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@drefb.bsky.social

Associate Prof , UNLV (she/her) Environmental & Science Communication and Strategies #TeamRhetoric author of Science v Story - 2024 (UC Press)

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It's been a while since I've seen inbox zero. When the world is on fire, I guess it's the little things that I hold onto πŸ™ƒ

12.03.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Forget about your carbon footprint. Try 'climatemaxxing.' Climate action is a guilt trip. Let’s make it aspirational instead.

I'm very excited to have been quoted in Kate Yoder's new article in @gristnews.bsky.social about the concept of "climatemaxxing": grist.org/culture/forg...

07.03.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of "Ecological Feelings" showing a drawing of a woman with blonde hair in front of a forest.

Cover of "Ecological Feelings" showing a drawing of a woman with blonde hair in front of a forest.

Table of Contents of "Ecological Feelings" with alphabetized emotions as the titles of chapters including care, concern, contempt, empathy, fear, etc.

Table of Contents of "Ecological Feelings" with alphabetized emotions as the titles of chapters including care, concern, contempt, empathy, fear, etc.

Hot off the press - The edited volume, "Ecological Feelings: A Rhetorical Compendium" edited by Joshua Trey Barnett is now out! This collection of ecological feelings includes my chapter on fear as well as chapters on regret, joy, contempt, care, and saudades: msupress.org/978161186525...

18.02.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every time I hear Xiye speak, I learn something new. Now, more than ever, we need voices like hers - original, compelling, and grounded. If you care about climate, watch this! ⬇️

05.02.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 357    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

One fun update is that my edited volume with JosΓ© Castro-Sotomayor on Intersectional Environmental Activism now has a cover! We're on the proofs stage and hope to have a publication date soon :)

03.02.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been really bad at checking this website and posting, but now I'm fully off of social-media-platform-that-cannot-be-named, I'm going to try and be more active here!

03.02.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

5 ways to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth (cause the fed govt doesn’t run your house)

1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to β€œNaima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card

02.02.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 16400    πŸ” 3419    πŸ’¬ 284    πŸ“Œ 103
A blue poster advertising the event "Wildfires and Climate Change" featuring me, Bill McKibben and Rev Yearwood (in the wrong order IMHO!) with representatives from the music industry (Maggie Baird, Billie Eilish's mom, Adam Met from the band AJR, and Dawn Richard from the hip hop caucus) today Feb 3 at 10am pacific time. See post for link.

A blue poster advertising the event "Wildfires and Climate Change" featuring me, Bill McKibben and Rev Yearwood (in the wrong order IMHO!) with representatives from the music industry (Maggie Baird, Billie Eilish's mom, Adam Met from the band AJR, and Dawn Richard from the hip hop caucus) today Feb 3 at 10am pacific time. See post for link.

A second blue poster with a long list of the music-related organizations involved in and supporting this event.

A second blue poster with a long list of the music-related organizations involved in and supporting this event.

TODAY at 1PM E / 10AM P!

Join @revyearwood.bsky.social, @billmckibben.bsky.social, and many more as we team up with the Music Sustainability Alliance to address the link between the wildfires and climate change, and explore what lies ahead. Free watch link here: teamhappily.zoom.us/j/85635428469

03.02.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Scientists fear Trump will erase public research, here’s what they are doing | CNN The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative is working to preserve scientific data and research on public government websites amid fears that topics like climate change and green energy will be r...

Grateful to @archive.org for downloading climate & environmental data as we re-enter an era of censorship & climate denial: www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/s...

20.11.2024 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
https://event.fourwaves.com/coce2025/pages

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18th Biennial Conference on Communication and Environment

June 23-27, 2025

event.fourwaves.com/coce2025/pages

09.09.2024 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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