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Heather Alberro

@dralberro.bsky.social

Green utopian academic-activist, writer, Lecturer in Sustainability @ University of Manchester, co-convenor for @PSAEnvironment, fellow of all terrestrials. She/her. βœŠπŸΌπŸŒπŸŒ±πŸ¦ˆπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/heather-alberro

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Essential read offering a critical look at the cooption of the word β€˜sustainability’ within western-capitalist and Eurocentric frameworks. It asks: what are we hoping to sustain? How do we reclaim the transformative potential of sustainability as a concept, movement and way of being? πŸ«ΆπŸΌπŸŒπŸŒŠβ™»οΈβœŠπŸΌ

23.01.2026 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Christians worldwide urged to take legal action on climate crisis Handbook outlines practical ways faith organisations can β€˜speak truth to power’ to help protect planet

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Christians worldwide urged to take legal action on climate crisis - The Guardian

More information: theguardian.com/world/2025/...

#ClimateAction 🌎🌍🌏

21.01.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt

I have very mixed feeling about this report & the coverage it is getting. It’s good to see biodiversity loss getting attention. BUT experience in tackling #IWT shows linking biodiversity & security issues carries significant risks, often for the most vulnerable www.theguardian.com/environment/...

21.01.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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The internet offered a world of connection and cooperation. What we got was a world of ruthless monopolies and oligarchs.
πŸ‘‰ tcnv.link/DpgGpem

10.12.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starbucks workers and unions in 10 countries to protest in support of US baristas Starbucks workers and union allies in 10 countries are set to demonstrate on Wednesday in support of striking US employees.

I've been to a Starbucks maybe once in my life because they're evil, but if you are a customer, now is just as good a time as 'forever' to deny them your business. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

10.12.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’ UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required β€˜before collapse becomes inevitable’

The unsustainable production of food and fossil fuels causes $5bn of environmental damage PER HOUR - major UN report.

A global transformation of governance, economics and finance is required β€œbefore collapse becomes inevitable”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

09.12.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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βœŠπŸΌπŸ«ΆπŸΌπŸŽ„

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Please share! @ebonyyoung.bsky.social @paulinesophieh.bsky.social @notesnthemargin.bsky.social @ctmcateer.bsky.social @environmentalpol.bsky.social @psaenvironmental.bsky.social @uompols.bsky.social

02.12.2025 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#TaxTheRich
#JailMillionaireTaxAvoiders
#AbolishBillionaires
#SocialistSunday

meme via Trevor Boardman

16.11.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 350    πŸ” 120    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 11

β€œRest is resistance and sleep is political. Systemic nightmares threaten our sleep.” - Alexis Pauline Gumbs, β€˜Undrowned: Black femminist lessons from marine mammals’ ✊🏼🐬🐳

14.11.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Governance and Board of Trustees | The Political Studies Association (PSA) Become a member Log in

This #TrusteesWeek we celebrate the PSA trustees and recognise the difference they make to our charity.πŸ’™ buff.ly/qC1d7TZ
@drdonnasmith.bsky.social
@dralberro.bsky.social
@profnjallen.bsky.social
@omaromalleykhan.bsky.social
@rosegann.bsky.social
@stefwolff.bsky.social
@teachpolitics.bsky.social

05.11.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hands off Venezuela! πŸ‡»πŸ‡ͺ✊🏼

03.11.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any candidate supported by billionaires is not one to be trusted.

03.11.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My TA sleeping on the job yet again πŸ₯ΉπŸ˜πŸ₯°πŸ€ͺ🐱. #cats

03.11.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Review: Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown: Entangled Futurities, edited by Heather Alberro, Emrah Atasoy, Nora Castle, Rhiannon Firth, and Conrad Scott Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown: Entangled Futurities is a collection published as part of the ROUTLEDGE ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES series. This collective labor...

Review (2025) of our book Entangled Futurities (Routledge 2024) by Sarah Lohmann in Science Fiction Studies journal! online.ucpress.edu/sfs/article-... @sarahlohmann.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @rhifirth.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social

22.10.2025 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here's a website that helps you switch to a greener bank.

Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.

makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/

22.10.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I've never heard a better political speech than that just delivered by @zackpolanski.bsky.social at #gpconf πŸ‘

Truthfulness, decency & kindness in politics, imagine that!

#GreenParty

03.10.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you for sharing! πŸ™πŸΌ

03.10.2025 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PSA Annual Conference | The Political Studies Association (PSA) Political Studies Association 76th Annual International ConferencePSA26: Political Studies Futures30 March – 1 April 2026, Oxford Join us in Oxford for PSA26 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures'Our ...

🚨CfP closing soon!

We would love to host your paper at the 2026 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Oxford.

More details here: www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...

Just select 'Environmental Politics Specialist Group' in the β€˜Topics’ section when submitting your abstract.

26.09.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exicting events on a great new book πŸ‘‡

26.09.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Frantz making sure we all damn well know how cute he is 😍πŸ₯°πŸˆ #cats

11.09.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAn economic order that contains inequalities as extreme as ours- in which the vanity rocket ships of billionaires sail over seas of human misery- is its own kind of depravity, and that level of injustice reproduces more depravity as a matter of course.” - Doppelganger @naomiaklein.bsky.social ✊🏼

11.09.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

This is a huge story.

Don't let him get away with it.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

05.09.2025 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4182    πŸ” 2345    πŸ’¬ 362    πŸ“Œ 174
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Workshop: Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity A one-day workshop on global (in)security, geopolitics and the environment.

πŸ“’ Don’t miss out! ♻️

Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic β€œEnvironmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity” πŸ™ŒπŸ»

πŸ—“οΈ 17 September at @manchester.ac.uk

Programme & registration⬇️

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...

04.09.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our dominant socioeconomic systems have β€œa Midas problem. There’s no endgame, just a stagnant pyramiding scheme. Endless, pointless prosperity”… - Richard Powers, The Overstory 🌱🌳

28.08.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“’ In case you missed out!

Send your paper proposal for the #PSA26 Annual Conference by 17 Oct 2025 πŸŽ‰

Why attend?
βœ… A great place to present your research & get feedback πŸ’‘
βœ… Network with peers & senior academics πŸ«±πŸ½β€πŸ«²πŸΌ
βœ… Get involved in Specialist Groups πŸ‘€

More info⬇️

27.08.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe world is not made for our utility…what use are we to trees?” - Richard Powers, β€˜The Overstory’ πŸŒ³πŸ’šπŸŒ

24.08.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 In case you missed it! 🚨

Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic β€œEnvironmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity”.

Save the date πŸ€“ πŸ—“οΈ 17 September. ♻️

To register and find out more, click on the link below ⬇️

22.08.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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