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‼️Over 600 stakeholders have now united against the "Veggie Burger Ban"
From NGO's to companies, the message to the EU institutions is clear: consumers are not confused and we don't need costly restrictions that will harm consumers, businesses, and the shift to sustainable foods.
#noconfusion
From NGO's to companies, the message to the EU institutions is clear: consumers are not confused and we don't need costly restrictions that will harm consumers, businesses, and the shift to sustainable foods.
#noconfusion
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
‼️Over 600 stakeholders have now united against the "Veggie Burger Ban"
From NGO's to companies, the message to the EU institutions is clear: consumers are not confused and we don't need costly restrictions that will harm consumers, businesses, and the shift to sustainable foods.
#noconfusion
From NGO's to companies, the message to the EU institutions is clear: consumers are not confused and we don't need costly restrictions that will harm consumers, businesses, and the shift to sustainable foods.
#noconfusion
New episode 🎙️
Bad Idea #30: "It can’t happen here"
@marklynas.bsky.social speaks with Susan Stokes, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy, to explore how democracies can slip into autocracy.
🎧 weplanet.org/podcast
Bad Idea #30: "It can’t happen here"
@marklynas.bsky.social speaks with Susan Stokes, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy, to explore how democracies can slip into autocracy.
🎧 weplanet.org/podcast
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
New episode 🎙️
Bad Idea #30: "It can’t happen here"
@marklynas.bsky.social speaks with Susan Stokes, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy, to explore how democracies can slip into autocracy.
🎧 weplanet.org/podcast
Bad Idea #30: "It can’t happen here"
@marklynas.bsky.social speaks with Susan Stokes, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy, to explore how democracies can slip into autocracy.
🎧 weplanet.org/podcast
New episode 🎙️
Bad Idea #28: “Jaws - aka sharks are scary”
@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by Arzucan “Zuzu” Askin, National Geographic Explorer, conservation scientist, and co-founder of Miyaru NGO.
🎧 weplanet.org/podcast
Bad Idea #28: “Jaws - aka sharks are scary”
@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by Arzucan “Zuzu” Askin, National Geographic Explorer, conservation scientist, and co-founder of Miyaru NGO.
🎧 weplanet.org/podcast
October 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
New episode 🎙️
Bad Idea #28: “Jaws - aka sharks are scary”
@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by Arzucan “Zuzu” Askin, National Geographic Explorer, conservation scientist, and co-founder of Miyaru NGO.
🎧 weplanet.org/podcast
Bad Idea #28: “Jaws - aka sharks are scary”
@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by Arzucan “Zuzu” Askin, National Geographic Explorer, conservation scientist, and co-founder of Miyaru NGO.
🎧 weplanet.org/podcast
Let's be clear: government-controlled space lasers controlling our weather aren't real. But could solar geoengineering be a solution for managing dangerous climate change?
What do you know about Solar Radiation Management (SRM)?
Leave a comment below & check our podcast ep on SRM.
What do you know about Solar Radiation Management (SRM)?
Leave a comment below & check our podcast ep on SRM.
October 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Let's be clear: government-controlled space lasers controlling our weather aren't real. But could solar geoengineering be a solution for managing dangerous climate change?
What do you know about Solar Radiation Management (SRM)?
Leave a comment below & check our podcast ep on SRM.
What do you know about Solar Radiation Management (SRM)?
Leave a comment below & check our podcast ep on SRM.
New episode 🎙️
Bad Idea #27 “There’s no hope for humanity”
@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by existential risk researcher Dr SJ Beard, who argues that we need to look beyond fear and fatalism to build a future worth surviving for.
🎧 weplanet.org/podcast
Bad Idea #27 “There’s no hope for humanity”
@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by existential risk researcher Dr SJ Beard, who argues that we need to look beyond fear and fatalism to build a future worth surviving for.
🎧 weplanet.org/podcast
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
New episode 🎙️
Bad Idea #27 “There’s no hope for humanity”
@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by existential risk researcher Dr SJ Beard, who argues that we need to look beyond fear and fatalism to build a future worth surviving for.
🎧 weplanet.org/podcast
Bad Idea #27 “There’s no hope for humanity”
@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by existential risk researcher Dr SJ Beard, who argues that we need to look beyond fear and fatalism to build a future worth surviving for.
🎧 weplanet.org/podcast
There's no confusion!
Help us put a stop to this proposal before it becomes law!
Act now: weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
Help us put a stop to this proposal before it becomes law!
Act now: weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
October 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
There's no confusion!
Help us put a stop to this proposal before it becomes law!
Act now: weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
Help us put a stop to this proposal before it becomes law!
Act now: weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
Do you know the origins of your food?
Join Hidde and Karsten as they explore the origins of the tomato, how it's changed over time, and how it can evolve to meet future demands.
Watch the full film now: www.sugarrushfilm.nl
Join Hidde and Karsten as they explore the origins of the tomato, how it's changed over time, and how it can evolve to meet future demands.
Watch the full film now: www.sugarrushfilm.nl
October 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Do you know the origins of your food?
Join Hidde and Karsten as they explore the origins of the tomato, how it's changed over time, and how it can evolve to meet future demands.
Watch the full film now: www.sugarrushfilm.nl
Join Hidde and Karsten as they explore the origins of the tomato, how it's changed over time, and how it can evolve to meet future demands.
Watch the full film now: www.sugarrushfilm.nl
European consumers can tell the difference between meat & plant-based foods.
Yet members of the EU Parliament will vote on whether to ban the use of terms like sausage or burger for plant-based foods?
Act to stop this attack on consumer choice:
weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
Yet members of the EU Parliament will vote on whether to ban the use of terms like sausage or burger for plant-based foods?
Act to stop this attack on consumer choice:
weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
October 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
European consumers can tell the difference between meat & plant-based foods.
Yet members of the EU Parliament will vote on whether to ban the use of terms like sausage or burger for plant-based foods?
Act to stop this attack on consumer choice:
weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
Yet members of the EU Parliament will vote on whether to ban the use of terms like sausage or burger for plant-based foods?
Act to stop this attack on consumer choice:
weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
Next week the European Parliament will vote on whether to ban the use of terms like “burger,” “sausage,” and “steak” for plant-based foods.
This would be nothing short of government engaging in cartel behaviour with the meat industry.
Just 6 days to act:
weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
This would be nothing short of government engaging in cartel behaviour with the meat industry.
Just 6 days to act:
weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
October 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Next week the European Parliament will vote on whether to ban the use of terms like “burger,” “sausage,” and “steak” for plant-based foods.
This would be nothing short of government engaging in cartel behaviour with the meat industry.
Just 6 days to act:
weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
This would be nothing short of government engaging in cartel behaviour with the meat industry.
Just 6 days to act:
weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
After 50yrs of service, Tihange 1 nuclear power plant will shutdown for the last time at midnight.
The Belgian government, despite reversing their disastrous nuclear phase-out law, is allowing ENGIE to shutdown this vital clean energy infrastructure!
Last night we sent a clear message!
The Belgian government, despite reversing their disastrous nuclear phase-out law, is allowing ENGIE to shutdown this vital clean energy infrastructure!
Last night we sent a clear message!
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
After 50yrs of service, Tihange 1 nuclear power plant will shutdown for the last time at midnight.
The Belgian government, despite reversing their disastrous nuclear phase-out law, is allowing ENGIE to shutdown this vital clean energy infrastructure!
Last night we sent a clear message!
The Belgian government, despite reversing their disastrous nuclear phase-out law, is allowing ENGIE to shutdown this vital clean energy infrastructure!
Last night we sent a clear message!
In ep two, @marklynas.bsky.social speaks with climate author & activist @billmckibben.bsky.social to take on Bad Idea #22: "Solar can’t power the world."
McKibben, co-founder of @350.org & @thirdactorg.bsky.social, makes a powerful case for solar as our best hope to avert climate catastrophe.
McKibben, co-founder of @350.org & @thirdactorg.bsky.social, makes a powerful case for solar as our best hope to avert climate catastrophe.
September 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
In ep two, @marklynas.bsky.social speaks with climate author & activist @billmckibben.bsky.social to take on Bad Idea #22: "Solar can’t power the world."
McKibben, co-founder of @350.org & @thirdactorg.bsky.social, makes a powerful case for solar as our best hope to avert climate catastrophe.
McKibben, co-founder of @350.org & @thirdactorg.bsky.social, makes a powerful case for solar as our best hope to avert climate catastrophe.
Saving the World from Bad Ideas, is back for season 2.
