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Willy De Backer BE @art4theark.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

"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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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.

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Camille Perrin @perrincam.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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/...

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‘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

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

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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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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-...

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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, ...

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Dirk Holemans @ecodenker.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Wat doet Vooruit in deze regering? Internationale solidariteit afschaffen… Vlaanderen stopt ontwikkelingssamenwerking, oppositie: "Zoveelste aanval op factuur gezinnen" vrtnws.be/p.6KebQDyNW

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

‼️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

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

“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.“

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

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.

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Lapid received a call from Egypt: 'Did you know Netanyahu decided to kill his own plan?'

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Roos Vonk @roosvonk.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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.

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Dirk Holemans @ecodenker.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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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Kick Israel out of the 2026 World Cup

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Max Koch @maxkoch.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Fantastic-looking new book by @ferracimo.bsky.social on @scientistrebellion.bsky.social! I look very much forward to reading it.

https://racimo.bsky.social‬

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Oikos Denktank @denktankoikos.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

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...

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Wie volwassen bomen kapt, berooft de omgeving van schaduw én ziel

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Oikos Denktank @denktankoikos.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

🌱 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.

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Oikos Denktank @denktankoikos.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

💭 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-...

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

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 !

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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

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Max Koch @maxkoch.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

"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...

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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

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 11/08/2025

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...

"The reality is clear: the agri-food sector is failing to pull its weight". There is a picture of a cow looking at the reader.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 10/08/2025

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.

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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...

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 08/08/2025

NEW ANALYSIS: Wildfires have already scorched a UK-record land area in 2025, double the previous high – and 4x above average By Orla Dwyer, Ho Woo Nam + Tom Prater www.carbonbrief.org/...

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

EAST ASIA RECORD HEAT Endless record heat continues in the area. Today 10 stations in China broke their August highest temperature records including the latest 40C in Shaanxi Province (40.2C Daning) 39C also in THAILAND and MYANMAR where Minbu with 39.4C broke its August record.

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Iran has more oil reserves than all but three countries in the world. But not enough water. A lot like texas.

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Willy De Backer BE @art4theark.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

"Where we once asked, 'How do stories work?' today's scholars ask, 'How can stories help us survive our planetary crisis?' - read my new LinkedIn post on 5 decades of literary theory and its planetary relevance. @amitav.bsky.social @ecodenker.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-e...

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When environmental crisis meets literary theory: a 50-year reflection

In the mid-1970s while studying at Ghent University, I was captivated by a new field called narratology, the systematic study of how literary stories function. Scholars like A.

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE Historic heat yesterday in the AZORES 31.1C at Horta Observatory ,Failal Island,Portugal Hottest day in history In Continential Portugal up to 44.3C at Pinhao Next days heat increase in Western Europe with some records in Spain and France and later possibly in the Balkans.

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Agroecology Map @agroecologymap.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

🌿 "Agroecology promotes Culture and Food Traditions that Preserves indigenous culinary practices and agricultural heritage. Supports local food sovereignty and cultural identity preservation." 📷 Credit: agroecologymap.org/locations/as... #agroecology #agroecologia #agroécologie #agrarökologie

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Agroecology Map @agroecologymap.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Agroecology promotes co-creation and sharing of knowledge 🧠👩🏽‍🌾📚 — connecting farmers, researchers, and communities. #Agroecology #KnowledgeSharing #FarmerLed #MST #Bahia #Brasil Learn about agroecology initiatives in: agroecologymap.org/en/locations...

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

🚨BREAKING🚨 ICJ ruling that a healthy environment is a human right could be a real turning point in setting out governments’ legal responsibility to tackle #climate crisis 👇

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Healthy environment a human right, UN court says in landmark climate ruling

Court’s decision expected to be used in future litigation and to support political negotiations by vulnerable states

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Kiki Berkers @kikiberkers.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Het is zover: de ICJ buigt zich over klimaatverplichtingen van staten – historisch, dankzij jarenlange inzet van jongeren, middenveld en landen als Vanuatu. 1️⃣ Verplichtingen staten inz. klimaat onder internationaal recht? 2️⃣ Juridische gevolgen als ze die schenden? 📺 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...

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THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.

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adamplatform.bsky.social @adamplatform.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Huge algal bloom on the #Baltic Sea! The #Copernicus #Sentinel2 image, colliected on July 21st shows an enormous swirling algal bloom on the eastern part of swedisch islands, during the longest #heatwave ever for #Scandinavia.

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

JAPAN RECORD HEAT Record heat never ends in Japan with temperatures approaching the 40C mark. More important records of July highest temperatures: 36.0 Aomori 38.1 Maebaru 36.5 Koshimizu 35.3 Takatsu 2025 Summer is so far the hottest in history.

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Bieke Machiels 💙🔻 @bieke.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Doe geen moeite, we weten aan wiens kant jullie staan.

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Agroecology Map @agroecologymap.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

💡Discover a global network of agroecology projects and groups on Agroecology Map! 🌱 Connect, learn, and grow with initiatives promoting sustainable farming and food systems worldwide. 🌍✨ #Agroecology #SustainableFarming #FoodJustice 🔗 Find out more agroecologymap.org/projects_and...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

1. Yesterday, 86 people were arrested in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action." They are the opposite of terrorists. They were protesting *against* terrorism. 🧵

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Willy De Backer BE @art4theark.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

New book by my friend @ecodenker.bsky.social is coming in October on the necessary food revolution for farmers and citizens. Great Dutch title, which I would translate as "Fellowship of the Soil" 🍄🥔 #omgroei Of interest to @timjackson.org.uk @romankrznaric.bsky.social @amitav.bsky.social

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Dirk Holemans @ecodenker.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

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.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.

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sahouraxo @sarahabdallah.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

“Israel has used this genocide as an opportunity to test new weapons, customized surveillance tools, lethal drones, radar systems, and other unmanned technologies — all deployed to exterminate a population without restraint.” —Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur

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Agroecology Map @agroecologymap.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

🌱 Agroecology Centre in Alerek trains 5,000+ people in regenerative farming, aiding 32,500 lives, with focus on vulnerable groups 🌾💧🌳👩🏿‍🌾💪🏿 agroecologymap.org/l/karamoja-n... #agroecology #uganda #africa

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analysed the cost of solar in 2004. Today, building a fence with solar panels can be cheaper than using wood.

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Oikos Denktank @denktankoikos.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Cities Beyond Growth is a six-week online course that invites you to reimagine urban life through the lens of post-growth thinking, an approach that recognises that more GDP doesn’t always mean better lives, especially when it comes at the cost of social equity and ecological survival.

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