The NYT headline "The Planet is Failing" is a masterclass in passive, apolitical framing. The planet is not spontaneously "failing", as if it's the planet's fault. It is actively being destroyed. And it is being destroyed by our economic system and those who run it.
Kan een vernieuwde relatie tussen de markt, stakeholders en de overheid tot stand komen? Wat is dat dan precies, een ingebedde economie? En hoe biedt precies de gemeenschapseconomie een valabel alternatief? Ontdek het samen met ons in deze reeks: https://t.co/mZLAakUdKb
'Profits at the expense of people and planet: How corporations serve shareholder interests instead of protecting climate and human rights'.
@Oxfam_DE@finanzwende on the role of shareholders in hindering the transformation.
https://t.co/S3d63GmUIO
#the25percentrevolution
@georgemonbiot, English writer and journalist, described in the columns of @guardian what he thinks is our only way out of this crisis.
To help to understand the key points, we've summed up his words in these slides..
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"Social convention, ... , can if flipped become our greatest source of power, normalising what now seems radical and weird. If we can simultaneously trigger a cascading regime shift in both technology and politics, we might stand a chance." #the25percentrevolution#systemicchange
After the betrayal by the powerful governments at #COP26, here's what I think we now need to attempt. It's a tough call, but the evidence suggests it's possible. Otherwise we're cooked.
https://t.co/vGjaz6oHW3
@GeorgeMonbiot A minority of 25% can flip the system and change the world. Check the documentary #the25percentrevolution for more inspiration on resistance to environmental destruction.
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#systemicchange ✊🏼🌎🌱
“Our survival depends on raising the scale of civil disobedience until we build the greatest mass movement in history, mobilising the 25% who can flip the system. We don’t consent to the destruction of life on Earth“
@GeorgeMonbiot#the25percentrevolution
Our survival depends on raising the scale of civil disobedience until we build the greatest mass movement in history, mobilising the 25% who can flip the system. We do not consent to the destruction of life on Earth.
The biggest failing of COP26, was the complete failure to recognise the climate and ecological crisis as the crisis it is, and the complete failure to openly acknowledge that current plans put our societies on a catastrophic course. @GretaThunberg@GeorgeMonbiot@ClimateHuman