Andy Pattison

This semester, I’m teaching my 300-level US Environmental Politics course and co-teaching, with my environmental science colleague, our 400-level Community-based Study of Environmental Issues course with some great local community partners. Not pictured: dozens of articles by brilliant colleagues.

I’m still in the midst of my reading between semesters, but I wanted to shout out this book. It’s a fantastic exploration of the Mississippi River, New Orleans, and the region's complex politics and geography. I highly recommended.

The Price of American Authoritarianism What can reverse democratic decline?

Worth a read www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Check out my awesome partner, Chandra Russo, and her new book, White Flank. In her words: "This book was built on the wisdom and experiences of organizers who have dedicated their lives to fighting for multiracial democracy. They give me hope in these dark times." bookshop.org/p/books/whit...

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!” - HST

manuscript submitted and fingers crossed

Marc Maron on the End of His Landmark Podcast

The end of an era. Lots of feelings. Worth a read. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/a...

Come see a great talk today. All are welcome.

The current Trump administration is attempting to rescind the Endangerment Finding, which would further hinder efforts to address climate change. Please consider submitting a comment in response to this plan www.regulations.gov/document/EPA...

What the Bloom After L.A.’s Wildfires Reveals About Our Ecological Future

This is a stunning read that I highly recommend
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/m...

After a year away, I am back in the classroom this fall, teaching "Sustainability & Climate Action Planning" and co-teaching "Rivers: Resources, Politics & Environmental Change" with friend/geology colleague @colddirt.bsky.social Not pictured, dozens of articles by brilliant folks.

As per my usual routine before fall classes start: manuscript submitted and fingers crossed.

Indeed. Made me think of this: "What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument." – C.S. Lewis

Military Raised Water Level of River in Ohio for JD Vance’s Family Boating Trip

I’m coteaching a 300-level interdisciplinary undergrad course with geologist colleague and friend @colddirt.bsky.social in the fall. The course is “Rivers: Resources, Politics, and Environmental Change.” Looking forward to discussing stories like this www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...

A short story in the @colgate.edu Research Magazine on my project “Condors over Cattle: Managed Wilderness and the Pastoral Tradition in Northern Baja California,” with
@bryanbrasmussen.bsky.social news.colgate.edu/researchmaga...

So great!

YouTube video by Black Sabbath BLACK SABBATH - "Paranoid" (Official Video)

RIP youtu.be/0qanF-91aJo?...

Colgate Students Present Environmental Policy Research at National Conference | Colgate University Leigha Schultze and Charlie Tourbaf presented “Redefining Wilderness: Comparative Perspectives and Policy Impacts in Protected Areas Across the U.S., Canada, and Australia” at the Association for Envi...

@colgate.edu story of Environmental Studies students doing great stuff www.colgate.edu/academics/de...

Loving our vacation back to our former home of Colorado. Our time in Denver was fantastic and now we are headed to the mountains for a few days. My favorite part about seeing our dear old friends at this stage of life is that my daughter is friends with their kids. It is a special kind of joy.

@colgate.edu students doing great work

A notable contribution the students made was to establish a novel categorical ranking system for national parks based on the degree of co-management within each park, drawing on examples from the literature. You should ask Leigha and Charlie about their findings.

The project is focusing on management practices across three key policy dimensions: 1) community impact, 2) fire management, and 3) ecosystem-based outcomes. The student selected nine national parks across the three countries.

Their project examines how variations in conceptualizations and legal definitions of wilderness across different countries influence land-management practices and policies in national parks and other protected areas in the three countries.

Two students, Leigha Schultze & Charlie Tourbaf, presented “Redefining Wilderness: Comparative Perspectives and Policy Impacts in Protected Areas Across the U.S., Canada, and Australia” at the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences annual conference in Minneapolis today. They did great!

There Will Never Be Another 'WTF With Marc Maron' | Defector I heard Marc Maron announce he was ending his podcast the way that I imagine he’d’ve wanted me to—while walking through my neighborhood in Los Angeles, through wired headphones, just a little too hopp...

Loved this "The story being told over these 16 years was about one man's journey to get his damn life together...The future for WTF will be heavy on awards...there will also be a chance to look back and take stock...Where were we when this started, and where are we now?" defector.com/there-will-n...

An Innocent Abroad in Mark Twain’s Paris My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, existential dread, and a rowboat.

A great read: www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

Marc Maron announced that after 16 years, he’ll be wrapping up the WTF podcast. So I’m not ready for any more big changes in my life for a little while.

Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids And start raising kind ones.

Worth a read: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...

Ending the Energy Star program is not a conservative policy choice in any way, shape or form