@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by data scientists @hannahritchie.bsky.social. Together they bust pervasive climate myths by drawing from her new book Clearing the Air: The hopeful guide to solving climate change in 50 questions.
@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by data scientists @hannahritchie.bsky.social. Together they bust pervasive climate myths by drawing from her new book Clearing the Air: The hopeful guide to solving climate change in 50 questions.
September 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Saving the World from Bad Ideas, is back for season 2.
@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by data scientists @hannahritchie.bsky.social. Together they bust pervasive climate myths by drawing from her new book Clearing the Air: The hopeful guide to solving climate change in 50 questions.
@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by data scientists @hannahritchie.bsky.social. Together they bust pervasive climate myths by drawing from her new book Clearing the Air: The hopeful guide to solving climate change in 50 questions.
Global standardisation & deployment are how we have successfully brought down the cost & rollout time of other clean energy.
We encourage government, industry & civil society groups to increase cooperation for the deployment of nuclear energy to address the climate crisis.
We encourage government, industry & civil society groups to increase cooperation for the deployment of nuclear energy to address the climate crisis.
September 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Global standardisation & deployment are how we have successfully brought down the cost & rollout time of other clean energy.
We encourage government, industry & civil society groups to increase cooperation for the deployment of nuclear energy to address the climate crisis.
We encourage government, industry & civil society groups to increase cooperation for the deployment of nuclear energy to address the climate crisis.
Is it too late to stop climate change, or do we still have reasons for hope?
To launch Season Two, @marklynas.bsky.social talks with @hannahritchie.bsky.social, Deputy Editor of Our World in Data and author of Clearing the Air: The hopeful guide to solving climate change in 50 questions.
To launch Season Two, @marklynas.bsky.social talks with @hannahritchie.bsky.social, Deputy Editor of Our World in Data and author of Clearing the Air: The hopeful guide to solving climate change in 50 questions.
September 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Is it too late to stop climate change, or do we still have reasons for hope?
To launch Season Two, @marklynas.bsky.social talks with @hannahritchie.bsky.social, Deputy Editor of Our World in Data and author of Clearing the Air: The hopeful guide to solving climate change in 50 questions.
To launch Season Two, @marklynas.bsky.social talks with @hannahritchie.bsky.social, Deputy Editor of Our World in Data and author of Clearing the Air: The hopeful guide to solving climate change in 50 questions.
Dr. @maartenboudry.bsky.social is a philosopher of science & has published over 50 scientific articles & 6 books.
Join us for our 10 year celebration & hear Dr. Boudry's presentation "Gut Feelings: How Evolved Intuitions Shape and Distort Our Beliefs About Food".
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Join us for our 10 year celebration & hear Dr. Boudry's presentation "Gut Feelings: How Evolved Intuitions Shape and Distort Our Beliefs About Food".
www.weplanet.org/event-detail...
August 8, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Dr. @maartenboudry.bsky.social is a philosopher of science & has published over 50 scientific articles & 6 books.
Join us for our 10 year celebration & hear Dr. Boudry's presentation "Gut Feelings: How Evolved Intuitions Shape and Distort Our Beliefs About Food".
www.weplanet.org/event-detail...
Join us for our 10 year celebration & hear Dr. Boudry's presentation "Gut Feelings: How Evolved Intuitions Shape and Distort Our Beliefs About Food".
www.weplanet.org/event-detail...
On Aug 30, our 10th-anniversary celebration will be opened by author and activist @marklynas.bsky.social.
Mark Lynas serves as a policy lead for WePlanet, helping us advocate for science-based environmental protection.
Come celebrate with us. RSVP today:
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Mark Lynas serves as a policy lead for WePlanet, helping us advocate for science-based environmental protection.
Come celebrate with us. RSVP today:
www.weplanet.org/event-detail...
August 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
On Aug 30, our 10th-anniversary celebration will be opened by author and activist @marklynas.bsky.social.
Mark Lynas serves as a policy lead for WePlanet, helping us advocate for science-based environmental protection.
Come celebrate with us. RSVP today:
www.weplanet.org/event-detail...
Mark Lynas serves as a policy lead for WePlanet, helping us advocate for science-based environmental protection.
Come celebrate with us. RSVP today:
www.weplanet.org/event-detail...
Catch up on season 1 and subscribe to be alerted when we release season 2 in September.
Check out the podcast now: weplanet.org/podcast
Check out the podcast now: weplanet.org/podcast
July 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Catch up on season 1 and subscribe to be alerted when we release season 2 in September.
Check out the podcast now: weplanet.org/podcast
Check out the podcast now: weplanet.org/podcast
Bad Idea #18 "we’re addicted to fossil fuels"
@maartenboudry.bsky.social argues that moralising fossil fuels as an "addiction" obscures the complexity of the climate challenge & the role they've played in liberating billions from poverty, hunger, & hard labour.
youtu.be/LFWREEdF6c8
@maartenboudry.bsky.social argues that moralising fossil fuels as an "addiction" obscures the complexity of the climate challenge & the role they've played in liberating billions from poverty, hunger, & hard labour.
youtu.be/LFWREEdF6c8
July 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Bad Idea #18 "we’re addicted to fossil fuels"
@maartenboudry.bsky.social argues that moralising fossil fuels as an "addiction" obscures the complexity of the climate challenge & the role they've played in liberating billions from poverty, hunger, & hard labour.
youtu.be/LFWREEdF6c8
@maartenboudry.bsky.social argues that moralising fossil fuels as an "addiction" obscures the complexity of the climate challenge & the role they've played in liberating billions from poverty, hunger, & hard labour.
youtu.be/LFWREEdF6c8
Bad Idea #14 "increasing disaster costs show extreme weather is getting worse"
Climate scientist & policy scholar @thehonestbroker.bsky.social to explore how using the cost of extreme weather impacts is a bad metric for measuring climate forcing on extreme weather.
youtu.be/QbXyvwh3Qew
Climate scientist & policy scholar @thehonestbroker.bsky.social to explore how using the cost of extreme weather impacts is a bad metric for measuring climate forcing on extreme weather.
youtu.be/QbXyvwh3Qew
July 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Bad Idea #14 "increasing disaster costs show extreme weather is getting worse"
Climate scientist & policy scholar @thehonestbroker.bsky.social to explore how using the cost of extreme weather impacts is a bad metric for measuring climate forcing on extreme weather.
youtu.be/QbXyvwh3Qew
Climate scientist & policy scholar @thehonestbroker.bsky.social to explore how using the cost of extreme weather impacts is a bad metric for measuring climate forcing on extreme weather.
youtu.be/QbXyvwh3Qew
Bad Idea #10 "Everyone hates nuclear"
In this revealing and deeply reflective conversation, Mark Lynas sits down with journalist and essayist Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, whose new book Atomic Dreams dives into the unexpected rise of climate-conscious pro-nuclear activism.
youtu.be/YrXSxFxJm6E
In this revealing and deeply reflective conversation, Mark Lynas sits down with journalist and essayist Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, whose new book Atomic Dreams dives into the unexpected rise of climate-conscious pro-nuclear activism.
youtu.be/YrXSxFxJm6E
July 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Bad Idea #10 "Everyone hates nuclear"
In this revealing and deeply reflective conversation, Mark Lynas sits down with journalist and essayist Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, whose new book Atomic Dreams dives into the unexpected rise of climate-conscious pro-nuclear activism.
youtu.be/YrXSxFxJm6E
In this revealing and deeply reflective conversation, Mark Lynas sits down with journalist and essayist Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, whose new book Atomic Dreams dives into the unexpected rise of climate-conscious pro-nuclear activism.
youtu.be/YrXSxFxJm6E
Bad Idea #8 "We need nuclear weapons to stop nuclear war"
Mark Lynas is joined by leading climate scientist and nuclear winter expert @alanrobock.bsky.social to confront one of the most dangerous myths of our time: that nuclear weapons keep us safe.
youtu.be/RvhyFxjjS2s
Mark Lynas is joined by leading climate scientist and nuclear winter expert @alanrobock.bsky.social to confront one of the most dangerous myths of our time: that nuclear weapons keep us safe.
youtu.be/RvhyFxjjS2s
July 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Bad Idea #8 "We need nuclear weapons to stop nuclear war"
Mark Lynas is joined by leading climate scientist and nuclear winter expert @alanrobock.bsky.social to confront one of the most dangerous myths of our time: that nuclear weapons keep us safe.
youtu.be/RvhyFxjjS2s
Mark Lynas is joined by leading climate scientist and nuclear winter expert @alanrobock.bsky.social to confront one of the most dangerous myths of our time: that nuclear weapons keep us safe.
