Vanessa Spedding
@vanessaspedding.bsky.social
Writer. Envisioning a carefully-placed twist in the tale of humanity.
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“Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country’s climate minister told Reuters.”
(Reuters)
#GoodLuckWithThat
#collapse
(Reuters)
#GoodLuckWithThat
#collapse
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country’s climate minister told Reuters.”
(Reuters)
#GoodLuckWithThat
#collapse
(Reuters)
#GoodLuckWithThat
#collapse
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"Degrowth is not a realistic option. We won’t get to net zero through zero consumption."
Nick Stern writes in @theobserveruk.bsky.social marking the publication of The Growth Story of the 21st Century. @gsos-lse.bsky.social
Free to read and download ➡️ https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tgs
Nick Stern writes in @theobserveruk.bsky.social marking the publication of The Growth Story of the 21st Century. @gsos-lse.bsky.social
Free to read and download ➡️ https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tgs
Climate action is the best way to ensure long-term growth
Although we may have underestimated the risks of the climate crisis, we have also been too pessimistic about the opportunities created by new, green tech...
observer.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Deep, personal, frank, meaningful. Tim Jackson's Foreword bodes well for this new book, The Meaning of Growth, by Richard Douglas cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
The Quest for Prosperity | Tim Jackson's Foreword to Richard Douglas' new book The Meaning of Growth
This is an amended version of Tim Jackson's Foreword for Richard McNeill Douglas' new book The Meaning of Growth—Anti-Environmentalist Rhetoric an ...
cusp.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Deep, personal, frank, meaningful. Tim Jackson's Foreword bodes well for this new book, The Meaning of Growth, by Richard Douglas cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
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“In mainstream discourse, green capitalism is promoted as a way to ‘decouple’ economic growth from environmental degradation.
The Global North’s ‘clean’ economies depend on dirty production lines & deforested zones in the Global South.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth
open.substack.com/pub/blacklod...
The Global North’s ‘clean’ economies depend on dirty production lines & deforested zones in the Global South.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth
open.substack.com/pub/blacklod...
Ecology and Class Struggle
Part 3 of 5: Revolutionary Eco-Strategy
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“In mainstream discourse, green capitalism is promoted as a way to ‘decouple’ economic growth from environmental degradation.
The Global North’s ‘clean’ economies depend on dirty production lines & deforested zones in the Global South.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth
open.substack.com/pub/blacklod...
The Global North’s ‘clean’ economies depend on dirty production lines & deforested zones in the Global South.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth
open.substack.com/pub/blacklod...
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Well, you can start by shutting down data centers instead of building more in the desert... Duh.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen. When there’s no water, what can you do?”
From Dylan Baddour in 2023: Farming and industry are pushing this historic river to its limits.
From Dylan Baddour in 2023: Farming and industry are pushing this historic river to its limits.
Drifting Toward Disaster: the (Second) Rio Grande
With the river on the brink, authorities are “praying for a hurricane” as reservoirs dwindle and populations boom.
www.texasobserver.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Well, you can start by shutting down data centers instead of building more in the desert... Duh.
👏👏👏
“Menos yates, más casas.”
We went to a small town in Mexico to see how excited people are about Zack Polanski.
Turns out, everyone agrees: tax the billionaires, build green homes, and make hope normal again 🇲🇽💚
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Credit: Adam Brichto
We went to a small town in Mexico to see how excited people are about Zack Polanski.
Turns out, everyone agrees: tax the billionaires, build green homes, and make hope normal again 🇲🇽💚
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Credit: Adam Brichto
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
👏👏👏
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Viva Polanski!
a drawing of a woman in a red and white dress dancing
Alt: a drawing of a woman in a red and white dress dancing
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Viva Polanski!
Absolutely - and it’s exactly the way to do it. Go @zackpolanski.bsky.social!
The right-wing press are terrified of @zackpolanski.bsky.social because he is the first UK politician who doesn’t give a toss for their endorsement and thus can’t be corrupted by them. Worse, he actually revels in their lame attacks. 👏👏👏
Why won't someone think about the poor billionaires????
And the newspapers they own!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
And the newspapers they own!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Absolutely - and it’s exactly the way to do it. Go @zackpolanski.bsky.social!
Such a neat and powerful summary. Share far and wide!
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Such a neat and powerful summary. Share far and wide!
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💡👚Policy Brief: Clothing the Planet Within Limits: A Degrowth Approach to Fashion. Authored by Marula Tsagkari.
It’s time to reimagine how we produce and consume clothing.
🔗Link to the full policy brief here: degrowth.org/projects/pol...
#policybrief #degrowth #fashion #exploitation
It’s time to reimagine how we produce and consume clothing.
🔗Link to the full policy brief here: degrowth.org/projects/pol...
#policybrief #degrowth #fashion #exploitation
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
💡👚Policy Brief: Clothing the Planet Within Limits: A Degrowth Approach to Fashion. Authored by Marula Tsagkari.
It’s time to reimagine how we produce and consume clothing.
🔗Link to the full policy brief here: degrowth.org/projects/pol...
#policybrief #degrowth #fashion #exploitation
It’s time to reimagine how we produce and consume clothing.
🔗Link to the full policy brief here: degrowth.org/projects/pol...
#policybrief #degrowth #fashion #exploitation
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A response to Daniel Susskind: Degrowth – a reckoning www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
A response to Daniel Susskind: Degrowth – a reckoning
Given the gravity of the present situation, we should be very careful about what we think we know about growth. if I’m wrong about degrowth, then you can kick-start the economy back again to continue ...
www.resilience.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A response to Daniel Susskind: Degrowth – a reckoning www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
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Science historian J.-B. Fressoz: "Thinking that the rise of clean energy sources is enough to help the climate is naive."
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/11/10/denken-dat-de-opkomst-van-schone-energiebronnen-genoeg-is-om-het-klimaat-te-helpen-is-naief-a4909631 (Dutch, paywall?)
#ClimateEmergency #degrowth
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/11/10/denken-dat-de-opkomst-van-schone-energiebronnen-genoeg-is-om-het-klimaat-te-helpen-is-naief-a4909631 (Dutch, paywall?)
#ClimateEmergency #degrowth
‘Denken dat de opkomst van schone energiebronnen genoeg is om het klimaat te helpen, is naïef’
Aan de hand van historische voorbeelden laat de Franse historicus zien hoe de opkomst van een nieuwe energiebron de vraag naar de oude juist kan laten stijgen. "Binnen de elektriciteitssector is er we...
www.nrc.nl
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Science historian J.-B. Fressoz: "Thinking that the rise of clean energy sources is enough to help the climate is naive."
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/11/10/denken-dat-de-opkomst-van-schone-energiebronnen-genoeg-is-om-het-klimaat-te-helpen-is-naief-a4909631 (Dutch, paywall?)
#ClimateEmergency #degrowth
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/11/10/denken-dat-de-opkomst-van-schone-energiebronnen-genoeg-is-om-het-klimaat-te-helpen-is-naief-a4909631 (Dutch, paywall?)
#ClimateEmergency #degrowth
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Wars affecting every corner of the globe, military spending at a record high, and 1.5 degrees breached. Our #COP30 preview wonders what, if anything, will be delivered on conflict, climate and militarism. ceobs.org/cop30-what-t...
COP30: What to expect on conflict, climate and militarism - CEOBS
COP30 is taking place against a backdrop of wars and rising military spending, what will it deliver on conflict, climate and militarism?
ceobs.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Wars affecting every corner of the globe, military spending at a record high, and 1.5 degrees breached. Our #COP30 preview wonders what, if anything, will be delivered on conflict, climate and militarism. ceobs.org/cop30-what-t...
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Review of Japanese philosopher Kohei Saito's book, Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto: "Growth has inevitable limits... reached. Better path is not to squeeze last bits... but learn again how to do less on less... participate again in abundance of world"
thewaywepractice.substack.com/p/personal-d...
thewaywepractice.substack.com/p/personal-d...
Personal Degrowth
3 notes toward a manifesto
thewaywepractice.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Review of Japanese philosopher Kohei Saito's book, Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto: "Growth has inevitable limits... reached. Better path is not to squeeze last bits... but learn again how to do less on less... participate again in abundance of world"
thewaywepractice.substack.com/p/personal-d...
thewaywepractice.substack.com/p/personal-d...
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Weirdly, this still hasn't been picked up by any mainstream 'news' Editors.
You'd think this would be a pretty massive story, right?
You'd think this would be a pretty massive story, right?
Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide.
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Weirdly, this still hasn't been picked up by any mainstream 'news' Editors.
