Lisa Fridkin
@psychlisa.bsky.social
Psychologist at UCL, Social Research Institute. Focussed on the Climate and Ecological crisis. Researching activism, wellbeing and ESD.
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The @sriucl.bsky.social VRA call is live! Postgrad students can join real research projects, from global health and climate activism to arts-based studies and systematic reviews. Huge thanks to colleagues who submitted projects! More info on your student Moodle platform.
@ioe.bsky.social #research
@ioe.bsky.social #research
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The @sriucl.bsky.social VRA call is live! Postgrad students can join real research projects, from global health and climate activism to arts-based studies and systematic reviews. Huge thanks to colleagues who submitted projects! More info on your student Moodle platform.
@ioe.bsky.social #research
@ioe.bsky.social #research
We are on the cusp of losing all meaningful coral reefs and it’s barely making the news let alone the headlines.
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale.’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale.’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We are on the cusp of losing all meaningful coral reefs and it’s barely making the news let alone the headlines.
We are in a polycrisis. The damage caused by PFCs to our ecosystems and all living things is all part of the climate and ecological breakdown we are watching unfold around us.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn
More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognised
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
We are in a polycrisis. The damage caused by PFCs to our ecosystems and all living things is all part of the climate and ecological breakdown we are watching unfold around us.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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At #UCU2025 we passed a vital motion backing a year of trade union climate action, starting autumn 2025
we’re embedding climate justice into our union work.
Because climate justice is union business.
#ClimateAction #UnionPower #UCU2025
we’re embedding climate justice into our union work.
Because climate justice is union business.
#ClimateAction #UnionPower #UCU2025
May 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
At #UCU2025 we passed a vital motion backing a year of trade union climate action, starting autumn 2025
we’re embedding climate justice into our union work.
Because climate justice is union business.
#ClimateAction #UnionPower #UCU2025
we’re embedding climate justice into our union work.
Because climate justice is union business.
#ClimateAction #UnionPower #UCU2025
Changing your banks to an ethical provider is a simple and highly effective climate action. Make sure to tell your fossil-fueling, destructive bank why you have left them. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘We are witnessing ecocide’: Santander accused of funding vast deforestation
In 2024, the Spanish bank provided more than $600m in financing to firms linked to beef, palm oil, soya and supply chains driving deforestation, says Global Witness
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Changing your banks to an ethical provider is a simple and highly effective climate action. Make sure to tell your fossil-fueling, destructive bank why you have left them. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Relieved and pleased to see these foolish and ill-informed comments called out in today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate experts and politicians round on Tony Blair for ‘wrong message’
Former Labour PM accused of ‘handing talking points’ to Tories and Reform after saying net zero strategy faltering
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Relieved and pleased to see these foolish and ill-informed comments called out in today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This Earth Day, pledge to speak up:
share the wonder of nature’s beauty & the deep fear of seeing it all slip away.
‘It’s only by talking about it and feeling what’s going on that we can move forward’
Jen - Science teacher
She is one of the authors of Scientists on Survival
tinyurl.com/mwesp8hf
share the wonder of nature’s beauty & the deep fear of seeing it all slip away.
‘It’s only by talking about it and feeling what’s going on that we can move forward’
Jen - Science teacher
She is one of the authors of Scientists on Survival
tinyurl.com/mwesp8hf
Jen Murphy on being a science teacher in the climate emergency
YouTube video by Scientists for Extinction Rebellion
youtu.be
April 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
This Earth Day, pledge to speak up:
share the wonder of nature’s beauty & the deep fear of seeing it all slip away.
‘It’s only by talking about it and feeling what’s going on that we can move forward’
Jen - Science teacher
She is one of the authors of Scientists on Survival
tinyurl.com/mwesp8hf
share the wonder of nature’s beauty & the deep fear of seeing it all slip away.
‘It’s only by talking about it and feeling what’s going on that we can move forward’
Jen - Science teacher
She is one of the authors of Scientists on Survival
tinyurl.com/mwesp8hf
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Open Access UCL Research: The effects of manipulating choice on children’s enjoyment and performance in a reading task discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
The effects of manipulating choice on children’s enjoyment and performance in a reading task
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UCL Discovery
UCL Discovery is UCL's open access repository, showcasing and providing access to UCL research outputs from all UCL disciplines.
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March 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Open Access UCL Research: The effects of manipulating choice on children’s enjoyment and performance in a reading task discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
New open access article on how a straightforward manipulation of meaningful choice in reading material can lead to improved performance in a comprehension task and enjoyment in the activity rdcu.be/edXxJ
The effects of manipulating choice on children’s enjoyment and performance in a reading task
rdcu.be
March 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
New open access article on how a straightforward manipulation of meaningful choice in reading material can lead to improved performance in a comprehension task and enjoyment in the activity rdcu.be/edXxJ
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When maximum sentence for chaining yourself to railings is over twice maximum sentence for racially aggravated assault, anyone who cares about justice should be appalled. This is a dangerous, undemocratic & disproportionate attack on longstanding right to peaceful protest in UK #DefendOurJuries
January 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
When maximum sentence for chaining yourself to railings is over twice maximum sentence for racially aggravated assault, anyone who cares about justice should be appalled. This is a dangerous, undemocratic & disproportionate attack on longstanding right to peaceful protest in UK #DefendOurJuries
“Locking up peaceful protesters has no place in a tolerant society” - I couldn't agree more with this statement from Friends of the Earth senior Lawyer Katie de Kauwe www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sixteen jailed UK climate activists to appeal against ‘unduly harsh’ sentences
Protesters will gather outside court of appeal in support of activists, who say judges defied decades of precedent
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“Locking up peaceful protesters has no place in a tolerant society” - I couldn't agree more with this statement from Friends of the Earth senior Lawyer Katie de Kauwe www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"Since 2016, more homes have been bought as 'additional dwellings' (second homes, holiday homes, Airbnbs, buy to lets, and so on) than by first-time buyers"
Excellent anlaysis of the housing crisis by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
But government isn't listening
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Excellent anlaysis of the housing crisis by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
But government isn't listening
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Home truths: the only thing Labour is building is a bigger, more dysfunctional housing market | George Monbiot
Private developers offer politicians a simple solution for bulldozing through this crisis – build more. But it won’t work, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Since 2016, more homes have been bought as 'additional dwellings' (second homes, holiday homes, Airbnbs, buy to lets, and so on) than by first-time buyers"
Excellent anlaysis of the housing crisis by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
But government isn't listening
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Excellent anlaysis of the housing crisis by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
But government isn't listening
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
CAN Bill dropped and new runway at LHR - Labour showing no understanding of how to act or urgency of climate breakdown
Rachel Reeves indicates support for third runway at Heathrow
Rachel Reeves indicates support for third runway at Heathrow
Chancellor says runway would mean fewer planes circling London, and points to moves towards sustainable flying
Rachel Reeves has indicated her support for building a third runway at Heathrow, arguing that it would have environmental benefits such as…
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
CAN Bill dropped and new runway at LHR - Labour showing no understanding of how to act or urgency of climate breakdown
This needs to change. Peaceful protest is a democratic right. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK accused of undermining democratic rights with climate protest crackdown
British director of Human Rights Watch attacks ‘dangerous hypocrisy’ of government
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This needs to change. Peaceful protest is a democratic right. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
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COP 29 is a fossil fuel scam
For 30 years the UN COP Climate Conferences have failed to deliver meaningful change. They have served as a ‘talking shop’ with the big polluters given seats at the top table to cast doubt over the sciences and delay meaningful action.
1/12
For 30 years the UN COP Climate Conferences have failed to deliver meaningful change. They have served as a ‘talking shop’ with the big polluters given seats at the top table to cast doubt over the sciences and delay meaningful action.
1/12
November 14, 2024 at 9:59 PM
COP 29 is a fossil fuel scam
For 30 years the UN COP Climate Conferences have failed to deliver meaningful change. They have served as a ‘talking shop’ with the big polluters given seats at the top table to cast doubt over the sciences and delay meaningful action.
1/12
For 30 years the UN COP Climate Conferences have failed to deliver meaningful change. They have served as a ‘talking shop’ with the big polluters given seats at the top table to cast doubt over the sciences and delay meaningful action.
1/12
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The Extreme Weather Report, November 14, 2024.
This is your weather on fossil fuels.
#wx #news #climatechange #extremeweather #worldnews
This is your weather on fossil fuels.
#wx #news #climatechange #extremeweather #worldnews
The Extreme Weather Report, November 14, 2024
YouTube video by Yellow Dot Studios
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November 14, 2024 at 9:01 PM
The Extreme Weather Report, November 14, 2024.
This is your weather on fossil fuels.
#wx #news #climatechange #extremeweather #worldnews
This is your weather on fossil fuels.
#wx #news #climatechange #extremeweather #worldnews
Our current research explores climate activism - who engages in NVDA, motivations for doing so and effects on wellbeing. We have interviewed some incredible people. This blogpost discusses our broad first impressions of this work. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2023/12/...
Who are climate activists and why do they risk so much?
For climate activists, there is a threat much greater than this media condemnation: penalties that lead to arrest (with reported use of so-called pain compliance tactics), injunctions, prison sentence...
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
December 15, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Our current research explores climate activism - who engages in NVDA, motivations for doing so and effects on wellbeing. We have interviewed some incredible people. This blogpost discusses our broad first impressions of this work. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2023/12/...