Kristy Brauch
@ikristy.bsky.social
Founder, Cynergetic Learning Lab • Ecological Educator • UCANR Cal Naturalist • UCCE Master Gardener Lead • WWF Panda Ambassador Activist• Pollinator Partnership Steward • Teranga Ranch Wildlife • Center For Lyme Disease Lobbyist • ILADS Ambassador
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Join the Bumble Bee Atlas online for a celebration and recap of the 2024 field season! We'll discuss the achievements of our community scientists, how Atlas data is used to support bumble bee conservation, and goals for 2025. To register, visit bumblebeeatlas.org/pages/events
February 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Join the Bumble Bee Atlas online for a celebration and recap of the 2024 field season! We'll discuss the achievements of our community scientists, how Atlas data is used to support bumble bee conservation, and goals for 2025. To register, visit bumblebeeatlas.org/pages/events
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Earthjustice has filed two legal challenges to stop Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute, which would encircle the Bad River Band’s Reservation in northern Wisconsin, where the pipeline has trespassed for over a decade.
December 12, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Earthjustice has filed two legal challenges to stop Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute, which would encircle the Bad River Band’s Reservation in northern Wisconsin, where the pipeline has trespassed for over a decade.
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Unlike many conservation groups, Xerces refuses to take funding from pesticide (or fossil fuel) companies. We won't be a part of greenwashing.
This year, we stopped planned insecticide sprays on over 8 million acres of public land. If you can, help us keep going in 2025!🌼🐝 xerces.org/give
This year, we stopped planned insecticide sprays on over 8 million acres of public land. If you can, help us keep going in 2025!🌼🐝 xerces.org/give
December 12, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Unlike many conservation groups, Xerces refuses to take funding from pesticide (or fossil fuel) companies. We won't be a part of greenwashing.
This year, we stopped planned insecticide sprays on over 8 million acres of public land. If you can, help us keep going in 2025!🌼🐝 xerces.org/give
This year, we stopped planned insecticide sprays on over 8 million acres of public land. If you can, help us keep going in 2025!🌼🐝 xerces.org/give
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Finally made a nice final version of this for print. It’ll be available soon!
December 11, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Finally made a nice final version of this for print. It’ll be available soon!
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Did someone say 2 for 1? In collaboration with Google Earth Outreach, EDF introduced air quality sensors on (electric!) Street View cars, allowing for hyperlocal mapping of air pollution within a city.
Air pollution mapping enters a new tech era
EDF and Google Earth Outreach's pilot project uses new sensing and analytical technologies to measure urban gas leaks that contribute to climate change.
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December 11, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Did someone say 2 for 1? In collaboration with Google Earth Outreach, EDF introduced air quality sensors on (electric!) Street View cars, allowing for hyperlocal mapping of air pollution within a city.
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Shifting to nighttime work to avoid extreme heat has led to physical and mental health challenges for workers. It also disrupts family routines and communal life. grist.org/food-and-agr...
Extreme heat is forcing farmers to work overnight, an adaptation that comes with a cost
Farmers and fisherfolk across the world are shifting into nighttime work to escape perilous heat.
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December 11, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Shifting to nighttime work to avoid extreme heat has led to physical and mental health challenges for workers. It also disrupts family routines and communal life. grist.org/food-and-agr...
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Trees vs. Invasive Shot Hole Borers.
Beatriz Nobua-Behrmann, urban forestry and natural resources advisor, sheds light on the pest's impact on various ornamental trees, including avocado trees, a very important agricultural crop.
gardenbasics.net/episodes/368...
Beatriz Nobua-Behrmann, urban forestry and natural resources advisor, sheds light on the pest's impact on various ornamental trees, including avocado trees, a very important agricultural crop.
gardenbasics.net/episodes/368...
368 Trees vs. Invasive Shot Hole Borers
Today, we venture into the critical realm of invasive pests, zeroing in on the invasive shot hole borer (ISHB), a formidable newcomer from southern As...
gardenbasics.net
December 11, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Trees vs. Invasive Shot Hole Borers.
