Judith D. Schwartz
@judithdschwartz.bsky.social
Vermont-based author focusing on nature-inspired solutions to global crises. Website: www.judithdschwartz.com
Ever wonder clouds' role in climate? Turns out they're key to climate regulation--and we can support natural processes that promote the formation of billowy, cooling clouds #Climate medium.com/@ecorestorat...
COP30, Clouds, ARARA and Araras
By Rob DeLaet
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December 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Ever wonder clouds' role in climate? Turns out they're key to climate regulation--and we can support natural processes that promote the formation of billowy, cooling clouds #Climate medium.com/@ecorestorat...
Imagine if rather than seeing said countries as somewhere to deport people, the US worked to protect the birds--who continually remind us that near or far, we are all connected. youtu.be/yrWMzKBV1wo?...
The Five Great Forests of Mesoamerica - Protecting Our Shared Birds
YouTube video by Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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December 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Imagine if rather than seeing said countries as somewhere to deport people, the US worked to protect the birds--who continually remind us that near or far, we are all connected. youtu.be/yrWMzKBV1wo?...
In war, nature always loses. These ecologists do essential work in difficult circumstances and at great risk.
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Against the backdrop of other important news, the #environmental consequences of the Russian #war seem to be taking a back seat. Yes, our era has seen a multitude of crises, but #Ukraine must remain a priority topic in the media.
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Against the backdrop of other important news, the #environmental consequences of the Russian #war seem to be taking a back seat. Yes, our era has seen a multitude of crises, but #Ukraine must remain a priority topic in the media.
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In war, nature always loses. These ecologists do essential work in difficult circumstances and at great risk.
This series on election anomalies is truly eye-opening--and we *really* need to keep our eyes open now! @smartelections.bsky.social
Post 6: How I Uncovered Florida’s “Two Sets of Books”
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How I Uncovered Florida’s “Two Sets of Books”
The 2024 Election Series shifts from Russia’s capabilities—to Florida’s auditing responsibilities, and the discrepant voter records that don’t match the election results the state certifies.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This series on election anomalies is truly eye-opening--and we *really* need to keep our eyes open now! @smartelections.bsky.social
New essay, tracing the path of how I got here. judithdschwartz.substack.com/p/a-walk-in-...
A Walk In My Former Self's Footsteps
Tracing the Path of How I Got Here--from UVM's Field Naturalist M.S. (the program I'd sign onto were I to go back to school!)
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December 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New essay, tracing the path of how I got here. judithdschwartz.substack.com/p/a-walk-in-...
Meanwhile, communities around the world are confronting environmental loss and bringing nature back. Be inspired--
www.decadeonrestoration.org/world-restor...
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World Restoration Flagships
Ecosystem restoration generates tangible benefits for food and water security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and can prevent conflict and migration triggered by environmental degradation.
www.decadeonrestoration.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Meanwhile, communities around the world are confronting environmental loss and bringing nature back. Be inspired--
www.decadeonrestoration.org/world-restor...
www.decadeonrestoration.org/world-restor...
Water Is Never Lonely (part one) Lessons from the cloud forest open.substack.com/pub/judithds...
Water Is Never Lonely (part one)
Originally published in Granta Issue 153 Edited by Isabella Tree
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November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Water Is Never Lonely (part one) Lessons from the cloud forest open.substack.com/pub/judithds...
Huge respect for those who love the natural world enough to be present for wildlife amidst so much destruction and loss. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘There’s fire all around us, this is it’ – This is climate breakdown
Working with jaguars in Brazil’s Pantanal was a huge source of joy. But the wildfires are getting worse. This is Abbie’s story
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Huge respect for those who love the natural world enough to be present for wildlife amidst so much destruction and loss. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I too was at the Embracing Nature's Complexities conference in Munich and remember well that moment. I think it was a Silver Fir we lost that day. @racheldonald.bsky.social www.planetcritical.com/tangled-up/?...
Tangled Up
I had never before thought of the term “mass grave” in reference to more-than-humans but it was the first description that came to mind, and the most apt I have come to since. I was swimming across th...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I too was at the Embracing Nature's Complexities conference in Munich and remember well that moment. I think it was a Silver Fir we lost that day. @racheldonald.bsky.social www.planetcritical.com/tangled-up/?...
