Laura Parker Roerden
@lauraparkerroerden.bsky.social
Sharing a love of what nature can teach us. Writer, public speaker & supporter of youth. Founder and Director
@Ocean_Matters & 4th generation family farmer.
@Ocean_Matters & 4th generation family farmer.
Remembering Dr. James "Buddy" Powell, whose life embodied the manatees he spent 50+ years researching and protecting. A gentle giant of a man, he had the very best answer I've ever heard to the question: Why did you become a marine biologist, which I share here. www.oceanmatters.org/remembering-...
July 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Remembering Dr. James "Buddy" Powell, whose life embodied the manatees he spent 50+ years researching and protecting. A gentle giant of a man, he had the very best answer I've ever heard to the question: Why did you become a marine biologist, which I share here. www.oceanmatters.org/remembering-...
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
― The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
― The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
June 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
― The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
― The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Yes, yes there is.
February 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes, yes there is.
Reposted by Laura Parker Roerden
I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love.
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
January 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love.
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
Reposted by Laura Parker Roerden
Please welcome @xiyebastida.bsky.social to Bluesky!
Mexican climate justice activist, Indigenous rights advocate, former Fridays For Future organizer, she’s now Executive Director of the Re-Earth Initiative— an international youth-led organization that supports frontline youth across 27 countries.
Mexican climate justice activist, Indigenous rights advocate, former Fridays For Future organizer, she’s now Executive Director of the Re-Earth Initiative— an international youth-led organization that supports frontline youth across 27 countries.
Xiye Bastida: If you adults won't save the world, we will | TED
YouTube video by TED
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January 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Please welcome @xiyebastida.bsky.social to Bluesky!
Mexican climate justice activist, Indigenous rights advocate, former Fridays For Future organizer, she’s now Executive Director of the Re-Earth Initiative— an international youth-led organization that supports frontline youth across 27 countries.
Mexican climate justice activist, Indigenous rights advocate, former Fridays For Future organizer, she’s now Executive Director of the Re-Earth Initiative— an international youth-led organization that supports frontline youth across 27 countries.
Reposted by Laura Parker Roerden
"Hope is not blind optimism, but a grounded belief in our ability to persevere. By focusing on what we can control and reframing challenges as opportunities, we cultivate both resilience + clarity."
Every Wed the mindfulness coach on our team sends us helpful quotes; this one, based on the Stoics.
Every Wed the mindfulness coach on our team sends us helpful quotes; this one, based on the Stoics.
January 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"Hope is not blind optimism, but a grounded belief in our ability to persevere. By focusing on what we can control and reframing challenges as opportunities, we cultivate both resilience + clarity."
Every Wed the mindfulness coach on our team sends us helpful quotes; this one, based on the Stoics.
Every Wed the mindfulness coach on our team sends us helpful quotes; this one, based on the Stoics.
Reposted by Laura Parker Roerden
Something wonder-full and beautiful for a heavy morning. "They will come for the art, but leave with the forest."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oz...
Rewilding A Forest | Artist and Poet Maria "Vildhjärta" Westerberg
YouTube video by Campfire Stories
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January 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Something wonder-full and beautiful for a heavy morning. "They will come for the art, but leave with the forest."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oz...
Reposted by Laura Parker Roerden
Could the arc of the moral universe be a little shorter please
January 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Could the arc of the moral universe be a little shorter please
Reposted by Laura Parker Roerden
This ⬇️⬇️⬇️
"Today, governments around the globe spend nine times more making fossil fuels cheaper than they do on making clean energy more affordable for consumers. We must tear down these walls"
2/3
2/3
January 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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"Gas lighting" is a particularly on the nose way to describe climate denial. #climatecrisis
January 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Gas lighting" is a particularly on the nose way to describe climate denial. #climatecrisis
"We endorse a 'yes, and' approach, accelerating exploration . . .the space beyond “big and industrial” & “small and regenerative” as a solution to food security, climate change, land degradation, biodiversity, & ecosystem concerns." www.linkedin.com/pulse/future...
The Future of Food is More AND Better
By Steve Apfelbaum, Russ Conser , David Lawrence, and Bob Lawrence * Michael Grunwald’s thought-provoking essay, “Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food” (Dec. 13, 2024 NY Times) and others argue that ...
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January 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"We endorse a 'yes, and' approach, accelerating exploration . . .the space beyond “big and industrial” & “small and regenerative” as a solution to food security, climate change, land degradation, biodiversity, & ecosystem concerns." www.linkedin.com/pulse/future...
God, I hope so.
"It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come to our real work,
& that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings."
--Wendell Berry
"It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come to our real work,
& that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings."
--Wendell Berry
January 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
God, I hope so.
"It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come to our real work,
& that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings."
--Wendell Berry
"It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come to our real work,
& that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings."
--Wendell Berry
"Scientists can even put numbers on how much #climatechange is influencing #wildfires . A full 37 percent of the area burned across western North America over the last 35 years is attributable to emissions from 88 corporations." - Katherine Hayhoe
January 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"Scientists can even put numbers on how much #climatechange is influencing #wildfires . A full 37 percent of the area burned across western North America over the last 35 years is attributable to emissions from 88 corporations." - Katherine Hayhoe
No question there is truth in this.
January 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
No question there is truth in this.
Reposted by Laura Parker Roerden
A reminder that Los Angeles had its hottest summer in history last year. Southern California has received just 2% of "normal" rainfall during the current "rainy" season.
These fires are a direct result of a warming & drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels.
We are in a climate emergency.
These fires are a direct result of a warming & drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels.
We are in a climate emergency.
January 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A reminder that Los Angeles had its hottest summer in history last year. Southern California has received just 2% of "normal" rainfall during the current "rainy" season.
These fires are a direct result of a warming & drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels.
We are in a climate emergency.
These fires are a direct result of a warming & drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels.
We are in a climate emergency.
Reposted by Laura Parker Roerden
As climate changes, wildfires across western NAm are getting bigger and a lot faster: and faster fires are much more dangerous and destructive.
The conditions @afreedma.bsky.social describes below are becoming less and less rare as climate change loads the weather dice against us.
The conditions @afreedma.bsky.social describes below are becoming less and less rare as climate change loads the weather dice against us.
LA's wildfires sparked by rare collision of climate factors
Extremely dry conditions and an hurricane force winds are overlapping unusually late in the year.
www.axios.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
As climate changes, wildfires across western NAm are getting bigger and a lot faster: and faster fires are much more dangerous and destructive.
The conditions @afreedma.bsky.social describes below are becoming less and less rare as climate change loads the weather dice against us.
The conditions @afreedma.bsky.social describes below are becoming less and less rare as climate change loads the weather dice against us.
Reposted by Laura Parker Roerden
As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
January 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
I was blessed to work with #PeterYarrow, who made his life's mission to create a better world. Grab hammers, light candles, link arms to honor him. Peter spent his whole life writing the songs to help us carry the work on. This is for him in memoriam. lauraparkerroerden.com/2025/01/07/f...
For Peter Yarrow
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January 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I was blessed to work with #PeterYarrow, who made his life's mission to create a better world. Grab hammers, light candles, link arms to honor him. Peter spent his whole life writing the songs to help us carry the work on. This is for him in memoriam. lauraparkerroerden.com/2025/01/07/f...
Relatively easy grant opportunity for small farms in the orchard or veggie space (not livestock). Complete the very short application & deliver it to the county FSA office by JAN 8th. #farmsfoodfuture #farmers #farmgrants
www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/pr...
www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/pr...
www.fsa.usda.gov
January 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Relatively easy grant opportunity for small farms in the orchard or veggie space (not livestock). Complete the very short application & deliver it to the county FSA office by JAN 8th. #farmsfoodfuture #farmers #farmgrants
www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/pr...
www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/pr...
Seeds, seeds, seeds. . .they are falling everywhere and landing on the ground. They are lit as if to not be missed. They will, come spring, throw shoots and grow where they have landed. And we will not be able to deny that we saw them as they fell. #naturepoetry #artivism #poetry #conservation
January 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Seeds, seeds, seeds. . .they are falling everywhere and landing on the ground. They are lit as if to not be missed. They will, come spring, throw shoots and grow where they have landed. And we will not be able to deny that we saw them as they fell. #naturepoetry #artivism #poetry #conservation
Katherine Hayhoe is my go-to for reliable climate news. Her newsletter always has good news & bad news--which is a great way to approach the issue. Sign up to be informed. We need everyone rowing in the right direction. 2024 progress, challenges, & what you can do open.substack.com/pub/talkingc...
2024 progress, challenges, and what you can do
A year of climate stories - the good, the not-so-good, and what you can do about it
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December 31, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Katherine Hayhoe is my go-to for reliable climate news. Her newsletter always has good news & bad news--which is a great way to approach the issue. Sign up to be informed. We need everyone rowing in the right direction. 2024 progress, challenges, & what you can do open.substack.com/pub/talkingc...
"My humble request for the coming year is that we make time to listen to the quiet."
This video is so beautiful and worthy of your time to wrap up a very LOUD year with a reminder of the antidote. From the EO Wilson Foundation. #conservation
This video is so beautiful and worthy of your time to wrap up a very LOUD year with a reminder of the antidote. From the EO Wilson Foundation. #conservation
Listening to the Quiet with Harrison Ford
This is "Listening to the Quiet with Harrison Ford" by EOWilson Biodiversity Foundation on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love…
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December 31, 2024 at 3:50 PM
"My humble request for the coming year is that we make time to listen to the quiet."
This video is so beautiful and worthy of your time to wrap up a very LOUD year with a reminder of the antidote. From the EO Wilson Foundation. #conservation
This video is so beautiful and worthy of your time to wrap up a very LOUD year with a reminder of the antidote. From the EO Wilson Foundation. #conservation
"That feeling of being connected to that individual animal . . .that you can hear about—such as the animal’s quirks and behaviors—makes people care more & perhaps give more money. . .Long story short, there can be cases where anthropomorphism may be beneficial." open.substack.com/pub/sammatey...
Interview: Dr. Christine Wilkinson, Carnivore Ecologist
A fascinating conversation with a carnivore ecologist ranging from Kenya to California
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December 23, 2024 at 5:11 PM
"That feeling of being connected to that individual animal . . .that you can hear about—such as the animal’s quirks and behaviors—makes people care more & perhaps give more money. . .Long story short, there can be cases where anthropomorphism may be beneficial." open.substack.com/pub/sammatey...