Caren Irr
@ceirr.bsky.social
Environmental humanities, walking, trees, mushrooms, peat. Likes: essays, creative nonfiction, first-person sub-philosophical musings, helping students have moments of revelation. Dislikes: authoritarian personalities.
charismatic megaflora at risk.
These surreal trees survived for centuries. Scientists worry for their future
Increasingly severe cyclones, grazing by invasive goats, and persistent turmoil in Yemen have threatened the survival of the country's iconic dragon’s blood tree.
apnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
charismatic megaflora at risk.
Reposted by Caren Irr
ACH has confirmed reports that DOGE is at the NEH. Chair Shelly C. Lowe has been replaced by Acting Chair Michael McDonald. ACH remains committed to a diverse, inclusive, and supportive DH. To engage in advocacy efforts: secretary@ach.org. Read our statement of support for NEH: buff.ly/bQeRaGw
March 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
ACH has confirmed reports that DOGE is at the NEH. Chair Shelly C. Lowe has been replaced by Acting Chair Michael McDonald. ACH remains committed to a diverse, inclusive, and supportive DH. To engage in advocacy efforts: secretary@ach.org. Read our statement of support for NEH: buff.ly/bQeRaGw
An oddly upbeat account emphasizing the need and effects of a transition to clean, renewable energy.
An Economist’s Dire Forecast About Just How Much Climate Change Will Impact GDP - Inside Climate News
Modeling shows an estimated loss of global GDP of up to 50 percent in coming decades—unless we make changes now.
insideclimatenews.org
February 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
An oddly upbeat account emphasizing the need and effects of a transition to clean, renewable energy.
Smaller budget = bigger fires. insideclimatenews.org/news/2012202...
US Forest Service Hiring Freeze Could Have Long-Term Impacts - Inside Climate News
Conservationists worry that the USFS’s inability to bring on more seasonal workers will hurt wildfire mitigation, watersheds, woodland species and climate resilience.
insideclimatenews.org
December 21, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Smaller budget = bigger fires. insideclimatenews.org/news/2012202...
Needed to hear this.
Harvard Study: Eating Dark Chocolate Could Reduce Your Risk of Diabetes by 21%
Dark chocolate consumption may lower the risk of type 2 diabetes by 21%, while milk chocolate does not show similar benefits, according to a Harvard study. A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of...
scitechdaily.com
December 15, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Needed to hear this.
Today in cool bog news.
Scientists Discover a Hidden Weapon Against TB in Peat Bogs
Fungi from peat bogs produce substances toxic to tuberculosis bacteria, potentially guiding new treatment development. Researchers identified three fungal compounds that disrupt thiol levels in bacter...
scitechdaily.com
December 6, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Today in cool bog news.
Don't usually post explicitly political stuff, but seriously what is the deal? It really feels like grossness toward women is a political credential at present.
A Trump cabinet full of alleged sexual predators? Here’s why it makes perfect sense
The incoming U.S. president and his potential cabinet share a track record of sexual abuse allegations and cover-ups. The characteristics that accompany such behaviour don’t bode well for the world.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Don't usually post explicitly political stuff, but seriously what is the deal? It really feels like grossness toward women is a political credential at present.
Reposted by Caren Irr
Long read in the G from @tessairini.bsky.social . Set me thinking about forests (not just 'wild', but eg Amazon, tended for centuries) and rivers, as well as farmland and settlements we've abandoned.
@julianhoffman.bsky.social , @alexismarieadams.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/no...
@julianhoffman.bsky.social , @alexismarieadams.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/no...
The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear?
The long read: Across the globe, vast swathes of land are being left to be reclaimed by nature. To see what could be coming, look to Bulgaria
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Long read in the G from @tessairini.bsky.social . Set me thinking about forests (not just 'wild', but eg Amazon, tended for centuries) and rivers, as well as farmland and settlements we've abandoned.
@julianhoffman.bsky.social , @alexismarieadams.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/no...
@julianhoffman.bsky.social , @alexismarieadams.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/no...
"If you can't see the forest for the trees, then look at the trees." Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.
November 17, 2024 at 11:06 PM
"If you can't see the forest for the trees, then look at the trees." Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.
"Nothing stands up more free from blame in this world
than a pine tree." (Thoreau, Dec 20, 1851)
than a pine tree." (Thoreau, Dec 20, 1851)
November 17, 2024 at 3:52 PM
"Nothing stands up more free from blame in this world
than a pine tree." (Thoreau, Dec 20, 1851)
than a pine tree." (Thoreau, Dec 20, 1851)
Educators, how do you AI-proof your syllabi?
November 15, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Educators, how do you AI-proof your syllabi?
Disturbing tree news.
Christmas trees planted this year are dying because of the drought in Massachusetts
At Vandervalk Farm in Mendon, Massachusetts they planted 2,700 Christmas trees last spring. They've lost 500 in the drought.
www.cbsnews.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Disturbing tree news.
Did an interview with a student about eco-anxiety today and what coping mechanisms (if any) I could recommend. Walking, stopping, looking. That's all I could come up with.
November 13, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Did an interview with a student about eco-anxiety today and what coping mechanisms (if any) I could recommend. Walking, stopping, looking. That's all I could come up with.