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I'm curious, have a growth mindset, and enjoy biking, ecological gardening and nature. Dark sky advocate. Less is more. Let’s take better care of Earth - the only planet with craft beer. 🌎🍻
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9 Environmental Truths Everyone Should Know
“Nature is the source of all true knowledge” — Leonardo da Vinci
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It's time we start treating our planet as if we're planning to stay. medium.com/@ecofriendly...
"Reintroducing mountain lions could benefit #ecosystems in need of a dominant apex predator (aside from humans). They would control deer populations and thus reduce damage to vegetation, allowing a broader balance of species to coexist." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Can mountain lions make a comeback in the US north-east? One group hopes so
Reintroducing the apex predator would control deer populations, maintaining healthy ecosystems and bolstering biodiversity, rewilding group says
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Reintroducing mountain lions could benefit #ecosystems in need of a dominant apex predator (aside from humans). They would control deer populations and thus reduce damage to vegetation, allowing a broader balance of species to coexist." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Advanced plant behavior now sits at the center of one of ecology’s most heated debates. Decades ago, little was known about it. Today, researchers and scientists are more responsive to the idea that #trees and #plants aren’t passive organisms.
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
The More We Study Forests, the More It Seems Like Plants Might Be Cooperating and "Talking" to Each Other
Trees may look still and silent, but they’re engaged in a constant, complex dialogue—through air, soil, and even electricity.
www.zmescience.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Advanced plant behavior now sits at the center of one of ecology’s most heated debates. Decades ago, little was known about it. Today, researchers and scientists are more responsive to the idea that #trees and #plants aren’t passive organisms.
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
"Our results show that much of the opposition to #degrowth is due to misunderstanding of the word rather than rejection of the underlying principles and policies." open.substack.com/pub/degrowth...
People Love Degrowth Policies
Not crazy about the word.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"Our results show that much of the opposition to #degrowth is due to misunderstanding of the word rather than rejection of the underlying principles and policies." open.substack.com/pub/degrowth...
"Many people, especially in urban areas, develop negative feelings toward #nature, such as fear, discomfort or disgust. Researches call it “biophobia.” medium.com/the-environm...
When Nature Scares Us: Researchers warn of growing “biophobia”
A global review finds rising fear and discomfort toward nature, with major impacts on health and conservation.
medium.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"Many people, especially in urban areas, develop negative feelings toward #nature, such as fear, discomfort or disgust. Researches call it “biophobia.” medium.com/the-environm...
Already planning for the spring.
December 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Already planning for the spring.
The Midas predicament emerges when we optimize #cars, mandate their use, eliminate alternatives. A city where people can choose to drive, walk, #bike, or take public transit to meet their needs is fundamentally different from one where driving is the only option. open.substack.com/pub/speakeas...
Why everything turns to asphalt
There’s a King Midas aspect to motor vehicles, this technological gift that promised and delivered abundance until it became a curse.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Midas predicament emerges when we optimize #cars, mandate their use, eliminate alternatives. A city where people can choose to drive, walk, #bike, or take public transit to meet their needs is fundamentally different from one where driving is the only option. open.substack.com/pub/speakeas...
"The city's #bike lane projects are reducing crashes, improving predictability, and expanding mobility options without increasing congestion - exactly the kind of evidence-based policymaking our #city needs." mass.streetsblog.org/2025/12/05/b...
Boston Data Show New Bike Lanes Successfully Shift Traffic, With Fewer Cars and Way More Bikes - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Mayor Wu has hard evidence that her bike lane projects are helping reduce traffic – but her administration is reluctant to share it.
mass.streetsblog.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"The city's #bike lane projects are reducing crashes, improving predictability, and expanding mobility options without increasing congestion - exactly the kind of evidence-based policymaking our #city needs." mass.streetsblog.org/2025/12/05/b...
"The results demonstrate the importance of assessing the safety of new #pesticides and other #chemicals before they are used on #food crops or put in consumer products." medium.com/the-environm...
