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Learning Sciences professor fighting for a thriving, just world🌿 Settler on Coast Salish Lands in Dxʷdəwʔabš (Seattle)🌿 University of Washington

#SciEd and #ClimateChange Work: STEMTeachingTools.org & ClimeTime.org

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Philip Bell may refer to:Philip Bell (1590–1678) Philip Alexander Bell (1808–1889), American newspaper editor Philip Ingress Bell (1900–1986), British barrister and judge Philip W. Bell (1924–2007), American accounting professor .. more

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Dec 21

For the new followers interested in #ClimateChange Ed, here's our collection of open ed resources on how to #TeachClimate…

🌿 stemteachingtools.org/sp/climate-l...

These professional learning resources have been co-designed by researchers & practitioners over the past decade. See what you think!

Reposted by Kathleen Kennedy, Philip Bell

Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 2d

I’m working on a report about data centers in Illinois and remembered this resource that gathers redlining maps from across the USA in case anybody else might find the resource useful for similar (or other) projects:

Mapping Inequality

Redlining in New Deal America

dsl.richmond.edu

Reposted by Philip Bell

Ben Wurgaft @benwurgaft.bsky.social · 6d

Fascinating.

Root question is, what kind of intellectual and social practice is citation? What work does it do for us?

Reposted by Mark Lubell, Philip Bell

Environmental Education Research @eerjournal.bsky.social · 11d

How geography and politics shape teachers’ engagement with climate change science standards
Henderson et al
2507-2530 | DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2024.2441198

#NGSS #culturalcognition #geography #politicalideology #SDG4 #SDG13

https://f.mtr.cool/pvmikizddt

Photo by FlyD on Unsplash

Reposted by Philip Bell

Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 12d

🧪 Friends of all backgrounds: please enjoy this new paper whose findings “reveal that bees engage higher-order cognitive mechanisms under temporal uncertainty, suggesting that core features of awareness may be evolutionarily conserved across distant taxa.”

Yeah. 🫢

www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Serotonergic-dependent awareness is required for trace conditioning in honeybees

Entomology; Neuroscience; Behavioral neuroscience; Sensory neuroscience; Cognitive neuroscience

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 29d

Also, here are the slides and resources from a new PD session developed by Kelsie, Deb, and James Kostka that opens up dimensions of the resource and shares instructional examples and other supporting resources:

➡️ drive.google.com/drive/folder...

S6: Youth As Climate and Environmental Scientists: Collecting, Analyzing, and Reporting on Local Community Climate and Environmental Justice Data - Google Drive

drive.google.com

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 29d

Kelsie Fowler was the lead author and @drdeblmorrison.bsky.social and I were co-authors on this resource. Please repost and share it through your networks in ways that make sense.

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 29d

We are immensely grateful to the teams involved in the important work to keep public data and tools public: Public Environmental Data Project, Data Rescue Project, End of Term Archive, Silencing Science Tracker, Climate Deregulation Tracker, STAT, ESRI, ClimateLiteracy.earth, and Climate.us.

climateliteracy.earth

ClimateLiteracy.earth

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 29d

As with all of our STEM Teaching Tools, you can get to the more polished PDF formatted version from the landing page of the resource. It is a great format to share with others!

stemteachingtools.org/assets/lands...

Screenshot of the resource linked to the thread: https://stemteachingtools.org/brief/106

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 29d

Climate data and literacy are necessary for making informed decisions as we adapt to a shifting climate.

Educators should use these databases and visualization tools to engage students in justice-centered, place-based investigations of climate and environmental phenomena.

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 29d

NEW RESOURCE: The current administration took down many federal #EnvironmentalJustice & #ClimateJustice databases.

Our new @stemteachingtool.bsky.social lifts up various efforts that have republished those vital data & visualization tools:

➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/106

#SciEd #TeachClimate

Screenshot of the new STEM Teaching Tool #106 linked in the post. The title is Defending and Leveraging Public Climate & Environmental Justice Data (DRAFT). The image is a black computer error screen that reads:

Hmm. We're having trouble finding that site.
We can't connect to the server at nca2023.globalchange.gov.
If you entered the right address, you can:
• Try again later
• Check your network connection
• Check that Firefox has permission to access the web (you might be connected but behind a firewall)

With a button that reads Try Again

Reposted by Todd Campbell, Philip Bell

Whitney Zahnd @whitneyzahnd.bsky.social · Nov 25

Statement from @health.nationalacademies.org "...based on our body of work on this topic and the overwhelming scientific consensus, we support the statement that vaccines do not cause autism."
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...

