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Jonathan Shainin @shainin.bsky.social · 25d

Our new magazine, Equator, is officially out in the world — and here @equatormag.bsky.social
Sign up for preview emails, donate, and get tickets to our launch event in London: equator.org

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Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Aug 20

Let's hope the large seafood purveyors like #Nestle, #PinnacleFoods, #SofinaFoods, #NomadFoods force their suppliers to provide evidence of their fishing gear marking practices. Voluntary only works if there is market pressure. Why not write your favorite purveyor & ask them about their plans?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations @fao.org · Aug 20

Marking fishing gear is key to cutting marine debris, ensuring traceability & fighting #IUUfishing.

@FAO.org Voluntary Guidelines on gear marking offer guidance to tackle abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear & enhance safety at sea.

buff.ly/D4StIm7

#INC5

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Claire Kraatz @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social · Aug 20

About 30 of us gathered at the Harry Hays building in #yyc today to say: stop pouring $$ into pipelines + carbon capture.

We showed up because our kids deserve a liveable future. Let’s invest in wind, water, solar + battery storage. 🌍 💚 @coreyhogan.ca #cdnpoli #ForOurKids

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Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Aug 18

"Global demand for plant protein ingredients is surging, driven by
food system innovation, consumer trends & a focus on traceability,sustainability and supply chain security..."
Food system "innovation" could be so simple: eat soy, peas & other pulses. Why process them into isolates & concentrates?

Unlocking Australia's potential: The case for a national plant protein industry - Food Frontier

Australia’s plant protein ingredient manufacturing industry stands at a decisive juncture. The building blocks of a globally competitive, value-adding industry are already in place: world-class agricu...

www.foodfrontier.org

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Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Aug 15

It's the biggest flaw in our initial "Towards a Circular Economy..." reports (2012,2013,2014). In the "Growth Within" report of a decade ago we did a better job of addressing rebound effects but IRL those challenges have not yet been tackled adequately (as your chart also shows).

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Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Aug 15

I'm fully with you. We cannot "redesign" our way out of this if our new designs still involve consumption growth (because of resistance to change for reasons of established privilege or aspirational hopes, or because tHe ECoNoMy neEDs iT).

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Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Aug 15

Final countdown! I just wrote to our minister to signal my support for a strong and legally binding #GlobalPlasticsTreaty at #INC5_2. Please do the same! @breakfreefromplastic.org has a great setup with country-specific contact info and a template text in multiple languages to choose from.

Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · Aug 15

At #INC5_2, INC Chair Luis Vayas circulates the Chair’s revised text proposal at 12:48 am, Friday 15 August

The text is "intended to serve as a basis for identifying balanced solutions and landing zones that can help build consensus"

It contains 119 brackets

resolutions.unep.org/incres/uploa...

Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Aug 2

I’m with her.

Hell-issa Johnson, PhD 🎃 @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · Aug 1

I'm so tired of hearing that we need to "teach our students how to use AI" when the thing they most need to use it is a critical-thinking skill set that can only be acquired by NOT using it. I'm tired of hearing that it's inevitable. I'm tired.

Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Apr 9

Shout out to the fantastic women (and men, since we're a month later ;-) on your sustainability team and in the Banff Tool Library.

Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Apr 8

Don't give up on #refillable cups, awesome @banfftown.bsky.social !

Why?
- it perfectly fits with the town's ethos,
- it's absolutely #WhatOurRockiesNeed,
- it can be done, as #Petaluma shows.

returnmycup.com

Petaluma Reusable Cup Project — Sip, Return, Repeat

The Petaluma Reusable Cup Project is a bold initiative to see how the City of Petaluma could move away from single-use cups and toward a reuse system that is better for the planet.

returnmycup.com

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Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Apr 8

Find the letter here: chemsec.org/app/uploads/...

Encourage your employer, suppliers, business partners to support this message and contact @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu , @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu , Stéphane Séjourné, and @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu to signal strong agreement.

Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Apr 8

Companies call for a strong #REACH revision.
Removing #hazardousmaterials from all but the most restrictive uses is key for a viable #CircularEconomy.
Europe can and must continue to take the lead on protecting citizens and landscapes. That benefits the rest of us, too.
@chemsec.bsky.social

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Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Apr 8

Except that geoengineering is big, sexy business (unlike, say, insulating houses) and as we know, tech bros don't 'need' any governance. They just take over the house.

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Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Apr 8

#Amsterdam's canals don't meet most Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point criteria, and not all scientists agree with declaring the #Anthropocene anyway, but these feathered inhabitants' embrace of 'new' materials is terrifying. There's nothing encouraging about the common coot's adaptation.

This bird's nest is made of candy wrappers and face masks. Here's what we can learn | CBC Radio

Dutch doctoral student Auke-Florian Hiemstra excavated a bird nest, and made a startling discovery. From McDonald's lids to face masks, the nest was built with layers of human trash — the oldest piece...

www.cbc.ca

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Nagwan Al-Guneid @nagwanyyc.bsky.social · Apr 7

The UCP government must simply apply the law, enforce regulations, and stop political interference in the Alberta Energy Regulator.

If the government is abandoning the Polluter Pays principle, they should just say so instead of misleading the public with the "Mature Asset Report" scheme. #ableg

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Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Apr 7

#ProtectOurWinters #PoW

Take action: www.snowmethemoney.ca

Snow is a Natural Resource. Pressure the decision-makers to treat it as such.

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Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Apr 7

... loss of livelihoods for others

Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Apr 7

Loss of fun for some...,

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Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Apr 7

SNOW = MONEY

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Kevin Yam 任建峰 @kevinkfyam.bsky.social · Apr 6

… from maybe allegations of vandalism. In short, significant sections of the art world want the cool that comes with appearances of subversiveness without the reality of or facing the consequences of it. This is unlike @badiucao.bsky.social, who has … (2/4)

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Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Apr 3

On the importance of paying attention

Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · Apr 3

I missed this when it came out because *waves hands* but looks like Pathways Alliance/Oil sands companies are continuing their claims that the oil and gas cap is a production cap and saying nothing about the fact that the cap assumes emission reductions in line with pathways commitments 1/

screenshot: Response to the
Parliamentary Budget Officer's (PBO) report on
the emissions cap The Parliamentary Budget Officer's (PBO) report confirms what Pathways Alliance
has been saying all along: an emissions cap is a production cap.

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Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Mar 3

Immer weiterhin die Kinder erziehen. Erfolgreiche Beispiele aus eigenem und breiterem Kreis anliefern, auch wenn nicht rezent. Zusammen „On Tyranny“ lesen (für die Jungen:Bilderbuchfassung). Eine offene Diskussionskultur im eigenen Kreis stimulieren. Sich nie die Welt abwenden. Hoffnung lohnt sich!

Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Mar 3

For those speaking German, @janboehm.bsky.social on @zdfmagaz.in did (once again) an excellent segment on popularity of topics (in the form of “Stimmung”) and the potential damage caused by politicians and the press trying too hard to “meet the voter where they stand”.

youtu.be/apnde-Dpq8E?...

Politik und Medien und die Stimmung im Land | ZDF Magazin Royale

YouTube video by ZDF MAGAZIN ROYALE

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Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Mar 3

The pan-European PFAS legislation that is in the making will at least reduce the industrial competitiveness argument.

But should we protect the right of consumers to choose products that cause lasting pollution?

Helga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · Mar 3

France made great progress on protecting its landscapes, industrial sites, and people against #PFAS. But the cookware exemption makes my blood boil. "Tefal and its supporters say a ban on use in cookware would threaten jobs, limit choice for consumers and hurt France’s industrial competitiveness."

‘Don’t Touch My Pan!’ France Bans Toxic PFAS, Except in Cookware (Gift Article)

A new French ban on “forever chemicals” allows their use in nonstick pans after industry opposition, including a rally by employees of Tefal, a cookware maker.

www.nytimes.com

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