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Wisse van Engelen @wissevanengelen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Published in Environment and Planning E, with Sandra Calkins, @estherturnhout.bsky.social, Michael Bollig and Andreas Weber: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Elizabeth Barron @zabarron.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Very happy to be a part of this new paper with such an inspiring group of colleagues. H.B. Stokland, @alicevadrot.bsky.social, E.S. Barron, S. Beck, M.R. Emery, R. Lidskog, T. Maas, @jaspermontana.bsky.social , C. Sandström, M. Stenseke, A. Stirling, P. Stoett, @estherturnhout.bsky.social

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Making global environmental assessments fit for future challenges

Global environmental assessments (GEAs) provide authoritative expert knowledge on environmental issues for an international audience. Demand for GEAs …

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Wisse van Engelen @wissevanengelen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Happy to have successfully defended my thesis!

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ARK Rewilding Nederland @ark-rewildingnl.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Natuurbeschermers en duurzaamheidscampaigners kritiseren gevestigde orde onvoldoende stelt prof. @estherturnhout.bsky.social. Maatschappij is in greep van door gevestigde orde geponeerde valse tegenstellingen als "wil je eten of natuur". Natuurbeweging zou strategie moeten ontwikkelen tegen ecocide.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/11/2025

Carrie Fisher was the blueprint. Protect your people. Call out the predators. #RESIST

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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Why do global environmental institutions multiply and persist even when they seem unable to address biodiversity loss and environmental governance failures effectively? Our new OA article with @jacquelinebest.bsky.social in @risjnl.bsky.social tries to answer this question. 1/7 cup.org/4hZNlcX

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Failure-proof or failure-prone? The paradoxes of global biodiversity institutions | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Failure-proof or failure-prone? The paradoxes of global biodiversity institutions

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Dr George Iordachescu 🏳️‍🌈 🟥 @georgeiorda.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

🚨 We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join the GreenFrontier team as Postdoctoral Researchers! Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025 Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills! Please share widely!

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Wisse van Engelen @wissevanengelen.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

First article from my PhD is out! ‘Provincialising Foot-and-Mouth Disease: The Construction of the African Buffalo as Disease Reservoir in Botswana, 1961–1976’, with Andreas Weber and @estherturnhout.bsky.social

Cover of the article with title of the article ‘Provincializing foot-and-mouth disease: the construction of the african buffalo as disease reservoir in Botswana, 1961-1976’ shown above a monochrome picture of a herd of buffaloes

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Prof Esther Turnhout🦄🌎🌼💚 @estherturnhout.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

We will be teaching our Transformative Research PhD course again on 20 April to 1 May. After four really succesful episodes, I think I can safely say that this course is a unique experience.

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Klaudia Prodani @kprodani.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

We think that this might not be possible without collaborating with civil society to “follow the money” from the ground up. @forestsandfinance.bsky.social @globalwitness.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social @greenpeace.eu @foeeurope.bsky.social @milieudefensie.bsky.social @ran.org

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Klaudia Prodani @kprodani.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

🚨New article🚨 Why has the promise of universal ownership been broken, as @benbraun.bsky.social has suggested? Our argument: because the Big Three are hardly universal. They mainly invest in those that can insulate themselves from environmental harm - big tech & financials in the Global North. 🧵

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 07/08/2025

"Reducing our dependence on whales as an energy source will send us sliding down the slippery, spermaceti-lubricated slope to socialism. If we give up whaling, what will those lackwits come for next? Will I have to surrender my peg leg for a titanium prosthetic?"

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I’m Captain Ahab and I Say We Must Never Transition Away from a Whale-Based Energy Industry

When I heard that the globalist oligarchs and fat cats in the Washington marshland were conspiring to invest in alternative, non-whale-based energy...

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Adriana Ressiore @aressiorec.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Let’s rethink how we relate knowledge, care, and policy relevance. Can we build science-policy interfaces that are more plural, reflective, and just?

