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Join us with Rebelion Cientifica Abya Yala tomorrow to talk about #wildfiresus06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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On Monday September 23rd, about 50 community members, including scientists, joined the fight against fossil fuel expansion in the Gulf approaching Citi HQ in Manhattan in hopes of finally sitting down face to face with Citi leadership #ClimateWeek

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Scientists joined Extinction Rebellion Boston activists today in disrupting business as usual at the Massachusetts State House by locking themselves to the gate. Activists are demanding the banning of all new fossil fuel infrastructure. Read more about the action here: xrboston.org/press/xr-bos...

XR Boston RETURNS to Lock Themselves to State House Gates!
XR Boston RETURNS to Lock Themselves to State House Gates!

This is their second day in this Week of Rebellion disrupting business as usual at the State House

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🌎 As SR & Rebelión Científica Abya Yala, we are organizing this space for talking about the causes, consequences and the situation of the forest fires in Abya Yala 🔥 
📆Thu 26 Sept 
🕕 6pm UTC
 🗣️ In Spanish and English.
 Sign up:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...#wildfires#AbyaYala#Incendios

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🌎 Desde Scientist Rebellion y Rebelión Científica Abya Yala, estamos organizando este espacio para poder compartir las causas, consecuencias y situación de los #incendiosus06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Incendios en Abya Yala:
CUAL ES LA SITUACION?

CONVERSAMOS CON: 

Matheus de Andrade,
Antropólogo, vinculado al Laboratorio de Antropologia de la Ciencia y Tecnología (LACT) de la Universidad de Brasilia. Investigación con comunidades Quilombolas y riberenas en el Bajo Amazonas.

Nuria Oblitas, 
Abogada por la Universidad Nacional de San Agustin, Peru. Defensora de Derechos Humanos
Yanin Reyes, 
Mercadéloga en investigacion aplicada y desarrollo tecnolégico, Universidad de Guadalajara. Magister en epidemiologia, Fundación Stephen Howkinging. : Ingeniera electrónica , Instituto Cientifico y Tecnolégico del Ejército Peruano 

Alejandro Alarcón,
Egresado Carrera de Arquitectura, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés
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⚠️ GDP is being used to make very important decisions, even though it does NOT measure wellbeing within a country at all! Luckily there are alternatives... #GrowthKills#ScientistRebellion#Degrowth 8/8

"The welfare of a nation can scarcely be inferred from a measurement of national income." Simon Kuznets (inventor of GDP)

GDP was introduced as an imperfect measure. It is not supposed to be synonymous with overall economic health.

Now that we fully understand the limitations of GDP, we must not continue to hold it as the primary indicator of economic progress.
GDP does NOT measure wellbeing within a country.
Good news: There are alternatives!

Disclaimer: it is always recommended to check what you're measuring before basing super duper important decisions on the measure.

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GROWTH KILLS
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So even though GDP can tell you something (goods and services we produce and consume per country). It doesn't tell us many other important things. 7/8

Conclusion

GDP can tell you something (goods and services we produce and consume per country).

But does it tell you if your:
• money is spent on ecologically and humanly destructive activities?
• wealth is distributed equally and is used for education, health and basic services?
• country is developing sustainably with decreasing greenhouse gas emissions?
country is reducing its consumption of natural resources for future generations?

Short answer:
NO!
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While Mexico’s SDI (dotted red line) has slowly improved, Norway’s SDI (dashed red line) has crashed significantly by 3 times. This is a direct result of Norway ramping up its dependence on oil production to a huge 20% of its GDP, which causes 25% of its greenhouse gas emissions. 6/8 #OilKills

Same graph comparing world, Mexico, and Norway, on human development index and sustainable development index.
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A global coalition of scientists who are calling for collective action and meaningful change on the climate crisis. The time is now. Sign our letter scientistrebellion.org/sign/ Join us! scientistrebellion.org/ways-to-join/
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