National Academies - Statement on CDC’s Updated Vaccine Guidance

National Academies respond to CDC’s updated vaccine guidance, offering scientific context and clarity on vaccine safety.

www.nationalacademies.org

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Nov 22

At the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) meeting in Minneapolis, our @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team from UW Seattle put on 13 sessions on equity & justice-focused approaches to #SciEd & #ClimateChange ed

All slides & resources are available here:
stemteachingtools.org/news/2025/ns...

STEM Teaching Tools @ NSTA
Minneapolis | November 13-15, 2025

All sessions held in the
Minneapolis Convention Center - 102 A

Thursday, November 13
8:00-9:00 AM: Climate Justice Overview: Priority Areas and Educational
Approaches
12:30-2:00 PM: Adapting OpenSciEd Curriculum to Focus on Climate Justice,
Local Solutions, and Issues of Indigenous Self-Determination
2:20-3:20 PM: Engaging Students in Talking About Indigenous Sovereignty and
Climate Systems
3:40-4:40 PM: Implementing Climate Learning Across Education Systems

Friday, November 14
8:00-9:00 AM: Supporting Equity and Justice Through Science Instruction: The
Road Traveled and the One Ahead
9:20-10:20 AM: Youth As Climate and Environmental Scientists: Collecting,
Analyzing, and Reporting on Local Community Climate and Environmental
Justice Data
10:40-12:10 PM: Get Your Students Outside to Learn Science!
1:00-2:30 PM: Supporting Youths' Climate Emotions as Authentic Dimensions of
Sensemaking
2:40-3:40 PM: Using Art Pedagogy in Science Class to Teach Climate Justice
4:00-5:00 PM: Designing Learning for Climate Action

Saturday, November 15
8:30-10:00 AM: Supporting All Students in Making Sense of Phenomenon By
Building All of Their Intellectual Resources
10:20-11:20 AM: Climate Learning Share-a-Thon!
11:40 AM-12:40 PM: Core Practices that Center Justice in Ambitious Teaching

Visit stemteachingtools.org for more than 100 resources
on justice-centered science and climate education!

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hi @teachnexttmb.bsky.social: Thanks for your interest in the session. You can find the slides and resources for it here:

drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Also, all of our sessions from NSTA can be accessed from this page: stemteachingtools.org/news/2025/ns...

STEM Teaching Tools at NSTA in Philadelphia (Minneapolis), 2025 : StemTeachingTools (en-US)

stemteachingtools.org

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Nov 13

Today (Thurs) at #NSTAFall25, we start off at 8am with a session that explores 21 different priority areas of climate & environmental justice. Come explore how to teach about a new topic in Room 102A! Our full schedule is below.
bsky.app/profile/phil...

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Nov 1

At NSTA in Minneapolis, the UW Seattle @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team & our colleagues will host 13 sessions on EQUITY-focused #SciEd and #ClimateChange education. Join us!

Please share and help spread the word through your networks!

#NSTA in Minneapolis Nov 12-15
➡️ my.nsta.org/conferences/...

Flyer showing a girl holding a turtle outdoors, another girl recording data on a clipboard, and a teacher smiling on.

STEMTeachingTools.org
Free Teacher Learning Resources to Support NGSS Implementation

What Are They?

The National Research Council's A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the resulting Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) represent a new vision to help all students understand the natural and built world. As educators realize this new vision, many problems of practice come up. STEM Teaching Tools are co-authored by teachers and researchers to illuminate these issues and give advice about how to accomplish specific pieces of the NGSS. The resources are short. direct. easily shareable, and offer links to other useful tools.

WHY THEY MATTER TO YOU

Teachers need tools to reflect on how their teaching aligns with the NGSS & NRC Framework vision These teacher learning resources have been designed to be easily shared with others.

District staff & PD providers can use these tools in professional development to support implementation of the new vision.

