Alx 🐈May 15, 2023

The very first tweets of the opening talks by @EU_Commission and EU Parliament presidents at #BeyondGrowth conference show how politicians are still very on board with #growth and didn't (or refuse to) understand that the all point of a conference called #BeyondGrowth is to move away from growth, not trying to fix it.

btw, the conference is livestreamed here: https://www.beyond-growth-2023.eu/lecture/opening-plenary-limits-to-growth/

#ClimateDiary #degrowth

Lecture: Opening plenary – Limits to Growth: where do we stand and where do we go from here? - Beyond Growth 2023 Conference

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Now talking Sandrine Dixson-Declève, who finally is clarifying that the Club of Rome is not calling for a different growth, but for a different economic model tout court.
I really loved the passage: 'the only technology that can fix climate change is a time machine that can brings us back 50 years to allow us to make different decisions'

#BeyondGrowth #ClimateDiary #degrowth

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'People don't want #EconomicGrowth, they want #EconomicStability'

Sandrine Dixson-Declève (Club of Rome) open plenary talk at #BeyondGrowth

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@alx
Yes, stability. The center of well-being is not holding. There is too much change, too fast. It's a post WWII phenomenon that arose with the "consumer economy" and has accelerated in line with Moore's law. At first, we all (mostly) thought it was good but taken to it's logical conclusion here we are. So yes, mental, emotional and financial stability with FLEXIBILITY to lead integrated lives.
May 15, 2023 at 9:48pmWeb