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Smoke break leads to dramatic ride for man clinging to high-speed train in Austria

A man has survived clinging to the outside of an Austrian high-speed train, Austria’s state railway said on…
#Austria #AT #Europe #Europa #EU #Algerian #austria #Austriancapital #AustriantabloidHeute #cigarettebreak #dpa #emergencybrake #HerbertHofer #Meidlingstation #Nachrichten #Österreich #police #railjettrain #SanktPoelten #StPoelten #switzerland #VIENNA
https://www.europesays.com/2319762/

I was interviewed by the Spanish web journal @revista
about the Getting Real initiative.
Versions in English
y en castellano:

https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2024/12/12/mark-burton-on-the-getting-real-movement-a-degrowth-settlement-would-improve-peoples-lives/

https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2024/12/12/mark-burton-y-el-movimiento-getting-real-un-acuerdo-de-decrecimiento-permitiria-mejorar-la-vida-de-la-gente/

Gracias a Elena y a @casdeiro por llevarla a cabo.

#degrowth #decrecimiento
#policy #politics #politica
#EmergencyBrake #FrenoDeEmergencia #GettingReal

Worth giving this another push, what with everything...

"In a profound ecological and climate crisis, immediate measures are necessary, including substantial reductions in energy and material consumption, with rapid reduction in carbon emissions, alongside a safety net for affected individuals. Yet, with their vacuous mantra of “growth growth growth”, the vast majority of political leaders try to push down hard on the accelerator pedal."

#EmergencyBrake | #GettingReal

https://gettingreal.org.uk/2024/05/02/the-emergency-brake/

@thecommongreen The first criterion must be "refuse". And that at a system level as well as that of the individual.
#Overconsumption
#EcologicalCrisis
#EmergencyBrake

Searching for policy alternatives in the UK and beyond?
Our #GettingReal report is full of them, taking account of the ecological / climate, social and economic crises and bold enough to propose an end to tinkering and instead the adoption of adequate responses. #EmergencyBrake and #PlanForReconstruction.
To take a look and share.

Getting Real about the Crises Facing the #UK | Stop the Damage! Build a Better Future!
https://gettingreal.org.uk/
#climate #collapse #austerity #economy #polycrisis

He's right, but not in the way he means it.
Something more like this:
https://gettingreal.org.uk

Starmer says rebuilding UK means painful decisions, not just ‘a lick of paint’ | Keir Starmer | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/13/starmer-says-rebuilding-uk-means-painful-decisions-not-just-a-lick-of-paint

#GettingReal #StopTheDamage #BuildABetterFuture #EmergencyBrake

@RadicalAnthro
A good start but there needs to be a lot more, as we spell out in #GettingReal

https://gettingreal.org.uk/

2 parts: #EmergencyBrake to stop the damage and a plan for reconstruction for a better Britain within ecological limits.

A general election has been called for 4 July. The announcement surprised many, ourselves included, who expected an autumn poll.

We thought there would be more time to disseminate the messages of #GettingReal, that,

> There is a profound triple crisis, ecological, social and economic

> Actions we call The #EmergencyBrake are needed to stop, or at least, limit, the damage to the systems that sustain human life.
/Cont'd.
#UKPolitics #GettingReal #Polycrisis #pancrisis

https://gettingreal.org.uk/2024/06/03/getting-real-during-an-election/

July General Election in the UK.
Most candidates will be blethering about "growth", with platforms that do nothing or little to address the polypancrisis.

We know there is an alternative and it looks something like this
https://gettingreal.org.uk

#GE2024 #UKPolitics #ClimateCrisis #EmergencyBrake
#Overshoot #Livelihoods #degrowth

@drandrewv2 In a climate and ecological crisis of overshoot that brings creeping multiple systems breakdown, an #EmergencyBrake is needed to #StopTheDamage.
It won't be easy for any of us and there needs to be a livelihoods safety net.
Find out what it might all look like at https://gettingreal.org.uk

Britain and the rest of the world face a set of almost intractable challenges, ecological (including climate), economic and social. Yet political leaders with few exceptions are failing to propose the actions and policies that could address the scale of this pancrisis.

Here though is an alternative initiative, a kind of alternative manifesto with a portfolio of illustrative policies
https://gettingreal.org.uk/

#GettingReal
#EmergencyBrake
#PlanForRenewal
#StopTheDamage
#BetterWithLess

@miki_lou
It's why we must first slam on the #EmergencyBrake and then
#Reconstruct

http://gettingreal.org.uk

If leaders aren't proposing this, they are misleading us all. Call them to account.