Many of us have been calling Welch's office to encourage him to stand firm. @welch.senate.gov, do you hear us?
@welch.senate.gov can you reassure your constituents that you stand firm against this rumored deal? Extension of the ACA subsidies is essential for many Vermonters' wellbeing. www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
Senators near deal to reopen government as key Democrats signal willingness to back plan | CNN Politics
The emerging deal would include a stopgap measure to extend government funding until January and be tied to a larger package to fully fund several key agencies.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Many of us have been calling Welch's office to encourage him to stand firm. @welch.senate.gov, do you hear us?
Reposted by Judith D. Schwartz
"And that detail—a surge of voters whose registrations vanished when they showed up—aligned uncomfortably with years of federal warnings about vulnerabilities in voter registration databases."
My latest post👇
Is Russian Malware Still in our Registration Systems?
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My latest post👇
Is Russian Malware Still in our Registration Systems?
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Is Russian Malware Still in our Registration Systems?
Anomalies in St. Lucie County’s 2024 voter registrations mirror what intelligence officials warned would happen if hackers ever altered the rolls again—including a pattern too precise to be random.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"And that detail—a surge of voters whose registrations vanished when they showed up—aligned uncomfortably with years of federal warnings about vulnerabilities in voter registration databases."
My latest post👇
Is Russian Malware Still in our Registration Systems?
open.substack.com/pub/itsuptou...
My latest post👇
Is Russian Malware Still in our Registration Systems?
open.substack.com/pub/itsuptou...
Let's learn to get along with lions and bears! @tonyeprile.bsky.social @wgbh.org @bio4climate.bsky.social @bengoldfarb.bsky.social @mongabay.com @erikhoffner.bsky.social www.wgbh.org/forum-networ...
The Goldilocks Strategy: Getting Our Relationship with Bears and Lions Just Right
Learn first hand from researchers working with dangerous predators and communities that live alongside them how they are using a combination of new technology and indigenous wisdom to coexist.
www.wgbh.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Let's learn to get along with lions and bears! @tonyeprile.bsky.social @wgbh.org @bio4climate.bsky.social @bengoldfarb.bsky.social @mongabay.com @erikhoffner.bsky.social www.wgbh.org/forum-networ...
If you believe fair, secure elections are essential for a functioning democracy, read this. @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social @smartelections.bsky.social Malware Can Erase Every Tenth Voter open.substack.com/pub/smartele...
Malware Can Erase Every Tenth Voter
We've been telling you since 2020 and before.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If you believe fair, secure elections are essential for a functioning democracy, read this. @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social @smartelections.bsky.social Malware Can Erase Every Tenth Voter open.substack.com/pub/smartele...
I volunteer for @smartelections.bsky.social and can tell you that here you can make a difference.
We are nonpartisan and work with people across the political spectrum. But that work depends on mutual respect, even when there is disagreement.
Luckily we work with both progressives & conservatives who have developed friendships and respect for each other.
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#nonpartisan
Luckily we work with both progressives & conservatives who have developed friendships and respect for each other.
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#nonpartisan
November 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I volunteer for @smartelections.bsky.social and can tell you that here you can make a difference.
Thanks, Rachel, for this glimpse of another way…
Planet: Critical has left Substack!
Find out why visiting Samoa and Crete made me discover something "achingly human" which encouraged me to get away from the noise.
www.planetcritical.com/into-the-woo...
Find out why visiting Samoa and Crete made me discover something "achingly human" which encouraged me to get away from the noise.
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Into The Woods
Dear community,
Welcome to the new and improved Planet: Critical. I'll go over housekeeping, including how to sign in etc, at the end of today's newsletter. First, let me explain more deeply why the ...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Thanks, Rachel, for this glimpse of another way…
This is alarming--poll watchers are important to ensure electoral integrity and transparency. What is the recourse?
#SMARTelections Poll Watcher Escorted Out of Polling Place by #Police. Not Allowed to View Number of #Ballots Scanned That Poll Watchers Are Legally Allowed to View
The question at this point is "What are they hiding?"
Let's flood the zone with poll watchers.