You'd think this would be a pretty massive story, right?
You'd think this would be a pretty massive story, right?
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Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide.
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide.
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
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THREAD 1/n
Inspired by Herman Daly, a new paper lists seven policy directions for cities to thrive beyond economic growth. They are not speculative, all are being tried somewhere or other.
#cities
#postgrowth
#degrowth
#economics
Inspired by Herman Daly, a new paper lists seven policy directions for cities to thrive beyond economic growth. They are not speculative, all are being tried somewhere or other.
#cities
#postgrowth
#degrowth
#economics
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
THREAD 1/n
Inspired by Herman Daly, a new paper lists seven policy directions for cities to thrive beyond economic growth. They are not speculative, all are being tried somewhere or other.
#cities
#postgrowth
#degrowth
#economics
Inspired by Herman Daly, a new paper lists seven policy directions for cities to thrive beyond economic growth. They are not speculative, all are being tried somewhere or other.
#cities
#postgrowth
#degrowth
#economics
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Impact of flights on global warming severely underestimated by many carbon calculators & offset schemes that don’t properly account for taxiing, sub-optimal routing or non-CO2 climate effects which are larger component:
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest
Existing tools that work out the carbon footprint of flights greatly underestimate their warming impact, say the makers of a new calculator
www.newscientist.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Impact of flights on global warming severely underestimated by many carbon calculators & offset schemes that don’t properly account for taxiing, sub-optimal routing or non-CO2 climate effects which are larger component:
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
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The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.
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Compare and contrast.
Absentee MP -v- his constituency.
Greedy grifting spiv -v- most deprived English neighbourhood.
He really couldn’t give a shit.
He feeds off the inequality and anger to line his own pockets. He doesn’t want solutions because the problems are his income stream.
(iPaper & BBC)
Absentee MP -v- his constituency.
Greedy grifting spiv -v- most deprived English neighbourhood.
He really couldn’t give a shit.
He feeds off the inequality and anger to line his own pockets. He doesn’t want solutions because the problems are his income stream.
(iPaper & BBC)
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Compare and contrast.
Absentee MP -v- his constituency.
Greedy grifting spiv -v- most deprived English neighbourhood.
He really couldn’t give a shit.
He feeds off the inequality and anger to line his own pockets. He doesn’t want solutions because the problems are his income stream.
(iPaper & BBC)
Absentee MP -v- his constituency.
Greedy grifting spiv -v- most deprived English neighbourhood.
He really couldn’t give a shit.
He feeds off the inequality and anger to line his own pockets. He doesn’t want solutions because the problems are his income stream.
(iPaper & BBC)
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This is why I’m an anarchist!
September 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is why I’m an anarchist!
Yeah
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 6:29 PM
Yeah
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“As long as the logic of capital accumulation remains intact, technological innovation will continue to deepen, not alleviate, the social & ecological challenges we face.”
Polycrisis, or the ‘Madness of Economic Reason’ - @cacrisalves.bsky.social
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
Polycrisis, or the ‘Madness of Economic Reason’ - @cacrisalves.bsky.social
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
Polycrisis, or the 'Madness of Economic Reason'
There could hardly be a more urgent moment to revisit David Harvey’s (2017) Marx, Capital and the Madness of Economic Reason. The economic rationality that has dominated the twenty-first century is no...
www.versobooks.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“As long as the logic of capital accumulation remains intact, technological innovation will continue to deepen, not alleviate, the social & ecological challenges we face.”
Polycrisis, or the ‘Madness of Economic Reason’ - @cacrisalves.bsky.social
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
Polycrisis, or the ‘Madness of Economic Reason’ - @cacrisalves.bsky.social
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
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The Green party is polling 25% with all voters under 50, & 39% among 18 to 24-year-olds. If that translates to votes, it could mean senior partnership in a coalition with others.
A key advantage the Greens have over yourparty.uk, is the name: climate is THE number one issue for this age bracket.
A key advantage the Greens have over yourparty.uk, is the name: climate is THE number one issue for this age bracket.
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The Green party is polling 25% with all voters under 50, & 39% among 18 to 24-year-olds. If that translates to votes, it could mean senior partnership in a coalition with others.
A key advantage the Greens have over yourparty.uk, is the name: climate is THE number one issue for this age bracket.
A key advantage the Greens have over yourparty.uk, is the name: climate is THE number one issue for this age bracket.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM