Dirk Holemans
Urban storyteller - Honorary President Green European Foundation - coordinator Think Tank Oikos - advisor - public speaker
Co-author ‘Freedom & Security’ ‘Dare to Care’ ‘Enough’
#commons #wellbeingeconomy #imagination HOPE IS ACTION
- Reposted by Dirk HolemansLondon now. Country next. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Dirk Holemans"Two compelling recent books provide different but complementary answers to what should organise our economies when growth is no longer possible or desirable: care" - read my review of @timjackson.org.uk 'The Care Economy' & @ecodenker.bsky.social 'Dare to Care' www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-g...
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- Reposted by Dirk HolemansCentral Bank of Denmark: "extreme weather conditions linked to climate change, such as droughts and floods, have reduced global food production", resulting in "large increases in food prices (that) are driving up inflation" www.nationalbanken.dk/en/news-and-...
- Wat doet Vooruit in deze regering? Internationale solidariteit afschaffen… Vlaanderen stopt ontwikkelingssamenwerking, oppositie: "Zoveelste aanval op factuur gezinnen" vrtnws.be/p.6KebQDyNW
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- Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban Israel from international football! #banisrael action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
- Reposted by Dirk HolemansFantastic-looking new book by @ferracimo.bsky.social on @scientistrebellion.bsky.social! I look very much forward to reading it.
- Welp, it's here! Advanced copies of Science in Resistance have just arrived. Thanks a lot to the team at @ucpress.bsky.social for sending them. www.ucpress.edu/books/scienc... And related news: I'll soon be going on a train tour to give talks and readings of this book - more info below 1/
- Reposted by Dirk HolemansOnze sociale zekerheid heeft vandaag een voedselpijler nodig. @ecodenker.bsky.social van @denktankoikos.bsky.social komt met een uitdagend idee: een gezondheidscheque van 150 euro per maand per persoon. www.sampol.be/2025/09/verg...
- Reposted by Dirk HolemansPleidooi voor een voedselbasisinkomen @ecodenker.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dirk HolemansStef Craps is hoogleraar Engelse letterkunde en directeur van het Cultural Memory Studies Initiative (UGent). Hij keek naar de rouwende buurtbewoners na de bomenkap in Deurne-Zuid en stelt dat we iets kunnen leren van de ‘bomenknuffelaars’. www.demorgen.be/meningen/wie...
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- Reposted by Dirk Holemans🌱 Een boekenclub voor iedereen die op een positieve manier wil meedenken over (klimaat)rechtvaardigheid. De boeken en data voor dit najaar zijn bekend. Zowel fictie als non-fictie. Schrijf het dus alvast in je agenda en begin alvast met lezen ✨ Telkens van 18.30 tot 20 uur in Muntpunt.
- Reposted by Dirk Holemans💭 Elke week verschijnt een opinie van Oikos in de zomerreeks 'De Doordenkers van Knack' over veiligheid en veerkracht. Afgelopen woensdag verscheen een artikel van Myriam Dumortier: ‘Oogst nooit meer dan je nodig hebt' Lees het artikel op onze website: oikos.be/oogst-nooit-...
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- Reposted by Dirk Holemans"Journalism in the service of violence:" "Germany’s “never again” pledge should carry weight given its deeply genocidal history. Yet it rings hollow when the country’s dominant outlets launder or supply propaganda to legitimise mass killing in Gaza." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- Reposted by Dirk HolemansIf you'd like to offer comments on the misleading & error-ridden US federal report, "Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate," the link to do so is below. Comments are due by Sept 2. Pls see next post for links to resources that debunk the claims in this report.
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- Reposted by Dirk Holemans"Where we once asked, 'How do stories work?' today's scholars ask, 'How can stories help us survive our planetary crisis?' - read my new LinkedIn post on 5 decades of literary theory and its planetary relevance. @amitav.bsky.social @ecodenker.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-e...
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- Soms is het goed een stevige boodschap te brengen. De onderzoeken stapelen zich op, fabriekseten is gewoon super ongezond. www.standaard.be/opinies/fast...
- Reposted by Dirk Holemans🌿 "Agroecology promotes Culture and Food Traditions that Preserves indigenous culinary practices and agricultural heritage. Supports local food sovereignty and cultural identity preservation." 📷 Credit: agroecologymap.org/locations/as... #agroecology #agroecologia #agroécologie #agrarökologie
- Reposted by Dirk HolemansAgroecology promotes co-creation and sharing of knowledge 🧠👩🏽🌾📚 — connecting farmers, researchers, and communities. #Agroecology #KnowledgeSharing #FarmerLed #MST #Bahia #Brasil Learn about agroecology initiatives in: agroecologymap.org/en/locations...
- Reposted by Dirk Holemans🚨BREAKING🚨 ICJ ruling that a healthy environment is a human right could be a real turning point in setting out governments’ legal responsibility to tackle #climate crisis 👇
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- Reposted by Dirk Holemans💡Discover a global network of agroecology projects and groups on Agroecology Map! 🌱 Connect, learn, and grow with initiatives promoting sustainable farming and food systems worldwide. 🌍✨ #Agroecology #SustainableFarming #FoodJustice 🔗 Find out more agroecologymap.org/projects_and...
- Reposted by Dirk Holemans1. Yesterday, 86 people were arrested in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action." They are the opposite of terrorists. They were protesting *against* terrorism. 🧵
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- Reposted by Dirk HolemansNew book by my friend @ecodenker.bsky.social is coming in October on the necessary food revolution for farmers and citizens. Great Dutch title, which I would translate as "Fellowship of the Soil" 🍄🥔 #omgroei Of interest to @timjackson.org.uk @romankrznaric.bsky.social @amitav.bsky.social
- De cover van nieuw boek - lancering 25 oktober Nooit gedacht toen ik er mijn tanden in zette dat er zoveel lagen te ontdekken zijn - en dus te veranderen - in het landbouw-voedsel-systeem.
- Reposted by Dirk HolemansToday the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.
- Reposted by Dirk Holemans“Israel has used this genocide as an opportunity to test new weapons, customized surveillance tools, lethal drones, radar systems, and other unmanned technologies — all deployed to exterminate a population without restraint.” —Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur
- Reposted by Dirk Holemans🌱 Agroecology Centre in Alerek trains 5,000+ people in regenerative farming, aiding 32,500 lives, with focus on vulnerable groups 🌾💧🌳👩🏿🌾💪🏿 agroecologymap.org/l/karamoja-n... #agroecology #uganda #africa
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- Reposted by Dirk HolemansCities Beyond Growth is a six-week online course that invites you to reimagine urban life through the lens of post-growth thinking, an approach that recognises that more GDP doesn’t always mean better lives, especially when it comes at the cost of social equity and ecological survival.
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- Reposted by Dirk Holemans🚨 UK aviation emissions rose 9% in 2024, now exceeding those from the entire electricity sector. Committee on Climate Change warns this could derail climate targets. Yet UK government supports airport expansion. ✈️🌍 #FlightFree #NoAirportExpansion www.ft.com/content/7e17...
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- Reposted by Dirk HolemansHorrifying. Israel just dropped bombs on tents full of displaced civilians in Gaza. 15 tents were buried under the sand. Entire families were swallowed by the massive blast crater. They were buried alive. A massacre in plain sight.