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#CountTheVote
The question at this point is "What are they hiding?"
Let's flood the zone with poll watchers.
sign up SMARTelections.us
#CountTheVote
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This is alarming--poll watchers are important to ensure electoral integrity and transparency. What is the recourse?
Big solar in #VT: We think we're slaying the dragon, but we're really just feeding the beast. @sanders.senate.gov @balint.house.gov @grousehollow.bsky.social @tonyeprile.bsky.social @bethsawin.bsky.social @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social My column: www.benningtonbanner.com/opinion/colu...
Commentary | Schwartz: The true costs of big solar in Vermont
"Alas, we’ve misread the repercussions of surrendering our landscape to solar. We think we’re slaying the dragon, but we’re really just feeding the beast."
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November 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Big solar in #VT: We think we're slaying the dragon, but we're really just feeding the beast. @sanders.senate.gov @balint.house.gov @grousehollow.bsky.social @tonyeprile.bsky.social @bethsawin.bsky.social @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social My column: www.benningtonbanner.com/opinion/colu...
Let's bring our #ClimateChange focus to climate sensitivity, for this determines what we actually experience. Fortunately, there's a lot we can do to *lower* climate sensitivity. Here's a strong case for the science-literate r3genesis.substack.com/p/200-how-re...
#200 : How Restoring Nature Lowers Climate Sensitivity
How climate sensitivity drifts with land, clouds, oceans, and ice
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October 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Let's bring our #ClimateChange focus to climate sensitivity, for this determines what we actually experience. Fortunately, there's a lot we can do to *lower* climate sensitivity. Here's a strong case for the science-literate r3genesis.substack.com/p/200-how-re...
Securing elections won't happen on its own. Join #CountTheVote and be part of the solution!
#Voting machines left unattended in an unlocked room. Photos taken yesterday after #EarlyVoting as part of our #CountTheVote #election verification program.
If you value what you're learning from us, please support our work with a tax-deductible donation at SMARTelections.us. Thx for all you do!
If you value what you're learning from us, please support our work with a tax-deductible donation at SMARTelections.us. Thx for all you do!
October 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Securing elections won't happen on its own. Join #CountTheVote and be part of the solution!
And the Earthworm does a happy wiggle. open.substack.com/pub/soilcent...
Dear Needs Evidence,
The latest from our advice column "Ask an Earthworm"
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October 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
And the Earthworm does a happy wiggle. open.substack.com/pub/soilcent...
This is yeoman's work, folks. Let's get on it! youtu.be/qayqkHy_WAg?... @smartelections.bsky.social @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social @lulufriesdat.bsky.social
Stop Looking at the Trainwreck Behind - Look Toward the Next Elections
YouTube video by SMART Elections
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October 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is yeoman's work, folks. Let's get on it! youtu.be/qayqkHy_WAg?... @smartelections.bsky.social @grassrootsspeak.bsky.social @lulufriesdat.bsky.social
I've seen more and more women take up ranching--got a chapter on it in "The Reindeer Chronicles". Love it! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘This is the hardest I’ve ever lived’: meet the US cowgirls making it as ranchers
More women are entering the US ranching and agriculture field. Their struggles – and aspirations – defy the traditional Marlboro cowboy stereotype
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I've seen more and more women take up ranching--got a chapter on it in "The Reindeer Chronicles". Love it! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Thrilled you could join us up here!
October 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Thrilled you could join us up here!
My Route to Native Plants A glimpse of my summer as it wanes open.substack.com/pub/judithds...
My Route to Native Plants
The Story of My Summer via @VermontAlmanac
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October 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My Route to Native Plants A glimpse of my summer as it wanes open.substack.com/pub/judithds...
Proud of how my community is stepping up. @vtdigger.bsky.social Vermont’s unique rural welcome of refugees vtdigger.org/2025/10/10/d...
Dr. Pablo Bose and Dr. Thomas Huddleston: Vermont’s unique rural welcome of refugees - VTDigger
The lesson is clear: refugee integration is not only about jobs or English — it is about the community resilience that makes them possible.
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October 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Proud of how my community is stepping up. @vtdigger.bsky.social Vermont’s unique rural welcome of refugees vtdigger.org/2025/10/10/d...