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People ask us what it looks like running a full-time death education social business. Here's a rundown on what March looks like. We get paid to run workshops & give talks & we sell our merch & resources there too. open.substack.com/pub/deadgood... >KV #deathsky #deatheducation #deathliteracy

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🚨 NEW ACTION ALERT ISSUED 🚨 Send a quick, easy message to your Members of Congress TODAY to express your concern about the recent removal of important federal data sources from government websites and urge them to TAKE ACTION to restore it! ➡️ cossa.org/action-cente...

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Today we launched the Pledge for Canada. We have voices from across the political, cultural, labour, Indigenous spectrum. We are building a movement to maintain pressure on our leaders not to sell out our nation or our values. Please sign and join the movement. engagement-canada-pledge.ca

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I've been meaning to read this paper on mass extinctions (pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...), and today, I came across this great write-up about it in VoxDev (voxdev.org/topic/energy...). It's a great paper. I am glad I found the time to read it. Below is a short thread.

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#academicsky

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Climate psychologists are often the first to say: ‘information alone doesn't change green behavior’ ❌ Particularly where big cost/convenience barriers exist But 85% of us report knowing little about how to be green 📉 🔁 Follow this 🧵 for 11 climate comms hacks ⬇️ My blog on this ➡️ bit.ly/3VdcFlO

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this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

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The simplest environmental solutions are often the best. They’re proven. They’re ready now. They can help us avert disaster. So why do some people prefer complicated, high-tech, faraway gadgets instead? globalecoguy.org/occams-razor...

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For those that need it 🤍 Happening tomorrow www.lagrief.com #LAWildFires #LA

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will this be the event that finally wakes everyone up?

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This one's been in the works for a while, but happy to share the 2nd manuscript from my PhD! We explored environmental identity before and after a life-threatening water reminder which, according to Terror Management Theory, should be more strongly reinforced after a distal mortality reminder.

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If universities want to retain female faculty they need to deal with the people who create hostile workplaces. That means actually dealing with sexual harassers, assholes, bullies, and every else who scores high on the dark triad. If not, you will lose your best people over and over again.

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Career Advice | The Hypocrisy of Community-Engaged Research Evelyn Vázquez writes that white saviorism often drives community-engaged research in the neoliberal university—and offers suggestions for how to change this. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4iOyFxi

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Survey on death and dying in the queer family in response to inequities in end-of-life and bereavement care services for LGBTQ+ people and their families. #academicsky #aging #gerontology🌈🎓 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bathreg/lg...

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Kim Penberthy, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, helps with the important matter of holiday grief, caring for others and for oneself. theconversation.com/supporting-a...

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Fully-funded PhD position on the cultural evolution of environmental management! Link evolution, ecology and behavioral science to study how people manage environmental challenges in the ACE Lab (timwaring.info). Position Details: timwaring.info/wp-content/u...

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If I were to do a second PhD, this would be it! What a great opportunity

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The answer is: we need both worry AND efficacy. Worry wakes us up, and efficacy powers action. Without worry, there's no need to act: but without efficacy, we'll have a world full of worried people who feel helpless, hopeless, and don't know what to do. Which is very close to where we stand today.

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Wind phones help the bereaved deal with death, loss and grief − a clinical social worker explains the vital role of the old-fashioned rotary phone theconversation.com/wind-phones-...

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Excited to be contributing to an upcoming anthology imagining postcapitalist futures! The #OneDayin2050 collaborative future narratives platform is a project gathering #futures thinkers of all kinds to write for climate action 🌿

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God i love @propublica.org so much

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Dylan Horner studies how autonomy/self-determination and death awareness interact to impact existential motivations. He shared about related experiments, poetry/music, and dished up advice. Also, the art featured in the article is his own! www.issep.org/interview/ho...

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1/ How do climate shocks reshape lives inside households? 🏠🌍 My #EconJMP explores how climate shocks can change the way household members share resources, deepening intrahousehold inequalities. This has important implications for climate resilience and policy design. #EconSky

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Join me and The Collective for Radical Death Studies on Sundays in January for my curated Rad Death Reads! We'll discuss various angles of denied futures and, hopefully, end with some positivity for the new year. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/rdr-grievi... #deathstudies #ecogrief #futures

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We already have the climate solutions we need. They're here now, they work, and they have enormous benefits for the economy, our health, our communities, and the natural world. And we've done the math just to be sure. Check out the Drawdown Solutions Libary to learn more: drawdown.org/solutions

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A fantastic, international #PhD opportunity for all excited about #biodiversity, #farming and its socio-cultural background. Work together with #farmers and Katrin Prager at the beautiful Aberdeen University and at the Queens University Belfast. #EnviSky #EconSky #EnvSoc tinyurl.com/5xd4u7bb.

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Worried about the climate convo with your uncle at Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow? Jimmy and I have you covered.

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Published as the COP draws to a close, this article, which I contributed to alongside several other authors of the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report, calls for urgent and fundamental shifts in how we address the climate crisis.

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Does Canada want to have a stellar university system? Then we have to invest in it - and we haven't been. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Just created a starter pack for feminist media studies folks! Let me know if you’d like to be added and feel free to share. 🌟 go.bsky.app/D4mY2um

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A starter pack of academics, researchers, and organisations active in #EnvironmentalPsychology (the application of psychology to environmental issues, such as climate change, and human-environment interactions. Let me know if you'd like to be added to this list (reply or dm) go.bsky.app/2yJ9TJg

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My excellent department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Physical Geography. This is a targeted hire for scholars who are Black or a person of colour. If you want to chat about what it’s like to live and work here let me know. Deadline Jan 10. civiclaboratory.nl/2024/11/08/t...

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Women are disproportionately more vulnerable to climate impacts--and we're more likely to demand climate action! I'm grateful to @cathmckenna.bsky.social for bringing us together and for being a voice at COP29 calling for action. Learn more, and add your voice today: www.womenleadingonclimate.org

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I spoke with Peter Mansbridge the other day about climate action, where Canada is going wrong (as it’s obvious to all where the US is), what’s going right, and where do we go from here. For all non-Canadians, Peter is our national news icon. I grew up watching him on The National every night!

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Wow - HI to all the new followers! Was it the #research themes or the #cat? 🤔

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recruiting more participants for my study on mental health and drug use :3 go on my insta for more details!!! #blacksky #academicsky #promosky #skychiatry www.instagram.com/medievaltort...

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#WomenInSTEM spend more time doing tasks that take more time (ie drafting manuscripts, doing experiments) compared to male counterparts. #GenderSummit2024 #ScienceSky #AcademicSky #EpiSky #MedSky

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Most people would prefer to die at home than in hospital. If dying at home could be made more feasible and well resourced, both the dying and the living would benefit: theconversation.com/why-cant-we-...

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Hello! I study how emotions (from fear to awe) influence climate behaviour, to hopefully get ppl to make better choices + policy. I also like thinking about environmental work as care work, and all the related 'things' (like gender inequity) that entails. Most importantly, I have a hairless kitten

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Starter pack of social scientists working on climate/environment with a focus on justice-driven policy, behavior, & systems change. Inclusive of early career scholars. Recommendations welcome @carlietrott.bsky.social [Collaboratively created; Additions ≠ endorsement.] go.bsky.app/6yrkE6C

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