Prof. Julia Steinberger reports
that for 3 full days the EU parliament hosted thousands of scientists, activists and policy-makers charting a future beyond growth, but says every single journalist there she spoke to said, "my editor refuses to print any story critical of economic growth."
She is asking people to spread the word about this.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1659429887751405569.html
#beyondgrowth #beyondgrowth2023
Thread by @JKSteinberger on Thread Reader App

@JKSteinberger: As floods & fires rise, oceans boil & ice melts, and "safe" temperatures are breached, something momentous just happened in the heart of the EU. No one has heard about it: journalists were present, b...…

@AlisonCreekside

For a meta-review of 3 decades of research on the decoupling hypothesis, see https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/345840/Vaden_etal_2020_ESP_author.pdf

#BeyondGrowth sounds like a rational, ethical response to the evidence.

Pinging a few random journalists:

Why are editors so frightened of criticising economic growth? Are they worried about ad-funded journalism collapsing completely like a house of cards? Should the lack of evidence be hidden?

@jperlow @fulelo @winnipegfreepress @StellaArnaldo @pbump @nickkristof @hedtk

@boud @jperlow @fulelo @winnipegfreepress @StellaArnaldo @pbump @nickkristof @hedtk

"Why are editors so frightened of criticising economic growth?"
Because they are volunteer yacht-money safety advocates. 👀​

I'll see your 179 articles on decoupling 🤣​ and raise you 13 minutes of @jasonhickel describing an economic #postgrowth mission statement for #beyondgrowth2023, starting at 47:29 :
https://youtu.be/dhoIS79tp0s?t=2849