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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 6h

In the newest addition to 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴, Pollyanna Rhee portrays the perennial wheatgrass Kernza, challenging its promise of endless abundance and environmental responsibility:
seeingthewoods.org/2025/10/08/f...

#perennials #wheat #envhum #envhist #planetaryhealth @parhee.bsky.social

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 5d

Coming soon💨

How has energy shaped a nation?

Electric Wind by @DudleyMarianna.bsky.social is a cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain, from the industrial revolution to the aftermath of war, through energy crises and the changing politics of the late twentieth century💡

Pre-order now!

Promotional image for Electric wind. Book sits in centre of image. The book cover is a digital drawing of rolling blue and green hills with a purple cloudy sky in the background. Wind turbines and trees can be seen dotted along the hills. Text along bottom of image reveals the book's publication date: October 14th 2025.

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Rob Bellamy @drrobbellamy.bsky.social · 14d

Shoreline demos: The contested place of the public in a marine carbon removal trial

New paper in Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space with @a-laurie-waller.bsky.social, Emily Cox and myself

Read one of our major outputs from @co2rehub.bsky.social here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social · Apr 15

It's time for some visuals!!! 🔥Burning Swamps🔥 has a cover. Out this fall with @cambridgeup.bsky.social

#envhist #skystorians #PeatSky #energysky

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · Sep 4

Pat Brodie and I have a book coming out in October. Really hoping it can be useful for analysing the imperialist political ecology of big tech and the energy transition.

Big thanks to @kaiheron.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, Anne Pasek (and others) for their generous words and engagement.

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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · Sep 2

Words are magic

My seven-year-old asked for a dictionary this week. We went to the bookshop today to buy one. She walked home hugging it, pausing every so often to look up a word, grinning as though she had been given a book of spells, the key to wonders.
(Credit: Ann Morg)

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Deniz Opal @selzero.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Rob Bellamy @drrobbellamy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Carbon removal support is tempered by concerns over whether biological methods are worth it

New @co2rehub.bsky.social paper in Communications Earth & Environment with Emily Cox, @a-laurie-waller.bsky.social, @jamesrpalmer.bsky.social and myself

Read open access here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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James Palmer @jamesrpalmer.bsky.social · Aug 27

We have a great line-up for these two @rgsibg.bsky.social sessions this afternoon, on the politics of carbon in land management and restoration!

Please join @kargkama.bsky.social, @annakspeaking.bsky.social and me over in the Alan Walters Building, Room 111, from 14.40 until the end of the day!

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Iain @iainnd.bsky.social · Aug 27

Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.

Windows Notepad, the native simple text editor, now has formatting options and a Copilot button.

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · Aug 19

Pls sign and share this open letter to the Bristol VC, against the School of Humanities's decision to withdraw the BA in English Literature and Community Engagement (ELCE): the only part-time, flexible undergraduate degree programme available at the University forms.gle/SbyhXPSJgQTc...

Save our pioneering widening participation undergraduate degree in English Literature and Community Engagement at the University of Bristol

19 August 2025 Dear Evelyn Welch (Vice-Chancellor) cc Judith Squires (Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost), Tansy Jessop (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Students) The School of Humanities has ...

forms.gle

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · Aug 18

I have gotten our @greenhouseuis.net #envhum book talks for September & October posted!

Always on Mondays at 16:00 (4pm) Central European time.

For details see: newnatures.org/greenhouse/

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Julian Agyeman @julianagyeman.bsky.social · Aug 12

This paper identifies “informational justice” as a fourth tenet of Environmental Justice, distinct from distributional, procedural and recognitional forms of justice. It identifies trusted information as foundational although under-acknowledged in the literature. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From the “just transition” to the “trust transition”: rethinking justice in community energy projects

While there has been much interest in community energy (CE) within policy and academia, political interest and support have fluctuated in most European countries, depending on the political orienta...

www.tandfonline.com

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James Palmer @jamesrpalmer.bsky.social · Aug 13

Lovely to see this new paper out in Local Environment. Congratulations to @bristoluni.bsky.social MSc Environmental Policy and Management alumna Faith Terry-Doyle on seeing her dissertation research – on trust in community energy projects - through to publication!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From the “just transition” to the “trust transition”: rethinking justice in community energy projects

While there has been much interest in community energy (CE) within policy and academia, political interest and support have fluctuated in most European countries, depending on the political orienta...

www.tandfonline.com

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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · Aug 7

Aesthetic responses to the climate crisis are politically paralyzing and historically inaccurate. Our podcast of the week calls for a “climate counter-aesthetics” that foregrounds planning and collective action.

