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Martin Tye

@martinrev21

1 month

F**K!! The Northern White Rhino is now officially extinct from planet Earth ... the good news? The economy is still growing. I'm having the day off now to contemplate the tragedy of human priorities.

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7 months

Sometime a picture really is worth 1,000 words. I've got nothing to add here...

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1 year

Largest ghost gum in Australia. Central Northern Territory. 300 years old.

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2 years

Look at the date...

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1 year

Feed them, house them in small boxes, send them off to work- consume their wages on the small boxes & food, water, power. Build a stadium to distract them. Privatise the whole system, capture government & media, then sell the whole idea as 'economic growth'. Which country am I?

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1 month

@Al_egopau What am I lamenting? The extinction of a species, for that matter, the massive decline in nature generally as the human economy/population expands relentlessly. Forced? self centered? FU

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1 year

Never extract more than ecosystems can regenerate. Never waste or pollute more than ecosystems can safely absorb. The idea of "earth system boundaries" does not exist in modern economic theory

Why Only Degrowth Will Save The World

And what we need to do it right

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@martinrev21

2 years

Just drove home listening to the news- It was all about GDP & economic growth. Growth this, growth that, this threatens growth, that is needed to sustain growth, this will be good for growth, how do we increase growth, more growth! ... have we gone collectively insane?

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@martinrev21

2 years

No single generation in the #history of the earth has ever borne witness to so much ecological carnage in one lifetime, .. yet most still refuse to acknowledge the need for system change- instead believing they can manage the current one. #Degrowth4Regrowth

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2 years

A #Degrowth clarification Degrowth is an economics term for a careful, planned & coordinated downsizing in the scale & impact of the human economy To be distinguished from the chaotic collapse of an economic system that thought it could grow forever ... 2 very different things

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@martinrev21

5 years

Can you help me work something out? Our older style suburb has lots of #birds . Our friends in the new sub-division have virtually none. ... I can't figure out why. #RedefiningGrowth

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@martinrev21

3 years

A very different world...

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@martinrev21

3 years

Sometimes I wonder, does the rest of the world really share my love of nature, & sadness at watching it's demise. Am I fighting a battle no one else cares about?🐸

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@martinrev21

2 years

The idea of living on a planet where nothing else seems to matter other than "growing the human economy", ..and where corporates seem to be succeeding in greenwashing the whole nasty, short-sighted, profit driven process, makes me sick to the stomach.

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@martinrev21

2 years

As they say- everything's fine.. until it isn't.

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2 years

@ECOWARRIORSS We’re in “oops” stage. People don’t seem to realize we are quite literally racing towards the end of humanity- and this is not hyperbole. We need to be discussing this daily. #DontLookUp #ClimateEmergency

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@martinrev21

2 years

Really struggling today with the enormity of convincing people that we are at unsustainable scale & need #degrowth on a huge level to survive. Everyone so wedded to growth & willing to believe economic growth & sustainability can co-exist. ... I don't know what more I can do.

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@martinrev21

1 year

Funny how (for those of us old enough to remember) that back in the 70s/80s/90s, with a much smaller #population : we had no skills shortage, affordable housing, more nature, less crowded roads/hospitals, lower emissions & a generally better quality of life 🤔

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@martinrev21

5 years

Things getting scary here as #AUSTRALIANBUSHFIRES close in- skies darkening, air thick with smoke & ash raining down. It's one thing knowing about #climatechange , .... it's another thing experiencing it. This is horrendous & is only the beginning

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1 year

In #Australia we've been told for 20yrs that huge #population increases are 'good for the economy'. All I've seen is traffic, homelessness, healthcare crisis, wage suppression, cost of living increases & ecological degradation. ... makes me want to ask "Who's economy?"

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@martinrev21

3 years

I was wondering- If @ScottMorrisonMP wasn't a politician what else would he do? The way he's running this country down- I certainly wouldn't want him managing my business.

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@martinrev21

5 years

This morning I headed out to a secret location where ancient tree ferns were dying due to unprecedented drought- My plan was to water as many as possible.

