Simon Batterbury

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I have been doing this as a social scientist in order to complete a book on the ethics, role of non-human actors, and political economy of pandemics, and goodness me, philosophy is a minefield ! I think we will finish it without a full knowledge of traditions and styles of argumentation.

WeCycle www.wecycle-melbourne.com won the City of Darebin Sustainability Award 2025 [I am holding it]. Recognition of years of supplying 1000s of free bikes to people in need. The Shed in Batman Park is also a player, leased from Council.

Over 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists attended COP30, says KBPO Analysis reveals one in 25 of COP30 participants represent the fossil fuel industry, with over 1,600 lobbyists given access, according to Kick Big Polluters Out

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Currently not electable.

No worries, Handbook not out quite yet. Sorry, a typo, when trying to meet the character limit. Communities of scientists are also being ineffective though. Live issue at our uni., which has signed up to DORA but still looking at journal rankings. Old habits die hard.

On it already. Q.why are pol ecologists publishing with them? you name?Batterbury,SPJ&Silva Garzon,D. '25. Publishing in Political Ecology:Rethinking unequal relationships and social justice.In Hope,J,Apostolopoulou E, & Collins YA (eds)New R'ledge Hbook of Political Ecology. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

A small journal update: we are a journal led by academics, with no budget, and published using Janeway software by the U of Arizona, where the journal began in 1994. For almost 30 years… | Journal ... A small journal update: we are a journal led by academics, with no budget, and published using Janeway software by the U of Arizona, where the journal began in 1994. For almost 30 years, contributi...

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Thanks to York lecturer Dr Judith Krauss, @judithekrauss.bsky.social
who co-edits one of the oldest OA wholly journals in social sciences, Journal of Political Ecology [estab 1993/4]. @jpoliticalecology.bsky.social Community-led. free, and a 'labour of love'.

'We stuffed up the whole world': Why these retirees protest From a retired anaesthetist to a garden-loving grandmother, these three older Australians have "stepped up" and into the "exhausting and stressful" protest movement.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... @susanjb7.bsky.social

I see them in most cities I have lived and worked in. Some schemes are terrible, others better, & socioeconomic and planning factors determine how successful. Also the weather & price

Sorry, departments

It may seem catastrophic,& I know the French system, but some anglo unis have been suffering this for decades. The French state may be badly managed at the moment but it is so strong compared to the UK, or Australia, that I do not think it will let universities collapse. May cut a few debts. though!

Known them for 30 yrs. the book needs to be open access, like all of my own. We are old enough to pay for that now! Secondly, communication with non-human nature is pretty much central to most Australian Aboriginal culture on country. I hope that gets a section. It has been documented for decades.

Degrowth Urban Transitions: A Tool Library Case Study in Australia | Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy Catalyzing sustainability transitions occurs at different scales, from macro-level policy changes to micro-level adjustments of lifestyles. This study argues that socio-economic transformations are ef...

Chakori S & Batterbury SPJ (2025) Degrowth urban transitions: a tool library case study in Australia. Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy 4(2), 428-445. doi.org/10.3138/jccp...

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Springer Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific Publishing Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro

Sponsored by MDPI? Ouch. See for example, the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...

Another problem is that I played my students a 2-minute bbc podcast about dam construction here in Australia, and it was preceded by two minutes of adverts!

Hundreds of e-bike riders fined for having overpowered cycles Hundreds of e-bike owners in Victoria have been fined for having overpowered and illegal cycles.

E-bikes: www.9news.com.au/national/ebi... if half of those fined or stopped had oversized engines, what does this say about the restriction on having a 250w motor and such an incredibly low speed limit of 25 km per hour assisted? Won't work in country with a good road network & big distances.

reneweconomy.com.au/woodside-gas... Great article by colleagues, for Australian readers. Government has issued major climate plans today, but at the same time, has approved a massive Woodside gas project expansion in NW Australia. Hypocritical.

BBC Sounds was closed to non UK based listeners on July 21. Thanks BBC

Listening to the BBC World Service from overseas, it does not seem all that bad. Stuff that would be of no interest to most British listeners, for example developments in the smaller African and Asian states, is at least reported. But closing BBC Sounds to non UK listeners in July was a disaster.

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China's green energy boom could spell the end of the fossil fuel age China has put its economic might behind renewable technologies in a desire to stop relying on imported fossil fuels.

It’s TACO time👇

‘In April this year, China installed more solar power than Australia has in all its history. In one month.’ #Energy
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I'm a bit worried that the locals don't want tourists and visitors, especially at that time of year

That is not Tucson, Used to live there.

Loads in Europe and especially Netherlands, but with ped/cyclist underpasses. Alternative is interminable waits for lights at X crossings [with stop/start emissions spike] incl for peds/cyclists, as in N America

Doesn't make sense to me. as [mainly] a cyclist.

Ban on e-bikes on trains a response over the top, cycling advocates say Cycling advocates say fires on trains are a rare occurrence and the risk could be managed by enforcing quality standards on imported batteries and devices.

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Transport VIC and train operators should be encouraging more people to use the public transport network, through safety checks or licensing of Ebikes, or suggesting other ways to weed out the bad ones in cooperation with the state government. Yes, this will cost more, and involved more agencies.