Alex Baumann

Housing & collaboration on commons is the oldest economy. It could help balance our unsustainable dependence on market growth

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

Access to land is a barrier to simpler, sustainable living. Public housing could offer a way forward https://t.co/zPW3VuDyxq via @ConversationEDU

[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

You are not stuck in traffic.
You are traffic!

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

Anyway, isn’t it all pretty much window dressing?

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

@GeorgeMonbiot Window dressing…

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

Sorry about the HP reference.
Seemed fitting.

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

As David Owen argues, “if everyone moved from cities to the countryside, it would likely trigger an environmental crisis” (Owen, 2010).

Per capita, urban living outperforms semi-rural and rural areas across nearly all environmental metrics.
https://t.co/2lFyhcABLc...

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

@TaxLandNotMan Exactly. Rent subsidies in Australia have already shown that—public funds simply inflate rents and help to further line the pockets of private landowners. What we really need is a Universal Basic Land Access (UBL).

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

@CharlieJGardner Yes, it’s a product of our culture—especially an economic culture that has privatised land to such an extent that we’re driven to be ‘greedy’ cutthroat competitors just to secure a roof over our heads.

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

@politvidchannel If his past crimes haven’t derailed his campaign, it’s unlikely that any new allegations will either. He deflects blame onto the so-called “deep state,” and his support remains unwavering.

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

Another take on the trolley problem...

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

Exercise in Carbon Privilege
A round trip from Sydney to Europe per person produces approximately 3.5 tCO2e. The UN Emissions Gap Report (2020) states that an individual’s fair carbon share is only 2.1 tCO2e for an entire year. Do the math...

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

@martinrev21 But how do the rich reduce their income when that same income is required to afford their housing?

https://t.co/jLn650nNhb

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

@KaiHeron @leeastwood Here's a brief Conversation article overviewing Chapter 13 of this handbook:

"This obsession with economic growth is destroying our planet. We must rethink private ownership of land – that’s where it all went wrong."

https://t.co/54HVgg0lfr

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

@MGSchmelzer @leeastwood @KaiHeron @degruyter_pub Here's a brief Conversation article overviewing Chapter 13 of this handbook:

"This obsession with economic growth is destroying our planet. We must rethink private ownership of land – that’s where it all went wrong."

https://t.co/54HVgg0lfr

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

This obsession with economic growth is destroying our planet.

@landcommons (@westernsydneyu) writes - we must rethink private ownership of land.

https://t.co/mdX2QqcgE4

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

Our chapter in the newly release De Gruyter Degrowth Handbook: https://t.co/oNjKRUm22X

[Matthias Schmelzer @MGSchmelzer]

Out now: De Gruyter Handbook of Degrowth, edited by @leeastwood and @KaiHeron - with many great contributions. @degruyter_pub
https://t.co/tCxPUEnMkP

[Rachel Withers @rachelrwithers]

"I used to hate the missionary approach," Ken Wyatt tells #Nemesis of Tony Abbott's approach to Indigenous affairs, where he wasn't properly included in decisions. "He couldn't see the value in doing things differently. Doing things with Aboriginal people, not to them."

[TAX LAND, NOT MAN @TaxLandNotMan]

Nobody advocating for UBI will answer the question: "why won't the price of land absorb the UBI?"

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

@TaxLandNotMan Yes, AND the UBI requires huge tax revenue and so business as usual (planet eating economic growth).

For social & environmental justice, we need ULA - Universal Land Access. https://t.co/18orrYQqM9

[Alex Baumann @landcommons]

@jasonhickel Just about all of us in the 'rich world' are super elite CO2 producers. According to the UN Emissions Gap Report, we need to contract average CO2 use by a factor of about 10 - from 20tCO2e/person/yr to 2.1tons