It has been three years since this conference occured. Three years since a panel of very knowledgeable people have presented alternatives to the madcap economic systems which are leading us to a dead planet (at least for humankind and many of its econsystems). These alternative address major areas requiring dramatic changes:

#Wealth distribution to end #poverty and #inequity

#Decarbonisation to keep our planet alive

#Equality, #education and #enpowerment for all, especially #women

#Sustainable #food production and distribution

An end to #Consumerism and #GPD measured #Growth without advocating #deGrowth

And one more I forgot :( sry. (I should’ve taken notes)

It’s a long video, but if you’re searching for solutions to our social, environmental and economic #trainwrecks, this is a will spell them out for you.

This information has been widely disseminated to educators, activists, political leaders and economists worldwide. So my questions are: What’s holding us back? Why aren’t we seeing something other than a global rise in #Fascism #FossilFuelUse the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #Billionairism and #Oligopoly ?

https://www.thebeyondlab.org/article/so-whats-next-series-rethinking-economic-systems-for-long-term-sustainable-development

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This is worth reading;
“A good life for the 99% isn’t a pipe dream: it can be done.
The Global Justice Report, published on Thursday, tries to overcome the shortcomings of mainstream approaches to the polycrisis, including the overly materialistic emphasis of traditional leftist parties, the questionable efficacy of the economic degrowth proposed by many ecologists and the lack of social impact studies by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.”
(Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/04/world-inequality-lab-equality-academics-planetary-survival )

And the #WIL (World Inequity Lab at the Paris universtiy) deserves you support/readership.

#Environment #ecology #Inequity #WealthDistributions #Polycrisis #ClimateCrisis #PoliticalCrisis #DemocracyInCrisis

"We went by bus because it costs about 30% of air travel. Because there’s no longer a train service from our town. Because we’ve driven the route often, but wanted the chance to sit up high and stare into river valleys or people’s front windows. We didn’t travel that way for a learning experience, but it turned out to be one. I’ll try to explain without sounding too repellently patronising or ignorant."

#OtherPeoplesExperiences #Inequity #Aotearoa

https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-05-2026/lessons-from-the-intercity-bus

I was today years old when I realised that the glass ceiling is called that because it’s invisible to *men*, not because it’s invisible to *everyone*.

I feel so silly for that penny taking a decade or two to drop for me

Footnote: Referencing men here b/c of the context in which “glass ceiling” was first coined, but obviously glass ceilings are invisible wherever there’s privilege.

#marylinloden #womeninstem #inequity #glassceiling #feminism