Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
valuingvoices.bsky.social
Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
@valuingvoices.bsky.social
Sustainability steward, global dev, M&E, mom, Dem, Buddhist, giraffe & puppy fan
NSS Trump´s latest abomination open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
Placing Trump’s new “National Security Strategy” in perspective
December 8, 2025
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Reposted by Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
💬 What does it mean to put people at the heart of sustainability goals?

IKEA supports young workers and home-based women weavers across its supply chain.

Yet WRI finds just 12% of companies have at least one people-centered supply chain goal. 👉 bit.ly/4lC8n1t
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reposted by Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
For a friend- just signed the petition “Release Maria Gomez from unlawful detention in SE Texas” (she has been lawfully in the US for decades). Please add your name.

Our goal is to reach 1,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:

c.org/Gr5DBJjVB7
Sign the Petition
Release Maria Gomez from unlawful detention in SE Texas
c.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
So much for “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal, ;( apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump says he wants to 'permanently pause' migration to the US from poorer countries
President Donald Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status...
apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Miscarriages of US laws by the Trump administration
November 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Reposted by Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
Trump Administration Fights Bid to
Get Musk to Testify on DOGE

The administration doesn't want him to testify in a lawsuit accusing him of unlawfully directing the dissolution of the USAID. @zoetillman.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Interesting tracking lawsuits the Trump administration has won, lost or are pending -not to mention 1/3 of which they’re just not listening to judges ;( apnews.com/projects/tru...
Tracking the lawsuits against Donald Trump's executive actions
Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed during President Donald Trump’s second administration. The suits challenge his executive orders as well as actions taken by his administration, including Elon Musk...
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Reposted by Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
As Alaska ignores requests to fund school repairs, its Indigenous children suffer most because rural schools serve predominantly Alaska Native students — a population that was long forced to attend separate and unequal schools.

By @emilyschwing.bsky.social
A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that primari...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Reposted by Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
Is the promise of jobs worth all the water and chemicals it takes to manufacture chips in the Arizona desert?

Read more from @justcalma.bsky.social:
www.theverge.com/features/825...
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Reposted by Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
The DHS blamed immigrants for a number of problems known to be caused by outside economic factors.
Department Of Homeland Security Blames Immigrants For Grocery Prices And Healthcare Costs
The DHS blamed immigrants for a number of problems known to be caused by outside economic factors.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Reposted by Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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President Piggy
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
#MomSky
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
President Piggy
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Reposted by Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
Soils hold far more carbon than once thought, making their protection central to climate action.
Soils hold 45% more carbon than thought, study finds
Soils hold 45% more carbon than thought, study finds
www.devex.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Reposted by Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
Watch our reporter Lizzie Presser discuss Tierra Walker's story on @msnowreports.bsky.social:

“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Reposted by Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
We did it on the Epstein petition, and we can do it again for healthcare:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Reposted by Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.

Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.

(Published Dec. 2024)
The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
ACET calculates how capping debt servicing costs would transform millions of lives.
African Center for Economic Transformation tries to humanize debt
African Center for Economic Transformation tries to humanize debt
www.devex.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Reposted by Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
🚨The #StateofClimateAction 2025 finds the world is stalling on progress to keep the Paris Agreement limit within reach.

An enormous acceleration in climate action is needed across every sector.

Read the report: bit.ly/4owx8y7
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Reposted by Jindra Cekan/ova, PhD
Register now for our #BuenVivir talk next week with the brilliant
@fisherdanar.bsky.social
on Saving Ourselves in a Polycrisis
actionnetwork.org/events/savin...

#activism #metacrisis #polycrisis #DirectAction #ClimateActionNow
October 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
October 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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The wealthy & corporations should just be made to pay their fair share of taxes, rather than filling government coffers on the backs of average Americans through tariffs taxes & fees…
October 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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We know most people are already following the @50501movement.bsky.social , but if you’re not, you should be. They did an incredible job this weekend organizing the No Kings protest. 💚✊
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Yesterday, we made history. Around 7 MILLION people across the United States stood up to say #NoKings, with allies around the world in countries like Japan, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia joining us in solidarity.

BUT OUR FIGHT IS NOT OVER.
October 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM