Lesley Head
@lesleyhead.bsky.social
Geographer at Unimelb, writer, berry farmer. Cultural dimensions of environmental & climate change issues.
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This is a great article about this research, and provides a lot of background about both the Murrinhpatha language and this study:
Grammar Changes How We See, an Australian Language Shows
An Aboriginal language provides unexpected insight into how language influences perception
www.scientificamerican.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This is a great article about this research, and provides a lot of background about both the Murrinhpatha language and this study:
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"Politicians downplay or avoid their own agency and responsibility ... They are blaming Nature for things that they have part responsibility for." (@lesleyhead.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social)
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Naturalising climate change – Australian Academy of the Humanities
Seeing climate change as "a natural change" downplays the agency of those who have a responsibility to combat it, says Prof Lesley Head.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"Politicians downplay or avoid their own agency and responsibility ... They are blaming Nature for things that they have part responsibility for." (@lesleyhead.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social)
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Super-excited to have been awarded a Viruna Climate Fellowship. Looking forward to learning from the awesome company. www.varuna.com.au/news/climate...
2025 Varuna Climate Fellowship Announcement — Varuna, The National Writers' House
The six recipients of the 2025 Varuna Climate Fellowship have been announced.
www.varuna.com.au
July 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Super-excited to have been awarded a Viruna Climate Fellowship. Looking forward to learning from the awesome company. www.varuna.com.au/news/climate...
The train seems to be missing important researcher input. Ecologists, environmental lawyers, archaeologists, climate scientists, political scientists and others all have significant findings to contribute.
June 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The train seems to be missing important researcher input. Ecologists, environmental lawyers, archaeologists, climate scientists, political scientists and others all have significant findings to contribute.
Looking forward to discussing Urban Rewilding at the Willy Lit Fest with Dominique Hes and Dave Whitty. www.willylitfest.org.au/2025-program
Join us Saturday June 21, 12-1pm, Williamstown Town Hall.
Join us Saturday June 21, 12-1pm, Williamstown Town Hall.
Full Program — Willy Lit Fest
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June 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Looking forward to discussing Urban Rewilding at the Willy Lit Fest with Dominique Hes and Dave Whitty. www.willylitfest.org.au/2025-program
Join us Saturday June 21, 12-1pm, Williamstown Town Hall.
Join us Saturday June 21, 12-1pm, Williamstown Town Hall.
Pleased to join the good crowd in Birregurra yesterday (much bigger than in this pic). #walkfortruth
June 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Pleased to join the good crowd in Birregurra yesterday (much bigger than in this pic). #walkfortruth
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Hard-hitting @lisacox.bsky.social report featuring exasperated straight-talkers✊
Peter Dunn, fmr commissioner of emergency services for the ACT is furious abt North West Shelf Extension: Albanese government is “trashing its integrity” and has “lost their licence to lead, days after the election”
Peter Dunn, fmr commissioner of emergency services for the ACT is furious abt North West Shelf Extension: Albanese government is “trashing its integrity” and has “lost their licence to lead, days after the election”
Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved
‘They offer sympathy and then just go and approve massive fossil fuel projects anyway,’ one advocate says
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Hard-hitting @lisacox.bsky.social report featuring exasperated straight-talkers✊
Peter Dunn, fmr commissioner of emergency services for the ACT is furious abt North West Shelf Extension: Albanese government is “trashing its integrity” and has “lost their licence to lead, days after the election”
Peter Dunn, fmr commissioner of emergency services for the ACT is furious abt North West Shelf Extension: Albanese government is “trashing its integrity” and has “lost their licence to lead, days after the election”
Happy to do a Greenhouse talk @finnarne.me
But @lesleyhead.bsky.social, we should do a Greenhouse book talk on it some time in the fall!
June 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Happy to do a Greenhouse talk @finnarne.me
Thanks Libby!
Reading & enjoying @lesleyhead.bsky.social in her new book Beyond Green. Bold Aust focus esp special possibilities of Indig ways to care for Country. Recommend @finnarne.me @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Thanks Libby!
Excited to see where it ends up!
May 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Excited to see where it ends up!
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The idea of nature as it relates to culture, society and humans has always been in constant flux and highly contested.
Prof Lesley Head FAHA FASSA’s new book, Beyond Green, draws on her life’s work to reimagine a new, better future. Out 14 May 2025. @lesleyhead.bsky.social
bit.ly/3H2VUoU
Prof Lesley Head FAHA FASSA’s new book, Beyond Green, draws on her life’s work to reimagine a new, better future. Out 14 May 2025. @lesleyhead.bsky.social
bit.ly/3H2VUoU
Beyond Green, Lesley Head
How are we to think about nature and the environment?
The idea of nature as it relates to culture, society and humans has always been in constant flux and highly contested.
Lesley Head interrogate...
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May 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The idea of nature as it relates to culture, society and humans has always been in constant flux and highly contested.
