Annette Dubreuil
@annettedubreuil.bsky.social
Embodied Creativity Facilitator, Focusing Teacher & MBA. Leader of climate and empathy circles. Past Communications Director at Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission.
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This.
September 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This.
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This fascinating article suggests our best hope of avoiding societal collapse may be direct democracy through Citizens' Assemblies
Happily the work is underway - check @timetoassemble.bsky.social and please support!
Happily the work is underway - check @timetoassemble.bsky.social and please support!
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This fascinating article suggests our best hope of avoiding societal collapse may be direct democracy through Citizens' Assemblies
Happily the work is underway - check @timetoassemble.bsky.social and please support!
Happily the work is underway - check @timetoassemble.bsky.social and please support!
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Proportionally, the estimated 100-200k Pride marchers in Budapest today would correspond to something approaching 1m in London or New York. And this in a country that has now spent 15 years under illiberal, authoritarian rule.
What a symbol of hope.
What a symbol of hope.
According to media estimates the participants to the Budapest Pride may have been in the hundreds of thousands defying the ban
📸: Gábor Tenczer, Balázs Ivándi-Szabó
📸: Gábor Tenczer, Balázs Ivándi-Szabó
June 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Proportionally, the estimated 100-200k Pride marchers in Budapest today would correspond to something approaching 1m in London or New York. And this in a country that has now spent 15 years under illiberal, authoritarian rule.
What a symbol of hope.
What a symbol of hope.
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It’s *well* past time we take climate change deadly seriously.
Every… EVERY… piece of physical and social infrastructure is reliant on a stable climate.
Every… EVERY… piece of physical and social infrastructure is reliant on a stable climate.
Video captured the moment a road buckled and sent a car flying as a heatwave impacted Missouri on Sunday.
June 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It’s *well* past time we take climate change deadly seriously.
Every… EVERY… piece of physical and social infrastructure is reliant on a stable climate.
Every… EVERY… piece of physical and social infrastructure is reliant on a stable climate.
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In the past year we've had a series of papers with results that've shocked #climate scientists - the globe is heating #FasterThanExpected & we don't fully know why
The public discourse is not keeping up.
Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵
The public discourse is not keeping up.
Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵
June 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
In the past year we've had a series of papers with results that've shocked #climate scientists - the globe is heating #FasterThanExpected & we don't fully know why
The public discourse is not keeping up.
Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵
The public discourse is not keeping up.
Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵
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So, it turns out we're treating fascism just like we've been treating climate change:
– ignore warnings of experts
– buy into bullshit "alternative explanations"
- read "don't worry" media op-eds
– deny it will really be that bad
– start seeing major evidence
– hope somebody does something
– ignore warnings of experts
– buy into bullshit "alternative explanations"
- read "don't worry" media op-eds
– deny it will really be that bad
– start seeing major evidence
– hope somebody does something
June 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
So, it turns out we're treating fascism just like we've been treating climate change:
– ignore warnings of experts
– buy into bullshit "alternative explanations"
- read "don't worry" media op-eds
– deny it will really be that bad
– start seeing major evidence
– hope somebody does something
– ignore warnings of experts
– buy into bullshit "alternative explanations"
- read "don't worry" media op-eds
– deny it will really be that bad
– start seeing major evidence
– hope somebody does something
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🌲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
As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🌲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
As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social
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One of the central principles in the Hong Kong pro-democracy protest movement was:
Do Not Split
(In Chinese: 不割蓆)
When you are part of a decentralized movement against an authoritarian power, it is critical to respect the roles others play, even when you do not agree with all of their actions.
Do Not Split
(In Chinese: 不割蓆)
When you are part of a decentralized movement against an authoritarian power, it is critical to respect the roles others play, even when you do not agree with all of their actions.
June 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
One of the central principles in the Hong Kong pro-democracy protest movement was:
Do Not Split
(In Chinese: 不割蓆)
When you are part of a decentralized movement against an authoritarian power, it is critical to respect the roles others play, even when you do not agree with all of their actions.
Do Not Split
(In Chinese: 不割蓆)
When you are part of a decentralized movement against an authoritarian power, it is critical to respect the roles others play, even when you do not agree with all of their actions.
In Ontario, we used to have smog days. Then we shut down the coal plants and our air quality massively improved. Now, with all this forest fire smoke (two years ago and again this spring), we have haze days. One step forward, two steps back.
June 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In Ontario, we used to have smog days. Then we shut down the coal plants and our air quality massively improved. Now, with all this forest fire smoke (two years ago and again this spring), we have haze days. One step forward, two steps back.
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#UPDATE: The Manitoba government has declared a provincewide state of emergency due to the wildfire situation.
All residents and visitors have been ordered to evacuate the community of Flin Flon Manitoba due to the threat of raging wildfires.
globalnews.ca/news/1120186...
globalnews.ca/news/1120186...
Thousands on evacuation order in northern Manitoba due to wildfires | Globalnews.ca
The City of Flin Flon shared on social media on Wednesday afternoon that all residents and visitors must leave as soon as possible and in a calm and orderly manner.
globalnews.ca
May 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#UPDATE: The Manitoba government has declared a provincewide state of emergency due to the wildfire situation.
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before and after today’s glacier collapse that buried 90% of blatten, switzerland
May 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
before and after today’s glacier collapse that buried 90% of blatten, switzerland
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I’m really looking forward to this. Please join me.
Don’t Say Climate? Bridging Divides with Katharine Hayhoe — Climate Psychology Alliance North America
Join us in learning how to have conversations about climate in this polarizing time.
www.climatepsychology.us
April 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’m really looking forward to this. Please join me.
