Very proud to have launched our manifesto and report to make Dutch academia more sustainable - a moment to celebrate after two years of hard work with the Green Young Academy, DJA and many inspiring colleagues

dejongeakademie.nl/en/news/3148...

Years ago I started the Green Young Academy with @sanlifaez.bsky.social & @anne-urai.bsky.social. Across meetings, zoom calls, pitches and even a meeting with the King, this grew into 2 projects launched today: A report on Universities' sustainability plans & a manifesto with sustainability pledges

Here is a podcast that I was looking forward to making for a long time,
After trying for many years, and failing, to see a path to self-driven organisation reform at a typical university, the only self-preserving path IMO is addressing the meeting culture.

open.substack.com/pub/sanlifae...

Imagine we couldn't count on century-long safe haven of public or elite support. And we weren't satisfied with just selling training, diploma, and middle class entry cards.

How would a university embed itself in its civil community?

An imagination exercise

open.substack.com/pub/sanlifae...

Another good day to y'all.
After a week of happy farming, in the country of present moment, and concentrating on the peace inside, openning this line again to engage:
mostly on what could nurtures the life of academics
and how to uproot life-depleting practices from the university grounds

This is Thomas O'Reilly cofounder of openimaging. Quietly and steadily, from a crowded lab in Leiden, he is revolutionising accessibility of magnetic resonance imaging.

#healthcareforall

Hello Blue( )sky!