Quinton Zondervan
@qyz.bsky.social
Policy Director at Run On Climate, former Cambridge City Councillor (2018-2023), Democratic Socialist
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New research documents the positive impacts that Afro-descendant populations have had on tropical ecosystems in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Suriname.
The study found that deforestation rates are between 29% and 55% lower in Afro-descendant lands than in protected areas.
The study found that deforestation rates are between 29% and 55% lower in Afro-descendant lands than in protected areas.
Afro-descendant territories slash deforestation, lock in carbon, study shows
Afro-descendant peoples in Latin America have historically been guardians of nature, but their role could be more important than previously estimated. New research carried out in four Amazonian…
news.mongabay.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
New research documents the positive impacts that Afro-descendant populations have had on tropical ecosystems in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Suriname.
The study found that deforestation rates are between 29% and 55% lower in Afro-descendant lands than in protected areas.
The study found that deforestation rates are between 29% and 55% lower in Afro-descendant lands than in protected areas.
Attending NLC in Salt Lake City? Let’s connect! Happy to tell you more about how Run On Climate can help you pass impactful climate policy at the local level. Find out more at: runonclimate.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Attending NLC in Salt Lake City? Let’s connect! Happy to tell you more about how Run On Climate can help you pass impactful climate policy at the local level. Find out more at: runonclimate.org
Yes, it is shocking, and disgusting! But wait, there’s more?! And the GOP-led Congress and Trump have been withholding the even more files why?! Fasten your seatbelts, there’s more shocks coming :-/
What the Epstein Emails Reveal
I didn’t think the Epstein scandal could still shock me, writes Joe Nocera. I was wrong.
www.thefp.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Yes, it is shocking, and disgusting! But wait, there’s more?! And the GOP-led Congress and Trump have been withholding the even more files why?! Fasten your seatbelts, there’s more shocks coming :-/
TLDR: The news is mostly not good :-/ Solar is a bright spot, and we certainly avoided some worse scenarios, but for the most part we’ve been failing badly to avoid preventable climate and ecological destruction :-/ And Trump is making it even worse! How are we so stupid?!
Ten years after the Paris Agreement was signed, has anything really changed? The New York Times’ @sominisengupta.bsky.social “cuts through the noise” listing 10 “big things” that have happened in the past decade:
10 Years After a Breakthrough Climate Pact, Here’s Where We Are
Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
TLDR: The news is mostly not good :-/ Solar is a bright spot, and we certainly avoided some worse scenarios, but for the most part we’ve been failing badly to avoid preventable climate and ecological destruction :-/ And Trump is making it even worse! How are we so stupid?!
I am proud to endorse @votealzubi.com (votealzubi.com) for Cambridge City Council in my personal capacity. Ayah shares the values that guided my work as a Cambridge City Councillor: fairness, affordability, and dignity for all. Please give her your #1 vote on November 4! #CambMA
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I am proud to endorse @votealzubi.com (votealzubi.com) for Cambridge City Council in my personal capacity. Ayah shares the values that guided my work as a Cambridge City Councillor: fairness, affordability, and dignity for all. Please give her your #1 vote on November 4! #CambMA
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I'm grateful to be featured alongside @qyz.bsky.social , @runonclimate.bsky.social and others in @reuters.com Foundation piece on local #climateaction in U.S. cities!
U.S. cities drive energy transition despite Trump resistance | Context by TRF
As federal support wanes, work is moving ahead on green buildings, electrification and energy transition, U.S. mayors say
www.context.news
October 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I'm grateful to be featured alongside @qyz.bsky.social , @runonclimate.bsky.social and others in @reuters.com Foundation piece on local #climateaction in U.S. cities!
I’m done “being” a Democrat. I’m not done voting for one if that’s my best option. But I can no longer in good conscience inhabit that identity. I am a Socialist. And clearly that’s not cool with the Democrats, so I’m no longer cool with them.
August 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’m done “being” a Democrat. I’m not done voting for one if that’s my best option. But I can no longer in good conscience inhabit that identity. I am a Socialist. And clearly that’s not cool with the Democrats, so I’m no longer cool with them.
Wait, when did “secular” become a business term?! I’ve heard it used twice now in the context of business news :-/
July 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Wait, when did “secular” become a business term?! I’ve heard it used twice now in the context of business news :-/
Yes!! Go Zohran :-)
Breaking News: Senator Bernie Sanders endorsed Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor, calling him a “visionary” leader.