Prof Lesley Head FAHA FASSA’s new book, Beyond Green, draws on her life’s work to reimagine a new, better future. Out 14 May 2025. @lesleyhead.bsky.social
bit.ly/3H2VUoU
Prof Lesley Head FAHA FASSA’s new book, Beyond Green, draws on her life’s work to reimagine a new, better future. Out 14 May 2025. @lesleyhead.bsky.social
bit.ly/3H2VUoU
It’s mid-April, and Fires Near Me is still beeping.
April 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It’s mid-April, and Fires Near Me is still beeping.
Climate for Change is fundraising with 10 climate actions in 10 days (April 4-13). For my 10 actions I am showcasing social and cultural research that helps us more effectively respond to climate change.
Day 9. Nature takes the blame
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Day 9. Nature takes the blame
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April 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Climate for Change is fundraising with 10 climate actions in 10 days (April 4-13). For my 10 actions I am showcasing social and cultural research that helps us more effectively respond to climate change.
Day 9. Nature takes the blame
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Day 9. Nature takes the blame
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Climate for Change is fundraising with 10 climate actions in 10 days (April 4-13). For my 10 actions I am showcasing social and cultural research that helps us more effectively respond to climate change.
Day 8. Arts and creativity
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Day 8. Arts and creativity
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April 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Climate for Change is fundraising with 10 climate actions in 10 days (April 4-13). For my 10 actions I am showcasing social and cultural research that helps us more effectively respond to climate change.
Day 8. Arts and creativity
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Day 8. Arts and creativity
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At Climate for Change we are fundraising with 10 actions in 10 days. My actions showcase social and cultural research around climate change:
Day 6. The care economy
Day 7. Emotional dimensions of climate change
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Day 6. The care economy
Day 7. Emotional dimensions of climate change
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10 Days. 10,000 Actions. $100K for Climate Change.
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April 10, 2025 at 5:11 AM
At Climate for Change we are fundraising with 10 actions in 10 days. My actions showcase social and cultural research around climate change:
Day 6. The care economy
Day 7. Emotional dimensions of climate change
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Day 6. The care economy
Day 7. Emotional dimensions of climate change
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Day 3. Beyond the universal human
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April 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Day 3. Beyond the universal human
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Day 2. Climate change is not an 'environmental' issue.
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April 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Day 2. Climate change is not an 'environmental' issue.
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Climate for Change aims to create the social climate for effective action on climate change. We are fundraising with 10 actions in 10 days. For my 10 actions I am showcasing social and cultural climate research.
Day 1. Leverage for transformative change
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Day 1. Leverage for transformative change
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10 Days. 10,000 Actions. $100K for Climate Change.
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April 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Climate for Change aims to create the social climate for effective action on climate change. We are fundraising with 10 actions in 10 days. For my 10 actions I am showcasing social and cultural climate research.
Day 1. Leverage for transformative change
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Day 1. Leverage for transformative change
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This beautiful piece of writing by David Ritter is free for a few more days.
This beautiful piece of writing by David Ritter is free for a few more days.
Our once and future home - David Ritter
David Ritter’s essay ‘Our once and future home’ considers the ways in which climate change has fundamentally altered the planet and our place on it, and asks: what happens when your home is no longer ...
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February 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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This beautiful piece of writing by David Ritter is free for a few more days.
This beautiful piece of writing by David Ritter is free for a few more days.
www.climateforchange.org.au. I’m pleased to have joined the Board of Climate for Change. ‘Our mission is to create the social climate for effective action on climate change.’ An important time to redouble efforts.
Climate for Change
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January 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
www.climateforchange.org.au. I’m pleased to have joined the Board of Climate for Change. ‘Our mission is to create the social climate for effective action on climate change.’ An important time to redouble efforts.
This is a chilling announcement. But also, do they realise economics is a social science?
It’s a dark day for research in Aotearoa New Zealand and the ramifications for the country are huge. Minister Judith Collins has just announced our blue-skies funder will no longer fund humanities & social science research and that 50% of what is funded must have economic benefit.
December 4, 2024 at 9:05 AM
This is a chilling announcement. But also, do they realise economics is a social science?
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How long does it take to get through 5,000 staples? I bought these during my first week as an undergraduate student in 1996, and they're now finally finished. 28 years later. Let's see if that reorder code is still valid...
December 1, 2024 at 6:48 PM
How long does it take to get through 5,000 staples? I bought these during my first week as an undergraduate student in 1996, and they're now finally finished. 28 years later. Let's see if that reorder code is still valid...
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And the awful day in 1939, memorialised as Black Friday.
Which makes a sacrilege of us adopting the American invention of the term as a massive money-making commercial event..
Which makes a sacrilege of us adopting the American invention of the term as a massive money-making commercial event..
Five years ago, the bushfires. This image is from 5 December 2019 at 4.33pm AEDT.
November 25, 2024 at 12:05 AM
And the awful day in 1939, memorialised as Black Friday.
Which makes a sacrilege of us adopting the American invention of the term as a massive money-making commercial event..
Which makes a sacrilege of us adopting the American invention of the term as a massive money-making commercial event..