The #Environmental Lecture Series is back on Wednesdays this semester with the theme "Beyond the Shelf: The #EnvironmentalDebt of Our #Consumption." It explores the hidden environmental and #socialcosts of everyday consumption. Register now: http://go.tum.de/877130
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OECD study reveals rising housing prices lead to lower birth rates, decreased consumption, and economic downturn, highlighting significant social costs of housing market volatility
#YonhapInfomax #HousingPrices #BirthRates #OECD #EconomicDownturn #SocialCosts #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=59068
Titans of Industrial Agriculture: How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why It Matters
Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony
#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #FoodWays #FoodArt #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025
#OpenAccess #BooksAboutFood #Agriculture #FreeBook #IndustrialAg #Fertilizer #BigAg #Agribusiness #IndustrialFarming #Pesticides #SocialCosts #EcologicalCosts
Zoom bias: The social costs of having a 'tinny' sound during video conferences
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-bias-social-tinny-video-conferences.html
#HackerNews #ZoomBias #SocialCosts #TinnySound #VideoConferences #TechNews
Titans of Industrial Agriculture: How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why It Matters
Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony
Details and Tickets: https://foodstudies.info/news-conferences/upcoming-conference/
#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #FoodWays #FoodSovereignty #FoodPolitics #FoodArt #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025
#OpenAccess #BooksAboutFood #Agriculture #FreeBook #IndustrialAg #Fertilizer #BigAg #Agribusiness #IndustrialFarming #Pesticides #SocialCosts
I rarely pay attention to TED talks, let alone share them. But this one on the actual costs of using social media raises so many good questions that I want more people to see it.
So we've always been warned #gaming has lots of negatives.
In the final analysis it appears to really only benefit the corporations selling them.
#elephantintheroom #videogames #virtualautism #socialcosts
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-22/research-finds-screen-time-video-games-linked-social-problems/103606100?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
Uber facing ban in Geneva - The Local
https://www.thelocal.ch/20191101/uber-facing-ban-in-geneva
#uber #workersrights #socialcosts #switzerland #ruling
