DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Degrowth</span></a> can work — here’s how science can help</p><p>Wealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EconomicGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicGrowth</span></a> as an objective. </p><p>By Jason Hickel, Giorgos Kallis, Tim Jackson, Daniel W. O’Neill, Juliet B. Schor, Julia K. Steinberger, Peter A. Victor & Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, 12 December 2022</p><p>Excerpt: "The global economy is structured around growth — the idea that firms, industries and nations must increase production every year, regardless of whether it is needed. This dynamic is driving climate change and ecological breakdown. High-income economies, and the corporations and wealthy classes that dominate them, are mainly responsible for this problem and consume energy and materials at unsustainable rates.</p><p>"Yet many industrialized countries are now struggling to grow their economies, given economic convulsions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, resource scarcities and stagnating productivity improvements. Governments face a difficult situation. Their attempts to stimulate growth clash with objectives to improve human well-being and reduce environmental damage.</p><p>"GDP is getting a makeover — what it means for economies, health and the planet</p><p>"Researchers in ecological economics call for a different approach — degrowth. Wealthy economies should abandon growth of gross domestic product (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDP</span></a>) as a goal, scale down destructive and unnecessary forms of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/production" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>production</span></a> to reduce energy and material use, and focus economic activity around securing human needs and well-being. This approach, which has gained traction in recent years, can enable rapid <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/decarbonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decarbonization</span></a> and stop ecological breakdown while improving social outcomes. It frees up energy and materials for low- and middle-income countries in which growth might still be needed for development. Degrowth is a purposeful strategy to stabilize economies and achieve social and ecological goals, unlike recession, which is chaotic and socially destabilizing and occurs when growth-dependent economies fail to grow.</p><p>"Reports this year by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IPCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPCC</span></a>) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecosystem</span></a> Services (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IPBES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPBES</span></a>) suggest that degrowth policies should be considered in the fight against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> loss, respectively. Policies to support such a strategy include the following.</p><p>"Reduce less-necessary production. This means scaling down destructive sectors such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a>, mass-produced meat and dairy, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FastFashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FastFashion</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> and aviation, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrivateJets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateJets</span></a>. At the same time, there is a need to end the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlannedObsolescence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlannedObsolescence</span></a> of products, lengthen their lifespans and reduce the purchasing power of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rich</span></a>.</p><p>"Improve <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicServices</span></a>. It is necessary to ensure universal access to high-quality <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a>, transportation, Internet, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> and nutritious food. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversalPublicServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalPublicServices</span></a> can deliver strong social outcomes without high levels of resource use.</p><p>"Introduce a green jobs guarantee. This would train and mobilize labour around urgent social and ecological objectives, such as installing renewables, insulating buildings, regenerating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> and improving social care. A programme of this type would end unemployment and ensure a just transition out of jobs for workers in declining industries or 'sunset sectors', such as those contingent on fossil fuels. It could be paired with a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversalIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalIncome</span></a> policy.</p><p>"Reduce working time. This could be achieved by lowering the retirement age, encouraging part-time working or adopting a four-day working week [and hybrid or remote work]. These measures would lower <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarbonEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonEmissions</span></a> and free people to engage in care and other welfare-improving activities. They would also stabilize employment as less-necessary production declines.</p><p>"Enable <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> development. This requires cancelling unfair and unpayable debts of low- and middle-income countries, curbing unequal exchange in international trade and creating conditions for productive capacity to be reoriented towards achieving social objectives.</p><p>"Some countries, regions and cities have already introduced elements of these policies. Many European nations guarantee free health care and education; Vienna and Singapore are renowned for high-quality public housing; and nearly 100 cities worldwide offer free public transport. Job guarantee schemes have been used by many nations in the past, and experiments with basic incomes and shorter working hours are under way in Finland, Sweden and New Zealand.</p><p>"But implementing a more comprehensive strategy of degrowth — in a safe and just way — faces five key research challenges, as we outline here."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04412-x" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-022</span><span class="invisible">-04412-x</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/AtJ87" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/AtJ87</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourDayWorkweek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourDayWorkweek</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RemoteWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RemoteWork</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HybridWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWork</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CircularEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CircularEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CapitalismKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalismKills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectMotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectMotherEarth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuyLess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuyLess</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuyNothing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuyNothing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LibraryOfThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfThings</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a></p>
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>All 50 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> States Have Now Introduced <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Legislation</span></a><br>The legislation hasn't yet passed everywhere, but all 50 states introducing some form of right to repair legislation is a "tipping point” for the right to repair movement. <a href="https://www.404media.co/all-50-states-have-now-introduced-right-to-repair-legislation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/all-50-states-have</span><span class="invisible">-now-introduced-right-to-repair-legislation/</span></a></p>