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@martinrev21

3 years

I'll try to make this as personal as possible; The #ClimateCrisis threatens your family's #food supply- drought, crop failures, supply chain failures, You won't be asking "What will we have for dinner tonight?' You will be asking "Will we have dinner tonight?" #Hunger

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@martinrev21

6 months

#Collapse is a process which starts slowly then quickly gathers momentum as chain reactions kick in. At a certain point it becomes unstoppable. How close to that "certain point" do you think we are?

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@martinrev21

1 month

The human economy grows out of the earth. Beyond a certain scale it becomes a parasite, a cancer.

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@martinrev21

2 years

Fly over #Australia in a window seat and for hours you see little but cultivated farmlands. Literally hundreds of thousands of square kilometers where #nature has been almost entirely obliterated in order to feed our ever-expanding #population .

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@martinrev21

1 year

I consider myself deeply spiritual. My source is #nature That's why to me, this is a #Holocaust , .. & they are the innocent victims.

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@martinrev21

5 years

I'm going to say it, "Australia's is crumbling & is on the way down. Decades of chasing short term economic sugar hits has seen us squander the inheritance. By every meaningful measure you can think of, we are in recession, & it will get much, much worse". #ausecon #auspol

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@martinrev21

2 years

The earth is 4.5 billion years old. In all that time, there has never been a worse, more destructive idea than the idea of endless economic growth, guided by the GDP figure. Never! #Degrowth - unwinding the damage.

Is the Developed World Really Developed?

The “developed” world is held up as a shining example of the triumph of economic growth to deliver mankind a future of unlimited happiness…

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@martinrev21

4 years

I find it odd that so many world leaders are #religious (which is supposed to be about our souls), ... yet their policies are all about #money (which is about materialism & consumption). Can someone please explain?

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@martinrev21

8 months

Anyone else get the feeling, ... that they are being farmed?

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@martinrev21

7 months

Could there be more to being human, ... than growing the economy?

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Martin Tye

@martinrev21

11 months

Meet your future. Residential houses in Dubai.

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@martinrev21

9 months

There's only one way out of this mess- it's #degrowth and a whole new economic paradigm (not founded on endless "growth" & measured by GDP) Problem is, how do you get people to see beyond the world they've always known, to see the need for fundamental change-- & embrace it?

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@martinrev21

11 months

Yet another stand of trees coming down now in my home #Broulee for a housing estate. This is the ecological reality of #population growth in Australia today. Am I NIMBY? When it comes to saving my trees- You bloody bet I am!

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@martinrev21

3 months

"Human activity is turning Earth into a world that may no longer support the societies we’ve built, scientists warn" Yet somehow, most are still more concerned about whether or not the economy is "growing"! 😡

Humans Have Crossed 6 of 9 'Planetary Boundaries'

Scientists analyzed nine so-called planetary boundaries and found humans are currently transgressing six

www.scientificamerican.com

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@martinrev21

2 years

Economic growth is one big illusion. You are only shown the benefits, the costs remain hidden.

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@martinrev21

2 years

@xr_cambridge Quick, get the chainsaws- there's an economic opportunity!

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@martinrev21

1 year

We have to stop calling housing estates "developments". They are not that. They are ecologically devastating short sighted cash grabs by greed driven interests who care nothing for land, people or future.

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@martinrev21

2 years

You do understand that the sixth mass extinction, could include us, don't you?

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@martinrev21

9 months

I've spent my whole life watching the human population expanding (+5.3 billion) and nature disappearing. That's bad enough, but then to have to suffer the fools who say the two are unrelated, ... well that's just salt in the wounds. #ignorance #denial

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@martinrev21

11 months

Aren't we supposed to be an intelligent species, capable of understanding the longer term consequences of our actions? So why are we behaving like cancer cells?

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@martinrev21

1 year

Why do we bother having politicians? Why not just put the corporate interests dictating policy directly into power and remove the illusion of democracy? .. at least that would be more honest.

