Heather Alberro
@dralberro.bsky.social
Green utopian academic-activist, writer, Lecturer in Sustainability @ University of Manchester, co-convenor for @PSAEnvironment, fellow of all terrestrials. She/her. βπΌππ±π¦π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
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Heather Alberro
@dralberro.bsky.social
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Friends & fellow πͺ΄ enthusiasts! Have you acquired live houseplants during/since the COVID-19 pandemic? Does your houseplant collection continue to grow? If so, please consider taking part in my research! Details & survey link ππΌPlease share widely! π π± πͺ΄ www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
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The internet offered a world of connection and cooperation. What we got was a world of ruthless monopolies and oligarchs.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The internet offered a world of connection and cooperation. What we got was a world of ruthless monopolies and oligarchs.
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I've been to a Starbucks maybe once in my life because they're evil, but if you are a customer, now is just as good a time as 'forever' to deny them your business. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starbucks workers and unions in 10 countries to protest in support of US baristas
Starbucks workers and union allies in 10 countries are set to demonstrate on Wednesday in support of striking US employees.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I've been to a Starbucks maybe once in my life because they're evil, but if you are a customer, now is just as good a time as 'forever' to deny them your business. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The unsustainable production of food and fossil fuels causes $5bn of environmental damage PER HOUR - major UN report.
A global transformation of governance, economics and finance is required βbefore collapse becomes inevitableβ
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A global transformation of governance, economics and finance is required βbefore collapse becomes inevitableβ
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
βFood and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hourβ
UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required βbefore collapse becomes inevitableβ
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The unsustainable production of food and fossil fuels causes $5bn of environmental damage PER HOUR - major UN report.
A global transformation of governance, economics and finance is required βbefore collapse becomes inevitableβ
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A global transformation of governance, economics and finance is required βbefore collapse becomes inevitableβ
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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November 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
βRest is resistance and sleep is political. Systemic nightmares threaten our sleep.β - Alexis Pauline Gumbs, βUndrowned: Black femminist lessons from marine mammalsβ βπΌπ¬π³
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
βRest is resistance and sleep is political. Systemic nightmares threaten our sleep.β - Alexis Pauline Gumbs, βUndrowned: Black femminist lessons from marine mammalsβ βπΌπ¬π³
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This #TrusteesWeek we celebrate the PSA trustees and recognise the difference they make to our charity.π buff.ly/qC1d7TZ
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Hands off Venezuela! π»πͺβπΌ
The US has a long history of military intervention in Latin America -- but the US campaign against Venezuela goes beyond all precedents, according to a scholar who recaps the history: buff.ly/95slpmI
Trumpβs squeeze of Venezuela goes beyond βMonroe doctrineβ β in ideology, intent and scale, itβs unprecedented
A US military buildup in the Caribbean after weeks of naval strikes is both the latest case of intervention in Latin America and uniquely aggressive in key ways.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Hands off Venezuela! π»πͺβπΌ
Any candidate supported by billionaires is not one to be trusted.
November 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Any candidate supported by billionaires is not one to be trusted.
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Review (2025) of our book Entangled Futurities (Routledge 2024) by Sarah Lohmann in Science Fiction Studies journal! online.ucpress.edu/sfs/article-... @sarahlohmann.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @rhifirth.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
Review: Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown: Entangled Futurities, edited by Heather Alberro, Emrah Atasoy, Nora Castle, Rhiannon Firth, and Conrad Scott
Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown: Entangled Futurities is a collection published as part of the ROUTLEDGE ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES series. This collective labor...
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October 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Review (2025) of our book Entangled Futurities (Routledge 2024) by Sarah Lohmann in Science Fiction Studies journal! online.ucpress.edu/sfs/article-... @sarahlohmann.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @rhifirth.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
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Here's a website that helps you switch to a greener bank.
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
October 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Here's a website that helps you switch to a greener bank.
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
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I've never heard a better political speech than that just delivered by @zackpolanski.bsky.social at #gpconf π
Truthfulness, decency & kindness in politics, imagine that!
#GreenParty
Truthfulness, decency & kindness in politics, imagine that!
#GreenParty
Zack Polanski leads a conference shout of "migrants and refugees are welcome here"
October 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I've never heard a better political speech than that just delivered by @zackpolanski.bsky.social at #gpconf π
Truthfulness, decency & kindness in politics, imagine that!
