Là où j’habite les gens se disent bonjour dans la rue ou à vélo (et j’habite pas dans un patelin de 200 habitants). Je dois exploser mon score de bien être ! (En vrai j’aime beaucoup cette pratique depuis que j’habite ici alors il y a peut-être du vrai…)
In France, an ecological politician tried to talk about it recently, now she is receiving hundred of tweets of people taking pictures with huge pieces of meat, very proud of their own stupidity (including other politicians). I observe some changes around me though, in countries (home and host countries) where meat is still very important in the common diet, but far from being large and fast enough unfortunately…
European diet can be very much centered around meat too unfortunately, farmers also have a lot of power here. Guess it is still better than the US, but we are part of the problem too.
I agree that just stopping subsidies and let everything in the hands of market forces won’t do. We cannot juste expect things to work better in the current system, it would need many other forces and institutions to develop another type of agriculture and scale down meat production and consumption and make other products more affordable for everyone, it cannot come only from making meat a luxury good.
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Intensive agriculture and our economic system at large is going to screw us all everywhere: it causes climate change, and it also prevents (not rich) people to adapt to it. So fucked up.
Lecturer here, and I would say it really depends on the setting and the content of the class. I tried different things that worked, pairing students to introduce each other for two minutes, then they have to present each other (small groups). Surveys with menti for large crowds, and I am also answering the questions (mix of personal/content/opinion questions to understand the general atmosphere ok the lecture hall).
In a summer school, I did something I really liked, the walking exercise. 3 rounds, 3 questions: students have to walk in the room, and when I clap they have to pair with the closest person and discuss the question. Then we share altogether. But again the content of the questions may really depend. The summer school was about transformations for sustainability, targeting PhD candidates. We were asking about an important event explaining why there were studying sustainability, one question was ‘what are you good at’ and the last one was ‘what do you think should be transformed to become sustainable.’
I am myself an introvert so I get that very much. The pairing is about trying to diffuse the anxiety. If I feel it is not working well, there are ways to mitigate the issue. For many exercises, interaction can be a nightmare for introverts. I was organising a role play in a master course and I know I would have hated that when I was a student, but I am trying to rely on my own experience to avoid huge mistakes and making people too inconfortable. It is important to read the room but also to experiment to see what works and not!
Bonne nouvelle en soit, maintenant attendons les détails (montant, redistribution, moyens d’y échapper, etc.), et voir si d’autres pays voudraient suivre. Je suis assez pessimiste mais faut dire que les politiques écologiques ça donne pas envie d’être optimiste en général…
And it continues… It has been showed how damaging these ‘partnerships’ may be. Offsetting emissions do not address the causes of deforestation, often disrespect the rights and culture of local and indigenous communities, perpetuate unequal exchange mechanisms, among other issues. An example here:...
C’est un bon résumé de la situation aussi avec quelques liens intéressants pour ceux qui ne sont pas trop au fait ou veulent aller plus loin ensuite :)
How is the second statement problematic? It is a fact, that is largely documented in academia and many movements everywhere in the world. Disappointing decision…
If you want to know more, Timothée Parrique’s website is a great source of information, with many references, academic and non academic, and many topics around degrowth! timotheeparrique.com/academic-articles/
Climate protesters around the world are calling for an end to fossil fuels as Earth heats up (apnews.com)
Tientallen kinderen onder ruim 2400 arrestaties bij A12-blokkade in Den Haag (www.ad.nl) Dutch
Pour être plus heureux, il suffirait de dire… bonjour à ses voisins (www.ouest-france.fr)
'Gigantic’ power of meat industry blocking green alternatives, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
[Paywall] Disneyland Paris : un salarié, membre actif des grèves, licencié après un incident avec un visiteur (www.google.com)
“Unlearning Economics”: Jon Erickson, Josh Farley, Steve Keen, and Kate Raworth (www.resilience.org)
Uruguay Wasn’t Supposed to Run Out of Water (www.nytimes.com)
What's the best ice breaker exercise for the class that a professor used on your first day of class?
It doesn’t necessarily have to be a professor if you think it would be appropriate for a university setting.
"C'est l'équivalent d'un salaire" : des clients de fournisseurs alternatifs d'électricité abasourdis par le coût vertigineux de la facture de régularisation (www.francetvinfo.fr)
L’Europe ne parvient pas à taxer le kérosène des avions, la France annonce qu’elle le fera seule (www.ouest-france.fr)
Liberia set to concede 10% of its territory to Emirati company for carbon credit production (www.lemonde.fr)
And it continues… It has been showed how damaging these ‘partnerships’ may be. Offsetting emissions do not address the causes of deforestation, often disrespect the rights and culture of local and indigenous communities, perpetuate unequal exchange mechanisms, among other issues. An example here:...
Opinion. we warned you about this climate emergency. Now it's here. (www.theguardian.com)
Le Mali et le Burkina face à la Cedeao : prise de bec et bruits de bottes (www.jeuneafrique.com)
Lemmy.world Hexbear Statement
Update:...
Can degrowth save us and the planet? (phys.org)