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A screenshot of slides drawn from 7 slide decks, showing the range of topics addressed on the webpage

A screenshot of slides drawn from 7 slide decks, showing the range of topics addressed on the webpage

Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare! doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...

25.11.2024 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 451    πŸ” 187    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 11
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On World #Wetlands Day. ~40% of the world’s aquatic species live and breed in wetlands. They act as sponges to absorb floodwater, hence key to reducing the impacts of extreme weather events in this era of #climatecrisis. Wetlands also support livelihoods for at least 1 in 8 people.

02.02.2025 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for asking and happy to be added to the Birds Feed.

19.01.2025 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Latino USA As a Zapotec and Maya Ch’orti’ environmental scientist, Dr. Jessica Hernandez has always found academia to be a hostile place. She had looked forward to sharing what she learned from her grandmother a...

Latino USA: Indigenous Science With Jessica Hernandez

Episode webpage: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...

Media file: dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...

18.01.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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18.01.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A rare and precious sighting of the Verditer Flycatcher from the balcony looking out into the green patch of my neighbour's garden, last evening just before sunset. This had to be my first post on #bluesky
#Bangkokpostcards #natureinthecity

19.01.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tax the billionaires until there are no billionaires anymore and distribute the money amongst the rest of the populace.

We can call it the Anti-Greed Redistribution Plan. Sound good?

10.01.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7495    πŸ” 1110    πŸ’¬ 294    πŸ“Œ 71
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One quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction - IUCN Red List Gland, Switzerland, 8 January 2025 (IUCN) – The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Speciesβ„’ to date has revealed that 24% of the world’s freshwater fish...

Nearly a quarter of the world's freshwater animals are at risk of extinction due to pollution, habitat loss, overfishing, water extraction and dams.

Their presence underpins the health of whole ecosystems that countless communities, both wild and human, rely on every day.
iucn.org/press-releas...

09.01.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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