Sean Holman
@seanholman.bsky.social
Wayne Crookes Professor of Environmental and Climate Journalism, University of Victoria. Founder, @climatedisaster.bsky.social. Trauma-informed and investigative journalism practitioner.
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I have had the pleasure or working with and getting to know @seanholman.bsky.social over the past few years and he is one kindest and most thoughtful people I have ever met.
The CDP shares informed stories with such compassion and I am so pleased to see them get this next opportunity to level up.
The CDP shares informed stories with such compassion and I am so pleased to see them get this next opportunity to level up.
We are proud to announce the Climate Disaster Project and its partners have been awarded a $2.5 million grant to document the stories of climate-impacted people worldwide, creating a museum exhibition that honours their experiences and shares their wisdom.
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Climate professor receives $2.5 million grant to document stories globally - UVic News
Fires rage, floods devastate, storms surge: every day we hear about the impacts of climate change, with ever-increasing casualty counts and infrastructure
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July 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I have had the pleasure or working with and getting to know @seanholman.bsky.social over the past few years and he is one kindest and most thoughtful people I have ever met.
The CDP shares informed stories with such compassion and I am so pleased to see them get this next opportunity to level up.
The CDP shares informed stories with such compassion and I am so pleased to see them get this next opportunity to level up.
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We are proud to announce the Climate Disaster Project and its partners have been awarded a $2.5 million grant to document the stories of climate-impacted people worldwide, creating a museum exhibition that honours their experiences and shares their wisdom.
news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
Climate professor receives $2.5 million grant to document stories globally - UVic News
Fires rage, floods devastate, storms surge: every day we hear about the impacts of climate change, with ever-increasing casualty counts and infrastructure
news.uvic.ca
July 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We are proud to announce the Climate Disaster Project and its partners have been awarded a $2.5 million grant to document the stories of climate-impacted people worldwide, creating a museum exhibition that honours their experiences and shares their wisdom.
news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
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As both a historian and an investigative journalist, I feel this loss keenly.
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The death of the daily imperils our civic infrastructure - Poynter
These unglamorous stories — lawsuits, house fires and council meetings — once formed the backbone of civic life. Their loss leaves us in the dark.
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May 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As both a historian and an investigative journalist, I feel this loss keenly.
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"The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all." Thank you, Pope Francis (1936-2025), for being a friend to our planet and the sundry species who make it their home - including us.
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April 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all." Thank you, Pope Francis (1936-2025), for being a friend to our planet and the sundry species who make it their home - including us.
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Honoured to be representing the students and survivors of the @climatedisaster.bsky.social, as one of 20 presenters at the Climate Storytellers' Summit. Because we need new forms of journalism to help communities recover from the trauma of a warming world.
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Climate Storytellers’ Summit - High Meadows Environmental Institute
Time and Location Live via Zoom Thursday, April 10, 2025 4–6PM Eastern Register for our Zoom webinar here! Or attend our watch party. Event Description Join My Climate Story project, the Yale Progra...
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April 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Honoured to be representing the students and survivors of the @climatedisaster.bsky.social, as one of 20 presenters at the Climate Storytellers' Summit. Because we need new forms of journalism to help communities recover from the trauma of a warming world.
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We're honoured the @cajournalists.bsky.social has selected Eyes of the Beast, the documentary play the Climate Disaster Project and Neworld Theatre created with survivors of extreme heat, fire, and floods, as a finalist. It's the first time newsroom-theatre partnership has been a CAJ awards nominee.
🚨🏆🚨We’re delighted to announce the finalists for the #CAJAwards!
Judges reviewed a record 540 entries, and now…
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Judges reviewed a record 540 entries, and now…
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April 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
We're honoured the @cajournalists.bsky.social has selected Eyes of the Beast, the documentary play the Climate Disaster Project and Neworld Theatre created with survivors of extreme heat, fire, and floods, as a finalist. It's the first time newsroom-theatre partnership has been a CAJ awards nominee.
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"There was a lot to learn about trauma-informed interviewing, but at the core of it, you’re showing up as a person first—empathy forward," recent graduate Sydney Lobe says about her experience as Climate Disaster Project student at @uvic.ca.
