Ross Reid, Nature Nerd
@nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social
Nature sure is neat, huh?
Fun facts & deep thoughts for a better tomorrow
📍Coast Salish & Nuučaan̓uł Lands, 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦
Fun facts & deep thoughts for a better tomorrow
📍Coast Salish & Nuučaan̓uł Lands, 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦
What kind of world do you want to live in?
Check out the latest podchat with Laura Griffith-Cochrane on your favourite podcasting platform, all available in my bio, to learn more about these awesome creatures and places just under the waves!
#podcast #marine #education #nature #funfacts
Check out the latest podchat with Laura Griffith-Cochrane on your favourite podcasting platform, all available in my bio, to learn more about these awesome creatures and places just under the waves!
#podcast #marine #education #nature #funfacts
September 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
What kind of world do you want to live in?
Check out the latest podchat with Laura Griffith-Cochrane on your favourite podcasting platform, all available in my bio, to learn more about these awesome creatures and places just under the waves!
#podcast #marine #education #nature #funfacts
Check out the latest podchat with Laura Griffith-Cochrane on your favourite podcasting platform, all available in my bio, to learn more about these awesome creatures and places just under the waves!
#podcast #marine #education #nature #funfacts
Reposted by Ross Reid, Nature Nerd
Thanks to Ross Reid
@nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social
for including my 2015 book about Forest Ecology, British Columbia's colonial history, and the Resonance of First Nation's Culture from past to present, in such good company. Check out these books and read.
www.nerdyaboutnature.com/books
@nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social
for including my 2015 book about Forest Ecology, British Columbia's colonial history, and the Resonance of First Nation's Culture from past to present, in such good company. Check out these books and read.
www.nerdyaboutnature.com/books
April 13, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Thanks to Ross Reid
@nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social
for including my 2015 book about Forest Ecology, British Columbia's colonial history, and the Resonance of First Nation's Culture from past to present, in such good company. Check out these books and read.
www.nerdyaboutnature.com/books
@nerdyaboutnature.bsky.social
for including my 2015 book about Forest Ecology, British Columbia's colonial history, and the Resonance of First Nation's Culture from past to present, in such good company. Check out these books and read.
www.nerdyaboutnature.com/books
Happy earth day, I guess 🤷♂️
Happy (?) Earth Day...
Extra Special Earth Day Promos, and why you should probably boycott anyone running them.
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April 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Happy earth day, I guess 🤷♂️
Blows my mind the type of silly compassionless things people find to complain about on the internet these days 🙄
March 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Blows my mind the type of silly compassionless things people find to complain about on the internet these days 🙄
Plant Diversity in Japan is pretty dang incredible! But how did it come to be?
A mix of glaciation, geothermal activity, and lots of time!
#science #edu #evolution #nature
A mix of glaciation, geothermal activity, and lots of time!
#science #edu #evolution #nature
Plant Diversity in Japan
YouTube video by Nerdy About Nature
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March 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Plant Diversity in Japan is pretty dang incredible! But how did it come to be?
A mix of glaciation, geothermal activity, and lots of time!
#science #edu #evolution #nature
A mix of glaciation, geothermal activity, and lots of time!
#science #edu #evolution #nature
Funny to see the BC forestry industry so terrified of the US tariffs hurting business, when they could’ve just embraced the Paradigm Shift introduced by the NDP 4+ years ago and actually been more insulated and resilient to these global shifts…but instead chose to chase short term profits. Classic 😂
March 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Funny to see the BC forestry industry so terrified of the US tariffs hurting business, when they could’ve just embraced the Paradigm Shift introduced by the NDP 4+ years ago and actually been more insulated and resilient to these global shifts…but instead chose to chase short term profits. Classic 😂
Endless growth on a finite planet is probably the stupidest idea anyone has ever had 🙄
Why can’t people / companies just stay in their lane, stay small, and give back when they are successful instead of trying ti take over the whole dang world?!
Support local, wherever you are🤙
Why can’t people / companies just stay in their lane, stay small, and give back when they are successful instead of trying ti take over the whole dang world?!
Support local, wherever you are🤙
February 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Endless growth on a finite planet is probably the stupidest idea anyone has ever had 🙄
Why can’t people / companies just stay in their lane, stay small, and give back when they are successful instead of trying ti take over the whole dang world?!
Support local, wherever you are🤙
Why can’t people / companies just stay in their lane, stay small, and give back when they are successful instead of trying ti take over the whole dang world?!
Support local, wherever you are🤙
A great lesson we could all take from these trees 🙏
Support one another, despite our differences
Taking lessons from one of the most inspiring and supportive trees you've ever seen.
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February 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A great lesson we could all take from these trees 🙏
Drove by a McDonalds earlier and got a craving for a McFlurry and fries…but then remembered that the closest the US has ever come to a class consciousness uprising was spoiled by a McDonalds employee who ratted on Luigi, ironically, for the reward money that they weren’t even paid.
I kept driving.
I kept driving.
February 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Drove by a McDonalds earlier and got a craving for a McFlurry and fries…but then remembered that the closest the US has ever come to a class consciousness uprising was spoiled by a McDonalds employee who ratted on Luigi, ironically, for the reward money that they weren’t even paid.
I kept driving.
I kept driving.
Can we please stop getting hung up on everyone’s shortcomings and just start doing better already…?
February 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Can we please stop getting hung up on everyone’s shortcomings and just start doing better already…?
Do you ever notice how much our societies have normalized complaining about others for their shortcomings as a way of avoiding or taking responsibility for our own?
#japan #hypocrisy #trash #plastic #cars #whalehunt #oldgrowthforest #logging #dobetter
#japan #hypocrisy #trash #plastic #cars #whalehunt #oldgrowthforest #logging #dobetter
Always faulting others instead of reflecting on ourselves 🙄 Can't just start doing better already?
YouTube video by Nerdy About Nature
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February 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Do you ever notice how much our societies have normalized complaining about others for their shortcomings as a way of avoiding or taking responsibility for our own?
#japan #hypocrisy #trash #plastic #cars #whalehunt #oldgrowthforest #logging #dobetter
#japan #hypocrisy #trash #plastic #cars #whalehunt #oldgrowthforest #logging #dobetter
The Curious Case of how the Pacific Wax Myrtle came to be where it is today…just in case you needed another reminder that us humans are active parts of these ecosystems, not apart from them 🙌
#education #nature #funfacts #thinkdifferently #pnw
#education #nature #funfacts #thinkdifferently #pnw
The Curious Case of how the Pacific Wax Myrtle came to be where it is today.
YouTube video by Nerdy About Nature
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February 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Curious Case of how the Pacific Wax Myrtle came to be where it is today…just in case you needed another reminder that us humans are active parts of these ecosystems, not apart from them 🙌
#education #nature #funfacts #thinkdifferently #pnw
#education #nature #funfacts #thinkdifferently #pnw
Incredible Vegetative Regeneration in a Magnificent Maple
YouTube video by Nerdy About Nature
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February 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A deep dive thought experiment into a sensitive subject in the hopes that we can all grow and push ourselves to do better.
Read the whole thing by subscribing to my substack today!
Read the whole thing by subscribing to my substack today!
Is Outdoor Recreation a form of Resource Extraction?
Reframing our relationship to enjoying the 'great outdoors'
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February 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A deep dive thought experiment into a sensitive subject in the hopes that we can all grow and push ourselves to do better.
Read the whole thing by subscribing to my substack today!
Read the whole thing by subscribing to my substack today!
This follows up my last post nicely - renewables may be the future of energy, but O&G is just going to pivot and find a way to take advantage of our plastics addiction.
Is it too bad of a pun to say that they’ve got plastics on their mind…? Cuz it’s literally in all of our brains 😳
Is it too bad of a pun to say that they’ve got plastics on their mind…? Cuz it’s literally in all of our brains 😳
Exxon is quietly planning a new $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas.
