Our director Amber Huff was in Helmsdale this week to share & discuss commoning with the wonderful folks at @timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social

On #WorldOceanDay, new co-authored paper that calls for rethinking development in coastal spaces, away from extractive models toward approaches that respect local knowledge, ecological interdependence, & justice. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...

The Tragedy of Not Commoning.

Who gets to shape so-called ‘nature-based solutions’? Here’s a very accessible new piece from the Madagascar team of @repairproject.bsky.social, on the need to listen & understand the cultures and motivations of pastoralists.

Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026. Help us disseminate the event and submit your articles, please! @icta-uab.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/

Who gets to shape so-called ‘nature-based solutions’? Here’s a very accessible new piece from the Madagascar team of @repairproject.bsky.social, on the need to listen & understand the cultures and motivations of pastoralists.

Let’s goooooo

This is so great.

Last week saw the launch of the REPAiR project in Madagascar. The event was held in collaboration with the IKI Growing Greener project, and aimed to engage those involved in restoration in Madagascar’s rangelands, including the government and NGOs. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #BiodiversityDay

This #BiodiversityDay happy to share a recent publication led by Nobu Ohte where our inter- & transdisciplinary research validated local pastoralists' knowledges re the synergies between swimming camels & local mangrove ecosystems & + biodiversity outcomes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

“Today, our very metabolism is for sale…” Brian Garvey on new enclosures at Strange Broth

Strange Broth - a two day event about the Commons, put on by the GalGael Trust & Future Natures in Glasgow. (I’ll be speaking about carbon offset trading and the impacts on community land buyouts on the Friday morning.) Booking: www.galgael.org/news/strange...

New publication, please share The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies (DS) link.springer.com/10.1057/s412... @ids.ac.uk @eadi.bsky.social

Forgot that the Lucas Plan crew suggested switching to heat pump manufacture in the late 1970s. m.youtube.com/watch?v=0pgQ... (at 14 minutes 44 sec) - @janrosenow.bsky.social you might like this

Glasgow! Scotland! Please sign up for this if you want to meet & create something together.

"Through home gardening, women practice a form of care deeply interconnected with more-than-human beings..." How 'sustainable' farming initiatives are undermining the care & interdependence of home gardens in Myanmar futurenatures.org/myanmars-hom...

Work on environment/nature/conservation research? It's not too late to have your say on what new research the UK should support in territories that receive Official Development Assistance (ODA). The survey closes on 4 April.

We’re delighted that our zine ‘Strange Natures’ is part of the awesome zine fair at @geographers.bsky.social, thanks to the efforts of @queergeog.bsky.social! Find out more about the zine on our website - futurenatures.org/season-stran...

Scary shit on a ‘datified’ Amazon rainforest reddmonitor.substack.com/p/one-amazon...

We don’t live alone in the world, but it’s organized in ways that push us apart. The pages of Think Like a Commoner are filled with meaningful acts of care being practiced, today, by grassroots communities across the world. thinklikeacommoner.com

The UK government is seeking views on its international priorities for research on nature and the environment. To have your say, respond to the survey before 4 April: bit.ly/UKNatureInit...

Survey: The #UK’s global #research priorities on nature The UK government is seeking insights on its research priorities for nature and environment in #ODA (Official Development Assistance) settings. An online survey is open until 4 April. universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The UK government is seeking views on its international priorities for research on nature and the environment. To have your say, respond to the survey before 4 April: bit.ly/UKNatureInit...

Help shape the UK's priorities for international research on nature and environment. This survey, focused on research in ODA (Official Development Assistance) settings, is open until 4 April. bit.ly/UKNatureInit...

In case you missed it - there’s some good stuff in here.

