖 doi.org/10.1002/jci3... #postgrowthplanning
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Degrowth infrastructure doesn't wait for permission—it gets built from below.
Get to know Berlin's repair hubs transforming empty shops into mutual aid spaces. Open daily, community-funded, preparing for when institutions fail.👇
Get to know Berlin's repair hubs transforming empty shops into mutual aid spaces. Open daily, community-funded, preparing for when institutions fail.👇
Kreisler: Community-Driven Catalysts for Degrowth
Kreisler, a space of community repair and share in Berlin that offers a hands-on response to the crises of overconsumption, social isolation, and infrastructural neglect.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Degrowth infrastructure doesn't wait for permission—it gets built from below.
Get to know Berlin's repair hubs transforming empty shops into mutual aid spaces. Open daily, community-funded, preparing for when institutions fail.👇
Get to know Berlin's repair hubs transforming empty shops into mutual aid spaces. Open daily, community-funded, preparing for when institutions fail.👇