Marta Berbés

Goons. Nothing but goons.

Cat: TGIF!

We are kicking off the ‘Blackwards’ to the Future project in Phoenix with these powerhouses. I’m trying not to get too excited because we have had false starts before but the energy in the room is palpable. Actually, too late, I am super excited to be working with this group.

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Radical Ocean Futures webinar 🌊✨ blending imagination and science to spark new ways of thinking about futures for the #ocean and the planet.

- short films and expert panel discussion.

🗓️ Wed 5 Nov · 09:00 EST / 15:00 CET
Register-> stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@socses.bsky.social

Resilience Alliance/SocSES Online Short Course: Resilience Science and Climate Change – SocSES The 2025 Resilience Alliance short course is being offered in collaboration with SocSES. The course is designed for graduate students (Masters and PhD) and post

Excited to share that I’ll be teaching in the upcoming online short course on Resilience Science and Climate Change—a collaboration between @socses.bsky.social @resiliencealliance.bsky.social. The course will be online Oct 27-31. Check out more details and how to apply: socses.org/resilience-a...

a line of heavily armed federal agents in riot gear standing in a field surrounded by tomato plants

The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for.

UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families.

Our full statement below. ⬇️
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Just the essentials for spending the afternoon reviewing a student’s thesis: highlighter, pens, stickies. Cheese platter.

Is sustainability thinking too WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic)? New article by Rachelle Gould, Yolanda Jimenez Naranjo and @pattybal.bsky.social

Didn’t think I needed another dystopian sci-fi to kick off my summer reading, but Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's “Chain-Gang All-Stars” proved me wrong. Gladiator fights for prisoner freedom in a privatised US prison system? Uncomfortably plausible.

🆘Help us document and make visible the struggles for environmental justice!

The EJAtlas from ICTA-UAB is a tool to document environmental conflicts and visibilise the impacts that the extractive economy generates.

💰🙏The donations will be used to maintain it

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In 1823, during his Black Painting series, Goya painted "Duelo a garrotazos", translated as "Duel with Cudgels". The painting depicts two men violently striking each other with cudgels while seemingly trapped in a muddy or barren landscape, often interpreted as an allegory of civil strife.

Ecology & Society: Welcome home! Introducing SocSES: a society for inclusive and impactful social-ecological research Underpinned by systemic thinking, social-ecological systems (SES) research has emerged as a critical field for addressing the challenges of the Anthropocene, marked by a cross-scale focus, inter- and ...

Thrilled to be part of this watershed moment in the field of social-ecological systems research. Coinciding w/ the launch of SocSES earlier this year, this publication takes stock of how far we've come as a community and the possibilities that lie ahead. ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss2/a...

I am, of course, of no help but thanks for the validation! I’ve been having the same wide range in quotes: Booking starts at $50, the rental car company starts at $700.

Of course! I was happy to support this effort. I am still waiting for the patio weather but yes, let’s make this happen.

The BEING BLACK IN PUBLIC survey report is out—a powerful act of testimony, care, and visioning, released on the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. Led with such honesty, rigour, and heart by my brilliant colleague @jaypitter.bsky.social. Dig in, reflect, share.

I love the ferns. We plantef some a couple of years ago. They look nothing like yours but I still have hope.

When in doubt, plant some more native plants.

The Vision What could an abundant, resilient, and inclusive region look like? The vision statements in these 15 sections can help us paint that picture. Each section represents a topic area like disability ju…

Community-rooted visions of the future are critical in uncertain times. I'm continually inspired by the work of this group of dedicated, uncompromising, and visionary organizers in the Waterloo Region. It's been a pleasure to support them, even in small ways. onemillionneighbours.ca/vision/

A good read if, like me, you feel you are trying your best and your best is simply not good enough.

Here for you!

Four SF/F/H books by women writers that I’ve recently enjoyed

ArizonaForward recognized our arts-science collaboration AMBIENTE with the Environmental Excellence award. Working with these folks has fed my soul in so many ways and it's just wonderful to watch, even from a distance, the accolades roll in. Find out more: www.thesagrado.org/ambiente-pub...

A lot of great urbanista and place-makers will be in Toronto this summer:

👀 The new Society for Social-Ecological Systems (SocSES) is launching on March 27. This will be an academic home for inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability scholars. Link to registration below.

Feeling for my colleagues south of the border. Yesterday we received a stop-work order on a new NSF grant. Last week, my friend’s name appeared on a list identifying professors who were “DEI hires”. It hasn’t been a month.

Ecosystems and People (@esandpeople.bsky.social) is now on this space! We are an inter- and transdisciplinary journal on biodiversity, ecosystems & quality of life. Give us a follow!

Enabling “barrio” innovation: a grassroots approach for centering community initiatives in just sustainability transformations - Ecology & Society Sustainability transformations are most meaningful when communities take ownership of their collective futures and guide transformative processes that are rooted in their local traditions and value sy...

New publication led by Vanya Bisht and our group of community partners from South Phoenix where we outline the ‘barrio’ innovation, our way of co-producing knowledge to advance environmental justice. #CAPLTER doi.org/10.5751/ES-1...

Thanks to whoever made this labyrinth next to my campus building. It was a gift to take 10 minutes to walk through it and disconnect from whatever stage of late capitalism we are in. 🤍❄️

Postdoctor in project PLURALAKES Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC ) is a research centre on resilience and sustainability science at Stockholm University. The Centre advances the scientific understanding of the complex, dynamic inter

Looking for a postdoc @sthlmresilience.bsky.social to join 'PLURALAKES: Co-creating desirable nature futures of temperate lakes', operationalizing @ipbes.bsky.social Nature Futures Framework for lake ecosystems 💧🎣🌱⛵️https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:788096/where:4/

Not exactly what you are after but a former PhD student wrote this paper on assessing participation in energy transitions: doi.org/10.1016/j.er...