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We Don't Have Time @wedonthavetime.wsocial.eu · 02/10/2026

"That's really the minority, but many people get afraid to talk about climate change." 🙊 At #ClimateWeekNYC, Dana Fisher of Talking Climate Collaborative talked about how most climate misinformation online traces back to a small but loud, fossil fuel-funded group. Watch more at wedonthavetime.org

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My conversation about our work with the @tccollab.bsky.social, the future of democracy, and soooo much more is up at Climate Curious / TEDxLondon. You'll even catch my dance inspired by MJ's blazer @katharinehayhoe.com @bernwoodsplacky.bsky.social @au-cece.bsky.social tedxlondon.com/podcasts/the...

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Applications for the Graduate Certificate in Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE²) are now open and are due on Wednesday, October 7. Apply here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon... @fisherdanar.bsky.social

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Talking Climate Collaborative @tccollab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Climate communicators are all around us. But until now, the field has been hard to see as a whole. That's why we partnered with @au-cece.bsky.social on a new Landscape Assessment to map who’s doing the work, who they’re reaching, & where the gaps are. See what we found: bit.ly/4ya7vIF

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📢 Check out this new report! CECE researchers, including Dana R. Fisher, W. Christopher Jayko, and collaborating researcher Lorien Jasny (University of Exeter), have released Mapping the Ecosystem of Climate Communication in the US and Canada: A Landscape Assessment.

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The DataCorps Fellowship ended on a high note with a final visit to Texas Conservation Corps in Austin. Our Fellows spent the summer listening, learning, and connecting with corps members nationwide to better understand the service‑corps workforce. @fisherdanar.bsky.social

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

In late June, the CECE research team visited Los Angeles. While in LA, our team visited LA Works and the LA Conservation Corps to discuss their experience with service. See the post that further details our trip here: lnkd.in/e49WS8MZ @fisherdanar.bsky.social

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

For our next team member spotlight, we're highlighting Natalia. Natalia is one CECE’s incredible Postdoctoral Fellows. She is currently exploring conceptual understandings of systems of stewardship, workforce development in the service corps, and resident experiences of the energy transition.

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

In a new peer-reviewed article published in Sociological Methodology, three CECE researchers study the effectiveness of digital techniques to collect survey data in crowds. Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @fisherdanar.bsky.social

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Michael is a graduate student in AU’s Global Environmental Policy program and will be starting full-time at CECE as a research associate in May. He is particularly interested in finding strategies to better serve communities on the frontlines of climate challenges.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Great to wake up to find that Saving Ourselves is featured on the @nextbigidea.bsky.social Daily Podcast 🤩 Understanding how we can mobilize the masses to save ourselves from a world of increasing climate shocks is key to our survival. Tune in here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Kyra is CECE’s Operations Manager and is the force behind our grants, budgeting, and student worker support. She earned her master’s in Global Environmental Policy at AU and connected so deeply with CECE’s mission that she chose to stay after graduating.

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The CECE research team kicked off the first of their summer site visits in Seattle. Seattle is the first of three visits to various cities throughout the country, where our team will be evaluating and gathering data on disaster-related service corps programs. @fisherdanar.bsky.social

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I'm thrilled that we have been able to continue our DataCorps fellowship this year! This summer we are traveling to WA, CA, and TX to study volunteers and service corps members who are helping to build resilience in their communities. @au-cece.bsky.social cece.american.edu/cece-announc...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Reflections on the importance of service (especially now), including what I learned at this week's trip out to visit EarthCorps in Seattle. @au-cece.bsky.social danarfisher.com/2026/05/23/s...

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Our next team spotlight is Olive Swan. Olive is a graduate student in the International Development program, a CECE certificate student and runs CECE's social media. She will also be joining CECE as a DataCorps Fellow this summer!

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Chris is CECE's Assistant Director. He is passionate about the environment and helping maintain our natural world for future generations. He also strives to help reduce the effects of extreme events so people now and in the future have the opportunity to enjoy our beautiful planet.

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Congratulations to all our CECE certificate students who graduated the weekend of May 9th! To exciting adventures ahead 🎓️ ✨️

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Arman Azedi is another one of CECE’s brilliant Postdoctoral Fellows. Arman’s research revolves around social movements, civic engagement, and political sociology. We’re grateful to have him as part of the CECE team, keep following along for more spotlights from our team!

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Dana is CECE’s Director. Her research focuses on questions related to democracy, activism, and climate politics. An interesting project Dana is working on with colleagues from across AU focuses on how to turn AI generated predictions about extreme events into accessible information for communities.

