Nathan Oxley
@nathanoxley.bsky.social
Omnia sunt communia // Research communication - interested in commons, commoning, nature(s), storytelling and creativity.
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Nathan Oxley
@nathanoxley.bsky.social
· Nov 22
A rather amateurish commons/commoning/autonomy/natures starter pack - feel free to suggest, or let me know if I’ve included you incorrectly… go.bsky.app/LSpFCRE
@edparnell.bsky.social I just finished reading your book 'Ghostland'. I thought I'd drop you a line to say how much I appreciated it. It's given me a lot to think about and reflect on, as well as a fantastic reference list for further reading. A very moving story.
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 AM
@edparnell.bsky.social I just finished reading your book 'Ghostland'. I thought I'd drop you a line to say how much I appreciated it. It's given me a lot to think about and reflect on, as well as a fantastic reference list for further reading. A very moving story.
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This month, in our #RangelandMyths series, we examine the myth that 'Mobility drives conflict and insecurity'.
Read the think piece by Linda Pappagallo: repairproject.org/Blog/myth-mo...
Join our online discussion on 26 February with @tekgw.bsky.social:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
Read the think piece by Linda Pappagallo: repairproject.org/Blog/myth-mo...
Join our online discussion on 26 February with @tekgw.bsky.social:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
February 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
This month, in our #RangelandMyths series, we examine the myth that 'Mobility drives conflict and insecurity'.
Read the think piece by Linda Pappagallo: repairproject.org/Blog/myth-mo...
Join our online discussion on 26 February with @tekgw.bsky.social:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
Read the think piece by Linda Pappagallo: repairproject.org/Blog/myth-mo...
Join our online discussion on 26 February with @tekgw.bsky.social:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
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What is property? How does a narrow view of ownership & property lie behind the so-called ‘Tragedy of the Commons’? Frank Matose explains at our event on #RangelandMyths
#IYRP2026
#IYRP2026
January 27, 2026 at 9:16 PM
What is property? How does a narrow view of ownership & property lie behind the so-called ‘Tragedy of the Commons’? Frank Matose explains at our event on #RangelandMyths
#IYRP2026
#IYRP2026
Well phrased by Peter Gelderloos -
"It is mind-bogglingly naïve to think that the Trump administration needs any kind of ‘justification’ for repression."
"It is mind-bogglingly naïve to think that the Trump administration needs any kind of ‘justification’ for repression."
January 27, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Well phrased by Peter Gelderloos -
"It is mind-bogglingly naïve to think that the Trump administration needs any kind of ‘justification’ for repression."
"It is mind-bogglingly naïve to think that the Trump administration needs any kind of ‘justification’ for repression."
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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The state uses religion as a tool to enforce fascism, and they do so badly, all over the world.
Most religions boil down to "be good to each other" and most of the religious people I've met in my life know that.
Most religions boil down to "be good to each other" and most of the religious people I've met in my life know that.
January 24, 2026 at 3:22 PM
The state uses religion as a tool to enforce fascism, and they do so badly, all over the world.
Most religions boil down to "be good to each other" and most of the religious people I've met in my life know that.
Most religions boil down to "be good to each other" and most of the religious people I've met in my life know that.
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“Most would agree that the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ thesis is flawed, logically inconsistent, and downright dangerous…
Yet it has taken on a life of its own as an enduring master myth.” - @amberhuff.bsky.social
repairproject.org/Blog/the-tra...
#tragedyofthecommons #rangelandmyths #IYRP2026
Yet it has taken on a life of its own as an enduring master myth.” - @amberhuff.bsky.social
repairproject.org/Blog/the-tra...
#tragedyofthecommons #rangelandmyths #IYRP2026
Myth: The tragedy of the commons is inevitable - REPAiR project
As the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists calls attention to the global diversity, importance, and governance of the world’s rangelands, the myth of the tragedy of the commons is partic...
repairproject.org
January 17, 2026 at 7:28 PM
“Most would agree that the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ thesis is flawed, logically inconsistent, and downright dangerous…
Yet it has taken on a life of its own as an enduring master myth.” - @amberhuff.bsky.social
repairproject.org/Blog/the-tra...
#tragedyofthecommons #rangelandmyths #IYRP2026
Yet it has taken on a life of its own as an enduring master myth.” - @amberhuff.bsky.social
repairproject.org/Blog/the-tra...
#tragedyofthecommons #rangelandmyths #IYRP2026
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Dust in heat haze. Hooves on dry ground.
Red scars slice the hills.
It's a familiar scene.
But the photo is an AI-generated image.
@amberhuff.bsky.social and Linda Pappagallo discuss how 'rangeland myths’ shape our view of landscapes & livelihoods:
repairproject.org/Blog/rethink...
#IYRP2026
Red scars slice the hills.
It's a familiar scene.
But the photo is an AI-generated image.
@amberhuff.bsky.social and Linda Pappagallo discuss how 'rangeland myths’ shape our view of landscapes & livelihoods:
repairproject.org/Blog/rethink...
#IYRP2026
Rethinking what we think we know about rangelands and pastoralism - REPAiR project
In 2026, REPAiR is exploring ‘rangeland myths’. In this introductory blog, we explain why we think this work is important, discuss what it builds on, and emphasise the need to rethink what we think we...
repairproject.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Dust in heat haze. Hooves on dry ground.
Red scars slice the hills.
It's a familiar scene.
But the photo is an AI-generated image.
@amberhuff.bsky.social and Linda Pappagallo discuss how 'rangeland myths’ shape our view of landscapes & livelihoods:
repairproject.org/Blog/rethink...
#IYRP2026
Red scars slice the hills.
It's a familiar scene.
But the photo is an AI-generated image.
@amberhuff.bsky.social and Linda Pappagallo discuss how 'rangeland myths’ shape our view of landscapes & livelihoods:
repairproject.org/Blog/rethink...
#IYRP2026
Very excited about this. Discussions! Arguments! Comics! All in a crucial year for pastoralism on the world stage.
Rangelands are the most common land cover on the planet, yet are often misunderstood.
Powerful stories and ‘myths’ have long shaped how rangelands and pastoralists are seen and often misjudged.
In 2026, we'll be exploring ways of seeing differently.
repairproject.org/Blog/explori...
#IYRP2026
Powerful stories and ‘myths’ have long shaped how rangelands and pastoralists are seen and often misjudged.
In 2026, we'll be exploring ways of seeing differently.
repairproject.org/Blog/explori...
#IYRP2026
Exploring rangeland myths in 2026 - REPAiR project
Through 2026, the REPAiR project is exploring ‘rangeland myths’ in global perspective. We offer an open invitation to get involved – share your experiences and stories, and help us to rethink what we ...
repairproject.org
January 9, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Very excited about this. Discussions! Arguments! Comics! All in a crucial year for pastoralism on the world stage.
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Our director Amber Huff was in Helmsdale this week to share & discuss commoning with the wonderful folks at @timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social
It was great having @amberhuff.bsky.social leading a workshop about Commons and Commoning to envision together what it means for Timespan to become an Institution of the Commons
June 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Our director Amber Huff was in Helmsdale this week to share & discuss commoning with the wonderful folks at @timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social
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On #WorldOceanDay, new co-authored paper that calls for rethinking development in coastal spaces, away from extractive models toward approaches that respect local knowledge, ecological interdependence, & justice.
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
On #WorldOceanDay, new co-authored paper that calls for rethinking development in coastal spaces, away from extractive models toward approaches that respect local knowledge, ecological interdependence, & justice.
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...
The Tragedy of Not Commoning.
June 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The Tragedy of Not Commoning.
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Who gets to shape so-called ‘nature-based solutions’?
Here’s a very accessible new piece from the Madagascar team of @repairproject.bsky.social, on the need to listen & understand the cultures and motivations of pastoralists.
Here’s a very accessible new piece from the Madagascar team of @repairproject.bsky.social, on the need to listen & understand the cultures and motivations of pastoralists.
How do pastoralists in southern Madagascar organise their land and livelihoods? And what are their logics and motivations?
Read our new blog post by Livasoa Randriamanalina
repairproject.org/Blog/underst...
