Josephine Browne, PhD, MA
@drejosephine.bsky.social
Researcher - Critical animal studies - Men & masculinities - Environment.
Co-editor, Multispecies Sociology (Routledge 2025)
Citizen Scientist & Volunteer
💜 rabbits, oceans, manta rays
#pigoneer
Unceded Bundjalung Country, AUSTRALIA
Co-editor, Multispecies Sociology (Routledge 2025)
Citizen Scientist & Volunteer
💜 rabbits, oceans, manta rays
#pigoneer
Unceded Bundjalung Country, AUSTRALIA
Pinned
Latest open access article by TASA member Josephine Brown:
Australian dystopia and the (m)anthropocene: future-thinking men and masculinities in The Animals in That Country (McKay 2020) and Juice (Winton 2024)
Australian dystopia and the (m)anthropocene: future-thinking men and masculinities in The Animals in That Country (McKay 2020) and Juice (Winton 2024)
www.tandfonline.com
Thankyou @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social!
Am so excited to be in the Special Issue on (M)Anthropocene - examing how masculinities are implicated in environmental destruction & thinking through futures beyond colonialism & extractivism #post-colonial #masculinities #Sociology #Dystopia #environment
Am so excited to be in the Special Issue on (M)Anthropocene - examing how masculinities are implicated in environmental destruction & thinking through futures beyond colonialism & extractivism #post-colonial #masculinities #Sociology #Dystopia #environment
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“Environmental protection laws have one job: to protect the environment. Significant progress on nature protection signalled in the agreement today is very welcome, but must be followed up by strong implementation and ending the expansion of fossil fuels.”
www.greenpeace.org.au/news/nature-...
www.greenpeace.org.au/news/nature-...
Nature laws agreement delivers big forests outcome; much work to be done on climate - Greenpeace Australia Pacific
CANBERRA, 27 NOV 2025 — Greenpeace has welcomed the agreement struck by Labor and the Greens today on EPBC Act reforms, which secures new nature and forest protections, but says…
www.greenpeace.org.au
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“Environmental protection laws have one job: to protect the environment. Significant progress on nature protection signalled in the agreement today is very welcome, but must be followed up by strong implementation and ending the expansion of fossil fuels.”
www.greenpeace.org.au/news/nature-...
www.greenpeace.org.au/news/nature-...
Summarise a Sociology conference? Hmm, mini-conferences of social-justice minded, passionate people working for better futures for all through social science research. Thanks to the amazing team organising, the leadership, & all contributors ❤️ #TASA2025 #Sociology #research #justice #care #futures
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Quick explainer on some of the main features of the new nature laws, noting some details remain to be seen
Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Quick explainer on some of the main features of the new nature laws, noting some details remain to be seen
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There’s a lot about our #environment in the news today – some good, some not so good. We’ve pulled together the biggest #climate and nature stories so you can stay informed without the overwhelm.
#news #australia #auspol #EPBC #murraydarling #environmentlaws #climatechange #climateaction
#news #australia #auspol #EPBC #murraydarling #environmentlaws #climatechange #climateaction
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
There’s a lot about our #environment in the news today – some good, some not so good. We’ve pulled together the biggest #climate and nature stories so you can stay informed without the overwhelm.
#news #australia #auspol #EPBC #murraydarling #environmentlaws #climatechange #climateaction
#news #australia #auspol #EPBC #murraydarling #environmentlaws #climatechange #climateaction
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In a Kyiv shelter today, a man showed up with his baby, a raccoon, and a dog. Nothing surprises me anymore 🤗🥰
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In a Kyiv shelter today, a man showed up with his baby, a raccoon, and a dog. Nothing surprises me anymore 🤗🥰
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@australianlabor.bsky.social climate criminals are trying to rush through a bill which, Australia Institute research shows, would fast-track 94 new planet killing #FossilFuel projects.
This is ecocide.
#Auspol #ClimateChange
This is ecocide.
#Auspol #ClimateChange
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
@australianlabor.bsky.social climate criminals are trying to rush through a bill which, Australia Institute research shows, would fast-track 94 new planet killing #FossilFuel projects.
This is ecocide.
#Auspol #ClimateChange
This is ecocide.
#Auspol #ClimateChange
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OUT NOW: All you need to know about COP30, brought to you by @carbonbrief.org
Our 20k word explainer breaks down:
🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push?
💰 Who wanted (and got) what on climate finance?
🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader?
Find out here ⬇️
Our 20k word explainer breaks down:
🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push?
💰 Who wanted (and got) what on climate finance?
🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader?
Find out here ⬇️
COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém - Carbon Brief
A voluntary plan to curb fossil fuels, a goal to triple adaptation finance and new...
www.carbonbrief.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
OUT NOW: All you need to know about COP30, brought to you by @carbonbrief.org
Our 20k word explainer breaks down:
🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push?
💰 Who wanted (and got) what on climate finance?
🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader?
Find out here ⬇️
Our 20k word explainer breaks down:
🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push?
💰 Who wanted (and got) what on climate finance?
🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader?
Find out here ⬇️
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Yesterday, I read a quick note by @michaelemann.bsky.social on the problems of UNFCCC rules on consensus that keep derailing COP after COP. It led me to organise a few thoughts on whether UNFCCC reform is still possible and what other pathways are/could be available.
