I'm giving two talks in London-- one today, one tomorrow! Research is a Land Relation 3 February 2026, 5-6.30pm, LSE, OLD 3.24 www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an... Counting across worlds IAS Common Ground, G11, South Wing UCL Wednesday, Feb 4 from 5 pm to 7 pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/counting-a...

Upcoming talk at LSE! "Research is a Land Relation" with the always superb @maxliboiron.bsky.social. 5pm 3 Feb LSE room OLD 3.24. See website SLCC.online for details!

New paper! "Struggling with Citational Politics as a Pathway to Unlearning and Relearning for Collective Action" on the material challenges of trying to cite ethically. We did a citation experiment. We found there were specific stages, and they didn't advance linearly. kula.uvic.ca/index.php/ku...

As part of the Nunatsiavut plastic monitoring project, one of my (Lana’s) thesis chapters is on the analysis we (community members and researchers from Nunatsiavut and academics at Memorial University) did examining ice for plastics.

The IndigeLab Network is hiring a Social Media and Content Creator!! Swipe to read the job description ➡️ To submit an application reach out to Veronica Madsen, IndigeLab Network Coordinator, at [email protected] or check out our official job post here: www.indigelabnetwork.com/employee-opp...

The IndigeLab Network invites researchers, artists, makers, and community storytellers to submit work for the Indigenous Data Communications Exhibit, a curated online exhibit celebrating Indigenous data shifters and re-makers. Submit an application here: www.indigelabnetwork.com/call-for-ind...

Congratulations to Riley Cotter, MSc! He officially completed his degree. His thesis, “Toward Place-based plastic monitoring in the Arctic,” received stellar reviews from examiners. Riley will be joining CLEAR as a full time researcher in the New Year!!

A quick intro to the person behind this week's postings. I'm Paul (he/him), a white settler researcher working with CLEAR on the Nunatsiavut Plastics research. I'm based in Old Crow, Yukon, the traditional and self-governing territory of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation.

In June this year, a group of us from the CLEAR Lab and the Natural History Museum went to Rigolet, Nunatsiavut to hold an on-the-land workshop to discuss plastics research. We also ran eBird to gather observations of a huge variety of seabirds, waterfowl, and shorebirds during a day on the ocean.

I (@paulmccarney.bsky.social) am listening to @biidaasamose.bsky.social & Robin Maynard narrate their powerful book "Rehearsals for Living," which highlights Indigenous and Black feminist struggles for justice & liberation & discusses the colonial & patriarchal foundations of policing in Canada!

If you're in London in February and want to get your geek on with me: "This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of 2 Indigenous researchers to collaborate through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics." www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

This week we’re continuing to wake up our social media presence with… ME! 🌊 Hi everyone, I’m Riley Cotter. Right now, I'm a Research Specialist and MSc student (almost finished!) at CLEAR. ⬇️

The Weekly Read is "Fear of a Dead White Planet," by the More Worlds Collective (Joseph Masco, Tim Choy, Jake Kosek, and M. Murphy), which asks: How does one study when the planet is on fire? Read this book now for free! buff.ly/86Bikuh

Apply for this free PhD course on Energy Humanities in Stavanger, Norway! Please pass the opportunity on to students you know. Students from anywhere are welcome. #envhum #envhist

I (Max) highly recommend this book. The ethnography is beautiful. The methods of an activist/researcher are exceptional. The theories of change are poetic and grounded. The case study is holy shit.

In my latest 🧪⚛️ column for @newscientist.com for subscribers (including libraries): beautiful non-binary mesons! "the particles oscillate between being mesons and antimesons. In other words, neutral B mesons are spontaneously non-binary." 🏳️‍⚧️🥰 www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

“Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world,” a statement from the Jane Goodall Institute read.

We’re waking up our social media presence!🌱Every week, a different CLEAR member will share what life looks like in the lab, from wet lab work to community authorship. Each perspective is unique, showing the diff ways we think about what we do and *how* we do it. Stay tuned! 1/8

My piece echos Lynn Jacobs', but focuses on how even the best version of the Treaty includes Indigenous knowledge, but not Indigenous Peoples. Meaning, it's not a rights-based model like the one outlined by the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

[email protected] (Lynn Jacobs) has a great piece on "Indigenous rights, knowledge, and participation in the global plastics treaty" that details how Indigenous Peoples have been systematically blocked in the creation process www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

"The petrochemical historical bloc: Exposing the extent and depth of opposition to a high-ambition plastics treaty" identifies a bloc of petrostates, industry & their allies to ferret out disingenuous rhetoric and identify potential counter-alliances. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Today there's a public briefing on the collection, "Act boldly or fail: academic perspectives at a pivotal moment in global plastics treaty negotiations," where 60+ experts outline the consequences of delayed or diluted action 1/ www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

You can still register for tomorrow & Wednesday's workshops on promotion & tenure files for community-based research. Day 1 is CVs & Day 2 are dossiers. The team includes @arnkeeling.bsky.social @rosiealegado.bsky.social & Letitia Henville 1/3 cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

A short blog post with @maxliboiron.bsky.social for @clear-lab.bsky.social on the ethics of summary stats and why choice matters. It might seem obvious, but these problems still appear in papers when summarizing plastics data civiclaboratory.nl/2025/06/30/t... #PlasticPollution #ornithology

This piece by Alex Flynn is brilliant! Very happy to work with him and @clear-lab.bsky.social to bring more attention to it.

