Danielle
@daniellebarrs.bsky.social
Duke MEM Environmental Economics | Lifelong biohacker | Inhabitant of planet Earth
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Leadership isn’t just about what we say — it’s about how we show up.
When we’re grounded, we bring clarity instead of chaos.
When we’re centered, we speak from intention instead of impulse.
And when we breathe, we give ourselves permission to lead from alignment — not adrenaline.
When we’re grounded, we bring clarity instead of chaos.
When we’re centered, we speak from intention instead of impulse.
And when we breathe, we give ourselves permission to lead from alignment — not adrenaline.
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Leadership isn’t just about what we say — it’s about how we show up.
When we’re grounded, we bring clarity instead of chaos.
When we’re centered, we speak from intention instead of impulse.
And when we breathe, we give ourselves permission to lead from alignment — not adrenaline.
When we’re grounded, we bring clarity instead of chaos.
When we’re centered, we speak from intention instead of impulse.
And when we breathe, we give ourselves permission to lead from alignment — not adrenaline.
You mean…
✅ Clean air
✅ Safe drinking water
✅ Healthy kids
✅ Livable cities
✅ Protected forests
✅ Energy that doesn’t spew carbon petroleum into the air
✅ Balanced ecosystems and biodiversity
…all for nothing?! 😱
The absolute horror.
✅ Clean air
✅ Safe drinking water
✅ Healthy kids
✅ Livable cities
✅ Protected forests
✅ Energy that doesn’t spew carbon petroleum into the air
✅ Balanced ecosystems and biodiversity
…all for nothing?! 😱
The absolute horror.
October 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
You mean…
✅ Clean air
✅ Safe drinking water
✅ Healthy kids
✅ Livable cities
✅ Protected forests
✅ Energy that doesn’t spew carbon petroleum into the air
✅ Balanced ecosystems and biodiversity
…all for nothing?! 😱
The absolute horror.
✅ Clean air
✅ Safe drinking water
✅ Healthy kids
✅ Livable cities
✅ Protected forests
✅ Energy that doesn’t spew carbon petroleum into the air
✅ Balanced ecosystems and biodiversity
…all for nothing?! 😱
The absolute horror.
We forget that corporations are made up of people. CEOs with children & grandchildren that will one day look up at them and ask - how did we get here? The choices we make today will determine whether that answer tells a tale of beauty and wonder, or of disappointment and regret.
October 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We forget that corporations are made up of people. CEOs with children & grandchildren that will one day look up at them and ask - how did we get here? The choices we make today will determine whether that answer tells a tale of beauty and wonder, or of disappointment and regret.
We burn out our bodies the same way we burn out the planet: by pretending limits don’t exist.
October 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We burn out our bodies the same way we burn out the planet: by pretending limits don’t exist.
Life isn’t measured in time, it’s measured in iterations, and in the quality of those iterations. Not in the time you have left with someone, but in the number of remaining interactions, and in the soulfulness of those interactions.
September 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Life isn’t measured in time, it’s measured in iterations, and in the quality of those iterations. Not in the time you have left with someone, but in the number of remaining interactions, and in the soulfulness of those interactions.
We’ve normalized running on 5 hours of sleep, 5 cups of coffee, and 5 hours of screen time.
That’s not resilience.
That’s resource depletion — human and planetary.
That’s not resilience.
That’s resource depletion — human and planetary.
August 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We’ve normalized running on 5 hours of sleep, 5 cups of coffee, and 5 hours of screen time.
That’s not resilience.
That’s resource depletion — human and planetary.
That’s not resilience.
That’s resource depletion — human and planetary.
We forget that corporations are made up of people. CEOs with children and grandchildren that will one day look up at them and ask - how did we get here? The choices we make today will determine whether that answer tells tale of beauty and wonder - or of disappointment and regret.
August 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We forget that corporations are made up of people. CEOs with children and grandchildren that will one day look up at them and ask - how did we get here? The choices we make today will determine whether that answer tells tale of beauty and wonder - or of disappointment and regret.
Nature doesn’t try to be “productive” all year long. Entire seasons are dedicated to slowing down, shedding layers & replenishing resources. We don’t judge it, we intuitively understand it’s the nature of our world. Imagine if we gave ourselves the same grace.
August 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Nature doesn’t try to be “productive” all year long. Entire seasons are dedicated to slowing down, shedding layers & replenishing resources. We don’t judge it, we intuitively understand it’s the nature of our world. Imagine if we gave ourselves the same grace.
We cannot thrive on a dying planet
August 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
We cannot thrive on a dying planet
The planet doesn’t send invoices.
It sends floods, fires, and droughts.
If you’re waiting for a financial trigger, you’re already late.
It sends floods, fires, and droughts.
If you’re waiting for a financial trigger, you’re already late.
August 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The planet doesn’t send invoices.
It sends floods, fires, and droughts.
If you’re waiting for a financial trigger, you’re already late.
It sends floods, fires, and droughts.
If you’re waiting for a financial trigger, you’re already late.
Hey you… environmentalist, partner, parent, inhabitant of planet earth…
Sleep is a climate solution.
You think better. Lead better.
Decide better.
Exhausted leadership creates exhausted systems.
Sleep is a climate solution.
You think better. Lead better.
