The Drama of International Train Travel

The eco hero I am aspiring to be, I have tried to book a train trip from Uppsala to London (and back) to visit a conference. These are the barriers I had to overcome: 1. Travel My company portal: My company travel team was hesitant to support train journeys (“Are you really sure?”). My company…

Die Klimakrise ist demokratisch nicht lösbar

Die Klimakrise ist nicht demokratisch lösbar, weil die Leidtragenden, dh zukünftige Generationen und der Globale Süden, nicht demokratisch repräsentiert sind. Die Verursacher und Nutzniesser der Klimakatastrophe, insbesondere die Reichen im Globalen Norden, wählen politische Entscheidungsträger und interpretieren (und ignorieren) dagegen Grundgesetze, welche politische Entscheidungen unabhängig von der aktuellen populären Meinung machen und die Lebensgrundlagen schützen…

Zum Gebrauch und Missbrauch des Begriffs “Freiheit”

“Da der Griff der Axt aus Holz war, stimmte der Wald für die Axt.” Sprichwort “Freiheit” kann sowohl “Marktfreiheit” (dh Deregulierung) als auch “Bürgerfreiheit” (welche durch Regulierung und Gesetze geschützt werden muss) bedeuten. Neoliberale Kräfte verwenden die Doppeldeutigkeit dieses Begriffs, um Deregulierung als “Bürgerfreiheit” zu framen und politisch durchzusetzen. Deregulierung bedeutet jedoch, dass in Abwesenheit…

Big gap in law: Prosecute individuals for ecocide!

Internationally known enviromental lawyer Stephen Donziger won a legal trial against oil company Chevron in 2018.  Chevron was condemned to pay 9.5 billion USD as reparations to 30,000 farmers and indigenous people who suffered enviromental damage and health problems because of oil drilling in Ecuador. As a consequence, Chevron prosecuted Donziger for corruption leading to…

On hope

Although any political discussion should not only analyze a problem, but also try to find solutions, I think discussions around climate “hope” (aka “hopium”) are dangerous. First, it frames the climate crisis as something beyond one’s agency. For example, I do not “hope” that I will go for a jog tomorrow morning, because it is…

Cross-poster between Mastodon and Twitter

The following services allow (bi-directional) cross-posting between Mastodon (ActivityPub) and other social media platforms, esp Twitter: https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br (tested and works!) https://moa.party (tested and works!) https://beta.birdsite.live/ https://dlvrit.com https://ifttt.com References [¹] https://medium.com/@__fsnk/crossposting-selected-posts-from-mastodon-to-twitter-via-dlvr-it-23325c7f6286 [²] https://medium.com/@pimterry/sync-your-mastodon-back-to-twitter-3c72f2bc8626

How many people will be killed by uncontrolled global warming?

A recent article [1] which presented  “Extinction Rebellion” in Sweden, claimed that the Roger Hallam’s statement that 6 billion people will die this century was unscientific based on assessments by a various scientists [2]. According to my information, there is no scientific evidence based on complex simulations, however, there are at least two leading climate…

The cause of climate justice – A universal moral-legal strategy [Draft]

1. Introduction The following text describes a universal moral-legal strategy to enforce climate action via international and national legal systems. Thereby, general  legal principles which can be found across jurisdictions and general moral principles are applied combining conventional (consensus-based) and post-conventional (absolute) moral principles. This text is a synthesis of previous blogs discussing legal means…

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