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Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · 26d

Hello #chiroptera community! Pivotal is looking for Brazilian #bat experts who can ID species using acoustic data. It's paid remote work that supports #biodiversity analytics. More details in the link below.

pivotalfuture.bamboohr.com/careers/48

Ecologists, Naturalists, and Taxonomic Experts - Brazil (remote)

Ecologists, Naturalists, and Taxonomic Experts - Brazil (remote / flexible / part-time role) Can you identify birds, bats or frogs from acoustic data?  Or can you identify plants, mammals and insec...

pivotalfuture.bamboohr.com

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Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · Sep 10

Interesting event alert! A practical session from the @gbif.org #DataUseClub on making occurrence maps using their data and the GBIF Map API.

#Biodiversity #Geospatial

GBIF @gbif.org · Aug 21

🗺️ You don't need a map to find the next GBIF #DataUseClub, just follow the registration link!

Join Matt Blissett and John Waller from the Secretariat for our next Data Use Club practical session: Making occurrence maps. 🦀

📍 23 September 2025, 15:00 - 16:30 CEST

🔗 gbif.link/DUC_mapping

Cream coloured graphic with an illustration of a crab and pink text reading data use club practical sessions: making occurrence maps

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Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · Jul 2

This sounds like an amazing opportunity for young people (25-35) in Uganda and Tanzania.

DW Akademie is inviting community champions to pitch creative ideas that "amplify youth and women’s voices in public life."

More info: akademie.dw.com/en/sparkchan...

SparkChange: Make Voices Count. Lead Local Change

DW Akademie is inviting community champions from rural and peri-urban Uganda and Tanzania to pitch creative ideas that amplify youth and women’s voices in public life.

akademie.dw.com

Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · May 27

I'll be hosting this Menstrual Hygiene Day event tomorrow for @geospatialwomen.bsky.social and am really looking forward to the discussions!

Women+ in Geospatial @geospatialwomen.bsky.social · May 27

Tomorrow! Join us for #MHday2025 as we discuss the topic of mapping menstrual product access on OpenStreetMap and co-create solutions together.

🔗 Register: lu.ma/v63n2rhb

Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · Apr 9

What is "normal" anyway?

🥔🗺️ ᴘᴏᴋᴀᴛᴇᴏ ᴍᴀᴘs @pokateo.bsky.social · Apr 7

Well, actually, Greenland isn't that big! Imagine peeling an orange....

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Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · Apr 8

It's official! @geospatialwomen.bsky.social is on Bluesky. 💜

Women+ in Geospatial @geospatialwomen.bsky.social · Apr 8

Welcome to Women+ in Geospatial, a global professional network promoting diversity and gender equality in the geospatial industry. Run by volunteers, we offer community building, career development events, a year-long mentorship programme, and much more.

Learn all about us: womeningeospatial.org

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Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · Feb 28

Everything happening in the US is breaking my heart. I knew they would come for NOAA eventually, but as a climate scientist, this one really hurts.

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 28

NOAA is an absolute mess, and it’ll be worse tomorrow. Please help us. There have already been over 1,000 terminations. It’s not just layoffs—Elon Musk and his staffers are trying to completely dismantle us. Today, there were tons of firings, and more are coming tomorrow.

Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · Feb 4

My climate solutions substack: lindseyhiggins.substack.com

So far, I've covered cork, wool, microscopic organisms, seaweed, menstrual health, and cacao. More topics to come!

#ClimateChange #ClimateSolutions #SciComm #Sustainability

The Lindscape | Lindsey Higgins | Substack

Simplifying the science behind climate change and the technologies being developed to address it. Click to read The Lindscape, by Lindsey Higgins, a Substack publication. Launched 10 months ago.

lindseyhiggins.substack.com

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Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · Feb 4

I want to connect with people in #FemTech or #WomensHealth who use or want to use #Geospatial data. @geospatialwomen.bsky.social is planning our Int Women's Day event, and I think there could be some overlap here. Can open geospatial data be used to improve women's health? Let's talk!

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Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · Feb 4

I just found a journalist with a climate and gender beat. I am really looking forward to diving into her archive to learn more and share with my #ClimateChange x #SRHR group.

Give her a follow: @jkutzie.bsky.social

19thnews.org/author/jessi...

Jessica Kutz Archives

I’m Jessica Kutz, The 19th’s climate and gender reporter. I got into journalism at 26 after walking into a small local paper and asking for an internship. It quickly spiraled into a staff job and I wo...

19thnews.org

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Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · Feb 4

Will there be more stories under this theme? There is a lot more that we can talk about. YLabs published a report on climate change and SRHR last year that may be of interest: www.ylabsglobal.org/work/all/cli...

Climate Change x Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Framework — YLabs

A guide to investing at the intersection of climate change and sexual and reproductive health and rights

www.ylabsglobal.org

Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · Feb 4

Interesting! Our heat pump took a nosedive when we hit -13°F last winter, but I'm in Sweden. There are some rated for areas that get this cold, but they are incredibly expensive.

Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · Jan 24

When I first took on nuclear technology as a research project, I was stunned to see how many fusion startups were out there. Fusion always seemed impossibly far off to me, but several of those have now raised >$100M. See the @dechant.bsky.social story below for more.

techcrunch.com/2024/10/04/e...

Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M | TechCrunch

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.

techcrunch.com

Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · Jan 24

"Do women’s environmental and care practices reflect their choice, or are they shaped by patriarchal constraints and limited economic opportunity? Do they have an affinity for nature or simply lack other options?"

BIG questions in @theconversation.com this week.
theconversation.com/women-are-se...

Women are seen as ‘saviours’ or ‘victims’ in climate change debates: why this is a problem

Simple either/or ways of seeing women overlook the power dynamics and structural factors that give rise to the stereotypes.

theconversation.com

Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · Nov 19

Thanks for gathering these all together!

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Lindsey Higgins @lhigg.bsky.social · Nov 14

New here, so this is brilliant.

Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · Nov 13

Plenty of good #Climate and Climate adjacent #StarterPacks but how about a good 🧵that makes them all super easy to find and follow? I'm glad I asked. Here you go!
#ClimateChange #Renewables #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #Advocacy #Activism bsky.app/starter-pack...

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