@demiwilton.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Literature @ Birmingham City University. Researching environmental displacement in world-literature. EDI Officer for ASLE-UKI
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demiwilton.bsky.social
No problem at all -- I'll be returning to it in my own research, I'm sure :)
demiwilton.bsky.social
A little late resharing this announcement as I'm still not fully Bluesky literate but huge congrats to all the winners of the ASLE-UKI book awards this year!

I sat as a judge for the critical prize and all of our shortlisted entries this year were excellent . Saharan Winds truly is a must read!
asleuki.bsky.social
The WINNERS of the 2025 ASLE-UKI BOOK PRIZE are: 

William Henry Searle, 'Elowen' - Creative Prose

 Matt Howard, 'Broadlands' - Poetry

 Joanna Allan, 'Saharan Winds' - Critical

Many congratulations!
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tiaglova.bsky.social
I'm happy to share the open-access book "Non-Western Approaches in Environmental Humanities", which includes my article.
Big thanks to Gabriela Jarzębowska-Lipińska, Krzysztof Skonieczny, and Paweł Piszczatowski.
shorturl.at/8TzCi
Non-Western Approaches in Environmental Humanities
The book examines non-Western frameworks in environmental humanities, critiquing dominant paradigms and advancing discourse on diverse human-environment relationships in global contexts.
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nathanritchie.bsky.social
Verify Live is a smart move by the BBC to build transparency.
But early coverage leans international.
We see untapped potential in applying the same rigour to UK politics.

Check out our new piece in The Conversation - theconversation.com/bbc-verify-l...
demiwilton.bsky.social
Today, I'm attending @womeninworld-lit.bsky.social at Warwick Uni. It's been a pleasure to see a hybrid conference working at its best and to catch up with all the amazing developments in this diverse field, after 8 months feeling out of the loop on maternity leave!
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climateoxford.bsky.social
Climate change is a human rights crisis.

Join @ox.ac.uk, UN Human Rights, IUCA, and unis across the world for the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit on climate change and human rights. #RHRNClimate

Global plenary: 4 & 5 June
Oxford Local Programme: 2 - 8 June

www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Background shows a forest fire, foreground is a silhouette of a person inside which is an image of a healthy forest. White reads "Right Here Right Now Global Climate Summit" and there are also logos for UN Human Rights and the University of Oxford at the bottom of the image.
demiwilton.bsky.social
Solidarity to my colleagues at BCU striking today. Baby Etta and I are in full support from home 🪧
bcu-ucu.bsky.social
The #BCUstrike is go! Benjamin Zephaniah picket is growing… Solidarity and bring your sun cream! 😎🪧 #May1
Workers on a picket with placards and supporters visiting
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Ridiculously interesting study - who in the research community beliefs in, supports or rejects 'green growth' as a model?

journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

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Do researchers believe in global green growth (i.e. the idea that continued economic growth can be achieved sustainably)?

We explored this question in a new study, surveying 3,028 researchers from 101 countries — all of whom have published in leading peer-reviewed journals.

📊 What we found:

🔹59% of respondents believe green growth is achievable on a global scale.

🔹Economists are more optimistic (69%) than non-economists (51%).

🔹There are large variations in green growth endorsement across scientific disciplines, with the highest green growth endorsement by researchers from the field Economics, Econometrics and Finance (74%) and the lowest from researchers in the field Earth and Planetary Sciences (41%).

🔹Even among green growth believers, there are considerable differences with regard to the assessment of the feasibility of key conditions for green growth like absolute decoupling of economic growth from resource and energy use.

🔹Green growth endorsement was most strongly assosciated with the belief that sustained economic growth is essential for human well-being. This may imply that green growth beliefs among researchers are influenced by ideology.

🌍 Our findings suggest that, despite its widespread political popularity, there is no global scientific consensus on the viability of global green growth.

📄 The article has been published in the journal PLOS Climate (open access, see link below). A big thank you to my fantastic co-authors Noel Strahm, Till Bundeli, Kaja Kaessner, Viktoria Cologna, Oreskes Naomi, and Sebastian Berger.

Link to Journal Article: https://lnkd.in/eRDqaN7A

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demiwilton.bsky.social
You have 5 days left to nominate (or self nominate!) work for the @asleuki.bsky.social Annual Book Prize. There are categories for ecocritical monographs, creative prose, and poetry.

asle.org.uk/awards/book-...
ASLE-UKI Book Prizes | ASLE-UKI
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demiwilton.bsky.social
Maternity leave has reminded me every single day how much mothering is WORK. Happy UK Mother's Day 💐

And Happy Eid to those celebrating, too!
Cards and flowers Woman and baby in a park
demiwilton.bsky.social
Thanks Sophia! Hope all is well
demiwilton.bsky.social
Our special issue of Green Letters, 'Erasure and Environment', is now available. The issue showcases a selection of articles transformed from papers at our 2021 conference of the same name, hosted at Loughborough Uni.

Many thanks to our wonderful delegates and contributors for their great work!
Screenshot of Erasure issue on Green Letters's web page