Hey, Canadian ecology/environment/sustainability profs: this is a great lab activity.

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

🆕 In Canada, forest owners are extremely eager to adapt their forests, but they lack adequate programs and policy instruments. 🔗 Paper in open access at #CommunicationsEarthAndEnvironment www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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...

The Carney government wants to pare back aspects of Canada’s anti-greenwashing law, telling @meyer.bsky.social it prevents the fossil fuel industry and other groups from sharing their environmental claims. Critics say the law might be working as intended. thenarwhal.ca/greenwashing...

How can we prepare for shocks? A good start is by collecting data on past events. Centre researcher Emmy Wassénius leads the project Shock Tracker the first prototype of a united database of social-ecological shocks. Learn more: www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res...

We need advice from @ipbes.net @futureearth.bsky.social @esgproject.bsky.social @worldresources.bsky.social @unep.org

Final call to get your applications in! If you are interested in doing a postdoc in #urbanecology. A multi-city project across three Canadian cities; Vancouver, Montréal, and Québec @ffgg-ulaval.bsky.social @cef-cfr.bsky.social See details below ⬇️

This is like an ad for why tech can't replicate nature. From my local park, we're in a drought, and it's still nice and shady under the real tree...

Reminiscing about the fun field work that led to this paper. So grateful to everyone who was involved!

Submissions are open to the end of the month!

I crunched the numbers on my not-very-scientific survey of why people don't plant native plants. 210 people answered this Q. I read through the comments & categorized concerns into 10 categories. Most common reasons were 1) Lack of Knowledge 2) No Time 3) Money 4) No good source for native plants

Can we expand the narrative and definition of human development to include flourishing with nature? Our new paper in Nature explores such a vision, and outlines a metric - the Nature Relationship Index - to sit alongside the Human Development Index. @naturerecovery.bsky.social

Reminder this is on in about an hour if you want to come chat trees and meet SES researchers. It's not too late to join! 😊

Are you an early career researcher or professional looking to connect with others studying social-ecological systems? Join us next Thursday for a fun, casual, tree-themed gathering socses.org/early-career...

Spoiler, they're not really empty 🌱🦨🦡🦇

Today, PM Mark Carney announced the tabling of Bill C-5. Its proposed process for projects deemed “in the national interest” would directly undermine environmental protections and threaten Indigenous rights, while shutting down democratic decision-making. ⚠️ Read our network's response 👇

It's an honour to be part of the authorship team for this new paper introducing @socses.bsky.social to the world! Being part of the team kickstarting the early career hub has felt so rewarding, especially meeting so many others around the world working on linked social-ecological research

Work weeks like last one are a dream. As part of the Beijer Institute's Young Scholar Program, I got to meet with brilliant scholars from around the world working on theories, models and cases to better understand, prevent and adapt to shocks in an increasingly turbulent world.

From UNESCO sites in 3 countries, Katja Malmborg, Caroline Seiferth & I propose place-based identities and senses of belonging as potential deep leverage points for transformative action-oriented research for sustainability. Check out our new paper: shorturl.at/b5rF9

So cool to see SES researchers calling in from around the world for today's official launch of the @socses.bsky.social Early Career Hub! 🥳

Some of the most rewarding parts of doing a PhD has been working with this group!

A beautiful final official annual gathering of @nserc-resnet.bsky.social this week. So much cool science coming out of this network. I'm so grateful for this community 💚

Spent Earth day with friends from @nserc-resnet.bsky.social discussing how research networks can support careful social-ecological science from an early career perspective

Join us on the 29th!

SocSES socses.org the Social-Ecological Systems Society Is launching in tomorrow 📅 Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025 ⏰ Time: 15:30 CAT / 14:30 CET / 09:30 EDT more info: socses.org/join-our-vir... signup for the online launch: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

International day of forests has me thinking about my favourite forest encounters this year. I'm so lucky to get to work with 🌲🌳 and 👥. From @nserc-resnet.bsky.social gathering in B.C. to PECS III in Montréal to @iufro.bsky.social in Stockholm

so cool to see our 2024 publication in the account of @esandpeople.bsky.social ! using a participatory approach, we developed a qualitative model and future scenarios for nature’s contributions to people at the periurban region of Campinas, a metropolis in Brazil!

