Joel Nilon (@joelnilon) 's Twitter Profile
Joel Nilon

@joelnilon

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calendar_today11-10-2012 01:07:36

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Commission for the Human Future (@humanfutureau) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#ClimateChange is an #existential risk. #Heat is one way in which human survival is threatened. Risk of climate change must be addressed along with the other serious threats for our #humanfuture. #Transformative change will have many benefits.

Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Neoliberal environmentalism tries to guilt individuals into consuming less, but this misses the point. Overconsumption is a structural imperative of capitalist economies. Degrowth recognizes this, and calls for an economy that doesn't *require* overconsumption in the first place.

Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The notion that aid is a meaningful way to reduce global inequality represents an extraordinary failure to grasp the structural forces that produce and perpetuate global inequality. Poor countries don't need charity, they need justice.