Sara Davis

What you can do: Week of March 2, 2026 This week, you can stand up for science, read local environmental news, and plan ahead for the coming month.

This week, you can stand up for science, read local environmental news, and plan ahead for the coming month.

Short month, but a good month of reading even though my local library branch was still closed for most of it. 💙📚 #BookSky

I've been meaning to do this since I got an "updates to OpenAI's privacy policy" email a few weeks ago. This is a good reminder.

Climate links from 2026 so far: what the White House is up to, more plastics where we don't want them, and some odds and ends of interest.

What we’re reading: February 2026 This month we're reading WHY FISH DON'T EXIST, IS A RIVER ALIVE?, and UNDERLAKE.

What we're reading this month—featuring gorgeous prose that weaves personal stories of loss and recovery with environmental themes.

What you can do: Week of February 23, 2026 This week, you can read about the Pennsylvania's data center debate, learn about Afrofuturism and bird conservation, and more.

It's pretty snowy out there, but there are some great webinars this week, including one about biodiversity and storytelling.

OH MY GOD why did none of you tell me they were turning VLADIMIR into a limited series?! With Rachel Weisz?!?!

A reminder about this labeler bsky.app/profile/harp...

Since the troll column seems to have worked: The very very very very very very very obvious question is not "why hasn't the left embraced AI" but "why has the right so eagerly embraced a tech product built on theft, sold by fraud, and optimized for abuse and misinformation"

“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”

High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!

What you can do: Week of February 16, 2026 This week, you can read about the EPA decision to revoke the 2009 Endangerment Finding.

Last week saw a major setback in the fight to regulate harmful greenhouse gas emissions. You can read more about it--and you can also seek out ways to learn about and connect with the environment.

A handsome orange cat arranges himself expectantly on a red tablecloth next to a vase of flowers. Surely this romantic mise en scène is for him?

Happy Valentine's Day from my foster fail, who has loved everyone he ever met and expects to be fully and equally loved by us all. Truly an icon-- May his brave open heart be an inspiration.

This is an outstanding resource and very clear rundown on a) why Substack is bad because people apparently still need to be spoonfed in 2026 and b) the MYRIAD options to use instead

My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse

What you can do: Week of February 9, 2026 This week, you can read about local efforts to resist major polluters and participate in a citywide climate resilience workshop.

This week you can layer up and show some love to a local park--or you can stay warm and read the news.

What we’re reading: January 2026 This month we're reading EXILE AND PRIDE, SALTCROP, and A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMPTY LOTS.

What we're reading this month— featuring themes like ag-tech, disability and queerness, and the untamed pockets of urban spaces.

What you can do: Week of February 2, 2026 This week, you can make a zine, learn about trees, and act to keep a unique urban agricultural high school open.

Last week we learned that a high-performing magnet school focused on environmental education was one of 20 Philly schools slated to close. Learn more about Lankenau and other local news this week.

And here's your periodic reminder that you can hang out with us on Bluesky as well! Get some ecofiction in your feed. go.bsky.app/9HqWB1b

If fiction's more your speed, we'll be reading ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION together starting in May--again, at your own pace, so some folks will be jumping in right on May 1 and others later. Our members live all over the world, so it's awesome to swap book impressions as a group.

Book cover for IS A RIVER ALIVE? by Robert Macfarlane

The Rewilding Our Stories Discord is reading IS A RIVER ALIVE? by Robert Macfarlane together this spring. If reading this gorgeous book with a group of eco-nerds sounds fun to you, you're welcome! We read and discuss at our own pace, so there's time to grab a copy and join in. discord.gg/gjub7nHEfQ

This month I read HAMNET, DANGEROUS FICTIONS, and WHY FISH DON'T EXIST. I also reread some favorites because that's the kind of comforting book you want in a snowstorm.💙📚 #BookSky

Generative AI: An annotated bibliography Discussions about incorporating generative AI in marketing, publishing, and education often fail to address copyright, environmental impacts, or labor issues. I compiled news, research, and case st…

Just updated this gigantic document, so it's time to reshare. I've been collecting and curating links about genAI since 2023; every so often I add more or replace some. This is how I process the news, but it's also handy when someone asks why I won't use genAI. literarysara.net/for-writers/...

You could give him some blank Valentines in an envelope to distribute as he sees fit, maybe?

Friday is salt snapshot day, so I already plan to be out of the office with my fellow volunteer stewards, carefully collecting samples from our ice-covered urban streams and testing sodium chloride levels. Unpaid work, but how lucky I feel to be able to choose environmental data over my day job.

CHARLES RAFFERTY The Problem with Early Warnings People don't like to leave a party unless the house is actually on fire. Even then, if the flames are far enough away to be pretty, they'll finish their drink, take one more pass at the hors d'oeuvres. How things happen has always been unclear. Hurricanes begin in a place where no one lives. Agents of the government start to wear masks. Fascism is a word my neighbors won't use yet. They are following the law, they say, and the sirens are coming for someone else.

This hit so fucking hard today.

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What you can do: Week of January 26 This week, you can learn about the impact of road salt on waterways and ecosystems--and how to use it responsibly.

The last week in January is Winter Salt Week--a great time to learn about how salt pollution impacts the natural world. We need road salt and sidewalk salt to stay safe--especially in this weather!--but we use more than we need.

When I first got the newsletter, I misread this header as “Alex Pretti cared about his work.” And that, too, seemed very motivating to me. Alex Pretti reportedly cared deeply about being an ICU nurse, and undeniably improved the lives of others in that role.
So may we all, in whatever ways we can.

Large brick wall with a tiny white signat the base of the wall that says "Slavery was real"

"Slavery was real"

Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.

Presidents House, Philadelphia.

Fun bluesky fact is that no matter what else is going on, someone is always reading Moby Dick