Dirk Holemans
@ecodenker.bsky.social
Urban storyteller - Honorary President Green European Foundation - coordinator Think Tank Oikos - advisor - public speaker
Co-author ‘Freedom & Security’ ‘Dare to Care’ ‘Enough’
#commons #wellbeingeconomy #imagination HOPE IS ACTION
Co-author ‘Freedom & Security’ ‘Dare to Care’ ‘Enough’
#commons #wellbeingeconomy #imagination HOPE IS ACTION
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Dirk Holemans
@ecodenker.bsky.social
· Jul 11
De cover van nieuw boek - lancering 25 oktober
Nooit gedacht toen ik er mijn tanden in zette dat er zoveel lagen te ontdekken zijn - en dus te veranderen - in het landbouw-voedsel-systeem.
Nooit gedacht toen ik er mijn tanden in zette dat er zoveel lagen te ontdekken zijn - en dus te veranderen - in het landbouw-voedsel-systeem.
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"Two compelling recent books provide different but complementary answers to what should organise our economies when growth is no longer possible or desirable: care" - read my review of @timjackson.org.uk 'The Care Economy' & @ecodenker.bsky.social 'Dare to Care' www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-g...
From growth to care: remembering what we learned during lockdown
Spring 2020: Streets were empty, economies frozen, yet something remarkable emerged. Health workers and care givers mattered.
www.linkedin.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"Two compelling recent books provide different but complementary answers to what should organise our economies when growth is no longer possible or desirable: care" - read my review of @timjackson.org.uk 'The Care Economy' & @ecodenker.bsky.social 'Dare to Care' www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-g...
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Thinking of European Commission staff behind the Farm to Fork Strategy when they'll read the new #EATLancet report.... They had it all right, and it's a real shame the EU's blueprint for healthy, fair and environmentally friendly #FoodSystems was derailed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds
Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Thinking of European Commission staff behind the Farm to Fork Strategy when they'll read the new #EATLancet report.... They had it all right, and it's a real shame the EU's blueprint for healthy, fair and environmentally friendly #FoodSystems was derailed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Overwinning! www.omroepwest.nl/misdaad/5018...
Veroordelingen klimaatactivisten teruggedraaid door hoogste rechter
De Hoge Raad heeft de veroordeling van acht klimaatactivisten vernietigd en hun zaken terugverwezen naar het gerechtshof in Den Haag. Het hof had de activisten eerder schuldig bevonden aan lokaalvrede...
www.omroepwest.nl
September 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Overwinning! www.omroepwest.nl/misdaad/5018...
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Climate scientist Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social has a message for younger scientists: Don't give up.
"Be part of this fight for what's right, for science, for reason, for fact-based discourse and policy making."
"Be part of this fight for what's right, for science, for reason, for fact-based discourse and policy making."
Michael Mann, on how the second US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement may alter the world’s climate change landscape
"We scientists and academics need to get a handle on the political atmosphere—the world of the larger electorate—and pay attention."
thebulletin.org
September 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Climate scientist Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social has a message for younger scientists: Don't give up.
"Be part of this fight for what's right, for science, for reason, for fact-based discourse and policy making."
"Be part of this fight for what's right, for science, for reason, for fact-based discourse and policy making."
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Crucial reporting on the UK's new, Blackstone-backed data centre that, in "limited circumstances", will run on a fleet of 580 diesel generators.
Pay no attention to the 580 diesel generators that can produce enough energy for 3 million homes behind the curtain...
Oh, and did I mention this data centre is part-owned by a Trump-loving billionaire who sat by Starmer at the royal banquet?
My 📝 for
@desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/09/25/c...
Oh, and did I mention this data centre is part-owned by a Trump-loving billionaire who sat by Starmer at the royal banquet?
My 📝 for
@desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/09/25/c...
Colossal Diesel Capacity of Trump-Donor’s UK Data Centre
Blackstone, a U.S. private equity firm run by a Trump-donating billionaire, is building a gargantuan £10 billion AI-ready data centre in the UK with a fleet of backup diesel generators so big that it ...
www.desmog.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Crucial reporting on the UK's new, Blackstone-backed data centre that, in "limited circumstances", will run on a fleet of 580 diesel generators.