Globe and Mail: BSE Prof. Elena Bennett says that "the rapid policy shift in the U.S. is causing huge uncertainty," and a project she is a part of--the National Nature Assessment-- was shut down after a WH executive order. "We got an email and we're done." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Very excited for this event and launch! Times are tough for science and this emerging society is a place where I find a supportive community and engaged researchers

It's official: Sandra Díaz & Eduardo Brondízio Win the 2025 Tyler Prize! 💬 "The climate crisis, biodiversity loss & inequalities are all connected." – Díaz & Brondízio Let’s celebrate these changemakers! #TylerPrize #Biodiversity #Sustainability #ClimateAction #GlobalSouth

Such a great episode!

Some 🌳 species are important to cultures, but this isn't passive appreciation. Looking at ecosystem services + services TO ecosystems, we combined biophysical sampling of trees (122 plots) & interviews (31) in a settled landscape to show cultural sig emerges through active relationships.

It’s official: the US National Nature Assessment has been cancelled as a result of Trump’s sweeping revocations of Biden’s executive orders. I worked with amazing people on this for months. It matters, and even though they can stop the official report they cannot undo the relationships.

Looking for a postdoc @sthlmresilience.bsky.social to join 'PLURALAKES: Co-creating desirable nature futures of temperate lakes', operationalizing @ipbes.bsky.social Nature Futures Framework for lake ecosystems 💧🎣🌱⛵️https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:788096/where:4/

Public trust in science-sometimes partisan and populist, but way stronger than you might think. So many interesting findings in this paper! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Join us as a postdoctoral researcher in the PLURALAKES project! PLURALAKES aims to enhance lake management strategies through participatory processes with diverse stakeholders. See the full job description and apply by 04 February 2025 here: https://buff.ly/3yHe23F

Enjoyed the rewilding exhibit at the @museumofnature.bsky.social highlighting the links b/w social and ecological through art. I loved all the pieces but Xecê Khadija Baker's "performing community garden" and Hashveenah Manoharan's watercolours on plants, food and culture especially spoke to me 🌱🌰🍊

Figure/Finding Explainer: I love the figure from our chapter that made it into the Summary for Policymakers of the IPBES #transformativechange assessment. It was a group effort that captures our entire chapter in a single image. Let me talk you through it: 🧵 SPM: ipbes.canto.de/pdfviewer/vi...

Interested in urban environments and thinking about a grad/postdoc position with an amazing supervisor and school? Check out these positions at Western Uni. I loved working with grad students there & campus is so nice. ➕️ Dr. Metson is doing really cool research: www.srmlab.ca/join-the-lab

The first snow arrived in Montréal! Later than it should be, it really feels like a gift of a reminder to slow down

Excited to see these videos coming out from this amazing team working on empathy for sustainability! 🌊

Thanks for making this starter pack @markandrachuk.bsky.social!

Call for participation🚨 Dear researchers, We @yess-network.bsky.social are interested in hearing your thoughts on your role in fostering transformative change and would greatly appreciate if you took part in our survey. Please share 🙏

Offering up my first #thicktrunktuesday to find more tree peeps 🌲🌳

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Does someone have a starter pack, feed, list, or non-BlueSky watering hole to find environment, science, nature freelancers? Ideally with your areas of interest. Mainly online/print but also radio or TV. Where you at? What do you want to write about? I HAVE STORY IDEAS AND KNOW COOL PEEPS.

December 1st is just around the corner. Why not learn some #R or #ggplot this holiday season? 🎄🎁 In 2019, I created the #RadventcalendaR, and in 2022, I followed it up with a #ggplotadventcalendaR. I guess I'm due for a new one for 2025... #RspatialcalendaR perhaps? Find them both are on GitHub 👇

Can you guess what FE6.2 is about? Describe what this diagram is for (with emoji only)