Beatriz Nobua-Behrmann, urban forestry and natural resources advisor, sheds light on the pest's impact on various ornamental trees, including avocado trees, a very important agricultural crop.
gardenbasics.net/episodes/368...
Beatriz Nobua-Behrmann, urban forestry and natural resources advisor, sheds light on the pest's impact on various ornamental trees, including avocado trees, a very important agricultural crop.
gardenbasics.net/episodes/368...
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On this week’s Love, Hope, Lyme podcast by Fred Diamond, Christina Kantzavelos, a therapist and chronic Lyme survivor, offers insights and hope for those navigating this complex journey. www.lymedisease.org/bridging-lym...
PODCAST: Bridging chronic Lyme trauma and emotional healing | LymeDisease.org
By Fred Diamond Living with chronic Lyme disease can be a relentless battle, often misunderstood by those who haven’t experienced its toll. Beyond the
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December 10, 2024 at 3:19 PM
On this week’s Love, Hope, Lyme podcast by Fred Diamond, Christina Kantzavelos, a therapist and chronic Lyme survivor, offers insights and hope for those navigating this complex journey. www.lymedisease.org/bridging-lym...
USFW Press release regarding listing of monarch butterfly as threatened endangered species. Now in the public comment stage.
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Monarch Butterfly Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing protection for one of the nation’s most beloved species -- the monarch butterfly -- and is encouraging the public to be part of its recovery. The Servic...
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December 10, 2024 at 7:56 PM
USFW Press release regarding listing of monarch butterfly as threatened endangered species. Now in the public comment stage.
www.fws.gov/press-releas....
www.fws.gov/press-releas....
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Written 54 years ago in response to a child’s letter about what makes a good citizen, and still right on the money.
November 14, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Written 54 years ago in response to a child’s letter about what makes a good citizen, and still right on the money.
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In the second episode of Dr. Richard Horowitz's MEDICAL DETECTIVE series, he explains how to recognize Lyme disease through symptoms alone.
READ MORE and access the Medical Detective’s Lyme/MSIDS Questionnaire here. www.lymedisease.org/medical-dete...
READ MORE and access the Medical Detective’s Lyme/MSIDS Questionnaire here. www.lymedisease.org/medical-dete...
MEDICAL DETECTIVE: How Will I Know If I Have Lyme Disease? | LymeDisease.org
This article was originally posted on Dr. Richard Horowitz's Medical Detective Substack. You can find more helpful content by subscribing to it here. Lyme
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December 9, 2024 at 9:41 PM
In the second episode of Dr. Richard Horowitz's MEDICAL DETECTIVE series, he explains how to recognize Lyme disease through symptoms alone.
READ MORE and access the Medical Detective’s Lyme/MSIDS Questionnaire here. www.lymedisease.org/medical-dete...
READ MORE and access the Medical Detective’s Lyme/MSIDS Questionnaire here. www.lymedisease.org/medical-dete...
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VICTORY! The EPA has officially banned TCE, a toxic, cancer-causing chemical. Thanks to our clients’ relentless advocacy, vulnerable communities are now better protected. A major win for public health, environmental justice, and the power of people! ejus.tc/3VuZ2ym
EPA bans two cancer-causing chemicals used in everyday products
Michal Freedhoff, EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, said the bans will protect workers, consumers and residents from the chemical’s harms.
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December 9, 2024 at 9:37 PM
VICTORY! The EPA has officially banned TCE, a toxic, cancer-causing chemical. Thanks to our clients’ relentless advocacy, vulnerable communities are now better protected. A major win for public health, environmental justice, and the power of people! ejus.tc/3VuZ2ym
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New strains of sudden oak death threaten Bay Area trees.
