Alice Brawley-Chesworth
@abchesworth.bsky.social
Curiosity-driven reader, knitter, aspiring gardener, dog mom | climate & justice social science researcher, water engineer | US emigrant in Ireland
My latest publication is out examining barriers to climate adaptation in Ireland. Main barriers: lack of urgency, priotisation of short-term needs, and siloed thinking. Sound familiar to anyone?
Read here: www.epa.ie/publications...
Read here: www.epa.ie/publications...
March 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
My latest publication is out examining barriers to climate adaptation in Ireland. Main barriers: lack of urgency, priotisation of short-term needs, and siloed thinking. Sound familiar to anyone?
Read here: www.epa.ie/publications...
Read here: www.epa.ie/publications...
Anyone who's tempted to say 'it's the Democrats fault' or 'if only the left had a compelling vision, this wouldn't be happening' - I suggest you read this. It clarified what I've been thinking for a while. Republicans, aided by the ultra-rich media owners, are at fault, not the left.
These stories amount to "the left was so annoying about pronouns or liberals made people feel so guilty about plastic straws they had no choice but to get on board with the second coming of the Third Reich and the destruction of the planet."
The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything
The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Anyone who's tempted to say 'it's the Democrats fault' or 'if only the left had a compelling vision, this wouldn't be happening' - I suggest you read this. It clarified what I've been thinking for a while. Republicans, aided by the ultra-rich media owners, are at fault, not the left.
Even if you don't care about universities, this piece outlines very clearly the steps to authoritarianism that Trump's following. It's not random, it's not democratic, and it's certainly not in the interest of the American people.
The universities are next open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The universities are next open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The universities are next
Friends,
open.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Even if you don't care about universities, this piece outlines very clearly the steps to authoritarianism that Trump's following. It's not random, it's not democratic, and it's certainly not in the interest of the American people.
The universities are next open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The universities are next open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Reposted by Alice Brawley-Chesworth
💡𝐀 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭?
🟢 Research by Dr. Farsan Ghassim & Dr. @markuspauli.bsky.social shows global majorities support a democratic world government to tackle climate change, poverty & peace.
👉 doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
Blog: shorturl.at/pxdxT
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🟢 Research by Dr. Farsan Ghassim & Dr. @markuspauli.bsky.social shows global majorities support a democratic world government to tackle climate change, poverty & peace.
👉 doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
Blog: shorturl.at/pxdxT
#RetoolProject #ClimateDemocracy
February 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
💡𝐀 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭?
🟢 Research by Dr. Farsan Ghassim & Dr. @markuspauli.bsky.social shows global majorities support a democratic world government to tackle climate change, poverty & peace.
👉 doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
Blog: shorturl.at/pxdxT
#RetoolProject #ClimateDemocracy
🟢 Research by Dr. Farsan Ghassim & Dr. @markuspauli.bsky.social shows global majorities support a democratic world government to tackle climate change, poverty & peace.
👉 doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
Blog: shorturl.at/pxdxT
#RetoolProject #ClimateDemocracy
Looks to me like the new government is moving toward technological solutions and away from social ones by replacing 'communications' with 'energy'.
Just to say that (in IE) #DCEE will be the new #DECC! In case you needed to know... ("Climate, Environment and Energy" instead of "Environment, Climate and Communications...")
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
www.gov.ie
February 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Looks to me like the new government is moving toward technological solutions and away from social ones by replacing 'communications' with 'energy'.
Reposted by Alice Brawley-Chesworth
If you have been unable to keep up with Trump's destruction of democracy and the US government in the last two weeks, here is a summary (with citations) by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
February 1, 2025
Throughout now-president Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, it was clear that his support was coming from three very different factions whose only shared ideology was a determination to destroy the federal...
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you have been unable to keep up with Trump's destruction of democracy and the US government in the last two weeks, here is a summary (with citations) by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Shouldn't we admit that countries that aren't completely in denial have a responsibility to do more than just rearrange the deck chairs? jrnl.ie/6595525
'Disingenuous': Government hopefuls want to change how livestock emissions are calculated
Changing how methane is accounted could potentially make it politically easier for the agriculture sector to move towards its targets – on paper.
jrnl.ie
February 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Shouldn't we admit that countries that aren't completely in denial have a responsibility to do more than just rearrange the deck chairs? jrnl.ie/6595525
Let's not overlook the fact that the US government has provided stable jobs for Black workers for generations when precarity has been the norm in the private sector. An attack on Federal workers is an attack on Black Americans.
www.americanprogress.org/article/publ...
www.americanprogress.org/article/publ...
Public Work Provides Economic Security for Black Families and Communities
Public sector jobs have long provided economic security for Black families and communities and reduced the racial wealth gap, but current policy failures threaten that legacy.
www.americanprogress.org
January 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Let's not overlook the fact that the US government has provided stable jobs for Black workers for generations when precarity has been the norm in the private sector. An attack on Federal workers is an attack on Black Americans.
www.americanprogress.org/article/publ...
www.americanprogress.org/article/publ...
Everyone who could worked from home today in Ireland. Yet still, climate change doesn't get the immediate and urgent actions needed. What's the point of declaring an emergency if we don't act like we're in one?
Historic storm for Ireland. The 115 mph gust breaks the nation’s previous all-time wind gust record of 113 mph. Mace Head reported sustained winds of 84 mph at 4 am, well above Cat 1 hurricane strength. Peak wave heights at the M3 buoy on the SW coast hit 20m (65’). #StormÉowyn
Met Éireann reporting gust of 185kmh at Mace Head which smashes the old all time record of 182kmh from Limerick in 1945. #StormÉowyn
January 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Everyone who could worked from home today in Ireland. Yet still, climate change doesn't get the immediate and urgent actions needed. What's the point of declaring an emergency if we don't act like we're in one?
Reposted by Alice Brawley-Chesworth
💡 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲?
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January 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
💡 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲?
🟢The #ClimateCrisis is more than an environmental challenge. It’s a chance to innovate #Democracy
✔️Follow us to learn more about the #RetoolProject!
retoolproject.eu
#EU #HorizonEurope #RetoolProject #climate #climatedemocracy
🟢The #ClimateCrisis is more than an environmental challenge. It’s a chance to innovate #Democracy
✔️Follow us to learn more about the #RetoolProject!
retoolproject.eu
#EU #HorizonEurope #RetoolProject #climate #climatedemocracy