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@martinrev21

10 months

Has anyone else noticed... that when it comes to managing the earth's resources, "economic growth" is all about short term exploitation for short term profit, for an "in crowd"? & nothing about leaving anything long term for our children or for nature? 🤔

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Martin Tye

@martinrev21

3 years

Lyrebird In an Aboriginal Dreaming story, Lyrebird is given the role of the peacemaker in the first great dispute between all creatures: As a reward, the Spirits gave Lyrebird the ability to be the only animal able to communicate to all other animals. Know & ❤️ your #wildlife

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6 months

Beware this graphic- sorry to say, carbon tunnel vision is all too prevalent! Recognition of the far broader set of problems, will hopefully generate a far broader set of responses. Our dire situation demands an holistic/systemic approach... not band-aids.

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11 months

Australia's economic plan- Use mass immigration to swell the population to boost the GDP figure to create the illusion of "growth". Ignore all the other economic, social & ecological indicators which suggest this agenda is driving us backwards. Have I got this right?

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@martinrev21

5 years

Signing off for now- ...just received an #AUSTRALIANBUSHFIRES evacuation warning. Looks like we've got to get out.

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@martinrev21

5 years

Australia has had 20+ yrs of economic growth, To achieve this we’ve destroyed; ecosystems, the livability of our cities & first home ownership, created a massive infrastructure deficit, run up debt, sold off assets & strained our water supplies... sustainable? #RedefiningGrowth

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@martinrev21

7 months

Feeling pretty lonely today most of the wild creatures I grew up with, including the far off ones which I knew were there but never saw, are now either gone, or greatly reduced & on the decline Sort of like losing your family Oh well, I suppose we've still got economic growth

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@martinrev21

4 years

It seems there are two types of people: Those who feel pain every time a #Tree comes down, … & those who are pleased to see "progress", "development" & "economic growth". Which are you? #ecology #environment #life

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5 years

This is what happens when ecological illiterates are voted into power. Doesn't the fool understand that hazard reductions burns are very dangerous during severe droughts? ... of course not, the only time he enters the bush is for a quick photo opp. with sleeves rolled up.

7NEWS Wide Bay

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5 years

The Prime Minister has called for a national standard for hazard reduction in bushfire zones in the wake of the bushfire crisis. @olivialeeming #auspol #7NEWS

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3 years

I cannot even walk past an area bulldozed for the latest property sub-division, ...without feeling a pain in my heart for all the trees lying dead in piles, Are you the same?

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@martinrev21

3 years

I have found my spiritual path & it is founded on #nature . But every day I must watch on, as it mined, cut down, dammed, burned, poisoned, eroded, concreted & otherwise exploited for short term profits, ... under an ideology branded #EconomicGrowth & measured in by GDP.

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@martinrev21

4 years

Let's face it- Australia's #economy pre-virus was nothing but a late stage, debt fueled property/population ponzi scheme teetering on collapse. It's so-called #Growth nothing but a flimsy facade designed to prop up political careers. Too harsh?

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@martinrev21

9 months

The worst thing the human race ever did- was to embrace GDP growth as a measure of progress, & responsible economic/land management. It has become our pied piper of doom, yet still we dance to it's tune... like good little followers.

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@martinrev21

5 years

Returning from my outback trip I was shocked at the extent of #landclearing in western #NSW I actually witnessed the #soil being stripped from barren fields- in places the dust storm was equal to a very thick fog. It's one thing reading about it- totally different seeing it. 😠

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@martinrev21

5 years

The great unmentioned cost of #AustraliaBurning is the #spiritual cost. We all draw strength directly from the natural world, rather than, or as well as a religion... whether we realise this or not. This loss is unmeasurable & certainly not reflected in a hollow #GDP figure.

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@martinrev21

3 years

Very angry (but not surprised) just found out our local "developer" illegally bulldozed our last stand of old growth forest gazetted as community land, ... more news coming.

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@martinrev21

7 months

What on earth is wrong with a stable/declining population? A greater share of resources per capita, ... and your environment will love you for it! Shed the corporate "growth" at all costs mindset.

