Geoff Dabelko

Did you know Island Press has a free monthly book club?

Join us in August for a conversation with THREAT MULTIPLIER author Sherri Goodman, moderated by NYT's Lisa Friedman.

RSVP and ask your Qs on the evolving security landscape of the US and abroad. give.islandpress.org/ThreatMultip...

Congrats to Teslima Jallow for his successful defense of his MS Environmental Studies thesis on climate adaption and older adults in Banjul, The Gambia. Great contribution to our Grey Green Alliance research agenda and loads of helpful takeaways for practitioners.

New Security Beat Finds a New Home • Stimson Center A trusted platform on environmental security finds a new institutional home amid rising global climate and security risks.

Terrific to see @newsecuritybeat.bsky.social and @lauren-risi.bsky.social landing at @stimsoncenter.bsky.social after Wilson Center shutdown. Stimson great partner to us at ECSP for decades & regular contributor in environment, peacebuilding, climate & security space. www.stimson.org/2025/new-sec...

Kudos to my Ohio University Voinovich School colleague Dr. Natalie Kruse leading the team and Azmat Khan who led the write-up efforts while also completing an outstanding dissertation on climate change communication in Pakistan.

We found resilience by necessity yet so many interconnected challenges for these rural counties in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and Virginia where we deployed a survey & did focus groups. The NOAA funded work brought a diverse group across states and universities together.

Extreme Weather Events and Risk Communication Challenges in Central Appalachia: A Qualitative Inquiry This study inventories and identifies communication challenges faced by emergency management agencies in Central Appalachia as they engage communities in preparation, response and recovery efforts fo....

Thrilled to see this new article capturing some of the insights from a collaborative research effort to better understand how county level health and emergency response officials in Central Appalachia grapple with extreme weather events and risk communication. doi.org/10.1111/1468...

Super excited to get Sadie's @sadiebabits.bsky.social new book Hot Takes from @islandpress.bsky.social. So much experience to feed into a guide for covering climate change. I know it will be a great resource for our students learning the ins and outs of science communication as well!

Voinovich School celebrates 50 years of Environmental Studies with alumni, industry partners at Jackie O's on Fourth More than 70 alumni, past and present faculty, and staff attended, enjoying an evening of networking and reconnecting with friends old and new.

Great fun catching up with alums and friends of Environmental Studies at Ohio University as we mark our 50th anniversary. Thanks Art Oestrike and Jackie O's for hosting us in Columbus and partnering on a circular economy project of turning brewery waste into energy! www.ohio.edu/news/2025/07...

Defending Human Rights Is Dangerous. Defending Nature Makes It Even Riskier - Inside Climate News Over the past decade, there have been more than 6,400 attacks on human rights defenders, with three-fourths carried out against environmental defenders.

Important reminder from @katiesurma.bsky.social that environmental defenders face violence or the threat of, sanctioned & otherwise, so often. Long neglected focus of #environmentalsecurity work. Our IR & conflict studies biases blinded us to these key dynamics. insideclimatenews.org/news/2005202...

Good quick account of the many decades of assessing environment and climate links with security no matter which party controlled the White House.

Great to catch up with Environmental Studies Voinovich School alums! Thuy Ho and Sharif Wahab doing great research in the Geography PhD program at IU Bloomington!

One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”

“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.”

Via @grist.org
grist.org/biking/one-m...

Love the graduation selfie genre!

Love those smiling faces at graduation. Lots of hard work goes into both our Masters of Sustainability, Security & Resilience and our Masters of Science in Environmental Studies at the Voinovich School.

Serious food for thought at the end of another semester.

A thrill (and challenge) to keynote Ohio University's Earth Day program. Talked of 2025 losses in personal terms with the Wilson Center & U.S. Global Change Research Program, but spent most of my time on sources of inspiration from students, faculty, staff & community partners near and far.

Screenshot of Circle of Blue website with pictures

Congrats @circleofblue.bsky.social on the great new look online. Go source for storytelling with a purpose on all things water. www.circleofblue.org

Voinovich School students collaborate with regional mayors to tackle community challenges The Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service continues to foster community-academic collaboration through real-world experiences, exemplified by Professor Geoff Dabelko’s class.