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Central Bank of Denmark: "extreme weather conditions linked to climate change, such as droughts and floods, have reduced global food production", resulting in "large increases in food prices (that) are driving up inflation"
www.nationalbanken.dk/en/news-and-...
www.nationalbanken.dk/en/news-and-...
Global factors are driving high food prices in Denmark and abroad
Developments in food prices have a major impact on the price changes that Danes experience in their daily lives. Food and non-alcoholic beverages are purchased frequently and in predictable patterns, ...
www.nationalbanken.dk
September 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Central Bank of Denmark: "extreme weather conditions linked to climate change, such as droughts and floods, have reduced global food production", resulting in "large increases in food prices (that) are driving up inflation"
www.nationalbanken.dk/en/news-and-...
www.nationalbanken.dk/en/news-and-...
Wat doet Vooruit in deze regering?
Internationale solidariteit afschaffen…
Vlaanderen stopt ontwikkelingssamenwerking, oppositie: "Zoveelste aanval op factuur gezinnen"
vrtnws.be/p.6KebQDyNW
Internationale solidariteit afschaffen…
Vlaanderen stopt ontwikkelingssamenwerking, oppositie: "Zoveelste aanval op factuur gezinnen"
vrtnws.be/p.6KebQDyNW
September 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Wat doet Vooruit in deze regering?
Internationale solidariteit afschaffen…
Vlaanderen stopt ontwikkelingssamenwerking, oppositie: "Zoveelste aanval op factuur gezinnen"
vrtnws.be/p.6KebQDyNW
Internationale solidariteit afschaffen…
Vlaanderen stopt ontwikkelingssamenwerking, oppositie: "Zoveelste aanval op factuur gezinnen"
vrtnws.be/p.6KebQDyNW
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‼️ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE
TROPICAL NIGHT AT 1800M IN AUSTRIA
Min 20.4 Hahnenkamm
Never happened 250+ years of Austria history ANYTIME ANYWHERE
No summer heat wave ever made what happened today. On Sept 20th!
One of the most extreme event Europe has ever seen.
Absolutely historic
TROPICAL NIGHT AT 1800M IN AUSTRIA
Min 20.4 Hahnenkamm
Never happened 250+ years of Austria history ANYTIME ANYWHERE
No summer heat wave ever made what happened today. On Sept 20th!
One of the most extreme event Europe has ever seen.
Absolutely historic
September 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
‼️ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE
TROPICAL NIGHT AT 1800M IN AUSTRIA
Min 20.4 Hahnenkamm
Never happened 250+ years of Austria history ANYTIME ANYWHERE
No summer heat wave ever made what happened today. On Sept 20th!
One of the most extreme event Europe has ever seen.
Absolutely historic
TROPICAL NIGHT AT 1800M IN AUSTRIA
Min 20.4 Hahnenkamm
Never happened 250+ years of Austria history ANYTIME ANYWHERE
No summer heat wave ever made what happened today. On Sept 20th!
One of the most extreme event Europe has ever seen.
Absolutely historic
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“A very warm start to September, once again.
The average temperature in Finland from 1 to 13 September was 15.0 degrees, which is only 0.1 degrees lower than the record set in 2024. The start of September 2023 will be the third.“
The average temperature in Finland from 1 to 13 September was 15.0 degrees, which is only 0.1 degrees lower than the record set in 2024. The start of September 2023 will be the third.“
Huikean lämmin syyskuun alku, jälleen kerran.
Suomen keskilämpötila 1.–13.9. oli 15,0 astetta, joka on vain 0,1 astetta vuoden 2024 ennätystä alempana. Vuoden 2023 syyskuun alku tulee kolmantena.
@suomenluonto.bsky.social-blogissa vähän pidemmästi: suomenluonto.fi/huikean-lamm...
Suomen keskilämpötila 1.–13.9. oli 15,0 astetta, joka on vain 0,1 astetta vuoden 2024 ennätystä alempana. Vuoden 2023 syyskuun alku tulee kolmantena.
@suomenluonto.bsky.social-blogissa vähän pidemmästi: suomenluonto.fi/huikean-lamm...