Ika Makimaki<p>Must say there is something beautiful and healing about seeing a bunch of strangers in a <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/repairCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repairCafe</span></a> helping each other fix their rice cookers, format their laptops, sew their teddy bears, patch up their clothes, figure out ways to solve problems with what they've got right there and each other.</p><p>Highly recommended activity to restore faith in ordinary people when we see so much cruelty from the top.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/hopepunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hopepunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a></p>
Ika Makimaki<p>I also learned that there are <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/repairCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repairCafe</span></a> events all over the country, visit one and get someone to help you fix your broken thing.<br>Or go and help fix broken things, if you have the skills.<br>Or just hang out with them.</p><p>Here is their calendar. <br><a href="https://www.repaircafeaotearoa.co.nz/calendar" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">repaircafeaotearoa.co.nz/calen</span><span class="invisible">dar</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/fixThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fixThings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Aotearoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aotearoa</span></a></p>
Ika Makimaki<p>I went to a <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/repairCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repairCafe</span></a> today and got my ebike charger fixed for at least another 4 years of daily usage (I hope). 🚲 ⚡ </p><p>Repairing things is good for the earth, for our pockets and for society in general. <br>The NZ Parliament is looking at a bill about this. 🔧 </p><p>Please make a submission so repairing becomes the standard and we keep things out of the landfill for as long as possible.</p><p>Deadline is April 3rd.</p><p><a href="https://www.repairnetworkaotearoa.org.nz/right-to-repair-bill" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">repairnetworkaotearoa.org.nz/r</span><span class="invisible">ight-to-repair-bill</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Submission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Submission</span></a></p>
Caleb Faruki<p>Êtes-vous propriétaire d'un atelier de réparation ?</p><p>Je cherche à entrer en contact et à en savoir plus sur vos plus grands défis. Si vous êtes passionné par votre métier et désireux de changement, j'aimerais beaucoup avoir de vos nouvelles !</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/reparation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reparation</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/repaircafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repaircafe</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/repaircafes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repaircafes</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/RighttoRepairEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RighttoRepairEurope</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a></p>
Caleb Faruki<p>Are you a repair shop owner?</p><p>I'm looking to connect and learn about your biggest challenges. If you're passionate about your profession and are hungry for change, I would very much like to hear from you! </p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/RepairIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepairIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/RepairCafes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepairCafes</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repair</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/RighttoRepairEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RighttoRepairEurope</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/repaircafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repaircafe</span></a> </p><p>---</p>
Strypey<p>"HP EliteBook 2560p was released in 2011 and is now end of life. It can be bought from a secondhand market ...</p><p>The following [proprietary] blobs are required to operate the hardware ..."</p><p><a href="https://doc.coreboot.org/mainboard/hp/2560p.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doc.coreboot.org/mainboard/hp/</span><span class="invisible">2560p.html</span></a></p><p>Yes, it's a 15 year old laptop. But still perfectly usable for basic day-to-day computing with a GNU/Linux OS. Why are companies allowed to abandon devices like this, without releasing the source code required to provide full aftermarket support?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a></p>
Zach Leatherman :11ty:<p>am I legally allowed to build this set or do I have to take it to an authorized dealer and pay them to do it? <a href="https://fediverse.zachleat.com/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a> <a href="https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/john-deere-9620r-4wd-tractor-42136" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lego.com/en-us/product/john-de</span><span class="invisible">ere-9620r-4wd-tractor-42136</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewburyportMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewburyportMA</span></a>: They can fix it: Annual spring <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RepairCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepairCafe</span></a> returning soon</p><p>By Jim Sullivan | Mar 20, 2025</p><p>NEWBURYPORT — "Folks hoping to get their bicycles fixed, their garden tools sharpened or even their house lamps mended should visit the Newburyport Senior/Community Center on Saturday, April 5, for the Time Trade Network of Greater Newburyport’s annual spring Repair Café.</p><p>"Taking place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the free event features over 30 local volunteers adept at tinkering with small appliances, textiles, jewelry, bikes, small wooden items and even mechanical clocks.</p><p>"Knife sharpening, as well as garden hand tool sharpening along with some expert advice on chair caning will also be offered.</p><p>"'We want to encourage people to have their items repaired instead of putting them into the waste stream,' event organizer Elizabeth Marcus said. 'They can also get to see just how easy and fun it can sometimes be.'</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimeTradeNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTradeNetwork</span></a> of Greater Newburyport is a group of local volunteers willing and eager to share their knowledge as well as talents with one another.</p><p>At the Repair Café, people can bring up to three small, clean items then watch while each is repaired on the spot."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_news/they-can-fix-it-annual-spring-repair-cafe-returning-soon/article_910b622e-036a-11f0-a2e7-2750de8b8398.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newburyportnews.com/news/local</span><span class="invisible">_news/they-can-fix-it-annual-spring-repair-cafe-returning-soon/article_910b622e-036a-11f0-a2e7-2750de8b8398.html</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/aSRM8#" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/aSRM8#</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReuseRepairRecycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReuseRepairRecycle</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassachusettsRepairCafes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassachusettsRepairCafes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimeDollarNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeDollarNetwork</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimeDollars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeDollars</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimeBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeBanks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RepairCafeNewburyport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepairCafeNewburyport</span></a></p>
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