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Scientist Rebellion<p>Governments are willing to do anything to protect citizens from the impacts of <a href="https://social.rebellion.global/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>. Except stop climate change.</p><p>Window dressing doesn't protect people. Stopping fossil fuels will.</p><p><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/19/japan/science-health/special-heat-stroke-index/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">19/japan/science-health/special-heat-stroke-index/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.rebellion.global/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.rebellion.global/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degrowth</span></a></p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p>This is your personal invitation to discuss the draft of the Nua-Celtic Manifesto with me on <a href="https://zotum.net/profile/ncm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zotum.net/profile/ncm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.<br>We need <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degrowth</span></a>, a <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/DonutEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonutEconomy</span></a> and <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SystemChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemChange</span></a> to <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Conviviality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conviviality</span></a> in a <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/CaringEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaringEconomy</span></a> of <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Partnerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Partnerism</span></a> within <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/planetboundaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planetboundaries</span></a> 🙏<br><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/CapitalismKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalismKills</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TaxTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/MakePollutersPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakePollutersPay</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FridaysForFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FridaysForFuture</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotherEarth</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ClimateActionNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActionNow</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/greedflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greedflation</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/stopoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stopoil</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/endfossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endfossilfuels</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/cooltheclimate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooltheclimate</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/JustStopOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustStopOil</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/PeopleOverProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeopleOverProfits</span></a></p>
ReUse Program U of MN<p>Just arrived! Score a door. These oak doors with frames and trim are just $10 each. (Not certain we have trim for all doors, but most.) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MNastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MNastadon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thrifting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thrifting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bargains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bargains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reuse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sutainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sutainable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degrowth</span></a></p>
ReUse Program U of MN<p>Lots of free lab jars and glassware today. Here until they're gone! Please remember to boost our post and follow us. We would love to grow on this platform! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thrifting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thrifting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReUse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degrowth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwinCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwinCities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MNastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MNastadon</span></a></p>
Degrowth Malmö<p>Hej! </p><p>This is our <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> / <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/introductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introductions</span></a></p><p>We are the Institute for Degrowth Studies, based in <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/Malm%C3%B6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malmö</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a>. We are an association (“ideell förening”) founded with the aim of spreading knowledge about <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degrowth</span></a>, creating and/or supporting activities aligned with degrowth, providing opportunities for our members to learn more about degrowth, and fostering collaboration both locally and internationally with other degrowth groups and organizations that share similar values.</p><p>After organizing the 6th International Degrowth Conference we have arranged study circles and study visits, lectures, workshops, film screenings, and projects. We have also collaborated with other civil-society organisations for public events and activities.</p><p>As part of prefiguring the world we want to see, we are now happy to also have a presence on the <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a>. We will post updates of related events in the area and share other relevant materials!</p>
Jeff Smith<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> who knew a Republican administration would oversee the most significant <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degrowth</span></a> initiative in the world to date.</p>
