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Felix van Hoften🟥
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Ecological Economics| Degrowth/Postgrowth | Researcher-lecturer University of Amsterdam & Rotterdam University AS | Author: De golven en de Kaap
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The only way we are going to solve our meta/pluricrisis is through a postgrowth/degrowth approach. All social and ecological problems start in our economy.

We forgot to include physics (entropy) in our economic framework, but were trying to copy it too much at the same time (positivist).
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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…
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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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.
NIEUWS | PFAS-houdende pesticiden zijn in Nederland in vier jaar tijd meer dan verdubbeld, blijkt uit onderzoek van Argos. De groei kan doorzetten als een algeheel verbod op PFAS, zoals nu voorligt in Brussel, pesticiden blijft uitzonderen.

Lees verder: argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/ve...
Veel meer PFAS in pesticiden: grote zorgen om drinkwater
PFAS-houdende pesticiden zijn in Nederland in vier jaar tijd meer dan verdubbeld. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van Argos. De groei kan doorzetten als een algeheel verbod op PFAS, zoals nu voorligt in Brus...
argos.vpro.nl
November 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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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
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
You dont say...🤯

@alleyesonCOP30
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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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
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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.
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The richest country in the world has 42 million people on food stamps.

This economic systemis not working folks.
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Behalve dan dat 'woke' nauwelijks bestaat, natuurlijk.
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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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.
November 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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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...
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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"dan hebben ze misschien iets meer honger in Afrika"
October 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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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%)
October 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Doneer! De grootste common van de wereld komt nu echt onder druk.
October 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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🚨 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.
October 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires

theconversation.com/one-of-the-b...
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Rain storms wash those tire shards into streams and ultimately into lakes and oceans. That’s bad news for fish and other aquatic life.
theconversation.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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The Peace President threatens to invade a country he whose name he can’t spell.
October 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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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
Where are the ecological economics programmes in the Netherlands?
www.folia.nl
October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The great and somewhat dark Georgescu-Roegen (1975).
October 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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
Where are the ecological economics programmes in the Netherlands?
www.folia.nl
October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Het is meer dan opmerkelijk dat er in Nederland geen bachelor, master, minor of zelfs keuzevak Ecological Economics bestaat, betoogt promovendus Felix van Hoften.
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Waar zijn de ecologisch economische opleidingen in Nederland?
www.folia.nl
October 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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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...
Where are the ecological economics programmes in the Netherlands?
www.folia.nl
October 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Attack on academia, research and education continues...🟥
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
October 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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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
October 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM