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Geo: Geography and Environment
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Geo is a fully open access international journal publishing original articles from across the spectrum of geography and environment research.

Edited by @laurieparsons.bsky.social, @chrisdarvill.bsky.social, Le Yu & Karen Bickerstaff.
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📢Since our relaunch 2 years ago, we have been working hard to create a space for geographical & interdisciplinary research on climate change, the environment & sustainability which doesn't fit neatly in sub-disciplinary journals

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'Electronic waste and environmental sustainability in Ghana: Aligning national policies with the sustainable development goals' by Richard Kwame Adom & Mulala Danny Simatele

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November 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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'Between energy transition and industrial revival: Exploring hydrogen imaginaries in the United Kingdom and Teesside' by @naimakf.bsky.social et al.

This paper uses the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries to explore hydrogen as a potential enabler of net-zero
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November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Sultana draws on documentary video content from the 'Voices from the Global South' project, produced by the Open University, @rgsibg.bsky.social & @igu-ugi.bsky.social, to illustrate the arguments in her paper.

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Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality
The material dimensions of loss and damage from climate change are compounded by systemic knowledge-based loss and epistemic injustice from the marginalisation and exclusion of critical voices and kn...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' by Farhana Sultana

This paper critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in producing inequitable climate knowledge, global governance, policies and solutions.

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October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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💯 “Advancing climate justice depends on confronting epistemic injustice as both a form of loss and a condition of possibility” 💯
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'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' by Farhana Sultana

This paper critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in producing inequitable climate knowledge, global governance, policies and solutions.

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November 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' by Farhana Sultana

This paper critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in producing inequitable climate knowledge, global governance, policies and solutions.

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October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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'Safewashing in the conspicuous commodification of the hazardous aesthetic' by Geoff Main & Janet Speake

This paper introduces the concept of 'safewashing' as a lens through which to investigate urban property development in unsafe, hazard-prone locations.

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October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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'Glocalisation of environmental challenges: The impact of the war in Ukraine on smog and heating practices in Polish local communities' by Piotr Żuk & Paweł Żuk

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October 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Very happy to be part of this new paper brilliantly led by @calebscoville.bsky.social on new opportunities for stakeholder participation with dynamic management compared to static management of natural resources! 🌳🌏🙋
New article out in Geo: Geography and Environment with an interdisciplinary dream team of coauthors: “From maps to models: Participation and contestability in the dynamic management of natural resources.”
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September 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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'From maps to models: Participation and contestability in the dynamic management of natural resources' by @calebscoville.bsky.social et al.

This paper compares how participation is conceived in static vs dynamic ocean management.

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September 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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New article out in Geo: Geography and Environment with an interdisciplinary dream team of coauthors: “From maps to models: Participation and contestability in the dynamic management of natural resources.”
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September 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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If you are still looking for that reading at the intersection of environment, health, extraction and disposession (with a dash of the digital)...
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'Minecraft's territory: Alberta's oil sands, settler knowledge infrastructure & digital geographies' by @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social

This paper traces how the data used for a Minecraft extension are tied to broader extractive networks of knowledge production.

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September 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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'Between dunes and estuary: Forecasting mangrove forest change on primate culture and isolated livelihoods in Maranhão, Brazil' by Andrea Presotto et al.

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September 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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'Urban oases and spatial injustices: Community gardens in the Cape Flats through a Lefebvrian lens' by Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira

This paper explores how gardeners in Cape Town, South Africa, transform neglected land as and everyday act of urban spatial justice.

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September 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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✨ I’m excited to share our new open-access article in @geoopenaccess.bsky.social, led by Juliana Gonçalves and with wonderful arts-based research by Namrata Narendra.

The editorial process has been amazing - so thankful to the team for offering both very meaningful feedback and being fair to us.
September 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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'Everything about climate change is disproportionate: Principles for spatial justice in urban climate action' by J.E. Goncalves, N. Narendra & @trivikrama.bsky.social

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September 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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'Assessing the carbon sequestration potential of church forest and their implication for climate change mitigation in Jabitehinan District, Ethiopia' by Addisu Bitew Birhanie et al.

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September 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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'Integrating spatially disaggregated stakeholders' knowledge and opinions to enhance water governance in the Murray–Darling Basin' by Paul Hong et al.

This study examines stakeholder perspectives on Murray-Darling Basin policies in Australia from 2009-2021.

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September 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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'Decoding Brazil's bean belt: Spatiotemporal patterns, production systems and the pulse of bean production (2011-2022)' by Clever Lucas Aguilar et al.

This paper maps the key bean production areas in Brazil in the context of changing climates & food security.

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September 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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'"Quiet" green community innovations at the interface of public and private ownership in an old neighbourhood in Zhengzhou, China' by Yanhui Shi et al.

This paper examines informal urban gardening practices within a 70-year-old neighbourhood in Zhengzhou.

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September 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🔋New dialogue in Geo!🔋

'Impact in the energy social sciences and humanities: How we matter matters' by @sidsareen.bsky.social et al.

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August 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Two hours to go until our #RGSIBG25 keynote panel on 'The Future of Environmental Geography'! 🌎🌍🌏
Don't miss our Geo Keynote tomorrow at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference!

This panel brings our editors in conversation with Kathryn Yusoff, James Dyke, Ankit Kumar & Lynda Yorke on 'The Future of Environmental Geography'.

🕐14:40
📍Teaching & Learning Building: Lecture Theatre 1 (& online)
Our Annual International Conference is coming up! 🌍

On 26-29 August, we'll welcome 2,000+ geography professionals to the University of Birmingham for 400+ sessions, talks and events covering all types of geographical science. Learn more: http://bit.ly/4lgkPnk

📷: University of Birmingham
August 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Super excited to chair this keynote!

An incredible lineup of presenters will be discussing the future of environmental geography.

Don't miss out!
Don't miss our Geo Keynote tomorrow at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference!

This panel brings our editors in conversation with Kathryn Yusoff, James Dyke, Ankit Kumar & Lynda Yorke on 'The Future of Environmental Geography'.

🕐14:40
📍Teaching & Learning Building: Lecture Theatre 1 (& online)
Our Annual International Conference is coming up! 🌍

On 26-29 August, we'll welcome 2,000+ geography professionals to the University of Birmingham for 400+ sessions, talks and events covering all types of geographical science. Learn more: http://bit.ly/4lgkPnk

📷: University of Birmingham
August 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Don't miss our Geo Keynote tomorrow at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference!

This panel brings our editors in conversation with Kathryn Yusoff, James Dyke, Ankit Kumar & Lynda Yorke on 'The Future of Environmental Geography'.

🕐14:40
📍Teaching & Learning Building: Lecture Theatre 1 (& online)
Our Annual International Conference is coming up! 🌍

On 26-29 August, we'll welcome 2,000+ geography professionals to the University of Birmingham for 400+ sessions, talks and events covering all types of geographical science. Learn more: http://bit.ly/4lgkPnk

📷: University of Birmingham
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM