"Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’s climate advisers have forecast."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reminder: The cost of the sun and wind will never increase because of conflict. While oil prices rise by almost 50% in the U.S. - sunlight remains free and abundant, forever. ☀️
This is what ecocide looks like.
This is making the rounds again, and I was amused to reread the thread and see that it was shortly before our book came out. Lots has happened in the past 10 months, but the message of this thread still holds.
The Sibley Prairie is one of the last remnants of lake plain prairie in SE Michigan. it's kind of a miracle that it still exists. Many conservation groups have come together in an effort to preserve it. I have donated, and hope that, if you can, you will too.
bridgemi.com/outdoors-lif...
Lake Michigan was such a symphony of colors today.
Happy Birthday, Chicago!
Chicago adopted its motto “Urbs in Horto” (“City in a Garden”) in the 1830s to express both a geographical reality and a civic aspiration. 1/4
📸: Matthew Dolkart (Imani, son of Monty & Rose, our native son, as a fledgling at Montrose Beach, August 2021)
Nice sunset tonight in Frankfort MI, looking out over Betsie Lake as the ice breaks up, with Lake Michigan behind the dune.
Abolishing ICE is now officially the moderate position.
A folk logic about it is starting to develop. People may not understand the monopolies and geopolitics of renewable energy at a gradual level. But they can see data centers, hear data centers, and read their electric bill statements. They are angry.
This fight is about protecting an American legacy and keeping good union jobs in Eastlake, OH. UAW members are fighting for the future of Conn-Selmer. Join us! Tell President Trump: Keep Conn-Selmer in Ohio! uaw.us/SaveConnSelmer
I wrote a book! (Yes, this often happens to me.) And yes, it's the pink stripe in the rainbow flag when you stack them right. It's out Tuesday and I start doing events on Monday with the most amazing people. List here and more below: www.rebeccasolnit.net/events1.html
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”
In my Teaching in Higher Ed class, the students reported out after interviewing a faculty mentor about how they make certain pedagogy decisions. Some students said their mentor hadn't heard of some of the techniques we discussed in my class so the students shared their materials 😭
We are thrilled to announce that the ninth installment of our open-access online publication 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is now live. It offers a dialogue on human nature and the origins of environmental degradation, taking inspiration from tradition and Indigenous practices.
springs-rcc.org
#envhum #envhist
These are “low enrollment” majors but the classes are regularly at capacity. They changed the funding structure a few years ago here, switching the allocation from course enrollments to majors then blamed these departments for a structural, top-down change. This is entirely a political choice.
Looks like spring is on the way!
Our latest episode of Great Lakes Now is about:
-Restoring arctic grayling
-Understanding the environmental impact of road salt
+ my interview with Ethan Tapper on how foresters, environmentalists, & the lumber industry are not diametrically opposed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge2Q...
When Lake Erie froze over almost completely this month, photographer Carlos Osorio set out to capture its solid state —and the people who came to visit it — just before the surface fractured. thenarwhal.ca/frozen-lake-...
The Climate Fiction Prize 2026 longlist is here! 🤩📚
This longlist shows the limitless scope of climate fiction, from gripping thrillers to experimental literary works, folklore and reimagined myths to science fiction and generational family saga.
Full list here: climatefictionprize.co.uk
Great essay from our @umich.edu College of Literature, Science, & the Arts Dean Rosie Ceballo on supporting our first generation college students.
record.umich.edu/articles/lsa...
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
Top of the morning from Hyde Park, the most #bookish neighborhood in Chicago.
📍 1501 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637
#BookSky #ReaderSky #BookstoreLife
I love seeing all these folks out walking. The sun brought them out, and they seem SO eager to watch the spring emerge. I'm right there with them!
Yep. The market problem writ large is exceptionally true in highered. But it won’t matter — and doesn’t matter — to those in charge right now because the point is to strip the institution.
Nearly a year ago, Zohran Mamdani confronted Trump “border czar” Tom Homan after ICE took Mahmoud Khalil.
Republicans targeted pro-Palestine students. Then, with no firm pushback, expanded their operations to what we see today.
Mamdani was among the few Democrats who immediately stood against it.
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
It is so important to keep hammering in this point. People always ask me why I would have to go visit archives - why not just look at a scan? Because they haven’t been scanned! And they are never going to be! There are millions & millions of pieces of paper in every archive.
Happy Darwin Day! Born OTD in 1809.
Sunrise on Isle Royale this morning. Still frozen, but you can feel spring coming in the light.
