Ece Ikiz
@thymeandspades.bsky.social
Regenerative Gardener/Urban Farmer
PhD Candidate in Geography @University of Guelph.
Cat mom of Pluto, Porter, and Matilda
Waste, Consumerism, Circular Economy, Diverse Food Economies
PhD Candidate in Geography @University of Guelph.
Cat mom of Pluto, Porter, and Matilda
Waste, Consumerism, Circular Economy, Diverse Food Economies
August 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Anyone know why this happens?
(I secretly fear the air pollution in Hamilton is causing genetic mutations 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️)
(I secretly fear the air pollution in Hamilton is causing genetic mutations 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️)
June 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Anyone know why this happens?
(I secretly fear the air pollution in Hamilton is causing genetic mutations 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️)
(I secretly fear the air pollution in Hamilton is causing genetic mutations 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️)
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Big asset managers like BlackRock, Vanguard or State Street don’t sell seeds. But they hold shares in giant agribusiness companies like Bayer, Cargill, or Nestlé. They call it unlocking value from farmland. We call it locking farmers into new forms of dependency. countercurrents.org/2025/06/digi...
Digital Harvest — BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street: Shareholders in the Shadows | Countercurrents
They don’t sell seeds. They don’t own tractors. They don’t run warehouses or ship grain. But BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street are among the most powerful actors in global agriculture. Together…
countercurrents.org
June 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Big asset managers like BlackRock, Vanguard or State Street don’t sell seeds. But they hold shares in giant agribusiness companies like Bayer, Cargill, or Nestlé. They call it unlocking value from farmland. We call it locking farmers into new forms of dependency. countercurrents.org/2025/06/digi...
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Solitary Garden beds have the same dimensions of a standard solitary confinement cell. Each is designed by an incarcerated person—with a collection of flowers, herbs, and vegetables grown for them until they can grow again themselves.
In New Orleans, ‘Solitary Gardens’ Aims to Transform Thinking About Prisons
New Orleans artist and activist jackie sumell’s nonprofit, Freedom to Grow, takes a plant-powered approach to encourage radical change.
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June 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Solitary Garden beds have the same dimensions of a standard solitary confinement cell. Each is designed by an incarcerated person—with a collection of flowers, herbs, and vegetables grown for them until they can grow again themselves.
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Imagine a neighbourhood that is purposefully designed to be #inclusive. Urban and Regional Planning professor Victor Perez-Amado’s #research supports diverse communities through design and policy advocacy to help 2SLGBTQ+ seniors age in place. Read more: tinyurl.com/uzxn7vfu @torontomet.bsky.social
Building more inclusive communities: Designing for belonging and aging in place
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June 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine a neighbourhood that is purposefully designed to be #inclusive. Urban and Regional Planning professor Victor Perez-Amado’s #research supports diverse communities through design and policy advocacy to help 2SLGBTQ+ seniors age in place. Read more: tinyurl.com/uzxn7vfu @torontomet.bsky.social
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As long as you’re exporting hydrocarbons that are going to be combusted somewhere, the ability to “decarbonize” it is limited. You could, presumably, decarbonize production, which isn’t insignificant - it’s about 30% of all Canadian emissions - but the C in that oil is still ending up in the air.
June 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
As long as you’re exporting hydrocarbons that are going to be combusted somewhere, the ability to “decarbonize” it is limited. You could, presumably, decarbonize production, which isn’t insignificant - it’s about 30% of all Canadian emissions - but the C in that oil is still ending up in the air.
Reading Gathering Moss 🌿and growing obsessed with bryology. Spotting mosses all over my garden. Kimmerer blends science and Indigenous knowledge in a way that reframes how we relate to the land. Highly recommend!
#GatheringMoss #Bryology #RobinWallKimmerer #BackyardEcology #BraidingKnowledge
#GatheringMoss #Bryology #RobinWallKimmerer #BackyardEcology #BraidingKnowledge
May 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Reading Gathering Moss 🌿and growing obsessed with bryology. Spotting mosses all over my garden. Kimmerer blends science and Indigenous knowledge in a way that reframes how we relate to the land. Highly recommend!
#GatheringMoss #Bryology #RobinWallKimmerer #BackyardEcology #BraidingKnowledge
#GatheringMoss #Bryology #RobinWallKimmerer #BackyardEcology #BraidingKnowledge
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Sometimes, I feel like everything is garbage & I get overwhelmed but then I imagine how I'd feel if I was a raccoon and suddenly, being surrounded by garbage isn't so bad. In fact, by raccoon standards, being surrounded by garbage is actually great. Life is about perspective.
April 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Sometimes, I feel like everything is garbage & I get overwhelmed but then I imagine how I'd feel if I was a raccoon and suddenly, being surrounded by garbage isn't so bad. In fact, by raccoon standards, being surrounded by garbage is actually great. Life is about perspective.
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Bayer is lobbying for state and federal laws that would give it legal immunity from claims that Roundup causes cancer, and launched a new ad blitz.
Bayer’s Effort to Block Roundup Lawsuits Kicks Into High Gear
The agrichemical giant Bayer is lobbying for state and federal laws that would give it legal immunity from claims that Roundup causes cancer.
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April 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Bayer is lobbying for state and federal laws that would give it legal immunity from claims that Roundup causes cancer, and launched a new ad blitz.
Flower season is fast approaching and I can’t wait to creep on the pollinators—especially those fuzzy legs dusted with pollen.
April 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Flower season is fast approaching and I can’t wait to creep on the pollinators—especially those fuzzy legs dusted with pollen.
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People need to understand that, in mainstream Western institutions, “good economics” does not mean what’s best for meeting the needs of working people, but what’s best for ensuring capital accumulation and imperial hegemony. That’s it.
April 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
People need to understand that, in mainstream Western institutions, “good economics” does not mean what’s best for meeting the needs of working people, but what’s best for ensuring capital accumulation and imperial hegemony. That’s it.
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Activist and author Robin Greenfield offers his suggestions for strengthening your community through food.
10 Ways to Get Involved With Food Mutual Aid
Activist Robin Greenfield, author of 'Food Freedom,' offers suggestions on how to connect with and strengthen your community through food.
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April 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Activist and author Robin Greenfield offers his suggestions for strengthening your community through food.
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4 actions to support a sustainable democracy: No heroism required
4 actions to support a sustainable democracy: No heroism required
Neither heroic behaviour nor exceptional courage is required to engage in these accessible building blocks of a sustainable democracy.
theconversation.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
4 actions to support a sustainable democracy: No heroism required
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Nearly half of the global agriculture market is controlled by four companies. In "Titans of Industrial Agriculture," @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social outlines the forces that enabled this extreme concentration of power and why it matters. @landclimate.bsky.social interviewed Clapp on her new book:
Have monopolies broken agricultural markets? - Land and Climate Review
Alasdair speaks to Jennifer Clapp about her new book “Titans of Industrial Agriculture: How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why It Matters.”
www.landclimate.org
April 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Nearly half of the global agriculture market is controlled by four companies. In "Titans of Industrial Agriculture," @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social outlines the forces that enabled this extreme concentration of power and why it matters. @landclimate.bsky.social interviewed Clapp on her new book:
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Ece Temelkuran: “In #Turkey, we are showing the world how to challenge a callous, authoritarian leader” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social
In Turkey, we are showing the world how to challenge a callous, authoritarian leader | Ece Temelkuran
The youthful energy of street protest is breathing life back into failing progressive parties – and it’s a model that could be applied everywhere, says Turkish journalist and political commentator Ece...
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Ece Temelkuran: “In #Turkey, we are showing the world how to challenge a callous, authoritarian leader” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social
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Important discussion on CBC’s Front Burner today about the US government’s war on university professors podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
‘Professors are the enemy’: Trump’s war on higher education
Podcast Episode · Front Burner · 2025-03-26 · 35m
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March 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Important discussion on CBC’s Front Burner today about the US government’s war on university professors podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
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Talking coenocytic green algae in class this week. So why not a cute local Bryopsis for #PhycologyFriday.
September 30, 2023 at 6:42 AM
Talking coenocytic green algae in class this week. So why not a cute local Bryopsis for #PhycologyFriday.