Mastodawn

It seems that Trump has accidentally triggered a degrowth economy in some countries. Hopefully the world realizes this is a foretaste of the inevitable. (They won't.)

From CBC News:
4-day work weeks, rationing, dressing down: How some Asian countries are coping with the Iran oil crisis

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-oil-crisis-fuel-rationing-4-day-work-week-9.7131547

#economics #degrowth #InvasionOfIran #IranWar #Politics

How Asian countries reliant on Middle East oil are adapting to limited supplies, high prices | CBC News

Much of the oil produced in the Middle East is exported to Asian countries, which are now using a range of different methods to adjust to the fuel crunch caused by Iran's partial blockage of the Strait of Hormuz amid its war with the U.S. and Israel.

CBC

gretchen Mar 13

The grocery list in my phone doesn’t know how to categorize Grape Nuts. #AmEating #cereal

gretchen Mar 2

Sven A. Schmidt Feb 28

A rare moment where you root for regime change in all three countries involved

gretchen Feb 27

Per Axbom Feb 27

The ethical implications of food, clothes and travel have crept up on us and escalated while we have been eating, traveling and dressing ourselves. I get that there are obstacles to understanding these implications and to changing strong habits.

With generative AI the ethical implications are obvious right from the start. And it's so much easier to act on your values before something becomes a habit than after it becomes one.

It's somehow telling to me that many are hell-bent on developing this habit anyway, to the detriment of climate, energy, water and exploited labor.

gretchen Feb 13

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Feb 13

@gblanc05 @NatureMC translated:

"A first step... #degrowth

The city council of the Dutch capital voted on January 22nd to ban the advertising, in public spaces, of products that are major emitters of greenhouse gases. Meat, air travel, cruises, and internal combustion engine vehicles will soon be prohibited from being advertised."

gretchen Feb 5

One of my favorite things is being asked to do favors for friends. Picking you up when your car breaks down or driving your kid to dance class warms my heart.

gretchen Feb 4

#TIL An aubade is a morning love poem. A serenade is meant for the evening.
#poetry #NewWord

gretchen Feb 2

Yesterday was Tu Bishvat (birthday or the trees) so I bought 500 chestnut seeds to plant this spring. Today I will watch Groundhog Day. We will see what tomorrow brings.

gretchen Feb 2

Costco felt empty today.

gretchen Jan 19

Natasha

🇪🇺Jan 15

Wayne Mondok (Canadian, b.1961) "Yellow Light" Acrylic on canvas

#Art #Artwork #Artist