Bernie Sanders Endorses Zohran Mamdani for N.Y.C. Mayor
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont backed Mr. Mamdani, joining Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in endorsing the front-runner of progressives.
nyti.ms
June 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Yes!! Go Zohran :-)
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Have you heard of Phoenix, AZ’s strive for “tree equity”? This means each of the city's neighborhoods will equally benefit from green space. This local action is especially important for heat-vulnerable communities, and will benefit the health of citizens and of our Earth. 🌎 #cities #climatepolicy
Phoenix Pledges Tree Equity For All Neighborhoods By 2030
Phoenix is partnering with the nation’s oldest conservation nonprofit to achieve what the group calls “tree equity” by 2030.
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June 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Have you heard of Phoenix, AZ’s strive for “tree equity”? This means each of the city's neighborhoods will equally benefit from green space. This local action is especially important for heat-vulnerable communities, and will benefit the health of citizens and of our Earth. 🌎 #cities #climatepolicy
DJT got some nerve! This is the same hmmm who pardoned the Jan 6ers! GTFO outta here with that shit. How you going to deploy the National Guard dude? What is actually wrong with you?! Defund ICE. And while we’re at it, deport the illegal criminal in the White House!
Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.
June 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
DJT got some nerve! This is the same hmmm who pardoned the Jan 6ers! GTFO outta here with that shit. How you going to deploy the National Guard dude? What is actually wrong with you?! Defund ICE. And while we’re at it, deport the illegal criminal in the White House!
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Meet our new team member, Peter Jarka-Sellers! 🌎💼
We are so excited to have Peter join the Run On Climate team as our Policy Associate. We look forward to working with you, Peter! 🌱🌳
#RunOnClimate #climatepolicy #climatechange #policy #gogreen #sustainable #earth #nonprofit
We are so excited to have Peter join the Run On Climate team as our Policy Associate. We look forward to working with you, Peter! 🌱🌳
#RunOnClimate #climatepolicy #climatechange #policy #gogreen #sustainable #earth #nonprofit
May 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Meet our new team member, Peter Jarka-Sellers! 🌎💼
We are so excited to have Peter join the Run On Climate team as our Policy Associate. We look forward to working with you, Peter! 🌱🌳
#RunOnClimate #climatepolicy #climatechange #policy #gogreen #sustainable #earth #nonprofit
We are so excited to have Peter join the Run On Climate team as our Policy Associate. We look forward to working with you, Peter! 🌱🌳
#RunOnClimate #climatepolicy #climatechange #policy #gogreen #sustainable #earth #nonprofit
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We are ecstatic to have District 2 Councilmember, Charlene Wang, join the Local Climate Policy Network! 🌎🌞
Read more about @charleneforoakland.bsky.social and the mission of the Local Climate Policy Network below👇
runonclimate.org/our-network
#California #policy #nonprofit #climatechange
Read more about @charleneforoakland.bsky.social and the mission of the Local Climate Policy Network below👇
runonclimate.org/our-network
#California #policy #nonprofit #climatechange
May 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We are ecstatic to have District 2 Councilmember, Charlene Wang, join the Local Climate Policy Network! 🌎🌞
Read more about @charleneforoakland.bsky.social and the mission of the Local Climate Policy Network below👇
runonclimate.org/our-network
#California #policy #nonprofit #climatechange
Read more about @charleneforoakland.bsky.social and the mission of the Local Climate Policy Network below👇
runonclimate.org/our-network
#California #policy #nonprofit #climatechange
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Meet the first third of our summer 2025 policy team! 🗳️
Our policy team provides support for local elected officials by conducting research and identifying opportunities to enact powerful climate initiatives.
Stay tuned, as we introduce the rest of the policy team! 🗓️
#climatechange #climatepolicy
Our policy team provides support for local elected officials by conducting research and identifying opportunities to enact powerful climate initiatives.
Stay tuned, as we introduce the rest of the policy team! 🗓️
#climatechange #climatepolicy
May 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Meet the first third of our summer 2025 policy team! 🗳️
Our policy team provides support for local elected officials by conducting research and identifying opportunities to enact powerful climate initiatives.
Stay tuned, as we introduce the rest of the policy team! 🗓️
#climatechange #climatepolicy
Our policy team provides support for local elected officials by conducting research and identifying opportunities to enact powerful climate initiatives.
Stay tuned, as we introduce the rest of the policy team! 🗓️
#climatechange #climatepolicy
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Meet more of our summer 2025 policy team!🗳️
Our policy team support local elected officials working to pass bold and effective climate policies.
We’re so grateful to be introducing another amazing group - stay tuned to meet the last of our summer 2025 interns!
#genZ #internship #intern #policy
Our policy team support local elected officials working to pass bold and effective climate policies.
We’re so grateful to be introducing another amazing group - stay tuned to meet the last of our summer 2025 interns!
#genZ #internship #intern #policy
June 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Meet more of our summer 2025 policy team!🗳️
Our policy team support local elected officials working to pass bold and effective climate policies.
We’re so grateful to be introducing another amazing group - stay tuned to meet the last of our summer 2025 interns!
#genZ #internship #intern #policy
Our policy team support local elected officials working to pass bold and effective climate policies.
We’re so grateful to be introducing another amazing group - stay tuned to meet the last of our summer 2025 interns!
#genZ #internship #intern #policy
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Meet the last of our summer 2025 policy team! 🗳️
Our policy team supports local leaders by uncovering opportunities to drive impactful climate policies.
We’re so grateful to be introducing another amazing group. And a big thank you to all of our interns this summer. 🌎🫶
#internship #genZ #policy
Our policy team supports local leaders by uncovering opportunities to drive impactful climate policies.
We’re so grateful to be introducing another amazing group. And a big thank you to all of our interns this summer. 🌎🫶
#internship #genZ #policy
June 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Meet the last of our summer 2025 policy team! 🗳️
Our policy team supports local leaders by uncovering opportunities to drive impactful climate policies.
We’re so grateful to be introducing another amazing group. And a big thank you to all of our interns this summer. 🌎🫶
#internship #genZ #policy
Our policy team supports local leaders by uncovering opportunities to drive impactful climate policies.
We’re so grateful to be introducing another amazing group. And a big thank you to all of our interns this summer. 🌎🫶
#internship #genZ #policy
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Denver has voted to advance a plan aiming to eliminate parking minimums! 📍🗻
Great work @shontel4council.bsky.social and Sarah Parady!
🔗https://www.9news.com/article/money/economy/denver-remove-parking-minimums-restaurants-apartments/73-dab0a627-a79f-4db5-8a8d-17bb8d445b08
#climatepolicy #cities
Great work @shontel4council.bsky.social and Sarah Parady!
🔗https://www.9news.com/article/money/economy/denver-remove-parking-minimums-restaurants-apartments/73-dab0a627-a79f-4db5-8a8d-17bb8d445b08
#climatepolicy #cities
June 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Denver has voted to advance a plan aiming to eliminate parking minimums! 📍🗻
Great work @shontel4council.bsky.social and Sarah Parady!
🔗https://www.9news.com/article/money/economy/denver-remove-parking-minimums-restaurants-apartments/73-dab0a627-a79f-4db5-8a8d-17bb8d445b08
#climatepolicy #cities
Great work @shontel4council.bsky.social and Sarah Parady!
🔗https://www.9news.com/article/money/economy/denver-remove-parking-minimums-restaurants-apartments/73-dab0a627-a79f-4db5-8a8d-17bb8d445b08
#climatepolicy #cities
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The Local Climate Policy Network (LCPN) is a group of local-level climate leaders working to create, pass, and implement cutting-edge climate policies. 🌎
Here’s what @shontel4council.bsky.social has to say about her experience as an LCPN member. 🗣️🎙️
Read more👇
runonclimate.org/our-network
#cities
Here’s what @shontel4council.bsky.social has to say about her experience as an LCPN member. 🗣️🎙️
Read more👇
runonclimate.org/our-network
#cities
June 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Local Climate Policy Network (LCPN) is a group of local-level climate leaders working to create, pass, and implement cutting-edge climate policies. 🌎
Here’s what @shontel4council.bsky.social has to say about her experience as an LCPN member. 🗣️🎙️
Read more👇
runonclimate.org/our-network
#cities
Here’s what @shontel4council.bsky.social has to say about her experience as an LCPN member. 🗣️🎙️
Read more👇
runonclimate.org/our-network
#cities
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Absolutely brilliant from Harvard!!
May 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Absolutely brilliant from Harvard!!
