Pampa<p>Hello! I have lived a long time and paid close attention. </p><p>I Studied Mathematics, Physics and Molecular Biology at Oxford and the O&U, and am passionate about human rights and justice especially with reference to the evils of capitalism, ecological destruction and religious fundamentalism.</p><p>As a species we progressed from individual to family and then to tribal survival and selfishness. We didn't make it to global cooperation and that means that the majority of our current crises are insoluble.</p><p>My conclusion is that the Capitalist paradigm on top of the worst features of human nature, especially greed, present an existential threat to humanity and the planetary ecosystem. The question I ask everyone is:</p><p>"Is there an ecological economic alternative to capitalist growth that can gain political traction?"</p><p>The best plank of a solution to many, but still not all, of these problems is <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Degrowth</span></a> However it is both necessary and politically impossible at present, so we need a transition catalyst. There is no value in the continual re-statement of the blindingly obvious issues of climate change and inequality. We need practical solutions, urgent massive and global, for all our children and grandchildren.</p><p>My list of urgent problems we face, some existential, is:</p><p>Political: No Global cooperation. Degrowth transition policies absent from Manifestos. Dictators and Populism. Fossil-Fuel and other Capitalist lobbying. Green-washing.</p><p>Military: Conflicts. Technologies including L.A.W.S., WMD.</p><p>Economic: Capitalism & Growth. GDP as driving metric. Greed & Inequality. Over-consumption by the 1%. Corporations & Company Law. Subsidies for fossil fuels. Debt.</p><p>Industrial: Plastic production and waste. Chemical Pollution including from Solar PV production. Steel & Concrete use including in renewable energy. Material Footprint coupled to GDP.</p><p>Agricultural: Beef & other meat production. Soil Degradation. Fisheries collapse. Climate change forcing crop changes. Food Miles. Crop failure.</p><p>Climate & Ecology: Carbon footprint & GHG emissions. Deforestation. Species extinction. Sea-level rise. Desertification. Coral reef destruction. Inertia of Climate change in the pipeline. IPCC compromise. COP failure. </p><p>Projections: Computer models tuned/sanitised to ~linear scenarios, feedback loops and Tipping points underestimated, e.g. permafrost and ice-sheet melt, methane clathrate gun ~2000 Gt. Tipping points and cascade.</p><p>Health & Social: Poverty & famine. Refugee crises, from war, famine, sea-level rise. Discrimination, by race, religion, colour. Zoonotic Pandemics. Child Mortality. Antibiotic resistance. Mental Health. Climate stress. Drug abuse. Religious extremism.</p><p>Information & Computing: Intellectual property including crops, medicines and vaccines. AI and the Singularity. Surveillance Society. Mis-information and Conspiracies.</p><p>Population size and growth: 8bn, forecast 10.9bn by 2100, stabilising at ~12bn.</p><p>(more here <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/#entries" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ourworldindata.org/#entries</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> )</p><p> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Equality</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AntiCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GreenNewDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenNewDeal</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDP</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EcologicalEcomonics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcologicalEcomonics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PaleBlueDot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaleBlueDot</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JustStopOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JustStopOil</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coal</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/MicroPlastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroPlastics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Renewables</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EnergyCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EnergyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyTransition</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AntiTheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiTheist</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PoliticalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalScience</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Consciousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consciousness</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FreeWill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeWill</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a></p><p>“There is an infinite amount of hope in the universe ... but not for us.” Franz Kafka</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQrI2GBvn5Q" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=oQrI2GBvn5</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p>