September 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“A very warm start to September, once again.
The average temperature in Finland from 1 to 13 September was 15.0 degrees, which is only 0.1 degrees lower than the record set in 2024. The start of September 2023 will be the third.“
The average temperature in Finland from 1 to 13 September was 15.0 degrees, which is only 0.1 degrees lower than the record set in 2024. The start of September 2023 will be the third.“
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Think about all those people in the West, in liberal political and media circles, on this hellsite, who insisted repeatedly for months that Hamas was the obstacle to a ceasefire deal.
Have nothing but contempt for them and never listen to them ever again.
Have nothing but contempt for them and never listen to them ever again.
Lapid received a call from Egypt: 'Did you know Netanyahu decided to kill his own plan?'
***
www.haaretz.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Think about all those people in the West, in liberal political and media circles, on this hellsite, who insisted repeatedly for months that Hamas was the obstacle to a ceasefire deal.
Have nothing but contempt for them and never listen to them ever again.
Have nothing but contempt for them and never listen to them ever again.
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Ik heb nu in elk journaal (NOS en RTL) gezien hoe Amerika rouwt over Kirk, maar hierover⤵️ nooit iets gehoord.. Terwijl Kirk voor mij net zo’n onbekende was als Hortman.
Hadden onze media niet beter aandacht kunnen besteden aan hoe Trump deze moord misbruikt om Amerika nóg verder te spljten.
Hadden onze media niet beter aandacht kunnen besteden aan hoe Trump deze moord misbruikt om Amerika nóg verder te spljten.
September 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Ik heb nu in elk journaal (NOS en RTL) gezien hoe Amerika rouwt over Kirk, maar hierover⤵️ nooit iets gehoord.. Terwijl Kirk voor mij net zo’n onbekende was als Hortman.
Hadden onze media niet beter aandacht kunnen besteden aan hoe Trump deze moord misbruikt om Amerika nóg verder te spljten.
Hadden onze media niet beter aandacht kunnen besteden aan hoe Trump deze moord misbruikt om Amerika nóg verder te spljten.
Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban Israel from international football! #banisrael action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
Kick Israel out of the 2026 World Cup
Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban ...
action.wemove.eu
September 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban Israel from international football! #banisrael action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
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Fantastic-looking new book by @ferracimo.bsky.social on @scientistrebellion.bsky.social! I look very much forward to reading it.
September 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fantastic-looking new book by @ferracimo.bsky.social on @scientistrebellion.bsky.social! I look very much forward to reading it.
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Onze sociale zekerheid heeft vandaag een voedselpijler nodig.
@ecodenker.bsky.social van @denktankoikos.bsky.social komt met een uitdagend idee: een gezondheidscheque van 150 euro per maand per persoon.
www.sampol.be/2025/09/verg...
@ecodenker.bsky.social van @denktankoikos.bsky.social komt met een uitdagend idee: een gezondheidscheque van 150 euro per maand per persoon.
www.sampol.be/2025/09/verg...
Vergeet de maaltijdcheque, hier komt de gezondheidscheque
Onze sociale zekerheid heeft vandaag een voedselpijler nodig. Een uitdagend idee hiervoor is een gezondheidscheque van 150 euro per maand per persoon: een voedselbasisinkomen.
www.sampol.be
September 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Onze sociale zekerheid heeft vandaag een voedselpijler nodig.
@ecodenker.bsky.social van @denktankoikos.bsky.social komt met een uitdagend idee: een gezondheidscheque van 150 euro per maand per persoon.
www.sampol.be/2025/09/verg...
@ecodenker.bsky.social van @denktankoikos.bsky.social komt met een uitdagend idee: een gezondheidscheque van 150 euro per maand per persoon.
www.sampol.be/2025/09/verg...