#NbS #naturebasedsolutions #madagascar #pastoralism
Read our new blog post by Livasoa Randriamanalina
repairproject.org/Blog/underst...
#NbS #naturebasedsolutions #madagascar #pastoralism
Understanding pastoralism in southern Madagascar - REPAiR project
Understanding the cultures and contexts of pastoralism in Madagascar is vital to supporting resilience in rangelands.
repairproject.org
May 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Who gets to shape so-called ‘nature-based solutions’?
Here’s a very accessible new piece from the Madagascar team of @repairproject.bsky.social, on the need to listen & understand the cultures and motivations of pastoralists.
Here’s a very accessible new piece from the Madagascar team of @repairproject.bsky.social, on the need to listen & understand the cultures and motivations of pastoralists.
Reposted by Nathan Oxley
Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026. Help us disseminate the event and submit your articles, please! @icta-uab.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
POLLEN Conference 2026 - POLLEN
To learn more about our rational and purposes, then please look at this page , or download this document. If would like to participate then the first step is to propose a panel, or some other contribu...
pollenpoliticalecology.network
May 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026. Help us disseminate the event and submit your articles, please! @icta-uab.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
Who gets to shape so-called ‘nature-based solutions’?
Here’s a very accessible new piece from the Madagascar team of @repairproject.bsky.social, on the need to listen & understand the cultures and motivations of pastoralists.
Here’s a very accessible new piece from the Madagascar team of @repairproject.bsky.social, on the need to listen & understand the cultures and motivations of pastoralists.
How do pastoralists in southern Madagascar organise their land and livelihoods? And what are their logics and motivations?
Read our new blog post by Livasoa Randriamanalina
repairproject.org/Blog/underst...
#NbS #naturebasedsolutions #madagascar #pastoralism
Read our new blog post by Livasoa Randriamanalina
repairproject.org/Blog/underst...
#NbS #naturebasedsolutions #madagascar #pastoralism
Understanding pastoralism in southern Madagascar - REPAiR project
Understanding the cultures and contexts of pastoralism in Madagascar is vital to supporting resilience in rangelands.
repairproject.org
May 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Who gets to shape so-called ‘nature-based solutions’?
Here’s a very accessible new piece from the Madagascar team of @repairproject.bsky.social, on the need to listen & understand the cultures and motivations of pastoralists.
Here’s a very accessible new piece from the Madagascar team of @repairproject.bsky.social, on the need to listen & understand the cultures and motivations of pastoralists.
Let’s goooooo
Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026.
Our ICTA-UAB researchers are actively involved—help them spread the word and submit your articles!
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
More info: ➡️pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
Our ICTA-UAB researchers are actively involved—help them spread the word and submit your articles!
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
More info: ➡️pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
May 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Let’s goooooo
This is so great.
Episode 57 - The Port of Felixstowe (30 minutes)
A beautiful summer's day on the beach next to the UK's busiest container port. Children play in the water while a ship's engine thrums.
bit.ly/LenFxPT
A beautiful summer's day on the beach next to the UK's busiest container port. Children play in the water while a ship's engine thrums.
bit.ly/LenFxPT
May 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is so great.
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Last week saw the launch of the REPAiR project in Madagascar. The event was held in collaboration with the IKI Growing Greener project, and aimed to engage those involved in restoration in Madagascar’s rangelands, including the government and NGOs.
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#BiodiversityDay
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#BiodiversityDay
#pastoralism #madagascar #naturebasedsolutions #nbs #rangelands… | REPAiR project
Last week saw the Madagascar launch of the REPAiR project. The event was held in collaboration with another project - ‘IKI Growing Greener: Restoration and sustainable use of agro-pastoralist systems ...