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Montreal has installed curb-extensions or 'bump-outs' at intersections across the City to make pedestrian crossings safer while adding needed greenery to urban neighborhoods. Intersections with these treatments had a 25% lower rate of vehicle on pedestrian crashes.
📍Montreal 🇨🇦
📍Montreal 🇨🇦
April 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Montreal has installed curb-extensions or 'bump-outs' at intersections across the City to make pedestrian crossings safer while adding needed greenery to urban neighborhoods. Intersections with these treatments had a 25% lower rate of vehicle on pedestrian crashes.
📍Montreal 🇨🇦
📍Montreal 🇨🇦
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I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
Join me and Jenn Wesanko for an interactive workshop hosted by climatena.bsky.social
We invite you to experience and explore Focusing – a bottom-up (somatic) process that supports and helps to shift the psychological and emotional landscape related to climate change and the broader polycrises.
We invite you to experience and explore Focusing – a bottom-up (somatic) process that supports and helps to shift the psychological and emotional landscape related to climate change and the broader polycrises.
March 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Join me and Jenn Wesanko for an interactive workshop hosted by climatena.bsky.social
We invite you to experience and explore Focusing – a bottom-up (somatic) process that supports and helps to shift the psychological and emotional landscape related to climate change and the broader polycrises.
We invite you to experience and explore Focusing – a bottom-up (somatic) process that supports and helps to shift the psychological and emotional landscape related to climate change and the broader polycrises.
Join me Thursday for my presentation at the 3rd Summit on Mental Health and Climate Change. It runs three days, starting tomorrow and is free!
mhcca.ca/summit
mhcca.ca/summit
Summit 2025 — Mental Health and Climate Change
mhcca.ca
February 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Join me Thursday for my presentation at the 3rd Summit on Mental Health and Climate Change. It runs three days, starting tomorrow and is free!
mhcca.ca/summit
mhcca.ca/summit
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A lot of folks asked why I through this January's record global temperatures were so unexpected.
I think this graph shows it pretty clearly: pretty much every other January with La Nina conditions has been a cooler than the surrounding years.
I think this graph shows it pretty clearly: pretty much every other January with La Nina conditions has been a cooler than the surrounding years.
February 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A lot of folks asked why I through this January's record global temperatures were so unexpected.
I think this graph shows it pretty clearly: pretty much every other January with La Nina conditions has been a cooler than the surrounding years.
I think this graph shows it pretty clearly: pretty much every other January with La Nina conditions has been a cooler than the surrounding years.
We have 3 spots left for tomorrow‘s circle in Toronto!
#Toronto #climate folks, join us Nov 28th for a circle
to share and be together with our emotions about this crisis.
pupa.ca/events/clima...
to share and be together with our emotions about this crisis.
pupa.ca/events/clima...
November 27, 2024 at 3:26 PM
We have 3 spots left for tomorrow‘s circle in Toronto!
#Toronto #climate folks, join us Nov 28th for a circle
to share and be together with our emotions about this crisis.
pupa.ca/events/clima...
to share and be together with our emotions about this crisis.
pupa.ca/events/clima...
November 12, 2024 at 5:20 AM
#Toronto #climate folks, join us Nov 28th for a circle
to share and be together with our emotions about this crisis.
pupa.ca/events/clima...
to share and be together with our emotions about this crisis.
pupa.ca/events/clima...
November 12, 2024 at 5:16 AM
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#Milton: This is a terrific tip from the Insurance Institute for Home and Business Safety (IBHS). Everyone knows to close your exterior windows and doors. But also closing your interior doors can be just as important in limiting pressure on your roof.
October 9, 2024 at 7:38 PM
#Milton: This is a terrific tip from the Insurance Institute for Home and Business Safety (IBHS). Everyone knows to close your exterior windows and doors. But also closing your interior doors can be just as important in limiting pressure on your roof.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,144,653!
September 18, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,144,653!
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What are we even doing here?
"A 63-year-old climate activist and professional cellist faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested on Thursday while performing a Bach solo outside the headquarters of one of the world’s largest fossil fuel financier Citibank in downtown New York"
"A 63-year-old climate activist and professional cellist faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested on Thursday while performing a Bach solo outside the headquarters of one of the world’s largest fossil fuel financier Citibank in downtown New York"
Cello-playing climate activist arrested at New York Citibank protest as crackdown escalates
Second activist also arrested during ‘summer of heat’ protest against second largest financier of fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2024 at 12:05 AM
What are we even doing here?
"A 63-year-old climate activist and professional cellist faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested on Thursday while performing a Bach solo outside the headquarters of one of the world’s largest fossil fuel financier Citibank in downtown New York"
"A 63-year-old climate activist and professional cellist faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested on Thursday while performing a Bach solo outside the headquarters of one of the world’s largest fossil fuel financier Citibank in downtown New York"
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An incredible story:
When the latest batch of solar plants come on line, Texas will have added more solar capacity per capita in a single year than any US state and any country in the world.
Data from @EmberClimate.
www.ft.com/content/ef2f...
When the latest batch of solar plants come on line, Texas will have added more solar capacity per capita in a single year than any US state and any country in the world.
Data from @EmberClimate.
www.ft.com/content/ef2f...
June 2, 2024 at 8:06 AM
An incredible story:
When the latest batch of solar plants come on line, Texas will have added more solar capacity per capita in a single year than any US state and any country in the world.
Data from @EmberClimate.
www.ft.com/content/ef2f...
When the latest batch of solar plants come on line, Texas will have added more solar capacity per capita in a single year than any US state and any country in the world.
Data from @EmberClimate.
www.ft.com/content/ef2f...