Many uneasy questions www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...

What is life like for the children of war? Here’s a small peek into the lives of Ukrainian children whom Oksana, my friend and psychologist colleague, works with. We also support these children through @feeniksinkilta.bsky.social. youtu.be/upGUFyZ5YpU?...

A brand new - ecological - certification of forests that does not compromise with industry #sustainable #forest #conservation aeforest.org

Thank you, PATHWAYS, for inviting me to discuss a much contested issue of livestock roles in food systems. A question to all: has my discussant agreed or not that we need to downsize or reduce the livestock production? youtu.be/CEAQKFZdhjA?...

1/5 "Characterizing the Global Polycrisis: A Systematic Review of Recent Literature" - newly published in Annual Review of Env. & Resources (Rakowski & Schaan et al. 2025)! We harvested all papers on the global polycrisis and analysed a) what it is, b) its components, c) drivers, and d) solutions.

Our serious game is finally published as free resource! It encourages to discuss food choices in light of sustainability without blaming or getting on defensive, or indeed polarizing it into "right" or "wrong". Well done, the whole team of SustAnimalFood- project www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...

Pollinators such as wild #bees, #butterflies, and #hoverflies are in trouble worldwide. A major new study, published in Science, shows that the oft-quoted figure of 10% semi-natural habitat in farmland landscapes is far too little to safeguard pollinators jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/09/26/p...

Published in @peopleandnature.bsky.social: "The Role of Science and Scientists in Public Environmental Policy Debates: The case of EU agrochemical and Nature Restoration Regulations". We reflect on how to debunk misinformation and help depolarize heated debates. 👉 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

Excited to share that our review on the global polycrisis has been published in Annual Reviews! Thanks to the team for collaboration: Judith Rakowski, Linn Schaan, Guy Pe'er, Roel van Klink, Adina Arth, Gregor Hagedorn, Julian Rode, Felix Creutzig

Learn more here doi.org/10.1080/1571... Thanks! @cazamazac.bsky.social @irinaherzon.bsky.social #NikoRaty #KaisaKurki @syke.fi @helsinki.fi @sthlmresilience.bsky.social

Grazing cattle at low intensities could sustain biodiversity on modern farms: new paper out in AGEE doi.org/10.1016/j.ag... www.helsinki.fi/en/news/envi... @aksulehikoinen.bsky.social @irinaherzon.bsky.social @johanekroos.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social et al.

Come join us in restoring landscape features in intensive agricultural lands: Learn more about the LAFERIA project and how you can engage! ❗ The webinar is limited to 100 spots, so register ASAP to secure yours. 🔗More about the event, programme & registration: events.pensoft.net/events/come-...

And again, the same results, no matter how many times and in what context analysed: it is not enough to have "better" beef, we need to have less of it (and much less) phys.org/news/2025-03...

A 30 year study showed that the Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) came top of eight healthy dietary patterns studied: developed by Harvard, the AHEI prioritizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes, and healthy fats. #plantbased #sustainable www.sciencealert.com/a-30-year-st...

Geopolitical conflict impedes climate change mitigation Conflict doesn’t just worsen climate change—it obstructs mitigation. From military emissions to shattered cooperation, war derails climate action. Are IPCC scenarios too optimistic? www.nature.com/articles/s44...

An excellent response: youtu.be/k10gHRbFK9E?... #Polish Foreign Minister #Sikorski destroys #Russian propaganda at the #UnitedNations

Better meat? only if also Less! #sustainabiluy #food #SustAnimalFood- project

Suomalaiset syövät yhä enemmän broileria. Se ei ole ympäristön näkökulmasta pelkästään hyvä asia, saatikka huoltovarmuuden. #KariKoppelmäki nostaa tärkeitä seikkoja esiin broilerintuotannosta. www.hs.fi/alueet/art-2...

They use internet - our common resource (courtesy of Timothy John Berners-Lee), as well as results of everyone's creativity deposited online and our personal data. Fair commercialize is possible only if everyone who ever posted anything on internet is paid a dividend!