With @annakornbluh.bsky.social on @futurehistories.bsky.social

buff.ly/tVj0oqE

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · Jul 10

As part of the series of launch events for Drifting North I'm doing a double-header at the Bookhaus in Bristol with Marianna Dudley. I think her cover is even better than mine. www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e133...

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Peatscapes @peatscapes.bsky.social · Jun 29

Peatscapes will be at #INTECOL2025 this coming week in Tartu, Estonia 🇪🇪! Our Roosa Rytkönen opens the socio-economic panels with KEYNOTE "Seeing the bog from the trees: Social science agenda for the study of forestry drained #peatlands". Monday 11:15, please drop by! intecolwetlands2025.ee #geo #STS

12th INTECOL Wetlands Conference

Welcome to the homepage of the 12th INTECOL Wetlands conference taking place together with the 20th Annual Meeting of SWS Europe!

intecolwetlands2025.ee

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Wim Carton @wimcarton.bsky.social · Jun 9

The Long Heat, the book by Andreas Malm and I on carbon removal and geoengineering, will be released by @versobooks.bsky.social in October. It's available now for pre-ordering:

www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

The Long Heat

Warming is about to hit one and a half degrees, perhaps two degrees soon after. What do we do then? In the overshoot era, schemes abound for muscular adaptation or for turning the heat down at a later...

www.versobooks.com

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · Jun 26

Important news for the #envhist crowd: We are hiring an Associate Professor of Environmental History!

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Application deadline is August 7.

Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇

Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801) | University of Stavanger

Job title: Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Thursday, August 7, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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will o’the wisp pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · Jun 16

can’t read the NYT piece about historians using AI to write history which is pretty great actually because I DONT WANT TO

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Gail Davies @gailfdavies.bsky.social · Jun 7

This year’s academic marking season is coming to a close. Assignments used to sing in different voices: some in clarity, originality, creativity, some chaos. Gen AI has layered on an ‘academic autotune’ removing many enjoyable aspects of engaging with authentic student work. #highered #AI #marking

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Jun 2

I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:

www.404media.co/teachers-are...

Teachers Are Not OK

AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."

www.404media.co

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Kärg Kama @kargkama.bsky.social · Jun 5

So happy to see our first Peatscapes paper out! Thanks to our amazing team @peatscapes.bsky.social, to our research collaborators, and to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding. Open access! #geography #STS #politicalecology #peatland #restoration

Progress in Environmental Geography @progenvgeog.bsky.social · Jun 5

🌎 New paper published in Progress in Environmental Geography 🌎

'Carbon futures in the mire? Knowledge controversies in European peatland restoration and remaking' by James Palmer, Kärg Kama, Roosa Rytkönen & Aneurin Merrill-Glover

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @peatscapes.bsky.social

Carbon futures in the mire? Knowledge controversies in European peatland restoration and remaking - James Palmer, Kärg Kama, Roosa Rytkönen, Aneurin Merrill-Glover, 2025

In Europe, vast swathes of peatland have historically been drained for agriculture, forestry, or mining, generating significant greenhouse gas emissions. Scient...

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Progress in Environmental Geography @progenvgeog.bsky.social · Jun 5

🌎 New paper published in Progress in Environmental Geography 🌎

'Carbon futures in the mire? Knowledge controversies in European peatland restoration and remaking' by James Palmer, Kärg Kama, Roosa Rytkönen & Aneurin Merrill-Glover

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @peatscapes.bsky.social

Carbon futures in the mire? Knowledge controversies in European peatland restoration and remaking - James Palmer, Kärg Kama, Roosa Rytkönen, Aneurin Merrill-Glover, 2025

In Europe, vast swathes of peatland have historically been drained for agriculture, forestry, or mining, generating significant greenhouse gas emissions. Scient...

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Progress in Environmental Geography @progenvgeog.bsky.social · Jun 5

🔥 New paper published in Progress in Environmental Geography 🔥

'Raising the #temperature: A critical geographical perspective on #heat' by Caitlin Robinson

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · Apr 25

Pat Brodie and I have a book coming out in September w/
@brisunipress.bsky.social

Started with data centres and energy and turned into a story about monopoly tech, empire and Ireland's (under)development in the capitalist world system.

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