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The Truly Sustainable Alternative | #JuliaSteinberger
A flourishing human society doesn't have to cost the earth. In fact, our wellbeing and Earth's wellbeing hinge on the same thing: reducing inequalit She's a.renowned #degrowth scholar at the #UniversityofLausanne where she & her colleagues recently produced Living Well Within Limits, which shows there is no tension between human & ecological flourishing
#ecofeminismo
Planet: Critical

https://www.planetcritical.com/julia-steinberger/

"... we now have technologies which would enable us to live well within planetary boundaries, but only if we invest our work in the most efficient ways of using resources (insulated housing, efficient household appliances, public transit & biking, plant-based diets, etc) AND sufficient consumption levels. Sufficiency means no deprivation, but also no major excess."

#JuliaSteinberger, 2024

https://jksteinberger.medium.com/what-we-are-up-against-2290ba8c4b5c

Onwards to fully automated luxury communism!

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"Rather than allow nameless faceless mega corporations to make predatory & destructive decisions, we should work together and trust each other to come up with better plans. This is true for every organisation, public or private, at any scale. We have a hugely diverse palette of democratic structures and processes to draw upon, from citizen assemblies to worker-user cooperatives."

#JuliaSteinberger, 2024

https://jksteinberger.medium.com/what-we-are-up-against-2290ba8c4b5c

This!

#democracy

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"The hour is late, both in terms of the triumph of neoliberal economics and its tag-along fascism ..."

#JuliaSteinberger, 2024

https://jksteinberger.medium.com/what-we-are-up-against-2290ba8c4b5c

This bit misses the point though. Fascism is the plutocracy's last line of defence against outbreaks of democracy. We have seen a rise of crypto-fascism since 2008, precisely because the GFC dealt a killing blow to neoliberalism's hold on the public imagination. Open fascism is their desperate attempt to hold onto their wealth and power.

@maugendre @climate Here is a follow-up four years later:

Professor Julia Steinberger wrote a geopolitical roundup: "Exposing the secret history of the making of the climate crisis should change everything about how we act to stop it."
https://jksteinberger.medium.com/what-we-are-up-against-2290ba8c4b5c

#opinion #influence #neoliberalism #capitalism #cultureWars #massExtinction #climate #activism #climateActivism #climateChange #globalHeating #climateBreakdown #institutionsDeceive #geopolitics #domination #money #extraction #fossilFuels #thinkTanks #oilAndGas #JuliaSteinberger

@claasgefroi
Kaja Kallas - Estonia, ich schätze mal, auch neoliberal?
Egal.
Give me Kallis anytime, not Kallas!
Kallis 🙌 Kallis🙌 Kallis🙌 !

" #Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help " by #JasonHickel , #GiorgosKallis , #JuliaSteinberger #DianaUergeVorsatz et al
2022:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04412-x

... people’s needs — food, shelter, water, transportation — are not always explicitly connected to energy, and even when they are, there are ways to dramatically reduce the amount of energy required to meet them.
That conclusion contradicted several decades of economic theory that suggested that increased energy use and, by extension, increased consumption would always equate to a longer lifespan and improved quality of life.

“Fossil fuel use does not contribute significantly to improvements in life expectancy.”