Schoolleaders can use the tools to understand crucial aspects of the new vision for K-12 science education and then implement plans to support teachers' professional growth.

FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
THROUGH THE ACESSE PROJECT (COSSS.ORG/ACESSE)

STEM Teaching Tools @ NSTA
Minneapolis | November 13-15, 2025

All sessions held in the
Minneapolis Convention Center - 102 A

Thursday, November 13
8:00-9:00 AM: Climate Justice Overview: Priority Areas and Educational
Approaches
12:30-2:00 PM: Adapting OpenSciEd Curriculum to Focus on Climate Justice,
Local Solutions, and Issues of Indigenous Self-Determination
2:20-3:20 PM: Engaging Students in Talking About Indigenous Sovereignty and
Climate Systems
3:40-4:40 PM: Implementing Climate Learning Across Education Systems

Friday, November 14
8:00-9:00 AM: Supporting Equity and Justice Through Science Instruction: The
Road Traveled and the One Ahead
9:20-10:20 AM: Youth As Climate and Environmental Scientists: Collecting,
Analyzing, and Reporting on Local Community Climate and Environmental
Justice Data
10:40-12:10 PM: Get Your Students Outside to Learn Science!
1:00-2:30 PM: Supporting Youths' Climate Emotions as Authentic Dimensions of
Sensemaking
2:40-3:40 PM: Using Art Pedagogy in Science Class to Teach Climate Justice
4:00-5:00 PM: Designing Learning for Climate Action

Saturday, November 15
8:30-10:00 AM: Supporting All Students in Making Sense of Phenomenon By
Building All of Their Intellectual Resources
10:20-11:20 AM: Climate Learning Share-a-Thon!
11:40 AM-12:40 PM: Core Practices that Center Justice in Ambitious Teaching

Visit stemteachingtools.org for more than 100 resources
on justice-centered science and climate education!

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Nov 12

Had a powerful launch into #NSTAFall25 today at the Climate Café. I talked to dozens of educators & ed leaders working to teach about #ClimateJustice & #EnvironmentalJustice.

If you are at NSTA this week, come join us in Room 102A to keep it going. Detailed schedule below!
bsky.app/profile/phil...

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Nov 1

At NSTA in Minneapolis, the UW Seattle @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team & our colleagues will host 13 sessions on EQUITY-focused #SciEd and #ClimateChange education. Join us!

Please share and help spread the word through your networks!

#NSTA in Minneapolis Nov 12-15
➡️ my.nsta.org/conferences/...

Flyer showing a girl holding a turtle outdoors, another girl recording data on a clipboard, and a teacher smiling on.

STEMTeachingTools.org
Free Teacher Learning Resources to Support NGSS Implementation

What Are They?

The National Research Council's A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the resulting Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) represent a new vision to help all students understand the natural and built world. As educators realize this new vision, many problems of practice come up. STEM Teaching Tools are co-authored by teachers and researchers to illuminate these issues and give advice about how to accomplish specific pieces of the NGSS. The resources are short. direct. easily shareable, and offer links to other useful tools.

WHY THEY MATTER TO YOU

Teachers need tools to reflect on how their teaching aligns with the NGSS & NRC Framework vision These teacher learning resources have been designed to be easily shared with others.

District staff & PD providers can use these tools in professional development to support implementation of the new vision.

Schoolleaders can use the tools to understand crucial aspects of the new vision for K-12 science education and then implement plans to support teachers' professional growth.

FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
THROUGH THE ACESSE PROJECT (COSSS.ORG/ACESSE)

STEM Teaching Tools @ NSTA
Minneapolis | November 13-15, 2025

All sessions held in the
Minneapolis Convention Center - 102 A

Thursday, November 13
8:00-9:00 AM: Climate Justice Overview: Priority Areas and Educational
Approaches
12:30-2:00 PM: Adapting OpenSciEd Curriculum to Focus on Climate Justice,
Local Solutions, and Issues of Indigenous Self-Determination
2:20-3:20 PM: Engaging Students in Talking About Indigenous Sovereignty and
Climate Systems
3:40-4:40 PM: Implementing Climate Learning Across Education Systems

