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The New School of the Anthropocene is a radical, trans-disciplinary, low-fee experiment in higher ed. I'm proud to teach there & to think together with students from Gaza, Ukraine & beyond. Applications open for 25-26: virtual/in-person More on our ethos/apply here: nsota.org/home @nsota.bsky.social

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www.waterstones.com/book/modern-... The paperback version of this seminal book will be out on 27 February! #naturewriting #envhum

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Are you an #envhum scholar looking to make a difference for the field? Become a co-editor of the journal Environmental Humanities! We need a new set of 2 co-editors to replace Franklin & I from Jan 2026. See the call here: environmentalhumanities.org Contact us if you have any questions.

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We've had lots of lovely comments about our new schools video featuring @profaliceroberts.bsky.social. Whether your a parent, guardian, teacher, or just curious to know more about humanism and our work in schools – give it a watch today.

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Humanists are non-religious people who shape their own lives in the here and now because we believe it's the only life we have. A lot of people share humanist values without even knowing the term. Maybe you're a humanist! Find out by taking our quiz! humanists.uk/humanism/how...

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Stop Musk from funding far-right politics in the UK! I just signed this petition 'Tighten the rules on political donations' - it's nearly at 30,000 signatures - can you add your name too? - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Bittersweet victory for Dr Grimalda as bosses pay out after firing him for refusing to travel by plane Dr. Grimalda was the first known case of an employee being fired for refusing to take a plane to reduce greenhouse gas emissions @scientistrebellion.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/global/world...

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I just chipped in to this crowdfunder to help create a community woodland, restore wetlands and repair rare calcareous grassland near Bath - a great project by Protect Earth, run by the unstoppable @philsturgeon.bsky.social: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/reforestat...

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The Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk series now has 165 recorded episodes! newnatures.org/greenhouse/ Yes, you read that right: one hundred sixty-five hours of amazing scholarship in #envhum #envhist #ecocrit & more. Feel free to use our videos in courses as well as watching yourself.

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#Herefordshire I'm doing a talk in Kings Caple next Thurs 16th Jan about community resilience for health. I'll be covering climate change and health, and how community development can lead to more sustainable, demedicalised care.

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On this (Boxing) day of walks, some good walking/access news: c. 40,000 miles of historic rights-of-way in England & Wales have been reprieved from deletion from the “definitive map” of such paths. Great work @ramblers.org.uk & other campaigners on this. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Bought OTD in 1970: an all time favourite. Rainbow is up and bubbly, Poppy darker and genuinely psychotropic. Went into the vortex with that one. Brilliant sleeve note - such a great record

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Rebel Library: Favourite books of 2024. rebellibrary.com/dec-2024/ XR Writers Rebel

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Very good to see Labour will strengthen the mandate of National Parks & National Landscapes to "recover nature". This will require primary legislation, and was something the Glover Review proposed way back in 2019 - but the Tories never did it. 1/ defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/16/7...

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If you've been wondering where I went: my team in Oxford (60 of us!) build beautiful tools for NHS data. We help researchers work on the whole nation's GP records while protecting - provably - everyone's privacy. It's big potatoes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRjR...

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While we're all rebuilding networks, let me tell you about a billionaire-proof means of local communication that doesn't rely on the internet or even mains power. Meshtastic is a protocol that allows tiny, low-power transmitters to pass messages across a 'mesh' of connected devices. 🧵

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All the morning at home lying in bed with my wife. Such a habit we have got this winter of lying long abed.

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Reading this extraordinary book as research for a big musical project. Have you read it? The section about the human & arboreal recolonisation of NW Europe, as the glaciers hauled & groaned their ways grudgingly northwards in a warming world, leaving scarred, scoured ground behind, is…astonishing.

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A huge thank you again to @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @nataliehaynes.bsky.social and to everyone who joined us for our sell-out launch of #WhatIBelieve at the iconic British Library. A night to remember! Thanks to all those who joined online, too! Our full write up👇🎉 humanists.uk/2024/12/12/c...

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"If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar that lies on the other side of silence." Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot), Middlemarch

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Received the first bound proof/ARC of Is A River Alive? today, 3.5 yrs after starting work on it. Always an exciting waymark in a book’s journey. Neon-zing meander art by @stanleydonwood.bsky.social Lovely to hold it in hand: it exists! Out 1 May next year: dedicated to the rivers & their guardians.

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The Quietus Albums of the Year are here! Try to resist jumping straight to number one. And let us know which of your favourites made the list. https://buff.ly/4fUS3XG @normanrecords.bsky.social #tQCharts

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There’s just ONE MONTH left to send in your sound recordings for our latest global project, Sonic Heritage! 🏛️🎧 We’re looking for field recordings from UNESCO World Heritage sites anywhere in the world or items of “intangible heritage”. Can you help? citiesandmemory.com/heritage

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The Environmental Humanities November 2024 issue came out a week ago, but I haven't had a chance to post a thread on it yet! I wanted to bring this massive amount of new #envhum scholarship to your attention. read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta... A thread...

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This book. “Pedagogies of Collapse: a Hopeful Education for the End of the World as we Know it” By Gini Servant- Miklos www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pedagogie...

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I co-run a 3 day 2 stage festival called Acid Horse, at the beautiful Barge Inn, Wilts, overlooked by genius loci, the Alton Barnes Chalk Horse. 2025 is on! May 23 - 25 ft. Matmos & Regis (see 🧵 for more) Email Acidhorsewilts at gmail dot com & cc John at the quietus dot com to find out more!

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#SonicHeritage

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Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER! #literacy #libraries #librarians

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