Thread by @remblance_erin

Happy Earth Overshoot Day 🥳

Ok, it’s not actually something to celebrate. It’s the day in which we have used all of the resources the planet can regenerate in one year. For the remainder of the year we are taking from future generations. (1/19)

#degrowth #movethedate

If the whole world lived like Australians we would have reached Earth Overshoot Day on March 23rd. We would need more than 4 planet Earths. When is your country’s Earth Overshoot Day? (2/19)

Earth Overshoot Day is getting earlier every year as a direct result of economic growth. No, we can’t make economic growth green. Renewable energy is better than fossil fuels but it won’t save us from collapse; we must use *less* energy because energy drives our economy. (3/19)

We need #degrowth to get back inside planetary boundaries while focusing on human well-being, but governments won’t introduce Degrowth till the people demand it.

So how can an individual act? There are countless people in universities and at home learning about Degrowth. (4/19)

The basics are simple, the details are fascinating. Learn about Degrowth and spread the message. (5/19)

If Degrowth doesn’t become a household word, understood by many, and if one country doesn’t introduce Degrowth to get the ball rolling then our kids will die of climate change, not old age. (6/19)

Here are some resources for you to explore:

overshootday.org/about-earth-ov…

(7/19)

This book is a great read!

penguin.com.au/books/less-is-… (8/19)

There are many Degrowth Books, here are a few:

• Aaron Vansintjan et al “The Future is Degrowth” 2022
• Giorgos Kallis “In defense of degrowth” 2017
• Vincent Liegey, Anitra Nelson “Exploring Degrowth” 2020
• David Holmgren “RetroSuburbia” 2018 (9/19)

• Tim Jackson “Prosperity Without Growth” 2017
• Kate Raworth “Doughnut Economics” 2017
• Samuel Alexander “Degrowth in the Suburbs” 2018 (10/19)

And one just released yesterday which you can download for free 🥳 (11/19)

https://twitter.com/degrowthvienna/status/1552193274340835328

Degrowth Websites:

• resilience.org If you type degrowth into their search you get hundreds of articles.
• degrowth.info/en
• facebook.com/Degrowth-its-u…
• simplicityinstitute.org
• postgrowth.org
• steadystate.org (11/19)

• kateraworth.com – Doughnut economics
• footprintnetwork.org
• Timothée Parrique: phd in Degrowth: timotheeparrique.com
• Wikipedia – Search for “Degrowth”
(12/19)

I have written on the topic quite a bit too:

Degrowth: the climate solution no one is talking about (this is the most read article on the Illuminem website, with more than 10,000 views): illuminem.com/illuminemvoice… (13/19)

Here is link to most of my work, except for the above & below pieces: resilience.org/resilience-aut… (14/19)

Here is a piece about degrowth I co-wrote with Professor Bronwen Morgan for COP26 last year. It was published by Crikey, but as you need a subscription for Crikey, I’ve republished it here, too: medium.com/@erinremblance… (15/19)

My most recent piece, co-written with Jen Harvey Sallin (@jenharveysalli4) of @iheartearth1, Jennifer Harvey Sallin, Degrowth: No, Let’s Not Call it Something Else: illuminem.com/illuminemvoice… (16/19)

Some great people to follow on Twitter are:
• Jason Hickel @jasonhickel
• Timothée Parrique @timparrique
• Giorgos Kallis @g_kallis
• Julia Steinberger @JKSteinberger
• Matthias Schmelzer @MGSchmelzer
• Ben See @ClimateBen
• Climate Dad @ClimateDad77 (17/19)

• Nathan Hagens @NJHagens
• Degrowth Vienna @DegrowthVienna
• Resilience.org (@buildresilience)

Please let me know who else in the Degrowth movement is worth a follow.

This Facebook group is a good source of knowledge too: facebook.com/groups/1295234… (18/19)

Now let’s see if we can use #degrowth to #movethedate. As recently as 1970 Earth Overshoot Day was the end of December. We’ve lived within the means of the planet before and we can do it again. (19/19)

This feels relevant! Thanks @timparrique!

https://twitter.com/timparrique/status/1552570127056519169