Really good discussion here about the extent and importance of symbiosis in the world, from my book TOGETHERNESS 👇
Rowan Hooper
Right now anti-gene-editing groups are lobbying MEPs to block crucial innovation that will make European agriculture more sustainable.
The final vote on legislation governing the use of New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) will take place next week.
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Cobalt is a symbol of everything wrong with the clean energy transition: child labour, unsafe mines, corruption, & colonial legacies.
This week, @marklynas.bsky.social speaks journalist & author Nicholas Niarchos about why simply ditching cobalt doesn't fix the underlying problem.
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After years of debate, Europe is finally close to approving New Genomic Techniques (NGTs). A vote in the European Parliament is now just weeks away.
In February 2024, together with scientists across Europe, we urged MEPs to vote yes to supporting NGTs.
Now we need your help to finish the job.
This week, @marklynas.bsky.social speaks journalist & author @rowhoop.bsky.social about the bad idea that life is all about competition, and his new book Togetherness: Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life’s Greatest Collaborations
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We call on the European Parliament back Europe’s scientists.
Europe has a chance to support better crops, stronger food security and better outcomes for the environment.
After years of debate, Europe is finally close to approving the use of New Genomic Techniques, or NGTs, in agriculture.
This week, @marklynas.bsky.social speaks with Stanford historian David Holloway about one of the most dangerous assumptions of the nuclear age: history shows nuclear war will never happen.
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EU decisionmakers are days away from a crucial decision on the sustainability of European agriculture.
Will you take a moment to call on them to support modern agricultural science?
After years of debate, Europe is finally close to approving New Genomic Techniques (NGTs). Yet the biggest threat to their adoption may no longer be an outright ban, but a growing web of bureaucracy.