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BIOTraCes 🌿 @biotraces.eu · 06/08/2025

Prof. Dr. Esther Turnhout (@estherturnhout.bsky.social) , Professor of Knowledge, Transformation & Society TU Twente, explains why urban agriculture such as Food Park Amsterdam is of great importance in today's times. See also @voedselpark.bsky.social

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Listening to @estherturnhout.bsky.social talk about science and the global polycrisis at @uni-hamburg.de #inspiring

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

What is a forest? Rather than singular objects, forests are made up of many ecosystems and relations. “The Forest Multiple,” our new special issue in Environment and Planning F, explores the varied & conflicting ways that forests take shape amid planetary change: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

She also highlights how producing knowledge about complex, evolving, and multi-scale systems such as forests requires navigating various scales of forest ecosystems. This involves “adjusting the macroscope.”

Figure 6. No walls, Duke Forest, North Carolina, USA. Photograph by Will Owens. Research supported by the Office of Science (BER), US Department of Energy, grant no. DE-FG02-95ER62083. Image and description source: Véra Ehrenstein (2024), https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26349825241246013.

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Do “Forests high on CO2” store more carbon?” In her article, Véra Ehrenstein @ehess.fr explores the collective efforts of scientists who address this question through forest ecosystem experiments and model simulations: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The front page of the article “Forests high on CO2: A glimpse into how scientists study the biochemical machinery of forest ecosystems”, from the Special Issue on “The Forest Multiple”, by Véra Ehrenstein, published in Environment and Planning F.

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

This text is part of our special issue “The Forest Multiple” with Environment and Planning F. Stay tuned for future posts about this collection. Also, check out co-author Esther’s talk at the Forest Multiple symposium and other episodes on Smart Forests Atlas: atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/the...

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The Forest Multiple: Esther Turnhout — Smart Forests Atlas

In this radio episode recorded at The Forest Multiple symposium in October 2022, we hear a panel talk by Prof Esther Turnhout, Chair of Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Twente. Pa...

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Esther and Casey trace the long and colonial histories of science that are driven by optimisation and efficiency, which can foreclose other ways of “knowing, valuing, and living with the forests.”

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

This paper is part of our special issue “The Forest Multiple” with Environment and Planning F. You can also listen to co-author Naomi Millner’s related talk at our Forest Multiple symposium and other episodes in this playlist: atlas.smartforests.net/en/playlists...

Screenshot showing the list of episodes in The Forest Multiple playlist on Smart Forests Radio.

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

While acknowledging that pluriversal potential can be provisional and precarious, the authors emphasise that drones could become part of projects and designs that resonate with Indigenous territorial rights and multispecies care.

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

In “Between the god-trick and pluriversal potential,” @naomimillner.bsky.social and Mónica Amador-Jimenez explore 4 different ways that drones contribute to “making forests” and discuss their potential as pluriversal technologies for social & ecological justice: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The front page of the article “Between the god-trick and pluriversal potential: Four figures of drone in tropical forest conservation”, from the Special Issue on “The Forest Multiple”, by Naomi Millner and Mónica Amador-Jimenez , published in the Environment and Planning F.

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

We are delighted to announce the launch of our project film Smart Forests 📽! The film documents ongoing research into the increasing digitalization of forest environments. You can watch it now on our website: smartforests.net/smart-forests-film.

The text 'Smart Forests' over a blurry forest image in the background. Screenshot from the Smart Forests project film. Source: https://smartforests.net/smart-forests-film.

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

In “Raising the Carbonized Forest,” @estherturnhout.bsky.social and Casey R Lynch discuss how science works as a “technology of singularization” by foregrounding forests as carbon storage mechanisms: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The front page of the article “Raising the carbonized forest: Science and technologies of singularization”, from the Special Issue on “The Forest Multiple”, by Esther Turnhout and Casey R. Lynch, published in the Environment and Planning F.

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Adriana Ressiore @aressiorec.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

🌴 Grateful to share that I’ve been selected as one of the winners of the Geoforum 2024 Best Student Paper Award for my article: “Care narratives: Babassu breakers and mother palm trees” 🔗 Read: lnkd.in/d9U7rCYs 🔗 Award announcement: lnkd.in/dSv9mm63

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Ann De Craemer | tikgoud.be @anndecraemer.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

‘Ik hoor nog weleens om me heen: wat ben je links geworden. Dat is een verkeerde aanname. Ik zei dit soort dingen al in de jaren zeventig. Toen was daar niets radicaal aan. Het is de samenleving die zo rechts is geworden, zo verschrikkelijk rechts.’ Jan Terlouw, 1931-2025

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Anntics #difficultwoman @anntics.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The Hannah Arendt Center is on Bluesky

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Wisse van Engelen @wissevanengelen.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

In case you missed these: some great papers appeared in the last few days that address the relation between monetary wealth and environmental degradation/protection 🧵👇

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Society for the History of the Philosophy of Technology (HPT) @hptsociety.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Great job opportunity in philosophy of science and technology in Vienna! #philtech #philsci

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@Marcel @elsschot.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

"Het is nauwelijks te geloven maar binnen 100 dagen staat het veelbezongen 'land of the free' op de rand van totalitarisme. Maar zelfs nu bedekken we in Europa dit alles met de mantel der relativering." Aldus een strijdbare @diederiksamsom.bsky.social vandaag in de @volkskrant.nl. Terecht!

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Prof Esther Turnhout🦄🌎🌼💚 @estherturnhout.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

We have an exciting new interdisciplinary program in critical perspectives on the relation between science, technology, and sustainability The program is a track in the globally unique two year master in philosophy and social studies of science, technology and society at the university of Twente.

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Chris Julien @chrisjulien.eurosky.social · 13/04/2025

'But such killer clowns can’t pull this off by themselves. Their most effective recruiters are centrist parties paralysed in the face of economic power... Hence the spectacular uselessness of the Democrats’ response to Trump.' @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👏👏 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot

Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Prof Esther Turnhout🦄🌎🌼💚 @estherturnhout.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

We have a vacancy for a 3 year full time postdoc position to: ➡️ research bottom up and transformative initiatives for biodiversity and climate ➡️ develop innovative knowledge and governance infrastructure ➡️ collaborate with societal actors to create space for just and sustainable futures

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Dissertation by Dr Rachel Los not only includes acknowledgements, but also .. anti-acknowledgements. delta.tudelft.nl/en/article/a...

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Jens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸 @jvtk.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

A quick summary 🧵 ! 🌍🌍🌍 @kprodani.bsky.social and I make two new claims, provocatively stated: (i) Quantifying climate transition risk is easy, biodiversity is not (ii) The most recent regulatory strategies entirely escape the "risk-based approach" said to dominate prudential policy. /1

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

and *yes* some questionable authors have made their way into the IPCC too. On the first report, they were adamant about no fossil fuel staffers being authors, but IPIECA was enormously helpful in solving that problem, as @roycerk2.bsky.social and I documented: drilled.media/news/Ipieca2

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Revealed: Oil Majors Used A Little-Known UN-Affiliated Organization to Seed the Economic Argument Against Climate Action

New documents show that as the fossil fuel industry worked to skew the scientific understanding of climate change, it also funded and promoted research to help make an economic argument against acting...

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I fear a great many journalists and even environmental orgs did not read the most recent IPCC report past the Summary for Policymakers. Here's why that is a big problem: that part of the report is the only one that is lobbied to hell and back by politicians. Saudi + US pushed CCS hype into it

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

always, always, always read @shanley.com on this stuff, she's been right about it all for longer than anyone has even been paying attention

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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity. TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

NO CHATGPT Or other artificial stupidity: motivation
First, clarity on distinguishing AIs:
Non-generative: grammar aid, translation, dictionary, text-to-audio (e.g. Natural Reader): no problem
As long as you use the appropriate tools (least intensive in data and server energy use).
Why? Because you provide the content. Your brain is doing the most important work
Generative: ChatGPT & Co.
You only supply the prompt, the AI supplies the content.
Why is this delegation of work problematic?
3 domains: ethical, environmental, intellectual engagement.

