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Erin Johnson
@erinkj.bsky.social
Can be found near beaches and mountains and on my bike. Let's save the world, its plants and critters, and us from ourselves.
Joan has been on an amazing journey for the past 7 weeks.
New story from my #ArizonaTrail #climate project is up today — about the cultural complexity of climate #solutions & how deciphering best options will be an ongoing challenge

On the Arizona Trail, gold's legend and copper's lure color the search for quick solutions
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
On the Arizona Trail, gold's legend and copper's lure color the search for quick solutions
As the Arizona Trail winds past the proposed Oak Flat copper mine, the search for climate solutions takes on new meaning.
www.azcentral.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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“The constant flow of water is pushing those heavy metals towards town. We’re sitting ducks for having our groundwater withdrawn and polluted.”
A planned mining project in the Patagonia Mountains is already impacting downstream water supplies, and harming the fragile mountain ecosystem. Learn more in our latest piece in collaboration with Anthropocene Alliance, published in Earth Island Journal. www.earthisland.org/...
Arizona Town Fears Becoming a Clean Energy Sacrifice Zone
A planned mining project in the Patagonia Mountains is already impacting downstream water supplies, and harming the fragile mountain ecosystem, critics say.
www.earthisland.org
July 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.
April 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Santa Barbara strong.
April 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Santa Barbara turned out for April 5 Hands Off March and the tourists cheered. Even the introverts showed up!
April 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Excellent advice, today and every day.
Today is #AprilFoolsDay.
Hoaxes & satires are everywhere.
Check every story that seems too good to be true before you share as fact.
Read About pages.
See if authors exist.
Learn when a website was created, & by whom.
Find other sources to corroborate.

Then, start doing this every day in 2025! :)
April 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
There's always room for another book if you get creative with your shelving!
We're double racking books now. Urbanism/transportation books on the right, water books on the left.
March 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
March 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Everything is too stressful. Here are some baby squirrels #sqrlpix
March 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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“Drill, Baby, Drill” = “Burn, Planet, Burn”
March 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It's that time again for Island Press's $4.99 ebook sale!
February 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Science supporters concerned with tsunamis and coastal hazards, here's a chance to download game-changing research that can save lives.
February 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Please be careful out there. Hilarious posts about bookstores appearing in my feed out of nowhere.
Please be careful out there on the roads today, my car just swerved into bookstore parking lot out of nowhere
February 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Information hygiene request - please circulate & take action.

I’m getting bombarded with frantic fragments.

Information flow is crucial right now, and every link in the chain matters. This is a concrete place where you can play a massive role in improving transmission.

Start with SIFT method:
February 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I'd be okay with Denmark buying us. I love Solvang!
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www.kget.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Word of the day.
February 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It's time to resurrect the Tom Bihn t-shirt from 2001. There was a unspoken consolation to wearing it then that I need now.
January 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
@elizabeth928.bsky.social l love your profile pic!! Badass 🚴
January 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.

Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.

Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.

Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
January 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
To get out of the house and away from today's headlines, I took myself on a little ride up Gibraltar, overlooking the Santa Barbara Channel. Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands on the horizon, as a hawk lazily catches the updrafts. The world always looks better from up here.
January 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
A comforting quote on a soulless day. Keep eyes on the prize and settle in for the long haul.
Can't let MLK Day end without sharing my favorite quote, which is sadly more relevant today than ever.

drilled.media/news/Trump2
January 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Totally.
January 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I love science facts!
Hey. Look at your fingernails. They're growing. Tectonic plates move relative to each other at about the same speed. Have a nice day.
January 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
And the world exhales.
January 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM