Alison Reintjes
@alisonreintjes.bsky.social
Artist and community advocate.
https://www.alisonreintjes.com/
https://www.alisonreintjes.com/
I’m amazed by my children. Here Lauris is interviewed on his favorite podcast:
Pesticides and Activism: A Conversation With Our Next Generation of Leaders
Podcast Episode · All Creatures Podcast · 07/30/2025 · 47m
podcasts.apple.com
August 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I’m amazed by my children. Here Lauris is interviewed on his favorite podcast:
Reposted by Alison Reintjes
🧪 FINDINGS: we live on a Highly Sensitive Planet.
As someone diagnosed as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP and it’s a personality trait not a disorder), I can attest that screaming “you’re too sensitive!” doesn’t help but removing triggering stimuli does.
Decarbonize now.
Also why so few reposts? 👇
As someone diagnosed as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP and it’s a personality trait not a disorder), I can attest that screaming “you’re too sensitive!” doesn’t help but removing triggering stimuli does.
Decarbonize now.
Also why so few reposts? 👇
Our climate seems to be more sensitive to greenhouse gases than we thought, which means we have to up our decarbonisation efforts.
Earth is more sensitive to greenhouse gases than we thought
Our climate seems to be more sensitive to greenhouse gas emissions than some researchers had hoped, meaning the world will have to up its decarbonisation efforts
www.newscientist.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🧪 FINDINGS: we live on a Highly Sensitive Planet.
As someone diagnosed as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP and it’s a personality trait not a disorder), I can attest that screaming “you’re too sensitive!” doesn’t help but removing triggering stimuli does.
Decarbonize now.
Also why so few reposts? 👇
As someone diagnosed as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP and it’s a personality trait not a disorder), I can attest that screaming “you’re too sensitive!” doesn’t help but removing triggering stimuli does.
Decarbonize now.
Also why so few reposts? 👇
Color planning in preparation for glazing 🌈
June 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Color planning in preparation for glazing 🌈
Give me color!
April 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Give me color!
8 weeks in from a broken wrist— can’t wait till I can get back into the studio and finish glazing this table and a few others that are just waiting for me to heal up.
March 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
8 weeks in from a broken wrist— can’t wait till I can get back into the studio and finish glazing this table and a few others that are just waiting for me to heal up.
Exploring ideas with watercolor sketches ahead of CAD/3D printed model making.
March 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Exploring ideas with watercolor sketches ahead of CAD/3D printed model making.
Lauris meticulously hand-painted 499 monarch butterflies. They’re up at Confluence Center one last week. The monarchs are a fundraiser for his 1-year Rotary exchange to Spain ($9/each).
February 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Lauris meticulously hand-painted 499 monarch butterflies. They’re up at Confluence Center one last week. The monarchs are a fundraiser for his 1-year Rotary exchange to Spain ($9/each).
Reposted by Alison Reintjes
⚠️Revealed: A US government-funded 'private social network' has been profiling and attacking critics of pesticides and genetically modified crops, using public funding to undermine public health advocates and downplay the dangers of toxic chemicals.
Revealed: the US government-funded ‘private social network’ attacking pesticide critics
Network includes derogatory profiles of figures such as UN experts and food writer Michael Pollan, and is part of an effort to downplay pesticide dangers, records suggest
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
⚠️Revealed: A US government-funded 'private social network' has been profiling and attacking critics of pesticides and genetically modified crops, using public funding to undermine public health advocates and downplay the dangers of toxic chemicals.
Reposted by Alison Reintjes
A fire at a Pennsylvania petrochemical plant sent nine people to the hospital and forced residents to shelter in place. A chemical incident occurs every two days in the US. A stark reminder: we must move #BeyondPetrochemicals.
Saegertown residents told to shelter in place
SAEGERTOWN, PA (WJET/WFXP) — Residents in Crawford County are being told to shelter in place because of an emergency at LORD Corporation in Saegertown. People in the area received an emergency aler…
www.yourerie.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A fire at a Pennsylvania petrochemical plant sent nine people to the hospital and forced residents to shelter in place. A chemical incident occurs every two days in the US. A stark reminder: we must move #BeyondPetrochemicals.
Reposted by Alison Reintjes
In the historic International Court of Justice climate proceedings, human rights arguments have been at the forefront.
🤓READ @srenvironment.bsky.social's timely article on the role of the UN’s highest court in ensuring the right #HealthyEnvironmentForAll everywhere 👇👇
sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
🤓READ @srenvironment.bsky.social's timely article on the role of the UN’s highest court in ensuring the right #HealthyEnvironmentForAll everywhere 👇👇
sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
Healthy Environment: A Human Right and Customary International Law
By Astrid Puentes Riaño, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest judicial organ of the UN, i...
sdg.iisd.org
February 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
In the historic International Court of Justice climate proceedings, human rights arguments have been at the forefront.
🤓READ @srenvironment.bsky.social's timely article on the role of the UN’s highest court in ensuring the right #HealthyEnvironmentForAll everywhere 👇👇
sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
🤓READ @srenvironment.bsky.social's timely article on the role of the UN’s highest court in ensuring the right #HealthyEnvironmentForAll everywhere 👇👇
sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...