Under capitalism, four times more productive capacity is mobilized to produce SUVs than to produce public transit. In the middle of an ecological emergency. "Rational" and "efficient" are not words I would use to describe this arrangement.

My dear fellow conservation scientists - if the information we produce can't even be shown on TV these days, at what point will you agree that simply producing information is no longer enough? theguardian.com/media/2023/mar…

Interested in knowing what UN University - EHS experts do #InTheField? Meet Lucas Turmena, who just returned from Teresina & Recife in Brazil 🇧🇷, where two of the Transformative Urban Coalitions #UrbanLabs are taking place. Learn more about his experience here: ehs.unu.edu/news/news/in-t…

What is #ClimateJustice? 🤔💭🌍💪 In this new #Riskepedia video 📽️, UN University - EHS expert Lucas Turmena breaks it down for you! Stay tuned for more #climate & #risk concepts explained by UNU-EHS experts.

What happens #InTheField, doesn't stay in the field. Meet UN University - EHS expert Lucas Turmena who just returned from Recife & Teresina in Brazil 🇧🇷 . What was he doing there? 🤓💭🇧🇷 Learn more: ehs.unu.edu/news/news/in-t…

What are 𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝘀 & how can these contribute to achieving more sustainable & inclusive #cities? 🤔💭🏙️ UN University - EHS expert Lucas Turmena explains it in this #Riskepedia video 📽️. Learn more about #UrbanLabs: urbancoalitions.org/en/urban-labs WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities IIED IDOS_research

"NGOs have tamed a generation of activists. They’ve given up grand visions of social change & mass recruitment in favor of writing grants & wooing foundations; ceded control of the movement to executives in boardrooms..." INCITE! What is the "NGO-isation" of resistance?

A discussão racial no Brasil está anos-luz à frente da discussão da Europa. Não raro me sinto como se estivesse falando com alguém nos anos 90 quando toco nesse assunto pela Alemanha.

O serviço de atendimento da LATAM Airlines Brasil é o mais ineficiente que existe. Um simples pedido de reembolso já me levou a passar por 5 chamadas diferentes, incluindo uma paga e uma que desligaram na minha cara.

Desde que implantou Tarifa Zero, a cidade de Caucaia, no Ceará: - reduziu em 40% o número de carros nas ruas - aumentou em 4x o número de usuarios nos onibus - aumentou em 16 a 36% a renda das famílias mais pobres Tudo isso custa apenas 2% do orçamento municipal.

You cannot rely on those who contributed to the housing crisis to solve the housing crisis - unless the ground rules that govern their behavior are radically altered.

If an economic system is incompatible with a livable planet you change the fucking economic system.

Two different approaches to "growth": Capitalism: production must be increased perpetually to maximise profits and elite accumulation. Ecosocialism: production must be increased or decreased as necessary to achieve democratically ratified social and ecological goals.

Interesting paper: "we did not find green growth to be a consensus discourse... It is in fact a liberal/market-based discourse held by Parliamentarians on the right of the aisle." via @g_kallis

We have *extraordinary* productive capacities. We can do virtually anything. Renewable energy? Integrated public transit? Regenerative farming? High-quality affordable housing for all? DONE. But we are prevented from doing these things because they are not profitable to capital.

"Scholars from the Global South are encouraged to apply"

A better world is possible. But just saying this is not enough. Such a future must be seized, and achieving this will require a struggle for national liberation and economic sovereignty in the global South.

This is a really under-utilised map whenever conversations about 'civilisation' come up