"It blows around in wind-driven rain, and that's exactly how it's moving here," said #UCCE Environmental Horticulturist Steven Swain who says the new strains look to be more dangerous. www.ktvu.com/news/sudden-... #KTVU
"It blows around in wind-driven rain, and that's exactly how it's moving here," said #UCCE Environmental Horticulturist Steven Swain who says the new strains look to be more dangerous. www.ktvu.com/news/sudden-... #KTVU
New strains of sudden oak death threaten Bay Area trees
The pathogen is found in 16 coastal and near coastal counties from the Oregon border to the southern border of Monterey County.
www.ktvu.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:23 PM
New strains of sudden oak death threaten Bay Area trees.
"It blows around in wind-driven rain, and that's exactly how it's moving here," said #UCCE Environmental Horticulturist Steven Swain who says the new strains look to be more dangerous. www.ktvu.com/news/sudden-... #KTVU
"It blows around in wind-driven rain, and that's exactly how it's moving here," said #UCCE Environmental Horticulturist Steven Swain who says the new strains look to be more dangerous. www.ktvu.com/news/sudden-... #KTVU
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December 9, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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👀 Eye-opening photographs show the stark changes—from hotter, drier weather to invasive species to more powerful storms—that climate change is bringing to national parks in the U.S.
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Photos show the impact of climate change on national parks
Photos show climate change impacting national parks from Yellowstone's flooding to warming temperatures in Denali. Wildfires are also causing damage.
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December 9, 2024 at 7:32 PM
👀 Eye-opening photographs show the stark changes—from hotter, drier weather to invasive species to more powerful storms—that climate change is bringing to national parks in the U.S.
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Help save property bordering the San Gabriel Mtns. National Monument!
Show your support of The WEST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AREA PLAN if you want to save wildland from developers!
Make a public comment : publiccomment.bos.lacounty.gov
Further information: bos.lacounty.gov/Board-Meetin...
Show your support of The WEST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AREA PLAN if you want to save wildland from developers!
Make a public comment : publiccomment.bos.lacounty.gov
Further information: bos.lacounty.gov/Board-Meetin...
Request to Address the Board of Supervisors
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December 9, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Help save property bordering the San Gabriel Mtns. National Monument!
Show your support of The WEST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AREA PLAN if you want to save wildland from developers!
Make a public comment : publiccomment.bos.lacounty.gov
Further information: bos.lacounty.gov/Board-Meetin...
Show your support of The WEST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AREA PLAN if you want to save wildland from developers!
Make a public comment : publiccomment.bos.lacounty.gov
Further information: bos.lacounty.gov/Board-Meetin...
CA makes impressive stride towards it's climate goals. The 2022 data shows a 2.4% decrease in total GHG emissions
🌾 Agriculture: 1.7% emissions drop
🚗 Transportation: 3.6% emissions drop
⚡ Electricity: 4.1% emissions drop
🏭 Industrial: Lowest emissions ever recorded
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🌾 Agriculture: 1.7% emissions drop
🚗 Transportation: 3.6% emissions drop
⚡ Electricity: 4.1% emissions drop
🏭 Industrial: Lowest emissions ever recorded
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December 5, 2024 at 6:15 PM
CA makes impressive stride towards it's climate goals. The 2022 data shows a 2.4% decrease in total GHG emissions
🌾 Agriculture: 1.7% emissions drop
🚗 Transportation: 3.6% emissions drop
⚡ Electricity: 4.1% emissions drop
🏭 Industrial: Lowest emissions ever recorded
ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/defaul...
🌾 Agriculture: 1.7% emissions drop
🚗 Transportation: 3.6% emissions drop
⚡ Electricity: 4.1% emissions drop
🏭 Industrial: Lowest emissions ever recorded
ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/defaul...
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President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks signal a major shift in U.S. climate policy. Key nominees are staunch fossil fuel advocates, climate skeptics, and deregulation proponents, with little focus on clean energy transition grist.org/politics/tru...
The Trump Cabinet nominees who could decide our climate future
It's not just the EPA. From Elon Musk and RFK Jr. to Marco Rubio and Doug Burgum, Trump's picks to lead key agencies are poised to set a very different climate agenda
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December 5, 2024 at 4:20 PM
President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks signal a major shift in U.S. climate policy. Key nominees are staunch fossil fuel advocates, climate skeptics, and deregulation proponents, with little focus on clean energy transition grist.org/politics/tru...