Friday, November 14
8:00-9:00 AM: Supporting Equity and Justice Through Science Instruction: The
Road Traveled and the One Ahead
9:20-10:20 AM: Youth As Climate and Environmental Scientists: Collecting,
Analyzing, and Reporting on Local Community Climate and Environmental
Justice Data
10:40-12:10 PM: Get Your Students Outside to Learn Science!
1:00-2:30 PM: Supporting Youths' Climate Emotions as Authentic Dimensions of
Sensemaking
2:40-3:40 PM: Using Art Pedagogy in Science Class to Teach Climate Justice
4:00-5:00 PM: Designing Learning for Climate Action

Saturday, November 15
8:30-10:00 AM: Supporting All Students in Making Sense of Phenomenon By
Building All of Their Intellectual Resources
10:20-11:20 AM: Climate Learning Share-a-Thon!
11:40 AM-12:40 PM: Core Practices that Center Justice in Ambitious Teaching

Visit stemteachingtools.org for more than 100 resources
on justice-centered science and climate education!

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Nov 12

Are you at NSTA in Minneapolis? Come join us today (Wed) at the Climate Café! It runs from 1 to 3pm (in the STEM Showcase). Our STEM Teaching Tools team is co-hosting the café with Climate Generation. #TeachClimate #ClimateChange #ClimateJustice #NSTAFall25

NSTA - National Conference on Science Education

MINNEAPOLIS 25

NOVEMBER 12-15

Climate Café - A Place for Connection and Inspiration

Climate Generation
INSTITUTE for Science + Math EDUCATION
STEM teaching tools

Are you climate curious? Wondering how to make climate change a meaningful, manageable, and inspiring topic for your students? Pull up a chair at the Climate Café, a relaxed, café-style space where science educators connect, share, and recharge.

Conversations that Matter: Chat with climate scientists, experienced educators, and mental health professionals who can help you navigate both the science and the emotions of teaching climate change.

Classroom-ready resources: Explore instructional materials and practical strategies you can bring straight back to your students.

Educator community: Swap stories, challenges, and solutions with teachers from across the country who are making climate learning engaging and empowering.

Bonus! Visit the cafe for a chance to win prizes, including printed curriculum and other classroom-ready materials.

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 1:00-3:00pm

Minneapolis Convention Center, Exhibit Hall D

www.nsta.org/minn25

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Nov 8

As with all of our @STEMTeachTools, you can get to the more polished PDF formatted version from the landing page of the resource. It is a great format to share with others! #NGSSchat #NGSS #SciEd

➡️ stemteachingtools.org/assets/lands...

Thanks to Nancy Price for being the lead author on this one! 🙏

Screenshot of the first page of the linked resource

Screenshot of the second page of the linked resource

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Nov 8

PLS SHARE #SciEd #NGSS #STEAM

The UW @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team just published another NEW TOOL. This one shows how to use ART PEDAGOGIES as a powerful platform for students to learn about and take action on #ClimateJustice and #EnvironmentalJustice!

➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/105

STEM Teaching Tool #105

Creating Art to Understand and Promote Climate and Environmental Justice

In the background is a piece of artwork called “Life is a window of vulnerability” by Nancy Price showing a hand drawn bird and a patterned sunflower collage in orange and black.

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Nov 7

Thanks, @emanwela.bsky.social! I saw that you explored our page of climate resources. Some of our newer ones aren't listed there yet, like this Climate Justice Ed framework:
stemteachingtools.org/brief/97

You can find other new resources at the bottom of this page:
stemteachingtools.org/tools

What is climate justice learning? : StemTeachingTools (en-US)

stemteachingtools.org

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Nov 7

I'm grateful for the co-authors of this important resource—and for pulling together all of the supporting resources.

Thank you Kelsie Fowler, Cristina Betancourt, Renée Shank & Saraswati Noel! Fabulous work!

kermit the frog from the muppet show is standing in front of a red curtain .

ALT: kermit the frog from the muppet show is standing in front of a red curtain .

media.tenor.com

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Nov 7

As with all of our @stemteachingtool.bsky.social , you can get to the more polished PDF formatted version from the landing page of the resource. It is a great format to share with others! #NGSSchat #NGSS #SciEd

➡️ stemteachingtools.org/assets/lands...

Screenshot of the first page of the linked resource

Screenshot of the second page of the linked resource

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Nov 7

PLS SHARE #SciEd #NGSS

The UW @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team just published a NEW TOOL on how the words we use to describe the ecological world matters! Since language reflects & constructs power we should root our words in environmental justice & flourishing.

➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/104

STEM Teaching Tool #104

Watch Your Language! Because Words Help Create Socio-Ecological Worlds

Background image includes a range of words of varying sizes and colors including: Rights of Nature, Regenerate, Climate Crisis, Relationally, Just Transition, Degrowth, Indigenous Language Revitalization, Overburden, Kin, and others.

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Stephen M. Walt, Michael E. Mann , and 69 more Anne Applebaum, Stephen M. Walt, Michael E. Mann, Shannon Vallor, Richard S.J. Tol, Jonathan A. Eisen, Simon L. Lewis, Stephan Lewandowsky, Axel Bruns, Jocalyn Clark, Will Jennings, Ken Caldeira, Benjamin Mason Meier, Michael A. Clemens, Evelyne de Leeuw, David Johnson, Caroline Krafft, Amir Attaran, Ian Hall, American Library Association, Ralf Michaels, Rupert Read, Richard Waite, Juan Cole, Johan P. Olsen, Cathy N. Davidson, Gernot Wagner, Robin Celikates, Daniel W. Drezner, Michael Kevane, Devon Greyson, Smith, Robert C. Richards, Michael W. Kraus, R. M. Wilson, Aaron Sojourner, Gary D. Rawnsley, Rachael Garrett, Caroline T. Schroeder, Stephen D. Murphy, Nazita Lajevardi, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Amy W. Ando, Michael D. McDonald, James Goodwin, Brian Keegan, David C. Kimball, Jason Lyall, Graham Dutfield, Cailin O’Connor, Erin O’Donnell, Aurélien Mondon, Mark Rice, Peter Stegmaier, Claire L. Adida, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Massimo Faggioli, Klaus Oschema, Christina Pagel, Césari Laurent, Philip Bell, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Tom Chevalier, Aidan O’Sullivan, David Stott, Virginia Sapiro, Maria Sobolewska, Dunlap, David Darmofal, Peter Jacobs, Elise Thomas, Pieter Vantieghem

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Nov 6

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

newyorkermag.visitlink.me

Reposted by Robert Falkner, Gavin A. Schmidt, Ken Caldeira , and 3 more Robert Falkner, Gavin A. Schmidt, Ken Caldeira, Richard Waite, Daniel Huppmann, Philip Bell

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · Nov 4

60 yrs ago today (Nov 5, 1965), the 1st US government report to warn about climate change was published.
"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.

allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...

1/n

Restoring the Quality of Our Environment

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Nov 1

At NSTA in Minneapolis, the UW Seattle @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team & our colleagues will host 13 sessions on EQUITY-focused #SciEd and #ClimateChange education. Join us!

Please share and help spread the word through your networks!

#NSTA in Minneapolis Nov 12-15
➡️ my.nsta.org/conferences/...

Flyer showing a girl holding a turtle outdoors, another girl recording data on a clipboard, and a teacher smiling on.

STEMTeachingTools.org
Free Teacher Learning Resources to Support NGSS Implementation

What Are They?

The National Research Council's A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the resulting Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) represent a new vision to help all students understand the natural and built world. As educators realize this new vision, many problems of practice come up. STEM Teaching Tools are co-authored by teachers and researchers to illuminate these issues and give advice about how to accomplish specific pieces of the NGSS. The resources are short. direct. easily shareable, and offer links to other useful tools.

WHY THEY MATTER TO YOU

Teachers need tools to reflect on how their teaching aligns with the NGSS & NRC Framework vision These teacher learning resources have been designed to be easily shared with others.

District staff & PD providers can use these tools in professional development to support implementation of the new vision.

Schoolleaders can use the tools to understand crucial aspects of the new vision for K-12 science education and then implement plans to support teachers' professional growth.

FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
THROUGH THE ACESSE PROJECT (COSSS.ORG/ACESSE)

STEM Teaching Tools @ NSTA
Minneapolis | November 13-15, 2025

All sessions held in the
Minneapolis Convention Center - 102 A

Thursday, November 13
8:00-9:00 AM: Climate Justice Overview: Priority Areas and Educational
Approaches
12:30-2:00 PM: Adapting OpenSciEd Curriculum to Focus on Climate Justice,
Local Solutions, and Issues of Indigenous Self-Determination
2:20-3:20 PM: Engaging Students in Talking About Indigenous Sovereignty and
Climate Systems
3:40-4:40 PM: Implementing Climate Learning Across Education Systems

Friday, November 14
8:00-9:00 AM: Supporting Equity and Justice Through Science Instruction: The
Road Traveled and the One Ahead
9:20-10:20 AM: Youth As Climate and Environmental Scientists: Collecting,
Analyzing, and Reporting on Local Community Climate and Environmental
Justice Data
10:40-12:10 PM: Get Your Students Outside to Learn Science!
1:00-2:30 PM: Supporting Youths' Climate Emotions as Authentic Dimensions of
Sensemaking
2:40-3:40 PM: Using Art Pedagogy in Science Class to Teach Climate Justice
4:00-5:00 PM: Designing Learning for Climate Action

Saturday, November 15
8:30-10:00 AM: Supporting All Students in Making Sense of Phenomenon By
Building All of Their Intellectual Resources
10:20-11:20 AM: Climate Learning Share-a-Thon!
11:40 AM-12:40 PM: Core Practices that Center Justice in Ambitious Teaching

Visit stemteachingtools.org for more than 100 resources
on justice-centered science and climate education!

Reposted by Philip Bell

UBC SPPGA @sppga.ubc.ca · Oct 31

What does it mean to tell the story of climate change on Indigenous terms? Read about Beyond Fires & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes at @moaubc.bsky.social moderated by @rickharp.bsky.social https://f.mtr.cool/gziohzbuhs

Reposted by Philip Bell

Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · Oct 31

Sultana draws on documentary video content from the 'Voices from the Global South' project, produced by the Open University, @rgsibg.bsky.social & @igu-ugi.bsky.social, to illustrate the arguments in her paper.

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality

The material dimensions of loss and damage from climate change are compounded by systemic knowledge-based loss and epistemic injustice from the marginalisation and exclusion of critical voices and kn...

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Philip Bell

Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · Oct 31

New in Geo:

'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' by Farhana Sultana

This paper critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in producing inequitable climate knowledge, global governance, policies and solutions.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Farhana Sultana (2025) entitled: 'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' with an orange banner at the top.

Climate change intensifies existing inequities, disproportionately impacting marginalised populations, particularly in the Global South and Indigenous communities. This is maintained through inequitable global climate governance, policies and solutions. The paper argues that climate coloniality, the complex entanglements of colonial legacies with contemporary climate and ecological changes, operates through systemic knowledge-based marginalisation or epistemic injustice, serving as a key mechanism in the uneven production and distribution of climate harms. Beyond the more commonly discussed material dimensions of loss and damage, epistemic injustices arise from silencing critical voices and devaluing knowledge systems. The paper extends the scope of loss and damage debates by drawing attention to epistemic losses: the erasure of worldviews, ontologies and practices that are vital for just and sustainable climate futures. It critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in (re)producing epistemic injustices, while simultaneously revealing counter-narratives of refusal, resurgence and relationality. By engaging Indigenous and Global South scholarship, the paper underscores the need to decolonise knowledge systems that reproduce dominant climate narratives and heed the epistemological alternatives offered by land- and kinship-based knowledge systems. Advancing climate justice depends on confronting epistemic injustice as both a form of loss and a condition of possibility: centring Global South and Indigenous perspectives is essential for cultivating pluriversal, decolonial and just climate frameworks and futures.

Reposted by Silvia Secchi, Philip Bell

Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · Oct 29

Last Thurs, the Trump admin announced it is opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, which sits on Inupiaq and Gwich’in land. The Gwich’in consider the land sacred and rely on the caribou migration.

Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling

The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in…

Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · Oct 22

Come get your Master's or PhD degree with us! We have a new program strand focused on LAND AND WATER EDUCATION FOR SOVEREIGN FUTURES!

Come explore how land- and water-based pedagogies that uphold Indigenous sovereignty support environmental & #ClimateJustice.
education.uw.edu/academics/pr...