“those regions in which there was no longer any proper land nor sea nor air, but a sort of mixture of all three of the consistency of a jellyfish in which one can neither walk nor sail, holding everything together, so to speak.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule

How can stories help to explore weirdness, crisis and possibilities? Read our latest newsletter round-up, including two great podcast interviews and an exciting event! futurenatures.substack.com/p/why-we-tel... #commoning #commons #crisis #ecologies #enclosures #zines #comics #storytelling

Delighted to be part of this @ids.ac.uk archive bulletin on 'Environmental Change, Development Challenges Revisited'. 35 years of scholarship highlighting how questions on environment (& climate) are central to IDS & development studies more generally. bulletin.ids.ac.uk/index.php/id...

If capitalist culture resembles a horror movie or lurid comic book, why not embrace those genres to explore the psychic dynamics of enclosure, "weird ecologies," and commoning? @amberhuff.bsky.social of @futurenatures.bsky.social explains on my Frontiers of Commoning podcast. tinyurl.com/3zj289p4

Great piece by my colleague Linda Pappagallo @ids.ac.uk about the problems with how 'payments for ecosystem services' are thought up and designed. Though PES are meant to incentivise 'good' ecological practices, some livestock farmers face structural barriers and biases that can work against them.

This is wild. www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-endless-...

"The sudden stop order on #USAID funded activities has had an immediate negative impact on critical humanitarian and development work around the world." @petertaylor-uk.bsky.social shares analysis of the short-term impacts and longer-term consequences 👇 www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/the... #USAIDFreeze

The Weird Ecology of Scavengers Reign gaiaexmachina.wordpress.com/2024/05/30/t...

Nice piece about Uruguay's farmers rethinking their livelihoods as they discover the toxicity of the pesticides they use. "The discovery of the toxic legacy of the last twenty years, relativizes the 'countryside' as a moral reservoir of the national society." www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Remember the Cass Report, which supposedly "followed the science" on trans kids health? The huge York University epidemiology study on which it was based has finally been published, and it contradicts many of the report's conclusions. By @gidmk.bsky.social. gidmk.substack.com/p/gender-dys...

"Like prescribed burns ...teams of goats and sheep provide a modern approach to restoring ancient ecological balances." thisismold.com/series/food-...

Did a mining company write this? www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Another superb episode from @radiolento.bsky.social

oh hey the next novella in the Danielle Cain series is coming out this year, and you can sign up for notifications about the kickstarter. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tan...

Excited to be speaking at this flagship @ids.ac.uk annual event on Recasting Development in 2025 that will explore key development trends. Please join us in person or online on 28 Jan, 16 hours, UK time. Registration details below.

Every educational, academic, and cultural institution in Gaza where I studied, worked, or attended a conference or event—every theater, every archive, every historic landmark and site—has been completely destroyed. They no longer exist.

New zine drop on geoz.one! "Militarism and the Climate Crisis" weaves together militarism, climate crises and climate (in)justice through stories of impact, resistance and alternatives. #geosky

Just listened to a great episode of In Our Time about the poet & novelist Stevie Smith - one of those chats that makes you want to find out more… www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

We've a lot to do, to contribute to a more equitable and sustainable world in such dynamic, challenging and uncertain times. But we're fortunate to have an amazing IDS community, at the Institute and far beyond through our relationships with so many wonderful partners. www.ids.ac.uk/news/profess...

In case you missed it, a blogpost on South African history and what it means for rangelands today.

"Any present-day ‘solutions’, including #naturebasedsolutions, must be sensitive to historical realities..." On our blog, Dr Farai Mtero explains the history - including colonial and apartheid-era policies - that has shaped rangelands in South Africa today. repairproject.org/Blog/creatin...

In case you missed it, this podcast episode on Uncertainty is a great listen - focusing on @ianscoones.bsky.social's recently published book. www.ids.ac.uk/news/podcast...

Happy new year

Looking for a holiday listen? Our podcast is a growing archive of conversations about shared life, resistance to enclosures, and diverse ways of relating to ‘nature’, places and each other. futurenatures.org/podcast

“Nature and culture intertwine indissolubly in the fenlands as in every person”