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Is there life after COP? And is UNFCCC reform even possible?
With so many COP 30 eulogies, we need to ask if our toxic relationship with the climate change negotiations system is part of the problem.
the.ecocene.blog
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yesterday, I read a quick note by @michaelemann.bsky.social on the problems of UNFCCC rules on consensus that keep derailing COP after COP. It led me to organise a few thoughts on whether UNFCCC reform is still possible and what other pathways are/could be available.
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As EPBC reforms get framed as political tussles & deal-making, don't forget ongoing colonialism, what's at stake on Indigenous lands, and their warnings that bad amendments & inadequate environmental laws "risk irreversible damage to country, culture and communities"
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
As EPBC reforms get framed as political tussles & deal-making, don't forget ongoing colonialism, what's at stake on Indigenous lands, and their warnings that bad amendments & inadequate environmental laws "risk irreversible damage to country, culture and communities"
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Love this story! #youth #rewilding #Surrey #biodiversity #joy #ClimateChange #futures
Love this story! #youth #rewilding #Surrey #biodiversity #joy #ClimateChange #futures
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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First day #TASA2025 @ Narrm/Uni of Melbourne done and dusted. Busy first day as usual but always nice to see familiar faces again and to meet new ones, hence, a belated #Palgrave book booth pic!
Congrats, Rohini Balram, Adele Pavlidis and Simone Fullagar to successful book launches!
Congrats, Rohini Balram, Adele Pavlidis and Simone Fullagar to successful book launches!
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Arabana ranger Zaaheer McKenzie says the springs are culturally and ecologically significant.
"A lot of our springs have got cultural stories to them. We call it Ularaka, which means history time," he said.
"A lot of our springs have got cultural stories to them. We call it Ularaka, which means history time," he said.
Calls for BHP to end water extraction before culturally significant springs are lost
Environmentalists are calling for mining giant BHP to end its water extraction from the Great Artesian Basin when a major desalination plant is built in South Australia's north.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Arabana ranger Zaaheer McKenzie says the springs are culturally and ecologically significant.
"A lot of our springs have got cultural stories to them. We call it Ularaka, which means history time," he said.
"A lot of our springs have got cultural stories to them. We call it Ularaka, which means history time," he said.
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NYC book launch event “Fifty Years of Marxist Feminism” featuring Alyssa Battistoni, Robyn Marasco, Aaron Jaffe, & Rachel Schreiber is coming up on December 2. Register to make sure you get a spot, and tell your friends who may be interested.
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
NYC book launch event “Fifty Years of Marxist Feminism” featuring Alyssa Battistoni, Robyn Marasco, Aaron Jaffe, & Rachel Schreiber is coming up on December 2. Register to make sure you get a spot, and tell your friends who may be interested.
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#COP30 - “Our elementary school kids are reading textbooks that are more science-based and in line with reality than the [draft] text we have here, where we are supposed to fix this problem” says Juan Carlos Monterrey, climate envoy for Panama
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Cop30 live: summit president warns ‘everybody will lose’ if countries fail to cooperate
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#COP30 - “Our elementary school kids are reading textbooks that are more science-based and in line with reality than the [draft] text we have here, where we are supposed to fix this problem” says Juan Carlos Monterrey, climate envoy for Panama
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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SO I guess my wfh routine now involves a certain number of hours downstairs and a certain number upstairs and I am sure my feline overlords will inform me of my exact schedule in due course.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
SO I guess my wfh routine now involves a certain number of hours downstairs and a certain number upstairs and I am sure my feline overlords will inform me of my exact schedule in due course.
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COP30 climate talks overrun with deadlock over fossil fuels
->BBC | #climate change #cop30 #fossil fuel | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->BBC | #climate change #cop30 #fossil fuel | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
COP30 climate talks overrun with deadlock over fossil fuels
1 hour ago Share Save Mark Poynting and Georgina Rannard, climate and science reporters, in Belém, Brazil Share Save EPA The summit has had a large number of delegates from indigenous groups, but some say they still have not been...
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Carl Jung's library, Zurich
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Carl Jung's library, Zurich
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Another in my series of libraries
Carl Jung's library, Zurich
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Carl Jung's library, Zurich
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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This is utterly outrageous by the Group of Eight unis, and deeply insulting and undermining for environment and climate experts trying their hardest to achieve a more sustainable future for society. Shameful stuff.
1/ No surpirise that Business Council of Australia's leading the charge for further regressive changes to Watt's already regressive EPBC package
But 🤯 that the Group of 8 Unis (ANU, Monash, UAdelaide, UMelb, UNSW, USyd, UQ, UWA) have signed the 'Letter from the Alliance of 26 industry Groups' 🤬🤬🤬
But 🤯 that the Group of 8 Unis (ANU, Monash, UAdelaide, UMelb, UNSW, USyd, UQ, UWA) have signed the 'Letter from the Alliance of 26 industry Groups' 🤬🤬🤬
Alliance of Industry Groups: Letter on EPBC - Business Council of Australia
www.bca.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This is utterly outrageous by the Group of Eight unis, and deeply insulting and undermining for environment and climate experts trying their hardest to achieve a more sustainable future for society. Shameful stuff.
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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