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#TX #Texas #Plastic #Pollution #Climate
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#TX #Texas #Plastic #Pollution #Climate
Exxon is quietly planning a new $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas
Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution.
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February 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This follows up my last post nicely - renewables may be the future of energy, but O&G is just going to pivot and find a way to take advantage of our plastics addiction.
Is it too bad of a pun to say that they’ve got plastics on their mind…? Cuz it’s literally in all of our brains 😳
Is it too bad of a pun to say that they’ve got plastics on their mind…? Cuz it’s literally in all of our brains 😳
Despite the oil-loving rhetoric from trump and the conservatives, the future is renewable. It’s already here in many ways!
California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy.
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
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#Energy #CA #California #Renewables #Solar
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
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#Energy #CA #California #Renewables #Solar
California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy
Are renewables reliable? A new study says California ran on renewables alone for a record number of days last year.
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February 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Despite the oil-loving rhetoric from trump and the conservatives, the future is renewable. It’s already here in many ways!
Habitat formation for megafauna in the Coast Redwoods is pretty wild, and theres so much of it! Unfortunately, there's not much demand...because we've killed most of the megafauna 🫤
#forest #ecology #howstuffworks #bears #redwoods #america
#forest #ecology #howstuffworks #bears #redwoods #america
Habitat for Megafauna in Coast Redwood Forests
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February 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
More carbon stored in complex forests = good
Carbon released from clear cutting forests = bad
It's simple!
Carbon released from clear cutting forests = bad
It's simple!
Coast Redwoods store HUGE amounts of Carbon - Some of the biggest stores of carbon on our planet!
YouTube video by Nerdy About Nature
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February 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
More carbon stored in complex forests = good
Carbon released from clear cutting forests = bad
It's simple!
Carbon released from clear cutting forests = bad
It's simple!
Trying to get in the habit of writing more in preparation for a bigger project I’m eyeing up this year; check out the substack to stay in the loop!
Across the Pond for a Shift in Perspective
Reflections from a spontaneous trip to Japan
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February 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Trying to get in the habit of writing more in preparation for a bigger project I’m eyeing up this year; check out the substack to stay in the loop!
Coast Redwoods have two distinct types of leaves - one optimized for gathering sunlight, and one optimized for collecting moisture...but why?
#redwoods #science #education #nature #evolution
#redwoods #science #education #nature #evolution
Why Coast Redwoods Evolved to have Two Different Types of Leaves
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January 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Coast Redwoods have two distinct types of leaves - one optimized for gathering sunlight, and one optimized for collecting moisture...but why?
#redwoods #science #education #nature #evolution
#redwoods #science #education #nature #evolution
Let’s take a look at how ecological forest restoration can help create healthier lands and communities! 🙌🌲
#forest #restoration #ecology #nature #science #logging #education
#forest #restoration #ecology #nature #science #logging #education
The Results of Ecological Forest Restoration in a Secondgrowth Forest
YouTube video by Nerdy About Nature
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January 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Let’s take a look at how ecological forest restoration can help create healthier lands and communities! 🙌🌲
#forest #restoration #ecology #nature #science #logging #education
#forest #restoration #ecology #nature #science #logging #education
From this point forward I will only ever refer to ‘Teslas’ as Naziwagons or Nazitrucks.
We need to boycott billionaires, especially the racist ones.
We need to boycott billionaires, especially the racist ones.
January 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
From this point forward I will only ever refer to ‘Teslas’ as Naziwagons or Nazitrucks.
We need to boycott billionaires, especially the racist ones.
We need to boycott billionaires, especially the racist ones.
The urge to jump on and respond with 'hot takes' to the past 4 days of enviro and social regulation loss has been overwhelming...instead, I've been trying to take time to stay grounded, think through the visceral emotional reactions to the madness, and move forward constructively. Stay focused🙌
January 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The urge to jump on and respond with 'hot takes' to the past 4 days of enviro and social regulation loss has been overwhelming...instead, I've been trying to take time to stay grounded, think through the visceral emotional reactions to the madness, and move forward constructively. Stay focused🙌