Pesticides Weren’t Supposed to Touch Our Gut Bugs. They Do.
The first large-scale study of its kind challenges long-held assumptions about chemical safety.
medium.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"The results demonstrate the importance of assessing the safety of new #pesticides and other #chemicals before they are used on #food crops or put in consumer products." medium.com/the-environm...
A study found that consumers throw away 80% of items purchased on Black Friday after a few uses. Most of these items are destined for landfills, incinerators, or go to low-quality recycling centers. open.substack.com/pub/degrowth...
People will not give up their lifestyle for their country or their planet
Until they have no choice.
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
A study found that consumers throw away 80% of items purchased on Black Friday after a few uses. Most of these items are destined for landfills, incinerators, or go to low-quality recycling centers. open.substack.com/pub/degrowth...
The Trump administration's proposed rollbacks open the door for more drilling, mining, and logging. | grist.org/regulation/d...
Dismantling the Endangered Species Act will hurt a lot more than just wildlife
The Trump administration's proposed rollbacks open the door for more drilling, mining, and logging.
grist.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Trump administration's proposed rollbacks open the door for more drilling, mining, and logging. | grist.org/regulation/d...
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying #Oregon’s nitrate #pollution crisis. open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying #Oregon’s nitrate #pollution crisis. open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
A global monitoring system for #water flowing from our toilets is the first step in stopping the development of the next #pandemic. The second is investing in sewage systems and treatment plants worldwide. wodnesprawy.pl/en/pandemic-...
Pandemic brewing in wastewater? A microbiologist warns
Pandemic brewing in wastewater? A microbiologist warns. Few people think about the water flushed daily down sinks, bathtubs, and toilets.
wodnesprawy.pl
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A global monitoring system for #water flowing from our toilets is the first step in stopping the development of the next #pandemic. The second is investing in sewage systems and treatment plants worldwide. wodnesprawy.pl/en/pandemic-...
Expect the #Massachusetts House to come out with another bill in 2026, hopefully with a much different approach. The State Senate has an equal role in this, and while we anticipate they will do the right thing, we should not take anything for granted. blog.greenenergyconsumers.org/blog/massach...
Massachusetts Climate Activists Win The First Round, But The Game’s Not Over
Massachusetts climate activists halt legislative rollback on clean energy commitments, but the battle for sustainable energy policies continues. Stay informed for the next steps.
blog.greenenergyconsumers.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Expect the #Massachusetts House to come out with another bill in 2026, hopefully with a much different approach. The State Senate has an equal role in this, and while we anticipate they will do the right thing, we should not take anything for granted. blog.greenenergyconsumers.org/blog/massach...
I recently completed a National Wildlife Federation project by adopting an #ecological yard approach that prioritizes native plants, provides food & water for #insects & #wildlife, includes shelter from weather/predators, #habitat for rearing young, and uses #sustainable yard maintenance practices.
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I recently completed a National Wildlife Federation project by adopting an #ecological yard approach that prioritizes native plants, provides food & water for #insects & #wildlife, includes shelter from weather/predators, #habitat for rearing young, and uses #sustainable yard maintenance practices.
Otters are so important to the #ecosystem because they eat sea urchins and crabs that would otherwise decimate the #kelp forests and seagrass areas near the shore. medium.com/the-environm...
Tainted Tides: The Hidden Threat Facing Canada’s Sea Otters
Sea otters survived hunters and near-extinction. But they can’t hide from “forever chemicals.”
medium.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Otters are so important to the #ecosystem because they eat sea urchins and crabs that would otherwise decimate the #kelp forests and seagrass areas near the shore. medium.com/the-environm...
"A proposal that would dramatically roll back the #Massachusetts #climate goals are on ice, at least for the next few months.
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
House punts on sweeping energy bill that would dial back state climate commitments - CommonWealth Beacon
After intense blowback to a draft House bill to weaken the state’s 2030 clean energy target, the chamber’s budget chief says the topic is on hold until next year.
commonwealthbeacon.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"A proposal that would dramatically roll back the #Massachusetts #climate goals are on ice, at least for the next few months.