Latest installment of learning & making a difference through partnership at the Voinovich School. Four student teams tackled community challenges identified by four Mayors in the Mayors' Partnership for Progress. Presented & shared practical resource portfolios www.ohio.edu/news/2025/04...

The Heat and the Fury

Check out Peter's book from @islandpress.bsky.social islandpress.org/books/heat-a...

Thrill to have Peter @schwartzstein.bsky.social beam in to discuss his new book The Heat and the Fury with Environmental Studies students at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University.

OHIO Giving Day 2025 Join me and make a gift on OHIO Giving Day 2025. We can ensure OHIO’s next era is the best one yet.

Consider supporting the Environmental Studies Program in our 50th year for more hands-on learning & making public service impacts in communities. Find us (& a match opportunity) under the Voinovich School of Leadership & Public Service on this Giving Day! www.givecampus.com/schools/Ohio...

Photo of Danielle Arigoni on TV screen speaking with graduate students at Ohio University

Cover of Island Press book Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation

Terrific to have Danielle Arigoni, author of Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation, beam in to talk about practical responses to the twin trends of aging and warming. Great opportunity for students to ask questions about a neglected area so ripe for collaboration. Advancing our Grey Green Alliance!

Photo exhibit explores Athens County's 'deep culture of caring' "Social Connectedness and Extreme Weather in Athens County" explores social isolation and extreme weather response.

Great piece Emily Votaw @woubnews.bsky.social on this weekend's opening of Social Connectedness and Extreme Weather in Athens County: A Community Photo Exhibition at the Nelsonville Public Library. Fiona Doherty OSU's @agefriendlyoh.bsky.social will make remarks Sat 10:30am woub.org/2025/03/12/c...

Photo of Dow Lake Dam in Athens Ohio with blue sky, white clouds, and a structure extending out into the lake

Excited to see results of Fiona Doherty's photo elicitation research on preparedness for extreme weather among younger and older adults here in Athens County Ohio. Fiona is a key member of the Grey Green Alliance collaboration between OSU & OU. Event March 15 events.myacpl.org/event/social...

It was great fun speaking with @stefandoring.bsky.social about the link between science and policy and share some personal reflections on some of the work we have been doing on Climate, Peace and Security at @sipri.org over the years.

From waste to worth: Using septic sewage as fertilizer – Athens County Independent Failing septic systems and fertilizer runoff are major contributors to the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, but an Ohio University researcher proposes a process to reduce both while boosting the local...

More waste to asset applied research frm colleagues at the Voinovich School at Ohio University. Looking forward to seeing how these strategies reduce waste burdens on Appalachian Ohio's waterways while reducing imported synthetic fertilizers & the emissions from producing them lnkd.in/g3393fAw

OU graduate student presenting a powerpoint

OU graduate student presenting a powerpoint

Talking Grey Green Alliance grad students Veneranda Gweliwo and Teslima Jallow doing a deep dive on rural to urban migration in West Africa. Key foundation for better understanding the challenges older adult especially women face in a warmer world given gender roles in agriculture.

Age-friendly Communities: A handbook of principles to guide local policy and action This handbook outlines the key features of age-friendly communities in the UK, and gives examples of practices and policies that can be implemented at a local level.

Thanks to the folks at the Centre for Ageing Better for this new handbook on implementing Age-Friendly Communities framework at the local level. Hoping to see some ways sustainability and climate resilience are accounted for ageing-better.org.uk/resources/ag...

Q&A: Should climate be a national security issue? In his new book, Climate Security, Ashok Swain argues that climate issues are so important and urgent that they must be treated as national security issues

Interesting interview with @ashoswai.bsky.social on his new #climatesecurity book. Ashok has been there from the beginning of #environmentalsecurity & climate security research and practice work in late 80s/early 90s & therefore avoids common ahistorical pitfalls dialogue.earth/en/climate/q...

Thanks so much Héctor!