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Day one of the DataCorps Fellowship complete ✔️ we're looking forward to a summer of digging into how communities are preparing for and responding to disasters! @fisherdanar.bsky.social

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We’re kicking off a new series highlighting the brilliant team members that shape the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity. Please meet Abeer Y Al-Eryani! Abeer’s work sits at the intersection of energy justice, conflict, and equitable transitions.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We spent the last few days with the amazing folks from the Washington Conservation Corps learning about how they support communities after disaster hits. These stories from deployments in Washington state and beyond (including Florida and Iowa) are truly inspiring 🤩 @au-cece.bsky.social

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Curious about climate activism and and social movements? This is an event you’ll want on your calendar. Come swing by SIS 300 on April 16 at 1:45pm for a powerful talk by Oscar Berglund on The Global Criminalisation and Repression of Climate and Environmental Protest – a Repertoire of Repression.

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

CECE Research Assistant Professor, Natalia C. Piland, is one of seven co-authors of the recently published paper, “Stewardship Salons: Sharing biocultural approaches to foster many ways of knowing and caring for land.” Check out the paper here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

CECE Director @fisherdanar.bsky.social Dana Fisher and Julie González recently published a study on the wildfire-induced displacement following the Palisades and Eaton Fires in Los Angeles County. Read the paper here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

CECE and AU's Center for Environmental Filmmaking present a DCEFF screening of the new documentary, The Way of the Whale, on March 25th at 6pm in the Doyle Forman Theater (2nd floor of AU's McKinley Building). Register here: dceff.eventive.org/schedule/699...

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AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Applications for the DataCorps Fellowship are now open. Through this Fellowship, from May to June, students will gain practical experience in data collection and assessment of disaster relief efforts across the U.S. Apply here: cece.american.edu/datacorps-gr... #DataCorps #DisasterRelief

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

🎙️ Episode 5 of the COPOut Podcast is LIVE! In it, I speak with @katharinehayhoe.com and @amywestervelt.bsky.social about their paths to becoming climate communicators and the significance of the outcome of the COP30 round of the climate negotiations. cece.american.edu/cece-launche...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

While COP30 winds down, I recorded episode 5 of the COPOut Podcast with the amazing @amywestervelt.bsky.social and @katharinehayhoe.com today. The whole episode airs on Monday, but here's a little preview of the amazing conversation:

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

🎙️ The #COPOut Podcast Episode 3 on the Future of Carbon Governance is LIVE! Tune in to hear from @pammcelwee.bsky.social & @laurengifford.bsky.social as they discuss how the use science to inform climate policymaking and why the regime continues to miss the mark. cece.american.edu/copout-episo...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Some valuable thoughts about the role the media plays in climate communication and the challenges of echo chambers by Ingmar Rentzhog from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social Tune in to #COPOut to watch the entire episode also with @magnoliae.bsky.social and Jamie Minden cece.american.edu/cop-out-epis...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Check out how the UNFCCC is policing the language of civil society at #COP30 along with limiting their access from Zero Hour ED. Tune in to #COPOut to watch the entire episode also with Ingmar Rentzhog from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social & @magnoliae.bsky.social cece.american.edu/cop-out-epis...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

The #COPOut Podcast Episode 1 on Platforming Activism is LIVE! Tune in hear from Ingmar Rentzhog from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social Jamie Minden from This Is Zero Hour and @magnoliae.bsky.social from Party Crashers to learn about their histories and their current work cece.american.edu/cop-out-epis...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Thanks to the whole amazing team at @au-cece.bsky.social for making this possible, @chrisjayko.bsky.social Kyra Jones and especially @michaelculbert.bsky.social who has proven himself to be quite the producer 🤩

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Here's a short teaser for Episode 1 about Platforming Activism where I give my 2 cents on #COP30. The conversation with @magnoliae.bsky.social Jamie Minden from This Is Zero Hour, and Ingmar Rentzhog from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social was 🔥🔥so check out the whole episode, when it goes Live SUNDAY!

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

📢Announcing the #COPOut Podcast (our first episode goes live on Sunday)!! Here's info about how to listen and why I'm doing this podcast instead of wasting all that carbon to travel to COP30: danarfisher.com/2025/11/08/i...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

At @au-cece.bsky.social at American University, we continue to ask questions about #climate and #energy #justice. Join us on MONDAY for our colloquium on Energy Justice with Abeer Aleryani and Maya Livio Details at: cece.american.edu/cece-colloqu...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

In honor of the Inauguration today, I'm going to share some toplines from our survey of participants at the People's March in DC (I did this after the big marches during Trump 1.0 to document the Resistance), so here goes: People came from all over the US to participate--81% lived outside DC.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Here we go again! I’ll be fielding a team of 8 researchers at the People’s March in DC tomorrow. If someone asks you to take our survey, please say yes 🙌 Remember it will help us understand who’s joining the Resistance 2.0 and why.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Some thoughts on the radicalization and repression of climate activists (and why it's not necessarily a bad thing) with @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social in The Hill today. There is no question that the repression of climate activists (and others) will continue. thehill.com/opinion/ener...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I'm super-excited to be able to announce our new DataCorps Fellowship Program at @au-cece.bsky.social , which begins this spring! For details, see cece.american.edu/cece-annouce...

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