Our first paper of 2026 is open access: "From control to cohabitation: Social-ecological insights on urban wildness narratives". Led by @maireadod.bsky.social along with Melissa Pineda Pinto, Erik Andersson, & @marcuscollier.bsky.social : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #novelecosystems

Reconnecting people to nature is key for biodiversity action. Our new study identifies 5 ways people relate to #Natura2000: 🐾 Learning 🏞️ Heritage 🪴 Care 🧑‍🌾 Multifunctionality 👭 Collaboration Revealing such narratives can build new alliances & place PAs at the heart of society. doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

📢📢 New Publication Alert! 📢📢 👇 Check out my latest publication 👇 The paper details the #multispecies #co-design workshop methods I used during my PhD research and provides a planning and preparation guide as well as potential modifications for other settings 🌿 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I'm very excited to be presenting my PhD research titled 'Urban Wilding for Systems Transformation' next week as part of the TCD E3 Balanced Solutions for a Better World webinar series 🌿 Date & Time: Friday, November 14th, 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 hrs Registration Link: www.tcd.ie/e3/online-we...

We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply

Are you a creative based in Europe? 🎨 Join the REWRITE + WILDCARD art initiative exploring #rewilding & renewal through art, photography and film No experience needed, just creativity & vision Submit your work ➡️ bit.ly/4qni4oj #OpenCall #ArtForNature #HorizonEurope

Thanks @smurph.bsky.social! It still hasn't sunk in yet! What great memories from that time, you'll have to get over for another visit soon 🤗

This is honestly the stupidest thing I've heard in a long time- banning the use of the words burger & sausage on plant based products. The world is burning & war ravaged, & this is what our Parliamentarians think they need to 'fix'? P.S. Fish also don't have fingers, right @oisinc.bsky.social?

AI is the wrong tool to tackle complex societal & systemic problems. AI4SG is more about PR victories, boosting AI adoption (regardless of merit/usefulness) & laundering accountability for harmful tech, extractive practices, abetting atrocities. yours truly www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-...

Inspiring Jane Goodall, RIP!

We are hiring! Applications are open for an Assistant. Prof. In Plant #Biodiversity and #Conservation at Trinity College, School of Natural Sciences in the Discipline of Botany! my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui... Any enquiries, please DM me! #academicjobs #universityjobs #environmentalscience

Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt

"Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got til it's gone? Paved paradise, put up a parking lot." This has to be one of the most evocative songs ever written and sung on the insane, frenzied destruction of nature going on all around us. Year in, year out.

Our new paper shows strong support for #urbanrewilding among local communities; however, lower #acceptance of younger residents, non-users & deprived neighborhoods calls for context-specific adaptations to prevent environmental injustices in cities. @bokuvienna.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

The starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime and must be stopped immediately. Our Full statement on bit.ly/44SCwVk #CeasefireNow #EndTheSiege

📰 Just out in @pnas.org special issue: @nfrantzeskaki.bsky.social , Katinka Wijsman, Nadja Kabisch, and @timonm.bsky.social explore how #NatureBasedSolutions can support just urban transformations. 🔗 buff.ly/1eEhcBx #NbS #UrbanJustice #UrbanSustainability #PNAS #JustTransitions

📰 Just out in @pnas.org special issue: @timonm.bsky.social + 23 authors synthesize 60+ reviews & global regional knowledge on urban #NatureBasedSolutions. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/jGfYSqO #UrbanSustainability #NbS #PNAS

📰 Just out in @pnas.org special issue: Elizabeth M. Cook, Yeowon Kim, Nancy B. Grimm, and Weiqi Zhou introduce how #NatureBasedSolutions can make cities more resilient. 🔗 buff.ly/KJPOGHX #NbS #UrbanSustainability #Equity #ClimateResilience #GreenCities

Today, 18 July, is Nelson Mandela Day. #ItsInYourHands #MandelaDay2025

Fat Filled Milk Powder (FFMP) is one of the Irish dairy industry’s largest exports. Almost no one has heard of it because it’s exported mainly to African countries and marketed as milk for its health and sustainability - but it’s made of skimmed milk powder (a byproduct of butter) with palm oil or..

My TEDx talk is out! There’s no way I’m going to watch it, but maybe somebody else will 🙂 (I’ve asked them to fix the spelling mistake.) youtu.be/Rs_qMeqKc_I?... #optimism #happiness #howeconomicscansavetheworld

I’m delighted to be part of the writing team for TWO exciting new papers published today as part of the Natura Project Network; #openaccess thanks to the NSF. ‘Nature-based solutions for #urban #sustainability’, led by Dr Elizabeth Cook, is here: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.... #naturebasedsolutions

Great weather for doing some research on drystone wall ecology. Here, with two recently graduated students working as excellent research assistants, Órla R. Fitzgerald and Evelyn Sweeney, we are collecting some very preliminary data and testing methods.