Climate Jenny 2.1<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@afewbugs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>afewbugs</span></a></span> I never used an electric toothbrush until 2020, when I realized that it might not be safe to visit the dentist again any time soon. Trade-offs. </p><p>I once heard a credible person on a <a href="https://biodiversity.social/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degrowth</span></a> podcast argue that there is enough wealth in the world for *everyone* to have access to a washing machine. I need to look that up again.</p>
Fernando Racimo<p>How did the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.rebellion.global/@ScientistRebellion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ScientistRebellion</span></a></span> movement emerge and spread so quickly around the world? My new book, Science in Resistance (out in October with UC Press) documents the evolution of the SR movement over the past 5 years. Combining personal stories, interviews with scientist-activists, and insights from research on direct action and academia, I explore the challenges scientists face when taking a stand for climate and ecological justice. </p><p>Half of the proceeds will go to SR and allied climate justice groups.</p><p><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/books/science-in-resistance/paper" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ucpress.edu/books/science-in-r</span><span class="invisible">esistance/paper</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degrowth</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CivilResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilResistance</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectAction</span></a></p>
Bread and Circuses<p>If large-scale action is going to take place quickly enough to stave off the worst damages of ecosystem breakdown, it will have to start at the top. We need total system change!</p><p>End capitalism. End colonialism. End imperialism. Break up the large nation-states. Commence degrowth.</p><p>Barring all that, which admittedly seems unlikely to happen, then it will be up to individuals and communities to make collective grassroots changes that might allow most of them to survive.</p><p>Either way, it's time to act. </p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degrowth</span></a></p>
Bread and Circuses<p>We presently face the most radical of challenges to the continuation of a livable biosphere — and indeed to humanity’s existence as a species — and therefore I believe the most radical response is justified and is urgently required.</p><p>First: Nationalize and then shut down the fossil fuel industry, the auto industry, the airlines, and the factory farms. The US military budget also must be deeply slashed, as they are the world's biggest single source of institutional emissions.</p><p>When I say shut down all those industries, I don't mean literally overnight. I realize of course that we can't stop burning fossil fuels instantly. I'm suggesting, however, a very rapid reduction, something on the order of 20% per year, meaning after five years we are down to zero. TRUE zero, not the phony greenwashed “net-zero.”</p><p>Second: Confiscate all previous financial holdings from fossil fuel corporations, their executives and their major investors, and dedicate a portion of those funds to help countries in the Global South raise standards of living without overly expanding the use of fossil fuels. Some of the funds can also be used to ease a transition for employees of the shuttered industries. </p><p>Third: Let the dust settle, see where we are with emissions, and maybe then consider deploying some solar geoengineering techniques, but only as a last resort.</p><p>Now, you might be concerned that many people would suffer and have to endure hardships if we shut down the fossil fuel industry and the auto industry and the airlines and the factory farms — and you’re right, they would.</p><p>However, that’s almost nothing compared to how many people will suffer and how great their hardships will be in the next few decades if we DON’T do all those things now.</p><p>Would this plan be easy to accomplish? No, not at all. Would it cause inconvenience and misery? Yes, certainly. Real change comes at a real cost. </p><p>Sorry to say it, but the choice we face is between a very bad outcome and a very VERY bad outcome.</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degrowth</span></a></p>
Bread and Circuses<p>I agree with everything that Athena (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Climatehistories" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Climatehistories</span></a></span>) says in a recent essay titled "Climate and the End of Capitalism."</p><p>Here are a few excerpts...<br>_______________________</p><p>The pace of global warming has been significantly underestimated. </p><p>Last year marked a historic and deeply troubling threshold: for the first time, global temperatures exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. In March 2025 the global temperature was 1.6°C above pre-industrial averages — the 20th month in a 21-month period that global temperatures exceeded the 1.5°C threshold. Arctic sea ice hit its lowest March extent since satellite records began 47 years ago, marking four consecutive months of record lows. </p><p>These aren't just worrying trends — they’re flashing red alarms.</p><p>Despite decades of warnings, global carbon emissions are still rising. If current policies persist, we’re heading for a world between 2.2C and 3.4C warmer. </p><p>In recent days, commentators on social media, sometimes jokingly, have referred to US tariffs as ‘right-wing degrowth.’ It’s a catchy phrase, but misleading. </p><p>Degrowth calls for a controlled and equitable reduction in economic activity to protect people and the planet. Idiotic tariffs that raise the cost of food, clothing, and essentials don’t do that. They hurt lower-income families without helping the environment. Economic nationalism risks destroying the economy it claims to protect. It’s a path to chaos and instability.<br>_______________________</p><p>FULL ESSAY -- <a href="https://theclimatehistorian.substack.com/p/climate-and-the-end-of-capitalism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theclimatehistorian.substack.c</span><span class="invisible">om/p/climate-and-the-end-of-capitalism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degrowth</span></a></p>