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April 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
"There was a lot to learn about trauma-informed interviewing, but at the core of it, you’re showing up as a person first—empathy forward," recent graduate Sydney Lobe says about her experience as Climate Disaster Project student at @uvic.ca.
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Sixty-one-years-ago, Americans rushed to grocery stores, flooded emergency lines, and fled to underground shelters when their government discovered nuclear weapons were being stationed 103 miles away from their border. Canada is a lot closer.
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Opinion: Canada needs to develop its own nuclear program
What once was a ludicrous idea is becoming an important question: Should Canada have our own nuclear weapons?
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March 22, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Sixty-one-years-ago, Americans rushed to grocery stores, flooded emergency lines, and fled to underground shelters when their government discovered nuclear weapons were being stationed 103 miles away from their border. Canada is a lot closer.
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“There was a bit of a gap where there was almost no lightning strikes at all, and then there was one really big one. Something about it clicked within my head. It’s like my intuition knew exactly where that lightning hit.”
March 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“There was a bit of a gap where there was almost no lightning strikes at all, and then there was one really big one. Something about it clicked within my head. It’s like my intuition knew exactly where that lightning hit.”
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“The wildfire made people scared for the rest of the summer. It put a damper on the summer for people wanting to do things in the neighbourhood. It would have been nice to have a neighbourhood support group so people could talk about it more and explain their side of things.”
March 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“The wildfire made people scared for the rest of the summer. It put a damper on the summer for people wanting to do things in the neighbourhood. It would have been nice to have a neighbourhood support group so people could talk about it more and explain their side of things.”
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Our elections are increasingly defined by the threats we face. That's why coverage of the dangers of climate change is so important. And that's why we were honoured @sfuceri.bsky.social cited the Climate Disaster Project as an example of how to get that coverage right.
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March 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Our elections are increasingly defined by the threats we face. That's why coverage of the dangers of climate change is so important. And that's why we were honoured @sfuceri.bsky.social cited the Climate Disaster Project as an example of how to get that coverage right.
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“I remember seeing these massive, privately owned buses carrying people. As they’re driving on the road, the water becomes too heavy, and you see buses being swept away with people struggling and screaming through the buses. It was quite traumatic."
March 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“I remember seeing these massive, privately owned buses carrying people. As they’re driving on the road, the water becomes too heavy, and you see buses being swept away with people struggling and screaming through the buses. It was quite traumatic."
The strength of American news reporting has, in part, always rested on the volume of government data and documentation available to journalists in that country. So Trump's destruction of that information ecosystem poses an existential threat to their reporting.
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Wired’s un-paywalling of stories built on public data is a reminder of its role in the information ecosystem
Trump's wholesale destruction of the information-generating sectors of the federal government will have implications that go far beyond .gov domains.
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March 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The strength of American news reporting has, in part, always rested on the volume of government data and documentation available to journalists in that country. So Trump's destruction of that information ecosystem poses an existential threat to their reporting.
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www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/wire...
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“It's something that you can be ready for but at the same time, you can’t prepare for it. We had lots of theoretical knowledge on what to do in these situations. We had lots of meetings on how to address emergency situations when they occur, but we've never faced it really on that scale."
March 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“It's something that you can be ready for but at the same time, you can’t prepare for it. We had lots of theoretical knowledge on what to do in these situations. We had lots of meetings on how to address emergency situations when they occur, but we've never faced it really on that scale."
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“The dangers were relentless. At one point, we crossed a bridge that was on fire. We couldn’t afford to slow down, even as the flames roared around us. During another operation, I encountered dense black smoke leaving me disoriented and gasping for air.”
March 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“The dangers were relentless. At one point, we crossed a bridge that was on fire. We couldn’t afford to slow down, even as the flames roared around us. During another operation, I encountered dense black smoke leaving me disoriented and gasping for air.”
I asked ChatGPT to analyze the transcript of the exchange between Trump and Zelenskyy. ChatGPT concluded the transcript was fake because it "contains unusually confrontational remarks which is out of step with how heads of state typically conduct press availabilities." We know ChatGPT. We know.