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@martinrev21

3 years

Just bizarre to me how readily the public accept the notion that we can base an economy on growing the #population , building houses for each other, filling them with #consumables , & still somehow become truly ecologically sustainable.

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Martin Tye

@martinrev21

2 years

How many people still believe an economy can grow forever... on a finite planet?

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2 years

I'm just starting to realise how many people think I'm crazy, .. because I don't believe in the fantasy of endless growth--- on a finite planet.

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@martinrev21

7 months

Just before the Roman empire collapsed, the ultra wealthy, became far wealthier, ... than they had ever been before. Sound familiar?

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@martinrev21

10 months

I think I'll give my campaign maybe 1 more year. If I haven't seen a serious groundswell for fundamental change away from population/economic expansionism toward a more steady/stable state, it'll be too late. So I'll just go sit somewhere & watch the world reap what it has sewn

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1 year

I'm taking a break & going surfing to try to recover some positivity, ... because right now I just cannot see people abandoning the idea of endless growth until after it consumes the planet & collapse/chaos ensues. I'm sick of pointing out the bleeding obvious- We need #Degrowth

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@martinrev21

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The world does not need more humans. No I'm not sorry to offend the anthropocentric, population expansionists. Not good for quality of life, not good for environment, ... not good for survival.

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@martinrev21

4 years

How did expanding the "economy", ... become the number 1 priority of the human race?

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@martinrev21

7 months

The standard response I still get to #Degrowth is "That would be bad for the economy", ... not "That would be great for the environment." Therein lies our problem.

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@martinrev21

5 years

Evacuated again, hard to leave your home not knowing if it will be there when you return. #AustraliaBurning .

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@martinrev21

5 years

The predictable human response to #AustraliaBurning has begun- Out come the chainsaws, down come the #trees . What the fires left, we will destroy... I was afraid of this.

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@martinrev21

5 years

#Trees lower air temperature by creating shade & by evaporating #water in their leaves- essentially acting as the earth's air conditioners. Unfortunately though, this service is performed free of charge, & so adds nothing to our #GDP /Economic Growth figure. #RedefiningGrowth

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@martinrev21

5 years

We are cashing in our #biosphere , a wondrous thing, billions of years in the making, ... just to fuel a few shallow decades of #EconomicGrowth . A crime of unimaginable proportions.

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@martinrev21

4 years

What were the first #Birds you heard this morning? Mine were #kookaburras ..

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@martinrev21

11 months

"Waterbird population has fallen as much as 90% in Australia's east, shows 37-year study" Yet current generations never knew that richer, more bio-diverse world, & so don't miss it. Life in a degrading world works that way.

Decades-long study shows waterbird population has fallen as much as 90 per cent

The drastic decline over the past four decades is linked to widespread drought which is causing bodies of water to disappear, devastating waterbird population numbers.

www.abc.net.au

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@martinrev21

3 years

Even those who see themselves as environmentally aware- seem blind to the devastating ecological toll directly tied to the human #population explosion over the last 70 years. +5.5 billion in less than one lifetime & yet strongly denied as a negative ecological force 🤔

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@martinrev21

11 months

"Human-free" zones. Now that's a future I'd support- Not only will that make life better for humans, but it would honour our moral responsibility toward other life:

The Need For Human-Free Zones

In the words of David Attenborough, “humans have overrun the planet”. We are the most invasive species this planet has ever known. The study of ecology and ecosystem balance i…

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@martinrev21

5 months

The ugliest, most cold hearted, impersonal, ecologically destructive idea in the world today, ... is "economic growth".

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@martinrev21

2 years

When will a planetary state of emergency be declared? ... one which recognises that there is so much more than a #ClimateCrisis going on?

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@martinrev21

2 years

I hate getting drawn into the #population issue- it's so obvious that the addition of over 5 billion to the planet in my lifetime has had an horrendous impact on people & ecosystems. Yet here I am daily dealing with those who claim this is irrelevant & that I must be racist.