See the handy-dandy chart that converts articles in the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to articles in the draft Global Plastics Treaty. This chart and the paper are open access.

The draft Plastics Treaty has 3 sets of “Principles & Approaches, only 1 of which includes “knowledge of Indigenous Peoples. Even then, it includes Indigenous *knowledge* to the marked exclusion of Indigenous *Peoples*. A better way starts with Indigenous rights. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A story of Indigenous researchers across the US-Canadian border moving our data so it's safer. www.theverge.com/features/664...

CLEAR member Bridget Kakooza shared results about plastics in Ringed seals from around Rigolet, Nunatsiavut. While some seals ate plastics, the plastics were tiny and easily passed through the animals: "we are not worried about the negative impacts of plastics in them." www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Congratulations to all the authors of "Fragilities: Essays on the Politics, Ethics, and Aesthetics of Maintenance and Repair," published yesterday, open access! Our chapter is a choose-your-own-adventure through lab training at CLEAR. direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...

Join us for a two-day workshop this July on crafting your promotion and tenure file for community-based research. www.indigelabnetwork.com/test-worksho...

Yes!!! Finally a university leader standing up publicly for what is right. No to anticipatory compliance. Thank you UMich Dean Carlos F. Jackson: may you be an inspirational for many others. mailchi.mp/04bd06b0c03c...

Join Taryn on a tour of CLEAR! Why are our lab coats pink (spoiler: it's for scientific)? What senses do we use to identify plastics (hint: more than our eyes!)? What kind of people work at CLEAR (awesome people, obv)! @munlgeog.bsky.social #WomenInSTEM #QueerScience youtube.com/shorts/CVKwx...

Because we work with sensitive data and that belongs to Indigenous governments, we're making the switch to cloud-based storage and collaborative suites outside of the US.

Great to see the work of geographer Rosemary Collard featured, challenging the industry canard about red tape killing mining projects. Most times, it’s just the market. But also: it’s imperative we have rules and that they’re followed… www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

We are hiring a Research Associate to deepen research & education in Indigenous approaches to math, statistics & quantitative methods. See the link for details: civiclaboratory.nl/2025/01/18/p...

Really looking forward to working with someone on Indigenizing quantitative methods! The position is very flexible (FT or part time, remote or in person, can be made a postdoc) anticipating a range of researchers. #IndigeousSTEM civiclaboratory.nl/2025/01/18/p...

If you’re in Nain, join us for science and songs this coming week. We’re so excited to share five years of research data about plastics in Nunatsiavut, which involved over 200 people!

Exciting fellowship with the USGS for graduate students on diverse knowledgr systems in climate adaptation. Just make sure your projects include Indigenous data sovereignty ! www.usgs.gov/programs/cli...

"The smoke is a toxic soup. It’s not just the brush that’s burning, but homes are burning and homes contain plastics that are built from petrochemical compounds." - California Professional Firefighters president on CNN today.

Reposting our list of climate reporters, producers, and editors who are providing live updates on the fire on social media, as well.

Deadline Jan 10!

A good time for this post by Dr. Alex Zahara about what you can do when your research is attacked. Each step has great citations (& caveats) 1. Identify an Attack 2. Ignore the Attacks 3. Enlist help from support networks 4. Fight back 5. Apologize when Necessary civiclaboratory.nl/2025/01/03/w...

What aspects of Natural History Museums contribute to the perpetuation of colonialism? And how can we conduct anti-colonial research with them? A post by Alana Derry about how we're working to bring colonial collections back into the orbit of community research. civiclaboratory.nl/2025/01/03/h...

Writing a scientific article: A step-by-step guide for beginners Main sections that an average article should contain; elements that should appear in these sections, and some pointers for making the overall result attractive and acceptable for publication. halfonlab.ccr.buffalo.edu/other_docs/s...

Join our wonderful department! "Our ideal candidate will be engaged in environmental change /coupled human-environment systems research. This hire is specific to applicants who are Black or a Person of Colour" Deadline Jan 10 www.academicwork.ca/jobs/tenure-...

CLEAR Master's student Bridget Kakooza shows off her poster about the spring diet of natset (Ringed seals) in Nunatsiavut. This is the first part of a feeding ecology study on plastics.

Our website is getting a facelift! Thank you for your patience while we flicker... One of the change we're making is getting users to where they're going faster, based on which pages and searches are most popular. civiclaboratory.nl

Hello! Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR) is an interdisciplinary natural & social science lab space dedicated to good land relations directed by @maxliboiron.bsky.social at Memorial University, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. civiclaboratory.nl