Decide better.
Exhausted leadership creates exhausted systems.
August 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Hey you… environmentalist, partner, parent, inhabitant of planet earth…
Sleep is a climate solution.
You think better. Lead better.
Decide better.
Exhausted leadership creates exhausted systems.
Sleep is a climate solution.
You think better. Lead better.
Decide better.
Exhausted leadership creates exhausted systems.
If your sustainability strategy ignores your own burnout, you’re just shifting the collapse from the planet to yourself.
August 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If your sustainability strategy ignores your own burnout, you’re just shifting the collapse from the planet to yourself.
When people say climate isn’t their job, remind them: The climate doesn’t care what your job is. But your job will care what the climate does.
August 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
When people say climate isn’t their job, remind them: The climate doesn’t care what your job is. But your job will care what the climate does.
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August 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Best hack for growth (personal, business or otherwise)? Failure. Failure is feedback, feedback is knowledge, knowledge is power. Fail fast and fail often.
August 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Best hack for growth (personal, business or otherwise)? Failure. Failure is feedback, feedback is knowledge, knowledge is power. Fail fast and fail often.
August 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Life hack: You can’t meditate your way out of burnout while living a life that constantly betrays your values.
August 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Life hack: You can’t meditate your way out of burnout while living a life that constantly betrays your values.
You don’t need to do everything to be sustainable, or to be a good steward of this planet.
But you do need to do something.
Perfectionism is the enemy of progress.
But you do need to do something.
Perfectionism is the enemy of progress.
August 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
You don’t need to do everything to be sustainable, or to be a good steward of this planet.
But you do need to do something.
Perfectionism is the enemy of progress.
But you do need to do something.
Perfectionism is the enemy of progress.
Reposted by Danielle
I wrote this blog to vaccinate my friends against the climate denier lie that we’ve spent billions on renewable energy but achieved nothing.
#ClimateSky
#ClimateSky
August 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I wrote this blog to vaccinate my friends against the climate denier lie that we’ve spent billions on renewable energy but achieved nothing.
#ClimateSky
#ClimateSky
The thing no one tells you about climate work:
It breaks your heart.
Then it asks you to keep going anyway.
It breaks your heart.
Then it asks you to keep going anyway.
August 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The thing no one tells you about climate work:
It breaks your heart.
Then it asks you to keep going anyway.
It breaks your heart.
Then it asks you to keep going anyway.
Reposted by Danielle
"Imagine...having all the trees and the wildlife erased from the landscape and replaced with a monoculture. It's creating a zone of death in one of the most vibrant spots on Earth." - @themightyglenn.bsky.social
World's largest deforestation project fells forests for bioethanol fuel, sugar and rice in Indonesia
Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on the land to survive.
apnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"Imagine...having all the trees and the wildlife erased from the landscape and replaced with a monoculture. It's creating a zone of death in one of the most vibrant spots on Earth." - @themightyglenn.bsky.social
Your nervous system wasn’t designed for back-to-back meetings and 500 unread emails.
It was designed for rhythm, rest, reflection, and response.
Regulate that - and you lead better.
It was designed for rhythm, rest, reflection, and response.
Regulate that - and you lead better.
August 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Your nervous system wasn’t designed for back-to-back meetings and 500 unread emails.
It was designed for rhythm, rest, reflection, and response.
Regulate that - and you lead better.
It was designed for rhythm, rest, reflection, and response.
Regulate that - and you lead better.
Reposted by Danielle
The EPA on Thursday published a rule extending deadlines for the oil and natural gas industry to limit emissions of methane and other harmful pollutants.
EPA Delays Compliance with Methane Rule, Fulfilling Oil and Gas Industry’s Request - Inside Climate News
Environmental advocacy groups have decried the “unlawful” move to push back caps on emissions of the super pollutant without first receiving public input.
insideclimatenews.org
August 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The EPA on Thursday published a rule extending deadlines for the oil and natural gas industry to limit emissions of methane and other harmful pollutants.
Biohacking isn’t just for performance.
It’s for presence.
If you’re healthy, focused, and clear - you lead better.
You show up whole. For yourself, your team, and the people you care about.
That’s the real hack.
It’s for presence.
If you’re healthy, focused, and clear - you lead better.
You show up whole. For yourself, your team, and the people you care about.
That’s the real hack.
August 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Biohacking isn’t just for performance.
It’s for presence.
If you’re healthy, focused, and clear - you lead better.
You show up whole. For yourself, your team, and the people you care about.
That’s the real hack.
It’s for presence.
If you’re healthy, focused, and clear - you lead better.
You show up whole. For yourself, your team, and the people you care about.
That’s the real hack.
Reposted by Danielle
Everything from here on is just bailouts for stranded assets
“California, the fourth largest economy on planet Earth, is this summer using 40 percent less natural gas than it did two years ago to generate electricity.
If you wanna know why the fossil fuel industry is freaking out and sponsoring every bad politician on Earth, that's why.”
If you wanna know why the fossil fuel industry is freaking out and sponsoring every bad politician on Earth, that's why.”
Where does the climate movement go from here?
In the face of Trump's climate assault, Bill McKibben proposes a sun-soaked path forward.
heated.world
July 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Everything from here on is just bailouts for stranded assets