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Reem Hajjar

@forestreembles

Assoc Prof, Cornell University; forest governance and livelihoods; environmental justice; just conservation; expect rambles on/in forests

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First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.

Absolutely superb and important piece by Professors @stevelevitsky.bsky.social and @ryanenos.bsky.social
The only way to fight authoritarianism is to fight together. Strongest institutions in the front.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

15.03.2025 16:26 πŸ‘ 1421 πŸ” 532 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 43

Not fromThe Onion

13.03.2025 02:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can we speak out on Palestine yet? by anonymous - VISIBLE Magazine The U.S. president has essentially called for the ethnic cleansing and U.S. takeover of Gaza, while requesting yet another billion in military aid to Israel, including the release of the hold on 2000-...

Reminds me of this:

visiblemagazine.com/can-we-speak...

18.02.2025 04:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like a fantastic book from a fantastic scholar. Ordering now!

18.02.2025 04:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

100% agree

17.02.2025 08:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can we speak out on Palestine yet? by anonymous - VISIBLE Magazine The U.S. president has essentially called for the ethnic cleansing and U.S. takeover of Gaza, while requesting yet another billion in military aid to Israel, including the release of the hold on 2000-...

Given the daily delivery of horrible coming out of the new administration, it’s hard to keep track of everything. But it’s important to not look away and not forget that this is happening.

visiblemagazine.com/can-we-speak...

16.02.2025 21:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Science and Environmental Justice An archive of preserved federal government documents on environmental justice and scientific issues

Lots of groups doing the important work of preserving Federal resources on climate and equity. Here's the @ucsusa.bsky.social page preserving many of the important documents and resources on environmental justice and science. www.ucsusa.org/resources/sc...

22.01.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 1172 πŸ” 278 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 10

Everyoneβ€”whether in higher education or notβ€”should read this clear-eyed assessment of the state of higher education in the US. As the author notes, to protect democracy, universities must be run democratically.

11.01.2025 04:51 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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World’s climate fight needs fundamental reform, UN expert says: β€˜Some states are not acting in good faith’ Special rapporteur Elisa Morgera criticizes β€˜ineffective’ status quo and says focus must be on β€˜deep, systemic inequalities’

World’s climate fight needs fundamental reform, UN expert [a.k.a my amazing former colleague Elisa Morgera] says: β€˜Some states are not acting in good faith’. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

08.01.2025 03:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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30.12.2024 17:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Behind a paywall, and I can’t figure out how to post a PDF, so here’s a thread with screenshots 2/

30.12.2024 17:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Open spaces, open minds: Community forests plant seeds of consensus | Op-Ed As I've been documenting community forests, I've heard left- and right-leaning folks alike passionately describe their community forest’s benefits.

I wrote a thing, and it got published in the Seattle Times!

Community forests plant seeds of consensus. 1/

www.seattletimes.com/opinion/open...

30.12.2024 17:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant/Associate Professor: Indigenous Knowledge The Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society invites applications for a full-time (1.00 FTE), 9-month, Tenure-Track, Assistant or Associate Professor position, specializing in Indigenous Knowledge ...

We invite applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor position specializing in Indigenous Knowledge on forest, ecosystem, and cultural stewardship in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society at Oregon State University. More details here: jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/162...

27.11.2024 17:26 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a cartoon with two panels

panel one is a stick figure saying "oh! a fossil fuel!!" standing above a crudely drawn black lump under a brown ground

Panel two is them walking away and saying "I'll just leave it there"

The head of the person is not a drawn circle but the letter O, because the random software I used to draw it did that for unexplained reasons

a cartoon with two panels panel one is a stick figure saying "oh! a fossil fuel!!" standing above a crudely drawn black lump under a brown ground Panel two is them walking away and saying "I'll just leave it there" The head of the person is not a drawn circle but the letter O, because the random software I used to draw it did that for unexplained reasons

Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology

22.11.2024 11:20 πŸ‘ 10791 πŸ” 2111 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 104
Cambodians resist deforestation expansion despite persecution risk
Cambodians resist deforestation expansion despite persecution risk YouTube video by Mongabay

Shout-out to Juan Maza & the video team at @mongabay.bsky.social for this short clip breaking down our reporting from Phnom Chum Rok Sat community forest where a mining company tied to the Cambodian military is grabbing land, clearing forest & silencing critics.

youtube.com/shorts/U29ci...

22.11.2024 03:45 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0