Jon D. Erickson
@jon_d_erickson
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#EcologicalEconomics professor at the University of Vermont. Latest book: #TheProgressIllusion. Substack = https://t.co/J5u8vpv9PG.
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Joined March 2010
The ocean is in a way the final victim of multiple planetary crises - nutrient pollution, excess heat, rising CO₂. This has to be turned around. The ocean will ultimately determine whether we secure a livable future for humanity. https://t.co/6DHo1FIdyj
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In 2009, a team of scientists identified the 9 natural processes that regulate Earth’s biosphere and keep it stable. These include climate change, biodiversity, ocean acidification and freshwater....
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Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you're interested in bringing concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've launching a treasure trove for you! 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities... Join us & @rethinkecon live on 6 Nov, 7-8pm (UK). Please RT! 1/2
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In this new paper we calculate the unequal exchange of labour between the global North and global South. The results are quite staggering. You'll want to look at this... 🧵 https://t.co/fEbCmRZuyJ
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Photo op with Soham Mehta, @UVM_RSENR #ClassOf2024 and winner of the F. T. Kidder Medal, presented to the #UVM senior who “best exemplifies the qualities of character, leadership, and scholarship.” Congrats Soham. You make us proud!
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In case you missed it: David Murphy of St. Lawrence University gave an outstanding presentation on "Harmonized EROI Estimates and What They Mean for the Energy Transition" - catch it on the #USSEE YouTube channel and at https://t.co/NYbXOtOTG8.
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Thanks to the Inquistive Biologist for a thorough and thoughtful review of my recent book on #TheProgressIllusion @ussee @ISEEORG @GundInstitute @EE4ALL @A2Ecozoic
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We are devastated by the loss of our colleague and friend, Gund Fellow Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne. Since Jarlath passed, we've all been sharing countless stories of his research talent and contributions, collegiality, and great kindness and humor. Read more: https://t.co/EMi4gjPgTO
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Shocking. 2001-2022 an area 11X the size of the forests planted was lost to fire (average annual) Not only are we losing the battle for a safe future on Earth, we are cheating ourselves, allowing fossil-fuel offsetting against volatile green carbon sinks
nature.com
Nature - Climate change and human activities have led to more frequent and intense forest blazes over the past two decades.
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This metaphor is strangely apt for society at large - because the main input acting as hemoglobin through the arteries and veins of global transportation and commerce - oil - lies underground and invisible to most of us.
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🚨OPEN PhD positions in #EcologicalEconomics funded by @A2Ecozoic @GundInstitute🚨 5 years of funding🤩 To research @postgrowth wellbeing futures🌎 Drawing from Ecological/Heterodox Economics🧑🏻🏫 Cohort-based community🙏 @ a beautiful location🏞️ Learn more: https://t.co/4ArFnS1CxV
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Call them to strike the chords of our shared humanity, of our close kin to wild things! Call them to help find a new world! https://t.co/ew0XxbG8ZI
orionmagazine.org
Dreaming of new futures in the polycrisis
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We need not more analysis but a spiritual awakening, a new consciousness. So bring on the preachers and prophets! the poets and philosophers! the psychologists and psychiatrists! Bring on the writers, musicians, actors, artists! Bring on the dreamers! ...
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NEW CONSCIOUSNESS by #GusSpeth Decades of discourse led by lawyers, scientists, economists, and we are stuck. They can’t do what must be done: reach the human heart. The deep problems are avarice, arrogance and apathy, our dominant values gone astray. ...
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Yesterday, temporarily, planet Earth took its first step over the 2.0 degrees Celsius barrier.
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VERY EXCITED to announce the $5,000 Zencey Prize celebrating environmental writing for a general audience. 📚We seek outstanding books & journalism #longreads tackling the environmental limits of our finite planet.📚 🚨Submit your work: https://t.co/cGrFXs4kFE
#amwriting #uvm
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Vermont will be part of #GlobalDonutDay next week (and not the cider or Dunkin kind). A new vision of prosperity for the #GreenMountain state!
!! Join us on Monday 13th November for the first ever Global Donut Day (yes, really!), with community-led events around the world and more online. Here's to creating regenerative, distributive futures, everywhere. https://t.co/gZVRY6c8fz
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Happening NOW …
Transforming the economy so that it serves people and planet! Sign-up at https://t.co/qEkztlnJJh With: @KateRaworth of @DoughnutEcon
@jon_d_erickson - Author of The Progress Illusion @JanooAmanda of @WEAll_Alliance 📅 6 Nov at 18:00 ET / 23:00 CET #TalkSystemsChange
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Join @rethinkecon for a discussion with: ▶️ @KateRaworth, author of Doughnut Economics ▶️ @JanooAmanda, economics and policy lead at @WEAll_Alliance ▶️@jon_d_erickson, ecological economist, @uvmvermont 📅 6 Nov 🕰️ 18:00 ET / 23:00 CET 📍 Online ⏩ https://t.co/ShHnOpVbyj
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