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FUCK. YEAH. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
November 16, 2024 at 3:53 PM
FUCK. YEAH. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Getting this Plan approved is the best chance we have at conserving the Nuccio's land and keeping what's left of the open space in the foothills.
West San Gabriel Valley Area Plan: mailchi.mp/a37b1d8f0e7b...
www.chaneytrailcorridor.org/wsgvap
Getting this Plan approved is the best chance we have at conserving the Nuccio's land and keeping what's left of the open space in the foothills.
West San Gabriel Valley Area Plan: mailchi.mp/a37b1d8f0e7b...
www.chaneytrailcorridor.org/wsgvap
Altadena: A Brief History of What Might Have Been - Local News Pasadena
Organized opposition, fizzled projects and unfulfilled plans that defined a community. Communities share a sense of place, defined by clear-cut decisions that direct us.
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November 28, 2024 at 8:20 PM
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Getting this Plan approved is the best chance we have at conserving the Nuccio's land and keeping what's left of the open space in the foothills.
West San Gabriel Valley Area Plan: mailchi.mp/a37b1d8f0e7b...
www.chaneytrailcorridor.org/wsgvap
Getting this Plan approved is the best chance we have at conserving the Nuccio's land and keeping what's left of the open space in the foothills.
West San Gabriel Valley Area Plan: mailchi.mp/a37b1d8f0e7b...
www.chaneytrailcorridor.org/wsgvap
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today I'm thankful for foxes, fresh bread, bookish folk, lighthouses, lampposts, C. S. Lewis, university libraries, classic films, cold rains, Mr Pickwick, Marcel Proust, Mrs Owl, and you.
November 28, 2024 at 7:44 PM
today I'm thankful for foxes, fresh bread, bookish folk, lighthouses, lampposts, C. S. Lewis, university libraries, classic films, cold rains, Mr Pickwick, Marcel Proust, Mrs Owl, and you.
Happy Thanksgiving! Might you join me in my annual tradition of watching this heartfelt documentary? youtu.be/ENr62-oWyPs?...
My Life as a Turkey | Illumination in the Flatwoods | Joe Hutto
YouTube video by symmetry
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November 28, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Happy Thanksgiving! Might you join me in my annual tradition of watching this heartfelt documentary? youtu.be/ENr62-oWyPs?...
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"He runs the table on the seven deadly sins and demonstrates not a trace of any of the four cardinal virtues. He possesses not a single character trait that you would want your child to fully emulate."
Yep, still true.
Tim Miller from the archives:
Yep, still true.
Tim Miller from the archives:
Actually, the Orange Man Is Bad
And that's kind of the point.
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November 19, 2024 at 11:04 PM
"He runs the table on the seven deadly sins and demonstrates not a trace of any of the four cardinal virtues. He possesses not a single character trait that you would want your child to fully emulate."
Yep, still true.
Tim Miller from the archives:
Yep, still true.
Tim Miller from the archives:
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🚨👍🚨 New pod alert! The Bash Brothers of presidential historians, @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social & Jon Meacham, weigh in on the Trump 2.0 transition. Clear-eyed, level-headed, laden with perspective—and therefore all the more alarming. Listen here tinyurl.com/56awmeah or here tinyurl.com/yevee5cr
Beschloss & Meacham: No One Should Be Surprised
Podcast Episode · Impolitic with John Heilemann · 11/18/2024 · 1h 38m
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November 18, 2024 at 7:57 PM
🚨👍🚨 New pod alert! The Bash Brothers of presidential historians, @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social & Jon Meacham, weigh in on the Trump 2.0 transition. Clear-eyed, level-headed, laden with perspective—and therefore all the more alarming. Listen here tinyurl.com/56awmeah or here tinyurl.com/yevee5cr