"We've grown up with this idea that more #FossilFuels means more prosperity which couldn't be further from the truth today. Fossil fuels are [becoming] the greatest cause of premature death on the planet. Heat waves, air pollution, toxicity in our daily lives, extreme weather & climate change."

"Climate advocates should emphasize the feasibility and scientific support for dietary change as a form of individual action and reclaim earlier, more ambitious dietary change goals that were diminished in part due to industry opposition."

Across the US, total butterfly abundance fell by 22% between 2000 and 2020 #biodiversitycrisis @science.org

#trump #putin #ukraine #Europe

The Women's Day I spent in company of amazing women from across the world (some online) in Oxford. I have received something called Suffrage Science Award. Happy, honored, empowered, humbled… www.bioch.ox.ac.uk/article/anno...

Breaking News: Declaring that “we are at a crossroads in history,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said that European countries would increase military spending and assemble a coalition to defend Ukraine.

Staff writer @anneapplebaum.bsky.social joined @npr.org's Morning Edition to discuss what Donald Trump's alignment with Russia means. Listen to the conversation here: www.npr.org/2025/02/24/n...

@laferia-project.eu Landscape Features Reintroduction in Intensive Agricultural land - aims to support landowners with the best available evidence on opportunities in reintroducing and maintaining landscape features of benefits to farmers and society @helsinki.fi and many others

In case you were wondering, the 2-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly is currently at 1.57°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.

🚨🚨 The election of Friedrich Merz might be a turning point for European politics offering hope for Ukrainians amid the Trump nightmare. The new chancellor declared that " he wanted Europe to gain full “independence” from the United States on defense. "🧵 www.politico.eu/article/germ...

Today in Helsinki

President Trump’s return to the White House has shifted the geopolitical environment in President Vladimir Putin's favor. Here's how.

Does "better" meat really mean eating less meat? Findings highlight complexities of “less but better” as a sustainability strategy. Can premium, ethical meat be part of the solution, or does it risk reinforcing status quo? doi.org/10.1007/s104...

Livestock and sustainability: No news is not good news Why do we need yet another article on this topic? What has changed? Very little — and that is exactly why it is important to bring it up again — and again. With Irina Herzon and Bob van Oort Read our post here: medium.com/@rachel.maza...

.#FoodSystems researchers ahoy! You are most welcome to take part in the 1st Nordic-Baltic Food Systems Conference & Policy Forum in Helsinki May 26-28.5 Due to several requests we decided to extend the Dl for CfP until 31.1.2025 Join us and spread the word! nordicagriresearch.org/conference-c...

This is serious: US is becoming Russia

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

The Economist: Elon Musk is shredding America’s government as he did Twitter.

Your experiences with entirely online conferences? The idea is sound: we have learnt so much in Covid times not to travel around the world. I have joint one by IEREK: organisation is excellent but the attendees are rather too few. Advice for better attended online venues? #foodsystem #agroecology?

📢Join our Symposium in June. Early bird registrations are open till May 16th, and the presentation submission deadline is Wednesday 26 March. 🧪 More info here: buff.ly/42OdANQ @ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk

Simone Biemond presents her master thesis in Wageningen University on how a vegan agriculture might have look in Southern Finland. Sounds like fiction? Who knows what future might look like #SustAnimalFood @helsinkiuni.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social

To fix our governance, alleviate geopolitical, social and environmental threats

Long-Term Intake of Red Meat in Relation to Dementia Risk and Cognitive Function in US Adults www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

I know helping Ukraine seems like a bottomless pit, into which all money and effort sink, but we know from history that it is an illusion: things always can get worse without active efforts of many people to prevent it. I can personally recommend @markusmattsson.bsky.social, also on FB

As always, an insightful and direct account from Timothy Snyder on why "Trump is Russia’s only chance of winning the war" and how "we overestimate Trump and we underestimate Musk" #trump #musk #putin

This essay was difficult to write and now it sparkled some responses back, some are critical of me being critical. I guess it is all for the good, as long as we do not push one-sided narratives without proper fact-checking into policy and other decision-making

We examine how to enhance biodiversity in productive grasslands in our new open access book chapter www.bdspublishing.com/_webedit/upl...