While there is a lot to be said about historical colonial relations between the Netherlands and the Dutch Caribbean islands, I’m not sure ‘brutal oppression’ characterizes the current situation at all, and makes for a convenient distraction when your country produces a huge amount of fossil fuels 🧐

I also think that we need to consider the out-of-region drivers of biodiversity loss, including consumption in richer areas that drives biodiversity loss in poorer areas because of land use for export production, a la ecologically unequal exchange

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#greensky

Great start to the #weekwithoutdriving! Ditch your car for the bike, bus or train this week! It’s beautiful weather in PVD and who knows, you might ditch the car for longer after!