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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · 5d

The Mayne Island Conservancy is hosting three fantastic speakers this fall, starting with the wonderful Nancy Turner this Saturday. Check it out!

mayneconservancy.ca/event/three-...

#nancyturner #ethnobotany #mayneisland
#joniolsen #Thomashomer-dixon

Conservancy 2025 Speaker Series - Mayne Island Conservancy

Series tickets on sale now! 2025 Speaker Events Maybe you’ve read their books, or seen them interviewed, but now’s your chance to hear from them in person! The Conservancy has an incredible line-up of...

mayneconservancy.ca

Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · 6d

Only a couple spots left! Fungi Forest Walk next Tuesday at KPU Surrey.

Register:
form.jotform.com/252744797551...

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social @kpupolicystudies.bsky.social

#wildspaces #education #nature #university #fungi

Poster showing a mushroom in hand. Text: Wild Spaces, Fungi Forest Walk. Open to students, staff & faculty. October 21, 3pm, KPU Surrey.

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Lee Beavington: Holistic Teaching and Creative Exploration seechangemakers.ca/people/lee-b...

Dr. Lee Beavington: Holistic Teaching and Creative Exploration < See Change MAKERS

Dr. Lee Beavington is a highly-rated professor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), known for his holistic-based teaching philosophy.

seechangemakers.ca

Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · 13d

Fall Wild Spaces events:
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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · 15d

This semester's book club choice is very close to my heart: Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social.
www.kpu.ca/library/book...

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Seniors for Climate @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social · Sep 4

🔥 Sept 9 | 6:30pm ET: Join Seniors for Climate & author John Vaillant (Fire Weather) for a talk + Q&A on wildfires, fossil fuels & climate chaos. 700 signed up—help us hit 1,000!🌎

👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@johnvaillant.bsky.social
#DrawTheLine #LaterIsTooLate #Seniorsforclimate

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · Aug 20

Kristina Gardner of The Runner wrote an article on my latest venture into music video creation for Peter Gabriel.

runnermag.ca/2025/08/kpu-...

#petergabriel #musicvideo #io #music #video #i/o

KPU instructor creates music video for Peter Gabriel’s latest song – The Runner

runnermag.ca

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · Aug 15

First Nation in B.C. says 41 more graves found by penetrating radar at school site #BritishColumbia 😓

halifax.citynews.ca/2025/08/15/c...

First Nation in B.C. says 41 more graves found by penetrating radar at school site

SECHELT — The shishalh First Nation says 41 “additional unmarked graves” have been found as a result of a search with ground-penetrating radar on the site of a former residential school. The nation on...

halifax.citynews.ca

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · Jul 21

Yep, I made a music video for Peter Gabriel.

Universities Canada / Universités Canada @univcan.ca · Jul 18

Interdisciplinary teaching. Ecological storytelling. Global recognition.

@kwantlenu.bsky.social‬ instructor @wildethic.bsky.social‬ captured years of ecological fieldwork — and turned it into the music video for Peter Gabriel’s i/o.

🔗 tinyurl.com/yupymt4x

Lee Beavington interview

An interview with KPU instructor Lee Beavington on his collaboration with Peter Gabriel.

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · Jul 19

My profile on Peter Gabriel's 50:50 website:
www.5050.dev/creators/lee...

@itspetergabriel.bsky.social
(photo by Justine Marie Photography)

#petergabriel #musicvideo #io

Lee Beavington — 50:50

Dr. Lee Beavington has been a Peter Gabriel fan since he was nine. He works in eco-social justice, and is a biologist, storyteller, university instructor, and creative artist. The song i/o aptly alig...

www.5050.dev

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KPU News @kpumedia.bsky.social · Jul 17

A new music video released by @itspetergabriel.bsky.social was created by @kwantlenu.bsky.social instructor Dr. Lee Beavington.

“I’m still processing this. I've been mega fan since I was nine years old and have a shelf dedicated to his albums,” he says.

Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/07...

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · Jul 17

Peter Gabriel (@itspetergabriel.bsky.social) just released my music video for his song i/o.

As an ecologist and nature photographer that researches and teaches about the interconnection of all life, this song was a perfect fit.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Ic...

#petergabriel #musicvideo #i/o

Peter Gabriel - i/o (Dark-Side Mix) (Lee Beavington video)

YouTube video by 5050 VIDEO

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · Jul 16

I made a music video for @itspetergabriel.bsky.social. He will release it tomorrow, July 17.

Here’s a screenshot of the creative process from Final Cut Pro.

Screenshot from Final Cut Pro, showing a still of a slug eating in the top right corner. The clips that comprise the music video are shown (without detail) in the bottom portion of the screenshot.

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · Jul 16

I wrote a tribute article on OVO, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. Find it here: www.wildethic.com/ovo

Peter Gabriel's OVO — Lee Beavington

www.wildethic.com

Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · Jul 12

Yes! These two books are both tremendous gifts for water, and the readers that go on these journeys.

Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · Jul 9

When you're a mega fan of Rivers, @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, @stanleydonwood.bsky.social, and @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social.

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · Jul 8

I wrote a tribute for Peter Gabriel's OVO album, for the occasion of its 25th anniversary.

www.wildethic.com/ovo

#petergabriel #ovo #millenniumdome

Peter Gabriel's OVO — Lee Beavington

www.wildethic.com

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · Jul 2

Stoked to have submitted our book draft to the publisher for Poetry as Environmental Geography. Thanks to co-editor Adam Vincent for the invite. He started this Poetic Inquiry Atlas series, which began with Vol 1, A Survey of Rigorous Poetics (linked here).

vernonpress.com/book/2115

#poeticinquiry

Poetic Inquiry Atlas Vol. 1: A Survey of Rigorous Poetics

Explore the diverse roles of poetry in research and scholarship, illustrating its impact across disciplines and cultures in this edited volume.

vernonpress.com

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · Jun 11

This Climate+ Challenge blog post is inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass. This post outlines ways to incorporate Braiding Sweetgrass into five disciplines, including an activity for each.

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social

wordpress.kpu.ca/climateplusc...

Teaching with Braiding Sweetgrass in Higher Education – Climate+ Challenge

wordpress.kpu.ca

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · May 29

Now online! Indigenous Pedagogies, today at noon.

Join Shannon Leddy, author of Teaching Where you Are, for a talk on Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and Pedagogies.

Open to all. Message me for link.

#Indigenous #decolonize #education #university #teaching @kwantlenu.bsky.social

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · May 28

Article by The Runner, written by Mariia Potiatynyk, on Wild Spaces and our two upcoming walk and talks.

The amazing artwork was made by Sofia Jain-Schlaepfer for Wild Spaces.

runnermag.ca/2025/05/kpu-...

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social

#wildspaces #nature #education #placebased

KPU Wild Spaces hosts walks to connect learning and nature – The Runner

runnermag.ca

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · May 27

I'm leading an online writing workshop next Tuesday. Open to everyone. Let's get creative together!

This workshop is inspired by Felicia Rose Chavez' The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom

Register here:
www.kpu.ca/learningcent... @kwantlenu.bsky.social

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · May 23

Salish Sea Assembly, water defender event. Open to everyone!

This great event is next Tuesday, May 27, at the Totest Aleng Indigenous Learning House in South Surrey:
www.surrey.ca/arts-culture...

Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · May 14

Debating a late night tonight to watch ‘til the end to avoid spoilers, or staying off social media for a day or two…

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Lee Beavington, PhD @wildethic.bsky.social · May 12

He's been there before, with none other than Barry Lopez. Video: youtu.be/xyCFGPlLjbE?...

Robert Macfarlane and Barry Lopez, Powell's Bookstore, June 13, 2019

YouTube video by David Lukas

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