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Once released, genetically engineered wildlife can’t be recalled.
Over 90 NGOs call for a global moratorium to protect biodiversity. 🌿

🤓 Learn more: www.engineeringnature.org
📢 Or sign here: www.saveourseeds.org/nature-is-no...

#IUCNCongress2025 #MoratoriumNow #NatureIsNotALaboratory

6 months ago 7 9 0 0
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📢New book out: Towards Convivial Sciences (Ed. CSS)

A critical inquiry into dominant scientific paradigms. Bringing together #decolonial, #feminist & #ecological perspectives, we explore more democratic, humble & plural ways of knowing.

📖 doi.org/10.14512/978... #ConvivialScience

9 months ago 2 2 1 1
Panels:

The Destruction of Gaza’s Educational Infrastructure & Sustaining Higher Education
Akademische Freiheit in der autoritären Wende
Wissenschaft in der „Zeitenwende”: Militarisierung oder zivile Entwicklung?
Freedom of the Press? How German media have been covering the Gaza War
Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit für Konfliktlösung und gerechten Frieden
Zeiten: Sa., 12. April, 9:00 Uhr – So., 13. April, 15:30 Uhr

Panels: The Destruction of Gaza’s Educational Infrastructure & Sustaining Higher Education Akademische Freiheit in der autoritären Wende Wissenschaft in der „Zeitenwende”: Militarisierung oder zivile Entwicklung? Freedom of the Press? How German media have been covering the Gaza War Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit für Konfliktlösung und gerechten Frieden Zeiten: Sa., 12. April, 9:00 Uhr – So., 13. April, 15:30 Uhr

Save the Date:
Academia Under Attack
Konferenz für Wissenschaftsfreiheit und internationale Solidarität
12./13. April 2025, Universität Hamburg
academia-under-attack.org

1 year ago 24 16 0 2
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Can we really 'fix' the climate after crossing critical limits? 🌍🔥 In ep. 6 of #BeyondTheFix, Dr. Wim Carton unpacks the dangerous logic of #Overshoot & negative emissions—justifying fossil fuel dependence instead of cutting emissions now. Listen: 🎧 criticalscientists.ch/podcast
#climatecrisis #CDR

1 year ago 9 5 1 1
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🌱🧬 Is #GeneticEngineering the future of climate-resilient agriculture?

Dr Angelika Hilbeck explains why GM crops have failed to deliver and why the reductionism of the approach may be the real problem. 🎧Listen to #BeyondTheFix at criticalscientists.ch/podcast

#CRISPR #biotech #science #technofix

1 year ago 6 4 3 3
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New Episode Out Now!

Where can highly radioactive #NuclearWaste be safely stored for the next one million years?☢️
Dr. Rony Emmenegger explores the science, politics & ethics of deep geological repositories.
🎧Listen now: criticalscientists.ch/en/podcast

1 year ago 2 0 0 1
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Looking for a new podcast in the new year? 🎧
#BeyondTheFix dives into the role of science & technology in shaping our world 🌍, with guests like Prof. Julia Steinberger (@jksteinberger.bsky.social), Dr. Jérôme Santolini & Christine von Weizsäcker. Tune in now! 👉 criticalscientists.ch/podcast

1 year ago 2 1 0 1
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Why are technofixes the go-to for solving (socio-)ecological problems? In our latest episode, of #BeyondTheFix Christine von Weizsäcker unpacks their limits and relationship to #innovation & #precaution 🌱🎧

👉 Listen now: criticalscientists.ch/en/podcast

1 year ago 2 2 0 0
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Meat curing with nitrites: a toxic fix? 🧪⚠️

Dr. Jérôme Santolini explains how #nitrite became essential for processed meat, its biotoxic effects & lessons from failed regulation
🎧https://criticalscientists.ch/podcast
#foodscience #regulation #foodpolicy #BeyondTheFix

1 year ago 1 0 0 1
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Why is a known poison used to cure meat?🥓🧪

In Ep. 02 of #BeyondtheFix, Dr. Jérôme Santolini dives into the history, science and risks of meat curing with nitrite. This case reveals how regulation & science intersect—and sometimes clash.🎙️https://criticalscientists.ch/podcast

1 year ago 1 0 1 0
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Thanks to @jksteinberger.bsky.social for joining us in our first episode of #BeyondtheFix! 🎙️ Dive into her brilliant insights on #Degrowth and #EcologicalEconomics here: criticalscientists.ch/podcast as well as Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more #Criticalscience

1 year ago 24 11 0 1
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Can new technologies solve all our problems? #BeyondtheFix dives deep into proposed fixes for today’s challenges in climate, economics, agriculture, health and more. Listen now and join the conversation! 🎧 Available on: criticalscientists.ch/podcast, Spotify, Apple Podcasts & more.

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