When do you think we pass(ed) the point of no return?
‘…if it’s not already far, far too late to matter—we should have started long ago.’ Business as Usual or a Fantastical Techno-fix – two dominant options presented in face of the climate-ecological crisis. Both fail the #JustCollapse test. Both catapult us into collapse and horrific injustice. A #PlannedCollapse is a #JustCollapse.
If you live in the developed world, not having a child saves about 58.6 tonnes of CO2 per year. This compares to living car-free which saves about 2.3 tonnes of CO2 a year, while sticking to a plant-based diet saves 0.8 tonnes. #WeNeedAPlan. A #plannedcollapse is a #justcollapse.
2050 equals business as usual. Infinite growth on a finite planet is stealing the future, and calling it ‘climate success’. #WeNeedAPlan. A #PlannedCollapse is a #JustCollapse.
Creativity, humor, and action are all antidotes to despair in face of collapse. #TalkCollapse
Governments and the IPCC are lying, in the face of inevitable collapse.
Net zero policies are ‘emperor’s new clothes’, academics warn. Net zero targets are a ‘fantasy’ that often just protect ‘business as usual.’
They describe Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), stating that ‘it has been estimated that BECCS could demand an area of land approaching twice the size of India. How will that be achieved at the same time as feeding eight to 10 billion people around the middle of the century, or without destroying native vegetation and biodiversity?’
#WeNeedAPlan for a #JustCollapse, not an #unplannedcollapse based on unjust fantasies.
Net zero policies are ‘emperor’s new clothes’, academics warn
#TalkCollapse. Talking about collapse is a matter of justice.
Everybody has the right to know what is coming. If you know, then you can take action.
Seek justice! Take action!
FORUM RECORDING: Approaching Collapse – some do’s and don’ts [edited]
For those who attended, or couldn’t make it, please continue the forum discussion in the comments here. Infinite growth on a finite planet has pushed us into crisis, and this forum tackles the difficult questions and taboo topics: Bursting the fantasy of sustainability based on clean energy transition and arguing for equitable approaches to global population. Pathways forward include a deliberate contraction of the human enterprise and a planned collapse.
0:00 Dr Kate Booth (University of Tasmania); 0:12 Megan Seibert (The REAL Green New Deal Project); 41:10 Tristan Sykes (Just Collapse); 57:46 Q&A (inc. Prof Bill Rees).
This forum took place at the University of Tasmania, as part of Global Climate Change Week 2021. #JustCollapse
CO2 is not the problem. Even if emissions are cut tomorrow, collapse is still inevitable. This week, the other COP on biodiversity expresses, ‘…grave concern that the unprecedented and interrelated crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, land degradation and desertification, ocean degradation, and pollution, and increasing risks to human health and food security, pose an existential threat to our society, our culture, our prosperity and our planet’. Understand the problem, then take strategic action. Infinite growth on a finite planet has no future! A #plannedcollapse is a #justcollapse. https://www.cbd.int/…/5e86e1e…/kunmingdeclaration-en.pdf
Western democracies are failing on climate-ecological collapse. We need MORE democracy today: fully informed populations; an end to corruption and nepotism; a rolling back of draconian protest laws. Foster a #collapseconscious citizenry and give power back to the people!
Some think that authoritarianism is a ‘fix’. This is naive. Collapse cannot be ‘fixed’. Authority of any kind will try to make the best of a bad situation. This includes preservation of the power elite. This is happening now – it’s not abstract. Justice now! A #justcollapse!
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