Bread and Circuses<p>Capitalism cannot be allowed to continue.</p><p>As long as capitalism is in charge, then Business As Usual is inevitable. </p><p>But Business As Usual can only lead to collapse — of the ecosystem, of the economy, of governments, and of modern society. </p><p>Collapse, starting slowly and then growing, means tragedies beyond anything you have ever imagined. </p><p>If capitalism is still the dominating force ten years from now, then it’s too late. Collapse will happen. It may in fact be too late already — but we will never know unless capitalism is rejected and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degrowth</span></a> is adopted. <br>____________________________</p><p>Here we are! Another week of BUSINESS AS USUAL, sponsored this time by Shell Oil, Koch Industries, and the US Army. </p><p>🎶 "Keep driving, keep flying, keep shopping, keep buying! <br> We've got this, everything's fine." 🎶 😃</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BusinessAsUsual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessAsUsual</span></a></p>
Mark Burton<p>"They roll back environmental and social protections: pulling out of agreements on climate mitigation, desperately promoting a building boom, directing expenditure to the military, promoting non-solutions such as nuclear power, hydrogen and carbon capture and storage, all in the name of GDP growth, for they know no other god."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degrowth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FalseSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FalseSolutions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElitePanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElitePanic</span></a></p>
Mark Burton<p>"Faced with economic stagnation the elites are panicking. Wild eyed in the control room, they thrash around seeking to fix the unfixable, pushing all the buttons, pulling all the levers, to no avail, just making things worse. They try the old mantra “growth”, repeated endlessly, and given a priority above all else."</p><p>From my new article, Prospects for Degrowth 2025 – via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@degrowthuk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>degrowthuk</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://degrowthuk.org/2025/04/04/prospects-for-degrowth-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">degrowthuk.org/2025/04/04/pros</span><span class="invisible">pects-for-degrowth-2025/</span></a></p><p>First of a series on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ProspectsForDegrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProspectsForDegrowth</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degrowth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/polycrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polycrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Miss Gayle<p>"There are various non-mystical reasons why fossil fuels remain more profitable than renewables...Not all these things are necessarily set in stone for all time in such a way that it’s inconceivable renewables will ever compete with fossil fuels. But you’d expect an in-depth academic treatment of climate &amp; energy futures to engage with them properly, rather than unfurling strange arguments about free energy &amp; sunflowers."</p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-04-02/overshoot-meet-undershoot/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">resilience.org/stories/2025-04</span><span class="invisible">-02/overshoot-meet-undershoot/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/DeGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Renewabkes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Renewabkes</span></a></p>
ReUse Program U of MN<p>Hey there Mastadon Masterminds! Can you suggest a use for these plastic lids? We don't have the bottoms but we have four boxes of tops. Any creative ideas? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reuse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MNastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MNastadon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeGrowth</span></a></p>
Eric Maugendre<p>On <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>:<br>"Retaliation by other countries will lead to a fall in US exports. In the 1930s, after the Smoot-Hawley tariffs were imposed, retaliation led to a 33% fall in US exports and spiralling down of international trade […].<br>"A tariff trade war would hit the US economy harder than Smoot-Hawley, since trade is now three times as big a share of GDP as it was in 1929, and was 75% of GDP in 2024 – versus roughly 6% in 1929."</p><p><a href="https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/trumps-tariffs-some-facts-and-consequences-from-various-sources/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thenextrecession.wordpress.com</span><span class="invisible">/2025/04/04/trumps-tariffs-some-facts-and-consequences-from-various-sources/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/imports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imports</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/exports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exports</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degrowth</span></a></p>
DegrowthUK<p>Call for articles - Prospects for Degrowth <a href="https://degrowthuk.org/2025/04/04/call-for-articles-prospects-for-degrowth/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">degrowthuk.org/2025/04/04/call</span><span class="invisible">-for-articles-prospects-for-degrowth/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degrowth</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DegrowthAndStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DegrowthAndStrategy</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DegrowthMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DegrowthMovement</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p><p>Please share widely!</p>
Ivor<p>American bloke on Channel 4 news says global trade is all unfair as USA consumers consume 30% of everything made in the world. All that tat. </p><p>Just a thought but wouldn't it be simpler if they just consumed less?<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degrowth</span></a></p>
Bread and Circuses<p>At its core, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degrowth</span></a> feels to me like a deliberate return to a stronger, healthier version of ourselves, of our very humanity... a coming home, if you will, and a “welcome back” to the better angels of our nature that we abandoned far too long ago with the rise of patriarchy and growth-oriented civilization.</p>