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Blanche Verlie

@blancheverlie.bsky.social

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< climate, weather, bodies, feelings, justice, activism, learning, feminisms, multispecies > Research Fellow in Gender & Cultural Studies, Sydney Environment Institute, USyd. You can find my research (for free) at www.learningtolivewithclimatechange.org

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Blanche Verlie @blancheverlie.bsky.social · Jun 10

There's so much happening in news around the world, its easy to not notice (or forget) that the Aus gov recently approved a 40 year extension for an incredibly dirty fossil fuel project.

Here's a recent op-ed by me on our leaders #GreenhouseGaslighting us

www.thesenior.com.au/story/898550...

Feel like these leaders are gaslighting us? You're not alone

Albanese has no barrier to implementing bold climate policy.

www.thesenior.com.au

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · Apr 9

Its 'Greenhouse-gas lighting'

As explained here by... @blancheverlie.bsky.social

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Blanche Verlie @blancheverlie.bsky.social · Apr 7

Want to support some awesome #ClimateAction in the lead up to the Aus election?

I’m taking the #ChallengeForClimate, taking 10 actions over 10 days and raising funds for Climate for Change.

All donations this week are doubled!

🙏🏽🌳☀️💚

challengeforclimate.com/b-verlie

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · Mar 24

New article!

Prefiguring multispecies justice, by Anna Sturman, @danycelermajer.bsky.social, @freyagrace.bsky.social and
@blancheverlie.bsky.social.

This article considers the ways critical feminist thought and multispecies justice intersect.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...

full title: Prefiguring multispecies justice: how communities are challenging and transfiguring care, labour, and belonging in the midst of climate catastrophe.
abstract: Formal disaster management plans and institutions are systematically neglectful of the impacts of climate-change-exacerbated disasters on animals, with few exceptions. While animals’ exclusion in this context is consistent with their status as property, or parts of ecosystems with no independent ethical value, differently located humans and animals contest this status and the types of institutions that follow from it. In this article, we draw on research conducted with Australian communities whose witness of animals’ suffering during the 2019–20 Black Summer fires, and the failure of state-led disaster responses to attend to this, led them to autonomously organise to care for wild and domesticated animals. Their efforts have been largely classified, and dismissed, as volunteerism and (feminised) care...

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Blanche Verlie @blancheverlie.bsky.social · Mar 11

Last chance to register! Tomorrow (Wednesday night) as part of Climate Action Week Sydney I'm hosting a workshop on how to have more effective conversations about climate change.

Helpful for campaigners, facilitators, communicators - all types really!

events.humanitix.com/effective-cl...

Effective Climate Conversations

Get tickets on Humanitix - Effective Climate Conversations hosted by Blanche. Shakespeare Hotel. Wednesday 12th March 2025. Find event information.

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Blanche Verlie @blancheverlie.bsky.social · Feb 2

Thanks @thierryaaron.bsky.social
This article is the most practical I have on how to support students: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This website and book are really helpful too: www.existentialtoolkit.com

Educators’ experiences and strategies for responding to ecological distress | Australian Journal of Environmental Education | Cambridge Core

Educators’ experiences and strategies for responding to ecological distress - Volume 37 Issue 2

www.cambridge.org

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Sydney Environment Institute @seisydney.bsky.social · Jan 28

During the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires, billions of animals were killed or displaced.

SEI researchers Danielle Celermajer, Anna Sturman, Blanche Verlie, Freya MacDonald, and Natasha Heenan highlight how communities rescued wombats, kangaroos, livestock, and native birds.

Read more ⬇

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Blanche Verlie @blancheverlie.bsky.social · Jan 28

Full research article here link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Full report here: ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/...

Our Community Conversation Guide (a planning resource): ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/...

And the app we prototyped here: www.figma.com/proto/ZVJPGp...

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Blanche Verlie @blancheverlie.bsky.social · Jan 28

Our research on community efforts to care for animals during the #BlackSummerBushfires is now out.

Read the short article in The Conversation: theconversation.com/as-the-black...

With gratitude to colleagues @seisydney.bsky.social and the Shoalhaven community who spoke with us.

As the Black Summer megafires neared, people rallied to save wildlife and domestic animals. But it came at a real cost

When authorities fight fires, they focus on human life and property. But animals are part of communities too – and disaster preparation should reflect this

theconversation.com

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People & Planet @peopleandplanet.bsky.social · Dec 4

🔥 10 UK universities commit to Fossil Free Careers!

This is a huge achievement for the Fossil Free Careers campaign and marks almost HALF of all universities in Wales committing to fossil free careers!

🌊 The tide is turning… Share the news! 🙌

Collage of 10 UK universities that have committed to Fossil Free Careers. Text reads: 10 UK universities have banned oil, gas an mining recruitment. Graphic shows a briefcase with Shell and BP logos with a cross through it.

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Kurt Iveson @kurtiveson.bsky.social · Dec 13

Love this from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social about knitting together political projects through doing, and the limits of ideology as the basis for effective collective action. www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-....

The Bad Guys Don’t Really Care What Kind of Leftist You Are

Infighting is a waste of energy.

www.teenvogue.com

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Blanche Verlie @blancheverlie.bsky.social · Nov 20

Hey Katharine, if you could add me that would be great! I research climate emotions in education

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Rising Tide Australia @risingtideaus.bsky.social · Nov 19

Phew! Despite lots of drama in the events leading up to this, it's perfect day (with blue skies!) for the set up of Rising Tide at Camp Shortland, close to Horseshoe Beach. Expect more posts on all forms of social media, Chris Minns!!!

A marquee is being erected on green grass with Yes! A blue sky in the background

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Blanche Verlie @blancheverlie.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hey Joe, if you could add me I’d be very appreciative! Thanks!

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Dr. Carlie Trott @carlietrott.bsky.social · Nov 18

Starter pack of social scientists working on climate/environment with a focus on justice-driven policy, behavior, & systems change. *Inclusive of early career scholars.* Recommendations welcome @carlietrott.bsky.social

[Collaboratively created; Additions ≠ endorsement.]

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It’s Kells @kellsbellsnz.bsky.social · Nov 19

Today’s protest in Wellington… we will not roll over to the likes of David Seymour’s division! #ToitūTeTiriti #HonourTheTreaty

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · Oct 23

Today we are announcing the results of the Environmental Politics Article of the Year Award.
Congratulations go to Blanche Verlie for the winning article, 'Climate justice in more-than-human worlds'.
@blancheverlie.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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