March 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I asked ChatGPT to analyze the transcript of the exchange between Trump and Zelenskyy. ChatGPT concluded the transcript was fake because it "contains unusually confrontational remarks which is out of step with how heads of state typically conduct press availabilities." We know ChatGPT. We know.
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🥁 It's that time of year again... We know you've all been waiting for it... Submissions are OPEN for the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards! 🎉
The Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
Entry submissions are OPEN for the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards. This is the fifth year for our annual awards program, and every year we’re amazed by the quality and variety of work ent...
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February 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🥁 It's that time of year again... We know you've all been waiting for it... Submissions are OPEN for the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards! 🎉
This book's title feels like the epigraph of our age: "One day, everyone will have always been against this."
January 21, 2025 at 5:33 AM
This book's title feels like the epigraph of our age: "One day, everyone will have always been against this."
The bioregions we live in will determine the kind of weather-related natural disasters we will face in a warmer and more traumatic world. So will we see the emergence of bioregional politics based on these disaster experiences?
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January 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The bioregions we live in will determine the kind of weather-related natural disasters we will face in a warmer and more traumatic world. So will we see the emergence of bioregional politics based on these disaster experiences?
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Gone are the days of photographing sunbathers and beach seekers during heat waves.
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In their own words: AP photographers explain how selected images capture warming world
Around the globe, Associated Press photographers in 2024 documented what scientists on Friday said was the hottest year on record, the latest in a long string of heat milestones that have been shatter...
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January 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Gone are the days of photographing sunbathers and beach seekers during heat waves.
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Every day, the comparison between us and the Roman Empire seem more apt.
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Landmark study affirms fluoride’s link to lowered IQ, adds to debate
By Douglas Main Fluoride exposure is consistently linked with lowered IQ, according to a landmark analysis of more than 70 published studies on the subject. The paper, published January 6 in the jou...
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January 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Every day, the comparison between us and the Roman Empire seem more apt.
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www.thenewlede.org/2025/01/stud...
I see the absence of young men in my journalism classes too. And the young men who are in those classes often struggle emotionally, academically, and professionally. We have not worried enough about this as a society, and I am worried about its societal consequences.
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Opinion | The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone
What happens if half the population is no longer involved in reading and writing?
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December 8, 2024 at 5:56 AM
I see the absence of young men in my journalism classes too. And the young men who are in those classes often struggle emotionally, academically, and professionally. We have not worried enough about this as a society, and I am worried about its societal consequences.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
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“In 2017, the bees came to our house looking for food. Bees always find food in the fields. I never had the situation where bees come for help.” - sheep farmer Sybil Visagie, Northern Cape drought, as told to the Daily Maverick’s Kristin Engel #climatechange
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‘Disaster is about caring. I’m not selfish any more’ – This is climate breakdown
We are used to seasonal droughts in the Karoo. But this did not stop. This is Sybil’s story
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December 7, 2024 at 4:57 PM
“In 2017, the bees came to our house looking for food. Bees always find food in the fields. I never had the situation where bees come for help.” - sheep farmer Sybil Visagie, Northern Cape drought, as told to the Daily Maverick’s Kristin Engel #climatechange
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"In dangerous times, your instinct is not to want to cast a just and loving attention on others because it seems soft. It seems like you’re leaving yourself vulnerable...But it’s also dangerous to shut off your heart." - David Brooks, New York Times columnist
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Opinion | David Brooks on Staying Humane in Inhumane Times (Published 2023)
The ancient wisdom of Athens and Jerusalem can help us survive these cruel and challenging times.
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December 2, 2024 at 9:44 PM
"In dangerous times, your instinct is not to want to cast a just and loving attention on others because it seems soft. It seems like you’re leaving yourself vulnerable...But it’s also dangerous to shut off your heart." - David Brooks, New York Times columnist
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Love the idea of this - the latest in the Alternatives series: a housing development where half your land must be devoted to growing food.
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‘You have to find your own recipe’: Dutch suburb where residents must grow food on at least half of their property
In the suburb of Oosterwold, a living experiment in urban agriculture, the 5,000 inhabitants find different creative ways to fulfil the unique stipulation
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November 29, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Love the idea of this - the latest in the Alternatives series: a housing development where half your land must be devoted to growing food.
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