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Pleidooi voor een voedselbasisinkomen
@ecodenker.bsky.social
@ecodenker.bsky.social
Vergeet de maaltijdcheque, hier komt de gezondheidscheque
Onze sociale zekerheid heeft vandaag een voedselpijler nodig. Een uitdagend idee hiervoor is een gezondheidscheque van 150 euro per maand per persoon: een voedselbasisinkomen.
www.sampol.be
September 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Pleidooi voor een voedselbasisinkomen
@ecodenker.bsky.social
@ecodenker.bsky.social
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Stef Craps is hoogleraar Engelse letterkunde en directeur van het Cultural Memory Studies Initiative (UGent). Hij keek naar de rouwende buurtbewoners na de bomenkap in Deurne-Zuid en stelt dat we iets kunnen leren van de ‘bomenknuffelaars’.
www.demorgen.be/meningen/wie...
www.demorgen.be/meningen/wie...
Wie volwassen bomen kapt, berooft de omgeving van schaduw én ziel
Stef Craps is hoogleraar Engelse letterkunde en directeur van het Cultural Memory Studies Initiative (UGent). Hij keek naar de rouwende buurtbewoners na de bomenkap in Deurne-Zuid en stelt dat we iets...
www.demorgen.be
August 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Stef Craps is hoogleraar Engelse letterkunde en directeur van het Cultural Memory Studies Initiative (UGent). Hij keek naar de rouwende buurtbewoners na de bomenkap in Deurne-Zuid en stelt dat we iets kunnen leren van de ‘bomenknuffelaars’.
www.demorgen.be/meningen/wie...
www.demorgen.be/meningen/wie...
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‘Fear haunts us’: Pakistan’s floods leave mental scars long after waters recede
‘Fear haunts us’: Pakistan’s floods leave mental scars long after waters recede
Shock, panic, guilt and grief grip survivors as mental health experts warn of chronic trauma from repeated exposure to natural disasters
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
‘Fear haunts us’: Pakistan’s floods leave mental scars long after waters recede
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🌱 Een boekenclub voor iedereen die op een positieve manier wil meedenken over (klimaat)rechtvaardigheid.
De boeken en data voor dit najaar zijn bekend. Zowel fictie als non-fictie. Schrijf het dus alvast in je agenda en begin alvast met lezen ✨ Telkens van 18.30 tot 20 uur in Muntpunt.
De boeken en data voor dit najaar zijn bekend. Zowel fictie als non-fictie. Schrijf het dus alvast in je agenda en begin alvast met lezen ✨ Telkens van 18.30 tot 20 uur in Muntpunt.
August 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🌱 Een boekenclub voor iedereen die op een positieve manier wil meedenken over (klimaat)rechtvaardigheid.
De boeken en data voor dit najaar zijn bekend. Zowel fictie als non-fictie. Schrijf het dus alvast in je agenda en begin alvast met lezen ✨ Telkens van 18.30 tot 20 uur in Muntpunt.
De boeken en data voor dit najaar zijn bekend. Zowel fictie als non-fictie. Schrijf het dus alvast in je agenda en begin alvast met lezen ✨ Telkens van 18.30 tot 20 uur in Muntpunt.
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💭 Elke week verschijnt een opinie van Oikos in de zomerreeks 'De Doordenkers van Knack' over veiligheid en veerkracht. Afgelopen woensdag verscheen een artikel van Myriam Dumortier: ‘Oogst nooit meer dan je nodig hebt'
Lees het artikel op onze website: oikos.be/oogst-nooit-...
Lees het artikel op onze website: oikos.be/oogst-nooit-...
August 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
💭 Elke week verschijnt een opinie van Oikos in de zomerreeks 'De Doordenkers van Knack' over veiligheid en veerkracht. Afgelopen woensdag verscheen een artikel van Myriam Dumortier: ‘Oogst nooit meer dan je nodig hebt'
Lees het artikel op onze website: oikos.be/oogst-nooit-...
Lees het artikel op onze website: oikos.be/oogst-nooit-...
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RECORD HEAT WAVE IN CHINA
Another exceptional heat wave in China which will last WEEKS and break HUNDREDS of records.
Today Xian and Qindu with 40.3C rose >40C for the first time in August.
But this is just an appetizer to what's coming.
Record heat will extend into September !
Another exceptional heat wave in China which will last WEEKS and break HUNDREDS of records.
Today Xian and Qindu with 40.3C rose >40C for the first time in August.
But this is just an appetizer to what's coming.
Record heat will extend into September !