(Caveat: generative is probably ok for computer programming, where it can be useful and save time. Not relevant to this class.)

1) AI and ethics
Mass theft of all and everything
«learning» on books, articles, blogs, social media, images, music, cultural production, without permission of authors/creators, and leading to their mass joblessness. Profits are not reditributed to originators.
Permanent destruction of the mental health of underpaid precarious tech workers in the Global South (Kenya, Philippines …):
«correction» to avoid production of violent and pedophile contents etc, tech workers are obliged to watch and correct super violent contents for days on end, leading to extreme psychological suffering and trauma, from which recovery is doubtful. No or little compensation (certainly not at the level of the suffering inflicted).
In short, an industry built on theft of real human creation and sacrifice of real human health, profiting a few megafortunes.

2) AI and (un)sustainability

Massive consumption of electricity, water, server capacity for generative AI.
Outcome: keep fossil fuel companies in business, using up new renewable capacity, without any satisfaction of basic human needs.
Massive misappropriation of the finance necessary for climate and ecological action (renewable generation, efficiency and retrofit for buildings, public transit, infrastructures for cycling etc) towards AI industry.
Overall: undermine climate action, reinforce fossil industry, waste resources necessary for human development.

3) AI and intellectual engagement

First, what learning is (or should be) about:
The goal should not (only) be the reproduction of «correct» knowledge,
But mainly personal engagement and experience of thinking about topics of interest. Personal engagement = using one’s own brain.
The most important activity for learning and intellectual engagement is the experience of making one’s own mistakes, by trial and error, corrections based on new ideas, starting over again. Learning to recognise nuances, knowledge gaps, better explanations
This kind of learning is possible only through using your own brain, not AI.
Also, Ais are not «intelligent». At all.
They simply reproduce pre-existing patterns. They «bullshit», invent false references, false facts, false data, simply because those sound plausible. VERY DANGEROUS.
If you learn how to NOT use AI, and how to research facts and data on your own, this will serve you and your communities for the rest of your life.

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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

"... countries with armed conflict have ... worse environmental performance; ... conflict length and severity ... both negatively affect ... environmental performance ... even after an armed conflict ends, countries need about 20–30 years to recover ..." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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“Armed conflict causes long-lasting environmental harms” - Florian Krampe, Joakim Kreutz, Tobias Ide, 2025

Armed conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza are very visible reminders of the severe negative impacts that armed conflicts have on the environment. Yet, despite knowled...

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 05/03/2025

No, I didn't predict BlackRock reinventing itself as advance guard of Trumpist territorial expansionism. But the key point in 'Exit, control, and politics' has aged awfully well: 'Too big to not internalize external effects' is superseded by 'too big to not internalize political forces/conflicts.'

It is tempting to conclude that when financial institutions cross the size threshold at which they should, in theory, internalize negative environmental externalities, they have become too big to escape politics.

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

1/ 📣 Big news! For the next 5 years I’ll be working with this amazing team @evahaifa.bsky.social Alasdair Cochrane & Bob McKay on the @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded Multispecies Mutualisms project wellcome.org/grant-fundin...

Photo of From r-l Alasdair Cochrane Rosaleen Duffy Bob McKay and Eva Haifa Giraud

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Lovely to receive this overview on transformative change for a just and sustainable world from @estherturnhout.bsky.social based on reflections from the massive exercise of collectively drafting @ipbes.net reports on these vital and urgent themes. "The masks are off - risky moment in time" she says.

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Kimberley Thomas @kimanh.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Thanks for reading! Check out the issue here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/tcld20/1...

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Moving beyond a climate politics of justice with no peace

Published in Climate and Development (Ahead of Print, 2024)

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

UPDATE: It's happening now. German police entered the new venue to break up our meeting with Francesca Albanese and Amnesty International. The miss no chance to prove that totalitarianism is back in Germany even before the AfD has won gvt

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