Mike joy
@mikejoyecologist.bsky.social
Ecologist and advocate for the life supporting capacity of the planet
Climate myopia commission report substack.com/@mikejoy2/no...
Mike Joy (@mikejoy2)
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My post based on a recent talk at the reality of everything symposium open.substack.com/pub/mikejoy2...
Confronting the polycrisis
We are facing multiple existential crises not just climate and all are symptoms of overshoot. There is no economic or techno-fix, ending growth is our only possible way to have liveable planet.
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The 2 delusions of economic salvation:the notion that a deteriorating material economy can be reinvigorated using monetary tools. that we can overcome material finality using the “limitless” capability of human innovation, enacted as technology. surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/3...
#323: They first make mad
STRESS & GRIEF AT THE END OF GROWTH Foreword Economic growth is generally understood as a process that delivers a material betterment of living standards over time. But growth has two other vir…
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A 1°C warmer world will exist only in our memories. This is a frightening prospect. It’s understandable that some take refuge in the promise of future technological solutions. But this moment demands a sober appraisal of the science & tech available *today*. www.technosphere.earth/we-must-deal...
We must deal with climate realities
Techno fantasies will not bring back pre-industrial climates
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Today is Earth Day a great day to watch the Emergency briefing www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tLU...
The People's Emergency Briefing - Watch the latest trailer
YouTube video by The National Emergency Briefing
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Great to join with @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social and @andrewlensen.bsky.social for coffee today — in an informal mtg of @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social’s critic-and-conscience club. To congratulate Andrew on his recent award success + to chew fat re ups-and-downs of s268(2)(d)(i)(E) of Education Act 2020. 🤓
I had a great chat recently with fellow substackers Catherine Knight and @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social about the upcoming Reality of Everything conference, and the issue of food security. This is open to all. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
Mini-Hoon Live with Bernard Hickey, Catherine Knight & Mike Joy on the Reality of Everything & Food
Bernard Hickey talks with Mike Joy and Catherine Knight about food security and the Reality of Everything conference coming up at Vic Uni on June 26
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Can't say it plainer than this: "The Earth cannot sustain the future human population, or even today’s, without a major overhaul of socio-cultural practices for using land, water, energy, biodiversity, and other resources" doi.org/10.1088/1748...
Global human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity
Global human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity, Bradshaw, Corey J A, Judge, Melinda A, Blumstein, Daniel T, Ehrlich, Paul R, Dasgupta, Aisha N Z, Wackernagel, Mathis, Weed...
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New in PN: @markjacob.bsky.social on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story "The press decided all of this is normal. They cast aside the idea that this guy’s totally unfit — which he obviously is. The news media could go much farther than they’ve gone so far in stating how unhinged he is."
Mark Jacob on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story
"The president of the United States is clearly mentally unfit for office."
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Here’s a mini-Hoon on the upcoming Reality of Everything conference and climate change, including Cathrine Dyer, Vic Uni's @jamesrenwick.bsky.social and climate scientist @andyreisinger.bsky.social . #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
A Hoon on The Reality of Everything Symposium, interconnected crises & Climate Change
I hosted a 'Hoon' previewing The Reality of Everything symposium, examining the interconnected crises of climate change, energy, water & food constraints, economic instability & public health
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I'm often called Dr Doom but i try to make the point that I'm the opposite i am trying to get across the impossibility of our current lifestyles - doom is what happens if we don't utterly change our expectations
From Miserable Pedagogies to Anthropocene Intelligence for Universities in the Meta-Crisis | Australian Journal of Environmental Education | Cambridge Core
From Miserable Pedagogies to Anthropocene Intelligence for Universities in the Meta-Crisis - Volume 41 Issue 5
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I hosted a 'Hoon' yesterday with Cathrine Dyer PhD & Catherine Knight with epidemiologists and public health & climate specialists Alistair Woodward & Caroline Shaw. We previewed The Reality of Everything symposium happening at Vic Uni on June 26. Great chat. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
A Hoon on The Reality of Everything Symposium, interconnected crises & Public Health
I hosted a 'Hoon' previewing The Reality of Everything symposium, examining the interconnected crises of climate change, energy, water & food constraints, economic instability & public health
open.substack.com
The Guardian just published a story on our paper "The Risk of a Hothouse Earth Trajectory" regarding a potential point of no return. You can read it for free here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
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Humanities biggest crisis i think is our crisis of imagination. We can't imagine a world that isn't like this one (because it's all we have known). So we will do anything including digging up and destroying what is left of the life supporting capacity of our planet in an attempt to maintain this