"Gutting of the national infrastructure around weather emergencies comes at the same time that climate change is making severe disasters more common and more dangerous" www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

"We need federal investment and commitments to help local vulnerable communities build systems that can decrease impacts.” www.ft.com/content/f9d9...

I talked to a journalist at the Geneva Solutions about the censorship i experienced at the AI for Good Summit 2 days ago genevasolutions.news/science-tech...

Is sustainability thinking too WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic)? New article by Rachelle Gould, Yolanda Jimenez Naranjo and @pattybal.bsky.social

NO. AI. FOR. WAR. CRIMES!!!

Brilliant keynote 👏

🌿 New article alert! Former USL Visiting Scholar Shahryar Sarabi publishes a scoping review on XR + urban nature as part of his NATURA Early Career Fellowship. 🧠🌳

Join us!!! 2 (!) PhD positions on wild chimpanzees and bonobos in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group and Wildminds Lab!!! 🤩🤩🤩

🗣️ "Can you categorically say that this is a massive change, that this is down to global warming?" @leeofthemail 🗣️ "What we can say with a lot of confidence is that we are operating in a completely different climatic system," @think_or_swim #TonightVMTV

Hey @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, check out our Nature Relationship Index (NRI) — a new way to measure how well people and planet are thriving together. Might even score higher than Diet Dr Pepper. 🌍💚 #AnthropoceneReviewed #NRI www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We're hiring a Teaching Fellow for the next academic year. An applied ecologist with expertise in terrestrial field ecology and contemporary biodiversity loss/policy issues. See the TCD vacancies site or contact me for details. Please circulate, especially to PhD students nearing completion.

📢 Just out in @nature.com: Oxford Uni, UNDP‬ & others propose a 'Nature Relationship Index', a bold new metric to track how well people & nature thrive together. A hopeful framework to reimagine progress beyond GDP. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09080-1 #NatureRecovery @ox.ac.uk @undp.org

Join us as a Postdoctoral fellow! We’re seeking a Postdoctoral fellow to join the INSPIRI project, which focuses on co-creating imaginative, stakeholder-driven visions for Europe’s ocean and water systems. Learn more and apply by 31 August 2025: www.stockholmresilience.org/about-us/car...

It’s so exhausting dedicating your career to try to save the planet from existential threats and then some orange man starts firing missiles everywhere

PhD scholarship available in modelling water quality NbS measures. info here earthandplanetary.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/p...

A great write-up on our recent publication led by Melissa Pineda-Pinto @marcuscollier.bsky.social @noveleco.bsky.social scienmag.com/advancing-mu...

We need to address ALL causes of biodiversity collapse, including pet cats, which make a massive contribution. www.theguardian.com/environment/....

🌲Ed Sheeran explains to Louis Theroux that he dislikes private jets and prefers trains because "I like the environment, I like trees." We know that this type of messaging from celebrities is hugely impactful. We need far more of this from more stars. As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social

The dozen board members of the Fulbright program that promotes international educational exchanges resigned on Wednesday because of what they said was political interference by the Trump administration in their operations.

"Martin examines how restoration efforts are often driven by human desires rather than ecological necessity." —Mairéad O’Donnell reviews Laura J. Martin’s Wild by Design, recently reissued in paperback by @harvard.edu @maireadod.bsky.social @nssrnews.bsky.social publicseminar.org/2025/05/wild...

Great news, well done TCD!!! The ONLY thing that can curb Israel's extermination of Palestinians is an international boycott in every sphere: trade, investment, culture, sports, academia, etc... It worked with racist South Africa, it'll work with racist Israel. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Join the Board of Global Action Plan Ireland: Help shape a sustainable future! GAP is seeking passionate and committed individuals to join our Board of Directors. Find out more via: globalactionplan.ie/about/join-o...

Wonderful new paper from our amazing Dr. Melissa Pineda-Pinto and the NovelEco team: Realizing #multispeciesjustice through a capability approach to promote #naturebasedsolutions. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

🌱🌱🌱 New Publication 🌱🌱🌱 I'm proud to be a co-author on a paper exploring how multispecies justice can be meaningfully integrated into nature-based solutions in cities. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

"The Trump administration has ordered US embassies worldwide to immediately stop scheduling visa interviews for foreign students as it prepares to implement comprehensive social media screening for all international applicants." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...