youtu.be/RvhyFxjjS2s
Bad Idea #7 "We Can't co-exist with wolves"
In this compelling conversation, Mark Lynas speaks with world-renowned conservation biologist Luigi Boitani to tackle one of the most polarizing debates in wildlife conservation: whether humans and wolves can truly coexist.
youtu.be/EBvF7DEzxtg
In this compelling conversation, Mark Lynas speaks with world-renowned conservation biologist Luigi Boitani to tackle one of the most polarizing debates in wildlife conservation: whether humans and wolves can truly coexist.
youtu.be/EBvF7DEzxtg
July 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Bad Idea #7 "We Can't co-exist with wolves"
In this compelling conversation, Mark Lynas speaks with world-renowned conservation biologist Luigi Boitani to tackle one of the most polarizing debates in wildlife conservation: whether humans and wolves can truly coexist.
youtu.be/EBvF7DEzxtg
In this compelling conversation, Mark Lynas speaks with world-renowned conservation biologist Luigi Boitani to tackle one of the most polarizing debates in wildlife conservation: whether humans and wolves can truly coexist.
youtu.be/EBvF7DEzxtg
Bad Idea #6 "We can still save the arctic"
In this sobering but illuminating conversation, Mark Lynas speaks with renowned polar climate scientist Julienne Stroeve to explore one of the most consequential but misunderstood climate tipping points: the melting of the Arctic.
youtu.be/oTCwsCLBmgI
In this sobering but illuminating conversation, Mark Lynas speaks with renowned polar climate scientist Julienne Stroeve to explore one of the most consequential but misunderstood climate tipping points: the melting of the Arctic.
youtu.be/oTCwsCLBmgI
July 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Bad Idea #6 "We can still save the arctic"
In this sobering but illuminating conversation, Mark Lynas speaks with renowned polar climate scientist Julienne Stroeve to explore one of the most consequential but misunderstood climate tipping points: the melting of the Arctic.
youtu.be/oTCwsCLBmgI
In this sobering but illuminating conversation, Mark Lynas speaks with renowned polar climate scientist Julienne Stroeve to explore one of the most consequential but misunderstood climate tipping points: the melting of the Arctic.
youtu.be/oTCwsCLBmgI
Bad Idea #4 "The global south can skip fossil fuels"
Mark speaks with Vijaya Ramachandran, economist & Director for Energy & Development at the @thebti.bsky.social, to unpack what she calls one of the worst “bad ideas”: blanket opposition to fossil fuels in the Global South.
youtu.be/oVWNYbYQYJk
Mark speaks with Vijaya Ramachandran, economist & Director for Energy & Development at the @thebti.bsky.social, to unpack what she calls one of the worst “bad ideas”: blanket opposition to fossil fuels in the Global South.
youtu.be/oVWNYbYQYJk
July 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Bad Idea #4 "The global south can skip fossil fuels"
Mark speaks with Vijaya Ramachandran, economist & Director for Energy & Development at the @thebti.bsky.social, to unpack what she calls one of the worst “bad ideas”: blanket opposition to fossil fuels in the Global South.
youtu.be/oVWNYbYQYJk
Mark speaks with Vijaya Ramachandran, economist & Director for Energy & Development at the @thebti.bsky.social, to unpack what she calls one of the worst “bad ideas”: blanket opposition to fossil fuels in the Global South.
youtu.be/oVWNYbYQYJk
Bad Idea #3 "We shouldn’t even talk about geoengineering!"
In this thought-provoking episode, Mark Lynas is joined by science writer and The Planet Remade author @eaterofsun.bsky.social for a candid conversation about solar geoengineering.
youtu.be/IyXkp04lebI
In this thought-provoking episode, Mark Lynas is joined by science writer and The Planet Remade author @eaterofsun.bsky.social for a candid conversation about solar geoengineering.
youtu.be/IyXkp04lebI
July 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Bad Idea #3 "We shouldn’t even talk about geoengineering!"
In this thought-provoking episode, Mark Lynas is joined by science writer and The Planet Remade author @eaterofsun.bsky.social for a candid conversation about solar geoengineering.
youtu.be/IyXkp04lebI
In this thought-provoking episode, Mark Lynas is joined by science writer and The Planet Remade author @eaterofsun.bsky.social for a candid conversation about solar geoengineering.
youtu.be/IyXkp04lebI