Francesca Magnolo

PhD student at @UGent - bioeconomy, agrifood-energy systems & degrowth

[Sabaheta Ramčilović-Suominen 🍉 @SabahetaRamilo1]

Relational ecologies, decolonial and feminist approaches offer suggestions for a more just, less exploiting and less extractivist #EU #bioeconomy

Check out our blog written with @Tom_H_Oliver @Lylamehta and @Jacopo_Giuntoli. Thanks @IDS_UK for publishing!

[A Growing Culture @agcconnect]

"Rise of #capitalism coincided with a deterioration in human welfare"

#Economic autonomy and #FoodSovereignty are fundamental to achieving global well-being.

🔴Article from @jasonhickel's 2023 highlights rundown.

https://t.co/PQeC3AQs5u

[Michele Lapini @MicheleLapini]

"Le montagne non ricrescono"

In migliaia a #Carrara contro l'#Estrattivismo nelle #AlpiApuane e ovunque, in una zona famosa nel mondo per il #marmo e lo sfruttamento dei territori.

© Michele Lapini

#fotogiornalismo #environment #extractivism  #photojournalism #marble #apuane

[Feedback EU @feedback_europe]

🌟 Big Win: High EU Biomethane Target Dropped! 🎉
We're thrilled to announce a significant win in our advocacy efforts! Our collective push for change has succeeded—the proposed high EU biomethane target has been officially dropped! https://t.co/xvwGwcsQ2H

[Prof Julia Steinberger @JKSteinberger]

Listen up. Gaza is a blueprint for all of us this century. This is what the first real signal of this new century looks like, out in the open, clear for all to see.
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[Feedback EU @feedback_europe]

🌍 Concerned about food system and #climate risks from the EU #biomethane target. 🤝 Non-profits in food security, sustainable land use, clean transportation, and climate action joined our letter. Read it here:
https://t.co/jNVrOLYPIb

[RE-Source Lab @RESourceLab_UG]

🌱Did you know that #grass can be fermented into lactic acid? @AgrefineI met with farmers to discuss this and other innovative approaches to #agriculture for #dairy farmers!

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#CircularAgriculture #FarmersTalk #GreenBiorefinery @H2020Projects @Bioref_Cluster

[Francesca Magnolo @FranMagnolo]

A must read to understand the link between energy and food systems in the latest EU proposals on biomethane 👇

[Foodrise @wearefoodrise]

Biomethane is touted as a ‘green’ alternative to fossil gas by its industry proponents...

🚨But @FeedbackEU’s new analysis exposes how EU proposals to ramp up production reflect corporate interests & could be an environmental disaster.

A thread 🧵👇 (1/5)https://t.co/fFn5QeeAbt

[Environmental Politics @Env_Pol]

Blog now online! Sabaheta Ramčilović-Suominen discusses her experience of the 'radically unradical' Beyond Growth conference.
@SabahetaRamilo1 #BeyondGrowth #BeyondGrowth2023
https://t.co/dMljLtcTEi

[Prof Julia Steinberger @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, but their editors refused to publish 🤯.
🧵, please RT.
#BeyondGrowth2023
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[9th International Degrowth Conference @9Conference]

Wonderful and inspiring Beyond Growth 2023 Conference ended yesterday in Brussels!
Degrowth came to the European Parliament, hopefully to stay.
Next stop - Zagreb! 📷 (See you, @ph_lamberts!)

[Lorenzo Velotti @LorenzoVelotti]

📢 Raccogliamo firme affinché tutte le università italiane istituiscano un corso pluralista e trasversale a tutti i corsi di laurea sulla crisi ecosociale!

🙏 Firmate, retwittate e fate girare? https://t.co/ZllZex676G

🧵 Segue thread sul senso di questa raccolta👇
#EndFossil

[Degrowth Journal @degrowthjournal]

The time has come: our first publications are online! We’re super excited to welcome you in to the new home for #degrowth research. You can view our first publications, including an editorial, our manifesto, and four great essays here. More to come! 👇
https://t.co/1aNModBBK4

[Ruben Savels @RubenSavels]

How do we quantify the intangible benefits that many sustainability initiatives bring about? And if we compare these benefits and costs, which implications for decision-making arise?

In my open lecture, I'll try to formulate an answer to these questions: https://t.co/vOletIEQdv

[Tom Oliver @Tom_H_Oliver]

Delighted to be a part of this @EU_ScienceHub report with @GeorgeMonbiot @g_kallis & @SabahetaRamilo1 exploring how to move beyond the tired paradigm of infinite economic growth that benefits the increasingly few.
https://t.co/iyBM1EhkCt

[AgRefine ITN @AgrefineI]

Another update on our ESRs: @FranMagnolo is now in @WUR 🇳🇱
An exciting collaboration with @JStarke10 is in the works 🤩

#AgRefine #MSCA #ITN #phdlife

[Sabaheta Ramčilović-Suominen 🍉 @SabahetaRamilo1]

If you need a definition for green sacrifice zone and green colonialism.
"The Sami, the only recognised indigenous people in the European Union, are expected to carry the burden of the demand for ”green minerals” by EU politicians and industry." https://t.co/XEkV8jr6sl

[Sabaheta Ramčilović-Suominen 🍉 @SabahetaRamilo1]

Drawing on #LaclauAndMoufe + #JudithButler, we develop a typology of transformations, which we use to analyse the transformative potentials of socioecological and political agendas, incl. eco-#modernism, #marxism, #decoloniality, eco-#feminism, #degrowth & eco-#anarchism. (1/9)

[Tim Searchinger @TSearchinger]

New Nature paper. Europe already outsources much ag production, fueling tropical deforestation. Bioenergy in Fit for 55 plan does more: diverts 20% of EU cropland to bioenergy, 4x increase in wood imports for bioenergy, and loss of half of EU's diverse semi-natural grasslands.