Ursula K. Heise
@uheise.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor of English and Environmental Studies at UCLA, 2024 Biophilia Award winner. Major research interest in environmental storytelling, especially biodiversity. Passionate birdwatcher and birdkeepter.
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Ursula K. Heise
@uheise.bsky.social
· Jan 19
Opinion | There Is No Way to Retreat From the Risk of Wildfires
Some more realistic ways to think about the challenges ahead.
www.nytimes.com
Excellent op-ed on Mike Davis' "Case for Letting Malibu Burn" and finally not just agreement, but a clear-sighted alternative vision by our outstanding UCLA colleague Liz Koslov @koslov.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/o....
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/o....
Reposted by Ursula K. Heise
Thankful on this day for this stimulating conversation with a multidisciplinary group of students and researchers at Ghent University's Green Hub today about "Science and Its Stories," and diving deeper into how we can all tell the stories that our times need.