Monica Stephen

Tweets on #conflict, #peacebuilding, #localisation & #humanitarianreform. Conflict advisor @saferworld. Ex @oxfamgb @UNmigration, @intalert. RT≠endorsement

[Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) @DoughnutEcon]

TIME magazine takes a deep dive into how the people of Amsterdam are using Doughnut Economics to reshape their city.

And they're not the only ones. What would it take to bring your city into the ecologically safe and socially just space of the Doughnut? https://t.co/29wcxhifxL

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

When I remember the struggling small businesses who offered nutritious free meals to children last Oct & then see what corporations contracted by the Govt are delivering, it makes my blood boil

I'm glad Chartwells & @educationgovuk are now investigating
https://t.co/ksrYHcq8kN

[Saferworld @Saferworld]

THREAD: On #WorldHumanitarianDay, we’ve put together a list of essential resources on decolonising #aid, #localisation and #shiftingthepower. Check them out below: (1/6)

[Naomi Tulay-Solanke @communityheal10]

Local actors live in the community issues that affect the community affect them too. To build back better recognize women led responses, support them, amplify their leadership and agency. This is one example of how effective #localisation works. We are the first group to respond.

[Léonie Northedge @leonieleonie]

Sad that the UK's response to our COVID-triggered crisis is to double down on profiting from Yemen's suffering. @Saferworld statement points out how the UK govt's decision to resume selling arms to Saudi Arabia is a mockery of the law and basic morality. https://t.co/LkfNUECXDy

[duncangreenlse.bsky.social @fp2p]

Where is the Aid Biz making progress on Localization? Highlights from some good new analyses on today's @fp2p https://t.co/6rOCblrKqB

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

Though we urgently need to cooperate, we're educated for individual success in a competition with other people.
My column on the need for a completely new approach to schooling: putting ecology first and foremost.
https://t.co/57B0mMJ6hJ

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

We are being educated for a world that no longer exists. Let's use the Great Reset to change the way we see ourselves and our place on Earth.
https://t.co/57B0mMJ6hJ

[West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) @wacsi]

"if you are serious about ‘shifting power’ then reduce your footprint and brand and use your fundraising machinery to help grassroots organisations create the structures to fundraise for themselves and sustain their work." https://t.co/8QkjtfAB3O #shiftthepower

[Monica Stephen @monicastephen]

No time like the present to recognise NHS workers and ensure they are paid properly...https://t.co/bDi4xVr3lT

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

Keyworker (noun), definition: A person whose work is overlooked and undervalued, until the shit hits the fan.

[Extinction Rebellion Global @ExtinctionR]

The average British person emitted more CO2 in the first two weeks of this year than the average citizen of Uganda in an entire year. Yet we are told that #ClimateBreakdown is a population issue?

We need #ClimateJustice now 🌎🌍🌏
https://t.co/BxWRpelJgO

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

My gap year ends in August, but it doesn’t take a college degree in economics to realise that our remaining 1,5° carbon budget and ongoing fossil fuel subsidies and investments don’t add up. 1/3

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

The Lake District fells are all in the temperate rainforest zone. Rainforest, in other words, is what you would expect the dominant vegetation to be. Instead, it has been turned into this. A wet desert.

[Gina Miller @thatginamiller]

This the most ridiculous position for any media outlet to take - much less the BBC. Trust in democracy is on the floor BECAUSE of lies. As Orwell said "In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

[Kate Raworth @KateRaworth]

Hey teachers, if you plan on introducing your students to the Doughnut, I recommend you invite them to 'Take A Stand': imagine this grid on the classroom floor then go and stand where you feel most aligned. Let debate begin! Do let me know how it goes, what else you add...

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

No one is coming to save us.

There is no benign authority preserving us from harm.

The time of waiting for someone else to act is over.

The time for action has begun.

#ExtinctionRebellion - tomorrow!
https://t.co/zAFqIdeYi3