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@martinrev21

1 month

@punchy24 I said it was still "growing"... different thing.

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2 years

Now, as we pour the last of earth's resources into our futile bid to sustain "economic growth" for just a few more years, it might be a good time to ask: "Was it all worth it?"

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5 years

I don't understand our obsession with growth. Even in my youth, I had an innate sense that humanity couldn't keep growing forever. But for many, to even question growth is unthinkable: to do so is considered quite mad- Belief in endless growth is like a kink in the human brain.

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1 year

What sort of #society are we? .. that we allow some some to accumulate multiple houses, while other have nowhere to live? Time we took a good look at ourselves.

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@martinrev21

3 months

This idea might offend the human supremacists, but really it is a very empowering, enriching idea- ... that of being part of something larger, a family, rather than a lonely, all conquering, profit driven being.

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@martinrev21

10 months

There is nothing about #population expansionism that's making my life better, more traffic, more crowds, longer wait times for the doctor, more rates, more restrictions on personal freedoms, more noise, more stress ... and less nature.

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@martinrev21

2 years

We've been attempting to "do" environmentalism in the context of economic growth for a great many decades now, ... how's it working out?

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@martinrev21

2 years

I think we are all about to pay the price for believing that we could pursue endless growth, .. based on resource depletion, ecological plunder, overpopulation & wasteful excessive consumption.

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@martinrev21

10 months

Some of us are old enough to remember the ecologically rich world of yesterday. No, young people, your land was not always like this, this is not normal. The nature you see today is a mere shadow of even 50-70 years ago, .. & still it declines in the name of economic "growth".

Janet TJ 🍃💚🍃🐨🦘

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10 months

@martinrev21 @ECOWARRIORSS I grew up with huge flocks! Eating outside was impossible because of bird droppings!! They filled the skies! Not any more & we are to blame for every single loss!

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5 years

The difference between robbing the environment & robbing a bank to achieve short term wealth, ... is that there is always another bank. #economy #environment #balance

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@martinrev21

3 years

How far do we chase the endless economic growth fantasy?

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1 year

Am I NIMBY? A huge housing estate has quadrupled the size of our village. Now I have 4X the traffic, it's no longer pleasant to sit outside in the morning due to noise & our bushland is gone... Population expansionism is of no benefit to me.

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@martinrev21

8 months

Can I be a "lefty" and still discuss #overpopulation ? .. or does that rule me out of the club?

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@martinrev21

2 years

Today I've been called a "left-wing greenie extremist" by a right winger, & an "eco-fascist" by a left winger.. & it's not even 7am yet! Is there a tougher gig than selling #degrowth ?

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@martinrev21

4 years

What does it say about #Australia when our most successful business people seem to be Real Estate agents, money lenders & property speculators?

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@martinrev21

8 months

Australia had an immigration intake of 600,000 last year, & millions over the last decade. Yet we still hear that we lack workers to do work that Aussies won’t do. So, the more we bring in, the more work there is, that Aussies won't do? I smell a corporate wage conspiracy.

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@martinrev21

11 months

Just found out these shocking Australian figures- '620,000 international students from Jan-July that were let in. We currently have 1 million foreign students in the country' 1 million tapping into our housing, our infrastructure, our resources & ecosystems? Is this true?

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5 years

This is great... just the calculation I've been looking for. ... Can you imagine if our property developers had to factor this in every time a new sub-division was inserted into our landscape?

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2 years

Economic growth is NOT a journey to some promised land- It is a permanent, on-going state of debt, wage slavery, disenfranchisement & ecological decline, … with the sole purpose of channelling wealth into capital controlled markets geared to greater wealth for the few.

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@martinrev21

5 years

If you were sitting in this chair, and you could see a train coming, ... would you not get out of the chair because you were so comfortable? #ClimateChange

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@martinrev21

3 years

Believe it or not, we are not the only species who cares for their children, ... & wants them to have a future. End the #greed --- Let's share this world! #AnimalRights #wildlife #humanitywithheart

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