ChiaraRites
@chiararites.bsky.social
#PhD researcher in #Environmental #Communication and #communitymedia.
Gives me some hope
The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL.
#HandsOff
#HandsOff
April 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Gives me some hope
Not a US expert yet that there's an oligarchy dominating ideology and institutions in the US is no news. Perhaps a first is having one such institutios say it out loud.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Joe Biden warns ‘oligarchy is taking shape in America’ in farewell address
President sounds alarm about growing power of ultra-wealthy before handing presidency back to Trump
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Not a US expert yet that there's an oligarchy dominating ideology and institutions in the US is no news. Perhaps a first is having one such institutios say it out loud.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I remember my climate professor 10 years ago doubtful actions would lead to staying within 1.5 degrees.
Now there we are. The message as it is being shared is not leading to change. What would?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Now there we are. The message as it is being shared is not leading to change. What would?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024
Highest recorded temperatures supercharged extreme weather – with worse to come, EU data shows
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I remember my climate professor 10 years ago doubtful actions would lead to staying within 1.5 degrees.
Now there we are. The message as it is being shared is not leading to change. What would?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Now there we are. The message as it is being shared is not leading to change. What would?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A nice video to end the year with...
https://youtu.be/JK-55MMPojg?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/JK-55MMPojg?feature=shared
December 30, 2024 at 11:00 PM
A nice video to end the year with...
https://youtu.be/JK-55MMPojg?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/JK-55MMPojg?feature=shared
There's a say: "it takes a community to raise a child". It takes a community to do research too. Those who came before me, those in my network and the ones opening themselves up to me. And as important, the #morethanhuman: the #river and full ecosystems that are part of my community and #research.
December 29, 2024 at 3:40 PM
There's a say: "it takes a community to raise a child". It takes a community to do research too. Those who came before me, those in my network and the ones opening themselves up to me. And as important, the #morethanhuman: the #river and full ecosystems that are part of my community and #research.
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Despite the severe ecological dysfunction that persists at Killarney National Park, there's still nowhere else in Ireland like it. But the scale of squandered potential is heartbreaking.
No-nonsense, effective management of invasive sika deer, goats, + rhododendron would change that.
No-nonsense, effective management of invasive sika deer, goats, + rhododendron would change that.
December 12, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Despite the severe ecological dysfunction that persists at Killarney National Park, there's still nowhere else in Ireland like it. But the scale of squandered potential is heartbreaking.
No-nonsense, effective management of invasive sika deer, goats, + rhododendron would change that.
No-nonsense, effective management of invasive sika deer, goats, + rhododendron would change that.
Some good news...
🎉CASE WIN: We’ve just blocked a gas project in Italy🎉
We’ve just won in court against the Italian authorities, as they had approved a gas project that would threaten species in Italy’s iconic Po Delta, next to a Marine Protected Area.
Full story: www.clientearth.org/latest/news/...
We’ve just won in court against the Italian authorities, as they had approved a gas project that would threaten species in Italy’s iconic Po Delta, next to a Marine Protected Area.
Full story: www.clientearth.org/latest/news/...
We’ve won in court against the Italian government over a gas project in Italy
The project would have pumped out hundreds of thousands of barrels of gas from the seabed each day – and put dolphins and turtles in grave danger.
www.clientearth.org
December 3, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Some good news...
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Sure, Amazon may be "convenient", but have you ever spent a rainy day perusing a quaint bookstore?
December 2, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Sure, Amazon may be "convenient", but have you ever spent a rainy day perusing a quaint bookstore?
Great news!
I wish the narrative moved away from this being a win for nature as if we were separate from it.🤷🏼♀️
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/norway-...
I wish the narrative moved away from this being a win for nature as if we were separate from it.🤷🏼♀️
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/norway-...
Norway halts deep seabed mining in "historic win for nature" - Oceanographic
Oslo's plans to open its deep seabed to applications for mining licences have been blocked by the country's Socialist Left Party
oceanographicmagazine.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Great news!
I wish the narrative moved away from this being a win for nature as if we were separate from it.🤷🏼♀️
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/norway-...
I wish the narrative moved away from this being a win for nature as if we were separate from it.🤷🏼♀️
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/norway-...
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They lock up the heroes and reward the villains. As the climate emergency bites, everything is wrong with our response.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As the waters rise, a two-year sentence for throwing soup. That’s the farcical reality of British justice | George Monbiot
Why do the mass killers of the fossil fuel industry walk free while the heroes trying to stop them are imprisoned? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2024 at 4:49 PM
They lock up the heroes and reward the villains. As the climate emergency bites, everything is wrong with our response.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #4,795,760!
October 2, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #4,795,760!
I suppose my first post in this new space, is an example of post-human #feminism?
Nearly all animals make more of themselves the traditional way, by combining eggs and sperm. But some female birds, reptiles and other animals have an alternative called parthenogenesis: no males needed.
Self-Love Is Important, but We Mammals Are Stuck With Sex
Some female birds, reptiles and other animals can make a baby on their own. But for mammals like us, eggs and sperm need each other.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2024 at 9:44 PM
I suppose my first post in this new space, is an example of post-human #feminism?