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Hannah Harder
@hannahharder.bsky.social
Biologist and Environmental Scientist.
Substack @hannahharder

Permaculturist. Author of A Woman in the Wilderness: A Foray in Poetry AND A Lexicon of Love.
Poet. Writer. Nature Photography and Naturalist. Allergy & chronic illness advocacy. 🌱🌎💙💚
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Where I am focusing my non-fiction writing. 🌱🌎

P.S. I am also engaged in a middle grade children’s novel.
Hello From An Eco-Science Writer And Allergy Disease Advocate
Hi!
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How far coral research has come since 2018 when just one or two labs were doing this work to now fifty to sixty globally is really hopeful! Coral supports over 25% of ocean species so this couldn’t come at a more critical time!
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The Humble Microbe Could Help Us Understand Life Itself
Podcast Episode · Science Friday · 09/23/2025 · 13m
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September 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It’s pretty terrifying water impacts data centers already have and the expansions that are coming—all with way too little oversight, regulations, or even responsibility for taxes.

What organizations in the upper midwest are aggressively defending our water?‼️

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Data Centers Could Threaten Wisconsin Water, Report Warns
Could withdraw some 150 billion gallons of water nationally over next 5 years.
urbanmilwaukee.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Boo on these changes. Really hurting people w asthma too
June 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Thank you!!
June 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
soil is a memoir, about the joys of growing, but not really about soil. Also a POC, bot indigenous
June 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Wow that sounds amazing
June 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Soil by Camille Dungy
Prodigal Summer OR Unsheltered by Kingsolver
June 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fresh Banana Leaves by Dr Henderson
June 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Gathering Moss, Kimmerer
June 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Then and now. . .
March 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This is maddening. How do we take actions against things like this and USDA killings?
March 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
ALL THIS
For every $1 spent on climate resilience and preparedness, communities save $13 in damages and cleanup costs.

NOAA saves lives AND billions of dollars.

Trump and Musk's dismantling of NOAA has nothing to do with "fraud" or "waste" — it's just mindless destruction that will make us all worse off.
The True Cost of Trump's Cuts to NOAA and NASA
Environmentalists warn that the Earth is running a fever and, with the latest NOAA firings, we’ve begun sacking the doctors.
time.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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A federal judge ordered six federal agencies to rehire thousands of probationary workers fired under Musk’s government-cutting initiative. Judge William J. Alsup ruled the firings unlawful, carried out unilaterally by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
March 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“God’s love is like soil— it sustains us, absorbs all the waste we put into it, transforms us, anchors us, and integrates us into the matrix of other living things.” #lent #environmental
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Dirty Little Miracles, Day 8 Let it Grow Lenten Series
The Power of Compost
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March 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Remembering Bob Waldrop and how permaculture, civil service, and grower independence are interrelated. substack.com/@hannahharde...
Be a Salty Saint, Day 7 Let it Grow Lenten Series
Doing Good while being good
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March 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A place for ESSENTIAL advocacy. 14 days left for public comment‼️⚠️Thank you Jim Pattiz. #🌎
Disgusting overthrowing of one of the most important environmental frameworks that also has huge implications for #publichealth
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Over 50 Years of Environmental Protections — Gone Overnight
This Administration Doesn't Want You To Know or Care About NEPA
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March 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"Seed planters... are the ones with the foresight to look towards tomorrow. We are the hopers...We believe in a quiet resistance, but one strong enough to crack rocks with its roots."
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#lent
Village of Seed Planters, Day 3 Let it Grow Lenten series
Re-envisioning Nazareth and beyond
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March 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"It is a truth easily forgotten by most, but plants too are guides, and these guides were certainly much more prominent in past times."
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March 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"...consider what it really means to be just one voice amongst the many of your local wilderness. Consider what it means to 'be a voice howling in the desert.' "
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Get Thee to a Wilderness (part 1), Day 1 Lenten Series Let it Grow
Day 1 of Lenten Reflections in a Let it Grow Series with Israeli biodiversity
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March 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM