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Society for Ethnobotany (Students) @sebotanystudents.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Are you someone who works in ethnobotany or a related field, and are looking for students or collaborators? Join our directory! ethnobotany.org/home/student...

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Society for Ethnobotany (Students) @sebotanystudents.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Deadline is tomorrow! Reflections do not need to be overly formal, we just want to hear from you! 🌿

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Irish Wildlife Trust @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The Irish Wildlife Trust are disappointed to see the number of newspaper articles reporting on this accident without giving the details of what happened. @irishenvnet.bsky.social @fairseas.ie #BlueShark #IrishSharks

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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"Can we find out how much water data centres are using?" "I see, you're saying you want to destroy all data centres"

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A beautiful Syssphinx molina, outside a friend’s house in Puerto Nariño, Colombia.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Atlantic sunset over a rewilding farm. It really doesn't get much more lovely to my eyes.

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Join the Society for Ethnobotany and Dr. Jared Margulies for an excellent talk this Thursday at 9am EST. Event info and registration here: ethnobotany.org/home/educati... This is open to the public, membership not required. See you on Thursday!

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Happy World Anthropology Day! I'm grateful to be part of a discipline that explores what it means to be human, in a time where understanding our similarities and connections in our collective pasts, presents, and futures seems more necessary than ever. #anthroday

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Come join me and a great group of junior scholars working in ethnobotany! Must be an enrolled student, but a major in plant science or masters/PhD in ethnobotany is not required--I'm an anthropologist who started working with plants (academically) just a few years ago!

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Classic Amazonian breakfast down at the fish market. Pictured is cucha fish, rumoured to be an aphrodisiac and fertility aid. They have spiky, armored scales and and are bottom feeders. Their suction style mouths enable them to hold onto rocks in fast currents 🐠

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Whenever flooding hits, we hear in detail all about the wrecked homes, livelihoods, property, and related misery. But NEVER the major cause: that Ireland has been totally stripped of the native ecosystems like forest & bogs that would naturally have absorbed the water. share.google/aNF6Fg26wdmB...

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As it happened: Storm Chandra wreaks havoc on Ireland

Follow live updates as Storm Chandra brings strong winds and heavy rain across the country.

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Submit your work and please share with your networks! We are welcoming abstracts from interdisciplinary + transdisciplinary projects, and non academic practitioners--artists, farmers, community organizers, and more.

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

This will be a great talk--all are welcome! Registration link in the QR code.

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I’m renting a room in a family’s house for my fieldwork and it comes with a cat. 😍 It’s nice to have company where I don’t have to speak my second language after days of interviews and chagra visits

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

As I prepare for my next few months of fieldwork, I’m reflecting on perhaps one of my favorite nights in the field so far. We learned how to prepare Mambe, from plant harvesting to finished product. (1/4)

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I can’t wait to find these one day when I’m back in the states for the last year of my PhD!

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Society for Ethnobotany (Students) @sebotanystudents.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Do you want to get more engaged with the SEB Society? Now is the perfect opportunity to do so! We are seeking 1 Student Representative-Elect and 3 Student Committee Members for the upcoming council term. (1/3)

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I'm now running the (student) Bluesky account for the Society for Ethnobotany. Follow us @sebotanystudents.bsky.social to keep up with news, opportunities, and developing research at the intersection of plants and people, anthropology, botany, geography, plant biology, and more!

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Had a great time at the American Anthropological Association meeting, geeking out about agroforesty, food, and shifting livelihood strategies in the southern Colombian Amazon! The highlight of my week was reuniting with my friend and colleague Youyi, who I met in Colombia in the forest in 2023.

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I have co-organized a panel with my dear friend and colleague Youyi Xie for the American Anthropological Association meeting this week. Our panel focuses on agrifood systems and explores how Indigenous peoples and local communities across Latin America are navigating socioecological change. (1/3)

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

In my happy place with dozens of Passiflora at the Jardín Botánico de Bogotá yesterday!

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Genus Espletia, commonly know as Frailejónes. Perhaps the plant most known and associated with the paramos of Colombia. (Pic 3 is the plants’ view of Bogotá)

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UN Biodiversity @unbiodiversity.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🌾On #WorldFoodDay, we join @fao.org in calling for food systems that work with nature, not against it. “The #KMGBF cannot be achieved without a global push for sustainable agrifood systems.” @astridschomaker.bsky.social 🤝 Let's grow a better future for all! 🔗 www.cbd.int/article/2025...

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Acacia baileyana is common in my new Bogotá neighborhood. It’s always interesting seeing how cities landscape certain neighborhoods, and I never feel settled or at home until I know who my plant neighbors are!

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Passiflora tarminiana on the streets of Bogotá. Passiflora never cease to amaze me—one of my favorite genera for sure!

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

(1/2) As a kid poring over jars of bugs and my parents’ old NatGeo copies, Jane Goodall showed me that a career in science as a woman was possible. I remember spending weeks on a “role model” school project about Jane when I was 10.

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Dietes bicolor on the streets of Bogotá! (cultivated)

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Not a bad work from home view! (Bogotá, Colombia)

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Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT @bioversityciat.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

🍛 School meals can do more than feed children: they can reshape food systems! 🌱 Integrating neglected and underutilized species can enhance sustainability, resilience and inclusion, while celebrating cultures. Discover more! 👇 @@GCNFoundation @usceduau allbiociat.org/40X5T6D

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

(1/3) In June I traveled to Prague for the annual meeting of the Society for Ethnobotany. This was my first SEB meeting and it was a joy to meet and learn from other interdisciplinary researchers who are not quite entirely botanists, anthropologists, or geographers, but a mix!

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I have been delighted to spend the last few weeks in the University of Georgia herbarium and greenhouses! I've learned how to mount, process and file specimens, and so much more. Now I'm just waiting on a plant from Ireland (or Colombia) to finally cross my desk!

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Doreen Chaussadas | The Urban Ibis Project @doreenbirds.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Hi! I am Doreen, a PhD student working on urban adaptation in White Ibises. My studies incorporate genetics, conservation, behavior, and a community science project that involves many passionate birders! Have you seen my tagged ibises? Use the link in bio to report your sighting! pic:Neelya Eiram

photo of a white ibis standing in a lawn and carrying a yellow wing tag showing the number 055 written in balck

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Aoife K Pitts @aoifekpitts.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Hi all! I'm Aoife, a plant lover+ PhD candidate in the Anthropology and Integrative Conservation Program at UGA. I work with farmers in the Colombian Amazon to explore synergies between shifting agriculture, livelihoods, and biodiversity conservation. What's your favorite plant? 🌲

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