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
"Even if you don’t consider yourself a writer, you have a lot of power to help nonhuman #animals through the written word by drawing on your own insight, emotion, and personal experience. One important way to do this is through op-eds." www.nonhumanrights.org/blog/op-eds-...
How to write op-eds for animals
Op-eds for animals and for animal rights: a guide to identifying topics, writing your argument, and submitting it for publication
www.nonhumanrights.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Even if you don’t consider yourself a writer, you have a lot of power to help nonhuman #animals through the written word by drawing on your own insight, emotion, and personal experience. One important way to do this is through op-eds." www.nonhumanrights.org/blog/op-eds-...
"One interesting takeaway is that this confirms how resource-intensive #meat is, not only when it comes to land, water, and feed—but in terms of human time and energy, too." www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/a-gr...
The economic impact of plant-based diets: fewer jobs, lower costs, and big climate benefits
The global move toward sustainable eating could save $100 billion annually in farm costs—but at a steep human cost in rural jobs.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"One interesting takeaway is that this confirms how resource-intensive #meat is, not only when it comes to land, water, and feed—but in terms of human time and energy, too." www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/a-gr...
Excited to share that I have completed a yearlong horticulture program and earned my certificate in Native Plant Studies from the Native Plant Trust.
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Excited to share that I have completed a yearlong horticulture program and earned my certificate in Native Plant Studies from the Native Plant Trust.
Neonicotinoids are the world’s most common class of insecticides, widely used in agriculture. Four years after the European Union banned neonicotinoid use in fields, researchers observed that France’s population of insect-eating #birds had increased by 2%-3%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Neonicotinoids are the world’s most common class of insecticides, widely used in agriculture. Four years after the European Union banned neonicotinoid use in fields, researchers observed that France’s population of insect-eating #birds had increased by 2%-3%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“I hope this work can help folks who want to plant #trees in #cities to manage them and increase their survival rate." www.bu.edu/articles/202...
Living in a City Can Impact a Tree’s Health—BU Researchers Aim to Figure Out Why
Biologist Jennifer Bhatnagar and her team hope their findings can help cities, including Boston, maintain green areas in urban environments
www.bu.edu
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“I hope this work can help folks who want to plant #trees in #cities to manage them and increase their survival rate." www.bu.edu/articles/202...
Abandoning the 2030 #emissions goal in #Massachusetts would be defeatist concession to Trump and the fossil fuel industry. commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/hous...
House climate bill is a big step backward - CommonWealth Beacon
At a moment when President Trump is dismantling federal climate policy, this bill would do the work for him. It would abandon our 2030 emissions targets, gut our most effective programs, and lock Mass...
commonwealthbeacon.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Abandoning the 2030 #emissions goal in #Massachusetts would be defeatist concession to Trump and the fossil fuel industry. commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/hous...
The growth in global #emissions has slowed significantly over the last decade compared to previous ones. This year, total emissions (including land use change) might have stagnated. But not by much, and fossil emissions still increased. open.substack.com/pub/hannahri...
What happened to global carbon emissions this year?
Emissions from fossils are up, emissions from land use are down.
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The growth in global #emissions has slowed significantly over the last decade compared to previous ones. This year, total emissions (including land use change) might have stagnated. But not by much, and fossil emissions still increased. open.substack.com/pub/hannahri...
Trees once marked for felling continue to stand tall, their leaves dancing with sunlight, their roots holding the soil firm against erosion. The #forest remains a cradle for countless creatures. coalitionforanimalrights.substack.com/p/the-man-wh...
The Man Who Bought a Forest — and Gave It Back to the Earth.
In 2005, something remarkable happened in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.
coalitionforanimalrights.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Trees once marked for felling continue to stand tall, their leaves dancing with sunlight, their roots holding the soil firm against erosion. The #forest remains a cradle for countless creatures. coalitionforanimalrights.substack.com/p/the-man-wh...