Jon D. Erickson

The ocean is in a way the final victim of multiple planetary crises - nutrient pollution, excess heat, rising CO₂. This has to be turned around. The ocean will ultimately determine whether we secure a livable future for humanity. weforum.org/videos/earth-p…

Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you're interested in bringing concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've launching a treasure trove for you! 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities... Join us & @rethinkecon live on 6 Nov, 7-8pm (UK). Please RT! 1/2

In this new paper we calculate the unequal exchange of labour between the global North and global South. The results are quite staggering. You'll want to look at this... 🧵 nature.com/articles/s4146…

Photo op with Soham Mehta, @UVM_RSENR #ClassOf2024 and winner of the F. T. Kidder Medal, presented to the #UVM senior who “best exemplifies the qualities of character, leadership, and scholarship.” Congrats Soham. You make us proud!

Congratulations #UVM #ClassOf2024

And it begins! Congrats #UVM #ClassOf2024. @UVM_RSENR

In case you missed it: David Murphy of St. Lawrence University gave an outstanding presentation on "Harmonized EROI Estimates and What They Mean for the Energy Transition" - catch it on the #USSEE YouTube channel and at ussee.org/webinars/. youtu.be/cBFEa5tPMTI

Thanks to the Inquistive Biologist for a thorough and thoughtful review of my recent book on #TheProgressIllusion @ussee @ISEEORG @GundInstitute @EE4ALL @A2Ecozoic

We are devastated by the loss of our colleague and friend, Gund Fellow Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne. Since Jarlath passed, we've all been sharing countless stories of his research talent and contributions, collegiality, and great kindness and humor. Read more: go.uvm.edu/3em17

Shocking. 2001-2022 an area 11X the size of the forests planted was lost to fire (average annual) Not only are we losing the battle for a safe future on Earth, we are cheating ourselves, allowing fossil-fuel offsetting against volatile green carbon sinks nature.com/articles/d4158…

This metaphor is strangely apt for society at large - because the main input acting as hemoglobin through the arteries and veins of global transportation and commerce - oil - lies underground and invisible to most of us.

🚨OPEN PhD positions in #EcologicalEconomics funded by @A2Ecozoic @GundInstitute🚨 5 years of funding🤩 To research @postgrowth wellbeing futures🌎 Drawing from Ecological/Heterodox Economics🧑🏻‍🏫 Cohort-based community🙏 @ a beautiful location🏞️ Learn more:uvm.edu/gund/leadershi…

Call them to strike the chords of our shared humanity, of our close kin to wild things! Call them to help find a new world! orionmagazine.org/article/you-sa…

We need not more analysis but a spiritual awakening, a new consciousness. So bring on the preachers and prophets! the poets and philosophers! the psychologists and psychiatrists! Bring on the writers, musicians, actors, artists! Bring on the dreamers! ...

NEW CONSCIOUSNESS by #GusSpeth Decades of discourse led by lawyers, scientists, economists, and we are stuck. They can’t do what must be done: reach the human heart. The deep problems are avarice, arrogance and apathy, our dominant values gone astray. ...

Yesterday, temporarily, planet Earth took its first step over the 2.0 degrees Celsius barrier.

VERY EXCITED to announce the $5,000 Zencey Prize celebrating environmental writing for a general audience. 📚We seek outstanding books & journalism #longreads tackling the environmental limits of our finite planet.📚 🚨Submit your work: go.uvm.edu/zenceyprize #amwriting #uvm

Vermont will be part of #GlobalDonutDay next week (and not the cider or Dunkin kind). A new vision of prosperity for the #GreenMountain state!

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Join @rethinkecon for a discussion with: ▶️ @KateRaworth, author of Doughnut Economics ▶️ @JanooAmanda, economics and policy lead at @WEAll_Alliance ▶️@jon_d_erickson, ecological economist, @uvmvermont 📅 6 Nov 🕰️ 18:00 ET / 23:00 CET 📍 Online ⏩ ow.ly/ANPJ50Q3rJf