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Boston-area folks: tell ppl
@jonathancohn.bsky.social @louiseparker.bsky.social @qyz.bsky.social @michaelbakshi.com @clbergpowers.bsky.social @blackjew.bsky.social @presleypizzo.bsky.social @snafu.bsky.social @yawumiller.bsky.social @tyburr.bsky.social @bluecorr.bsky.social @jcfranzosa.bsky.social
@jonathancohn.bsky.social @louiseparker.bsky.social @qyz.bsky.social @michaelbakshi.com @clbergpowers.bsky.social @blackjew.bsky.social @presleypizzo.bsky.social @snafu.bsky.social @yawumiller.bsky.social @tyburr.bsky.social @bluecorr.bsky.social @jcfranzosa.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Throwback to June 2023 when our Policy Director, Quinton Zondervan, and LCPN member Patty Nolan, led the passing of the Cambridge Green New Deal! 📝
This outlined a set of policies which aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while reducing social inequity. 🏙️🤝
#tbt #LCPN #RunOnClimate #policy
This outlined a set of policies which aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while reducing social inequity. 🏙️🤝
#tbt #LCPN #RunOnClimate #policy
March 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Throwback to June 2023 when our Policy Director, Quinton Zondervan, and LCPN member Patty Nolan, led the passing of the Cambridge Green New Deal! 📝
This outlined a set of policies which aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while reducing social inequity. 🏙️🤝
#tbt #LCPN #RunOnClimate #policy
This outlined a set of policies which aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while reducing social inequity. 🏙️🤝
#tbt #LCPN #RunOnClimate #policy
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#Evanston just passed the Health Buildings Ordinance! A huge thank you to LCPN members Daniel Biss and Jonathan Nieuwsma! 🥳🎉
Our Executive Director @jack-hanson.bsky.social, Policy Director @qyz.bsky.social, Policy Intern Bela Filstrup, and Climate Action Evanston all did an incredible job! 💚💙
Our Executive Director @jack-hanson.bsky.social, Policy Director @qyz.bsky.social, Policy Intern Bela Filstrup, and Climate Action Evanston all did an incredible job! 💚💙
March 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
#Evanston just passed the Health Buildings Ordinance! A huge thank you to LCPN members Daniel Biss and Jonathan Nieuwsma! 🥳🎉
Our Executive Director @jack-hanson.bsky.social, Policy Director @qyz.bsky.social, Policy Intern Bela Filstrup, and Climate Action Evanston all did an incredible job! 💚💙
Our Executive Director @jack-hanson.bsky.social, Policy Director @qyz.bsky.social, Policy Intern Bela Filstrup, and Climate Action Evanston all did an incredible job! 💚💙
Maybe not a big breakthrough but it certainly is creepy as heck! :-/
Completely bonkers valuations for humanoid robot companies (I've worked on humanoids since 1992 and shipped over 4,000 of them). In the story below the video is a self-own for Figure. Read why with what I say in the last two paragraphs. www.pymnts.com/artificial-i...
AI-Powered Robots Advance in General Tasks in a Crowded Market | PYMNTS.com
The dream of having robots do household chores inched a little closer to reality last week. Figure, an OpenAI-backed robotics artificial intelligence (AI)
www.pymnts.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Maybe not a big breakthrough but it certainly is creepy as heck! :-/
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I had a great conversation in NYC with Gabriel Snyder and Marcus Weldon at Newsweek
@newsweek.com. Now it is out as a long read and with an edited video. It is about how to make AI powered systems that people want to use. www.newsweek.com/rodney-brook...
@newsweek.com. Now it is out as a long read and with an edited video. It is about how to make AI powered systems that people want to use. www.newsweek.com/rodney-brook...
The myth buster: Rodney Brooks breaks down the hype around AI
The pioneering roboticist shares, in the first of Newsweek's AI Impact interview series, what 50 years of experience has taught him about AI hype cycles
www.newsweek.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I had a great conversation in NYC with Gabriel Snyder and Marcus Weldon at Newsweek
@newsweek.com. Now it is out as a long read and with an edited video. It is about how to make AI powered systems that people want to use. www.newsweek.com/rodney-brook...
@newsweek.com. Now it is out as a long read and with an edited video. It is about how to make AI powered systems that people want to use. www.newsweek.com/rodney-brook...
Sales end tomorrow! Last chance to win an EV of your choice and support #climateaction!
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Win your Dream Electric Car! Get tickets for our 9th Annual Raffle.
Raffle Grand prize: build your own electric car, up to $180,000 value. Plus 3 more cash prizes. Drawing 2/28/25. Only 5k tickets will be sold.
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February 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Sales end tomorrow! Last chance to win an EV of your choice and support #climateaction!
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