Gavin Lamb
@gavinlamb.org
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sociolinguist: conservation, tourism, environmental communication, climate knowledge networks, sea turtles & seals🐢🦭| Associate Professor @NHH | Researcher @NORCE | PhD @uhmanoa | new book: multispecies discourse analysis
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Delighted to be included in this new book, Natural Disasters in the United States: Making Sense of Risks and Vulnerability. It began as a conference at the Center for American Studies at the University of Heidelberg, and I'm happy it’s now in print. (1/3)

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Natural Disasters in the United States
This volume covers a wide array of historical failures in the USA that hindered improvements in resilience against natural hazards.
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Interesting-looking article the impact of boomers entering retirement on tourism and related climate emissions doi.org/10.1080/1368...
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Philly friends: I'm really excited to be discussing my new book, Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power (Oxford University Press, 2025) at Wooden Shoe Books on October 26 at 4:30pm. All are welcome and I hope to see you there!
poster with event details for book talk at Wooden Shoe Books in Philadelphia, PA on October 26 at 4:30pm
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"Other terms officials must ditch include “energy transition,” “sustainability/sustainable,” “‘clean’ or ‘dirty’ energy,” “Carbon/CO2 ‘Footprint’” and “Tax breaks/tax credits/subsidies.”
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ClimateWeekNYC was a refreshing break, but don't forget for a moment where we actually are right now: here's the newest update on banned words in the US government 🤯

Full article here: www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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It’s a tough time for political satire in America.

It’s also a tough time for clean energy.

I’ve been thinking a lot about Samuel Jackson’s “motherf-cking windfarms” ad. So, I finally wrote about it — and the future of climate-focused comedy in our democracy👇

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Uncensored version with Samuel L. Jackson - A taste of fossil freedom
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Reading today!📚 A review of research into Arctic tourism. "Instead of dwelling on the question of what Arctic tourism is, the review proceeds to inquire how the Arctic comes to matter for tourism research and what we, as scholars and practitioners of tourism, can learn from a focus on the Arctic."
A review of research into Arctic tourism
This review of research into Arctic Tourism launches the Annals of Tourism Research Curated Collection on Arctic Tourism. Instead of dwelling on the q…
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"The pocket forests adhere to the “Miyawaki method” named after a Japanese botanist, to plant a wide variety of local trees in large numbers and in very tight quarters, mimicking the biodiversity and competition of the natural growth...in the wild.” #MicroForests
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‘Microforest’ takes root amid city streets of Providence, reflecting worldwide trend - The Boston Globe
“They are popping up all over the world,” Alexandra Ionescu said. “A lot of people right now are feeling the effects of climate change and they want to take meaningful action.”
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Bryce Andrews' Down from the Mountain is excellent but heartbreaking. Night of the Grizzly is also good. Heartbreaking but for different reasons.
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It's Fat Bear Week, when Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska celebrates their brown bear population by holding a tournament in which the public votes online for the fattest, most successful Katmai bear. #FatBearWeek #FatBearWeek2025 #bears #bearbooks #💙📚 #Booksky
A poster with eight book covers, all concerning bears: Grizzly Confidential / Eight Bears / Grizzly Country / No Room for Bears / Wahb: The Biography of a Grizzly / The Original Alaska Bear Tales / Track of the Grizzly / Monarch of Deadman Bay.
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"The majority of the island’s acreage has been in private hands since 1909, when businessman William Irwin bought it for $1. The island’s next overlord, James Dole, developed Lānaʻi into the world’s most productive pineapple plantation..."
Lānaʻi Loses 15 Jobs In Closure Of Ellison's Vacation Home Division
The closure will eliminate 15 jobs, or about 4% of Pūlama Lānaʻi's 400-strong workforce, but the company said employees can apply for other positions.
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"...research on topics such as constructive journalism, solutions journalism, solidarity journalism, decolonial journalism, ethnographic journalism, Indigenous and community media, ethics of care, inclusive science communication, and other transformative approaches to environmental storytelling."
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Reading today!📚: "...Researchers charting pathways towards strong sustainability, including in passenger transport, need more nuanced data and methods than are currently widespread."
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This is an absolutely brilliant paper that I can only recommend to all those interested in transport poverty/equity but also in sustainable transport/climate, and on how to reconcile the two.

I can only hope that it will have the impact it deserve
doi.org/10.1016/j.er...
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It's hiring season at @iast.fr!

- 2y research postdoc contract
- Full autonomy, you are your own PI
- Awesome multidisciplinary environment
- All social and behavioral sciences welcome
- Seed funding for projects and workshops
- Gorgeous city in the south of France

www.iast.fr/research-fel...
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Today is the last day to comment on proposed rescission of the Roadless Rule!

The 58 million acres of forest protected by the Roadless Rule store vast amounts of carbon, provide vital habitat for fish and wildlife species, and are more resilient to wildfire (despite false claims).

Comment here 👇🏼
Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is initiating an environmental impact statement (EIS) and rulemaking concerning management of inventoried roadless areas on approximately 44.7 million acres of Natio...
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