August 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
RECORD HEAT WAVE IN CHINA
Another exceptional heat wave in China which will last WEEKS and break HUNDREDS of records.
Today Xian and Qindu with 40.3C rose >40C for the first time in August.
But this is just an appetizer to what's coming.
Record heat will extend into September !
Another exceptional heat wave in China which will last WEEKS and break HUNDREDS of records.
Today Xian and Qindu with 40.3C rose >40C for the first time in August.
But this is just an appetizer to what's coming.
Record heat will extend into September !
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ABSOLUTE INSANITY ON THE RED SEA
Aqaba JORDAN min 35.0 max. 49.6
Eilat ISRAEL min 35.7 max. 48.8
Hottest day & night ever recorded on the Red Sea
Over 45C also in CYPRUS
There had never been anything like this or even close in the area
Aqaba JORDAN min 35.0 max. 49.6
Eilat ISRAEL min 35.7 max. 48.8
Hottest day & night ever recorded on the Red Sea
Over 45C also in CYPRUS
There had never been anything like this or even close in the area
August 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ABSOLUTE INSANITY ON THE RED SEA
Aqaba JORDAN min 35.0 max. 49.6
Eilat ISRAEL min 35.7 max. 48.8
Hottest day & night ever recorded on the Red Sea
Over 45C also in CYPRUS
There had never been anything like this or even close in the area
Aqaba JORDAN min 35.0 max. 49.6
Eilat ISRAEL min 35.7 max. 48.8
Hottest day & night ever recorded on the Red Sea
Over 45C also in CYPRUS
There had never been anything like this or even close in the area
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"Journalism in the service of violence:"
"Germany’s “never again” pledge should carry weight given its deeply genocidal history. Yet it rings hollow when the country’s dominant outlets launder or supply propaganda to legitimise mass killing in Gaza."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Germany’s “never again” pledge should carry weight given its deeply genocidal history. Yet it rings hollow when the country’s dominant outlets launder or supply propaganda to legitimise mass killing in Gaza."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How German media outlets helped pave the way for Israel’s murder of journalists in Gaza | Hanno Hauenstein
In the run-up to this week’s deadly attacks, stories linking Palestinian reporters to Hamas gained currency, says Berlin-based journalist Hanno Hauenstein
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"Journalism in the service of violence:"
"Germany’s “never again” pledge should carry weight given its deeply genocidal history. Yet it rings hollow when the country’s dominant outlets launder or supply propaganda to legitimise mass killing in Gaza."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Germany’s “never again” pledge should carry weight given its deeply genocidal history. Yet it rings hollow when the country’s dominant outlets launder or supply propaganda to legitimise mass killing in Gaza."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The agri-food sector is both victim and driver of the climate, nature, and pollution crisis 🎭
So why does the sector remain dangerously unchecked in EU policy? 🤔
Read our breakdown 👇
meta.eeb.org/2025/06/11/e...
So why does the sector remain dangerously unchecked in EU policy? 🤔
Read our breakdown 👇
meta.eeb.org/2025/06/11/e...
August 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The agri-food sector is both victim and driver of the climate, nature, and pollution crisis 🎭
So why does the sector remain dangerously unchecked in EU policy? 🤔
Read our breakdown 👇
meta.eeb.org/2025/06/11/e...
So why does the sector remain dangerously unchecked in EU policy? 🤔
Read our breakdown 👇
meta.eeb.org/2025/06/11/e...
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If you'd like to offer comments on the misleading & error-ridden US federal report, "Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate," the link to do so is below.
Comments are due by Sept 2. Pls see next post for links to resources that debunk the claims in this report.
Comments are due by Sept 2. Pls see next post for links to resources that debunk the claims in this report.
Notice of Availability: A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) seeks public comment on the draft report produced by DOE's Climate Working Group (CWG), titled "A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emi...
www.federalregister.gov
August 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you'd like to offer comments on the misleading & error-ridden US federal report, "Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate," the link to do so is below.
Comments are due by Sept 2. Pls see next post for links to resources that debunk the claims in this report.
Comments are due by Sept 2. Pls see next post for links to resources that debunk the claims in this report.