#GreenParty
Truthfulness, decency & kindness in politics, imagine that!
#GreenParty
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October 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Thank you for sharing! ππΌ
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π¨CfP closing soon!
We would love to host your paper at the 2026 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Oxford.
More details here: www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
Just select 'Environmental Politics Specialist Group' in the βTopicsβ section when submitting your abstract.
We would love to host your paper at the 2026 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Oxford.
More details here: www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
Just select 'Environmental Politics Specialist Group' in the βTopicsβ section when submitting your abstract.
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Political Studies Association 76th Annual International ConferencePSA26: Political Studies Futures30 March β 1 April 2026, Oxford Join us in Oxford for PSA26 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures'Our ...
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September 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
π¨CfP closing soon!
We would love to host your paper at the 2026 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Oxford.
More details here: www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
Just select 'Environmental Politics Specialist Group' in the βTopicsβ section when submitting your abstract.
We would love to host your paper at the 2026 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Oxford.
More details here: www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
Just select 'Environmental Politics Specialist Group' in the βTopicsβ section when submitting your abstract.
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Exicting events on a great new book π
Please join us to discuss our book on Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance (thread below). One launch on the 8th Oct, 10am EST, one on the 16th Oct, 4pm EST. See flyer for details and to register. The book is open access so you can quiz us. See you there! @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Exicting events on a great new book π
βAn economic order that contains inequalities as extreme as ours- in which the vanity rocket ships of billionaires sail over seas of human misery- is its own kind of depravity, and that level of injustice reproduces more depravity as a matter of course.β - Doppelganger @naomiaklein.bsky.social βπΌ
September 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
βAn economic order that contains inequalities as extreme as ours- in which the vanity rocket ships of billionaires sail over seas of human misery- is its own kind of depravity, and that level of injustice reproduces more depravity as a matter of course.β - Doppelganger @naomiaklein.bsky.social βπΌ
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π’ Donβt miss out! β»οΈ
Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic βEnvironmental Politics in an Age of Insecurityβ ππ»
ποΈ 17 September at @manchester.ac.uk
Programme & registrationβ¬οΈ
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Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic βEnvironmental Politics in an Age of Insecurityβ ππ»
ποΈ 17 September at @manchester.ac.uk
Programme & registrationβ¬οΈ
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...
Workshop: Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity
A one-day workshop on global (in)security, geopolitics and the environment.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
π’ Donβt miss out! β»οΈ
Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic βEnvironmental Politics in an Age of Insecurityβ ππ»
ποΈ 17 September at @manchester.ac.uk
Programme & registrationβ¬οΈ
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...
Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic βEnvironmental Politics in an Age of Insecurityβ ππ»
ποΈ 17 September at @manchester.ac.uk
Programme & registrationβ¬οΈ
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...
Our dominant socioeconomic systems have βa Midas problem. Thereβs no endgame, just a stagnant pyramiding scheme. Endless, pointless prosperityββ¦ - Richard Powers, The Overstory π±π³
August 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Our dominant socioeconomic systems have βa Midas problem. Thereβs no endgame, just a stagnant pyramiding scheme. Endless, pointless prosperityββ¦ - Richard Powers, The Overstory π±π³
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π’ In case you missed out!
Send your paper proposal for the #PSA26 Annual Conference by 17 Oct 2025 π
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Send your paper proposal for the #PSA26 Annual Conference by 17 Oct 2025 π
Why attend?
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β Network with peers & senior academics π«±π½βπ«²πΌ
β Get involved in Specialist Groups π
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*PSA26 Annual Conference* - For information about how to submit a paper proposal, or to see registration fees, visit the PSA26 conference page, which includes extensive FAQs.
Paper proposal deadline: 17 October 2025
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π’ In case you missed out!
Send your paper proposal for the #PSA26 Annual Conference by 17 Oct 2025 π
Why attend?
β A great place to present your research & get feedback π‘
β Network with peers & senior academics π«±π½βπ«²πΌ
β Get involved in Specialist Groups π
More infoβ¬οΈ
Send your paper proposal for the #PSA26 Annual Conference by 17 Oct 2025 π
Why attend?
β A great place to present your research & get feedback π‘
β Network with peers & senior academics π«±π½βπ«²πΌ
β Get involved in Specialist Groups π
More infoβ¬οΈ