Beth DeSombre
@bethdesombre.bsky.social
Songwriter, professor (Wellesley College, ES), activist, dog mom, runner. Songs that are “smart and uplifting...focusing on the quiet meaning to be found in ordinary life." Last year at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford.
Zoë decided to do her part.
October 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Zoë decided to do her part.
Today’s greenwashing
May 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Today’s greenwashing
My AMAZING AMAZING thesis student WON the public speaking contest for the Rulhman (research) conference at @wellesley.edu today! (she, of the excellent "canary swimming through the coal mine" line to refer to fish dealing with climate-change-induced range shifts).
April 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
My AMAZING AMAZING thesis student WON the public speaking contest for the Rulhman (research) conference at @wellesley.edu today! (she, of the excellent "canary swimming through the coal mine" line to refer to fish dealing with climate-change-induced range shifts).
Psst . . . wanna see a show?
April 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Psst . . . wanna see a show?
I’m a ghost at @casbsstanford.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I’m a ghost at @casbsstanford.bsky.social
Spending time at @casbsstanford.bsky.social trying to figure out how to overcome barriers to climate action, starting with the macro level…
February 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Spending time at @casbsstanford.bsky.social trying to figure out how to overcome barriers to climate action, starting with the macro level…
Back (briefly) in my happy place. @casbsstanford.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Back (briefly) in my happy place. @casbsstanford.bsky.social
Getting ready for winter at our house
November 30, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Getting ready for winter at our house
Heading to the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) conference in Maine this afternoon -- in the unlikely event that you're there, here's where/when you can see me play.
November 21, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Heading to the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) conference in Maine this afternoon -- in the unlikely event that you're there, here's where/when you can see me play.
New CD! It's streaming in all the places, and if you want your own copy (physical or digital), it's here: bethdesombre.com/holding-the-...
June 24, 2024 at 7:51 PM
New CD! It's streaming in all the places, and if you want your own copy (physical or digital), it's here: bethdesombre.com/holding-the-...
Guess what just showed up?! Guess we have the same birthday.
April 8, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Guess what just showed up?! Guess we have the same birthday.
When you dress up as prospect theory for the CASBS costume contest . . . (I won second prize!)
October 31, 2023 at 8:34 PM
When you dress up as prospect theory for the CASBS costume contest . . . (I won second prize!)
When you publish a book about the environment, the press REALLY wants to put smokestacks on the cover (ask me how I know . . .). After many tries for this forthcoming book, we finally ended up with something I could live with:
October 16, 2023 at 8:16 PM
When you publish a book about the environment, the press REALLY wants to put smokestacks on the cover (ask me how I know . . .). After many tries for this forthcoming book, we finally ended up with something I could live with:
Greetings from Social Science summer camp (aka the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, at Stanford)
September 20, 2023 at 5:24 PM
Greetings from Social Science summer camp (aka the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, at Stanford)