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May 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Last week saw the launch of the REPAiR project in Madagascar. The event was held in collaboration with the IKI Growing Greener project, and aimed to engage those involved in restoration in Madagascar’s rangelands, including the government and NGOs.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#BiodiversityDay
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#BiodiversityDay
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This #BiodiversityDay happy to share a recent publication led by Nobu Ohte where our inter- & transdisciplinary research validated local pastoralists' knowledges re the synergies between swimming camels & local mangrove ecosystems & + biodiversity outcomes.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Validation of Traditional Pastoralist Practices Based on Ecological Observations of a Camel Herding Community and Coastal Mangrove Forests of Kutch, Gujarat, India
Coastal mangroves are traditionally used by local pastoralist camel herders for livelihood activitiesLong-term monitoring of mangroves by remote sensing showed that their use had no negative long-ter...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This #BiodiversityDay happy to share a recent publication led by Nobu Ohte where our inter- & transdisciplinary research validated local pastoralists' knowledges re the synergies between swimming camels & local mangrove ecosystems & + biodiversity outcomes.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
“Today, our very metabolism is for sale…” Brian Garvey on new enclosures at Strange Broth
April 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
“Today, our very metabolism is for sale…” Brian Garvey on new enclosures at Strange Broth
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Strange Broth - a two day event about the Commons, put on by the GalGael Trust & Future Natures in Glasgow. (I’ll be speaking about carbon offset trading and the impacts on community land buyouts on the Friday morning.) Booking: www.galgael.org/news/strange...
April 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Strange Broth - a two day event about the Commons, put on by the GalGael Trust & Future Natures in Glasgow. (I’ll be speaking about carbon offset trading and the impacts on community land buyouts on the Friday morning.) Booking: www.galgael.org/news/strange...
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New publication, please share
The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies (DS)
link.springer.com/10.1057/s412...
@ids.ac.uk @eadi.bsky.social
The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies (DS)
link.springer.com/10.1057/s412...
@ids.ac.uk @eadi.bsky.social
The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies (DS) - The European Journal of Development Research
This think-piece makes a case for addressing the colonial roots of sustainability. It examines how enduring colonial mechanisms and biases have led to certain forms of value and valuing, problematic v...
link.springer.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
New publication, please share
The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies (DS)
link.springer.com/10.1057/s412...
@ids.ac.uk @eadi.bsky.social
The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies (DS)
link.springer.com/10.1057/s412...
@ids.ac.uk @eadi.bsky.social
Forgot that the Lucas Plan crew suggested switching to heat pump manufacture in the late 1970s. m.youtube.com/watch?v=0pgQ... (at 14 minutes 44 sec) - @janrosenow.bsky.social you might like this
Lucas Plan documentary: 'The Story of the Lucas Aerospace Shop Stewards Alternative Corporate Plan'
YouTube video by STEPSCentre
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April 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Forgot that the Lucas Plan crew suggested switching to heat pump manufacture in the late 1970s. m.youtube.com/watch?v=0pgQ... (at 14 minutes 44 sec) - @janrosenow.bsky.social you might like this
Glasgow! Scotland! Please sign up for this if you want to meet & create something together.
APRIL 25-26, GLASGOW: Strange Broth - A gathering to make, learn, play and share stories for commons and commoning across Scotland and beyond.
futurenatures.org/making-and-r...
futurenatures.org/making-and-r...
Event: STRANGE BROTH - Future Natures
The 'Strange Broth' gathering in April 2025, hosted by GalGael, will be an opportunity to gather and make, learn, play and share stories for commons and commoning.
futurenatures.org
April 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Glasgow! Scotland! Please sign up for this if you want to meet & create something together.
Reposted by Nathan Oxley
"Through home gardening, women practice a form of care deeply interconnected with more-than-human beings..."
How 'sustainable' farming initiatives are undermining the care & interdependence of home gardens in Myanmar
futurenatures.org/myanmars-hom...
How 'sustainable' farming initiatives are undermining the care & interdependence of home gardens in Myanmar
futurenatures.org/myanmars-hom...
Myanmar's home gardens - Future Natures
Nuria Lopez Vazquez writes about collective resources and interdependent care in home gardens in Myanmar.
futurenatures.org
April 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"Through home gardening, women practice a form of care deeply interconnected with more-than-human beings..."
How 'sustainable' farming initiatives are undermining the care & interdependence of home gardens in Myanmar
futurenatures.org/myanmars-hom...
How 'sustainable' farming initiatives are undermining the care & interdependence of home gardens in Myanmar
futurenatures.org/myanmars-hom...