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Dr H!A! Passmore

@hapassmore.bsky.social
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Director of the Nature-Meaning in Life Research Lab, Associate Professor & Department Chair - Psychology, Concordia University of Edmonton. Researching nature, meaning in life, ecoanxiety. website at nmil.ca

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Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Want to boost your wellbeing? Help us refine and validate new wellbeing interventions by participating in our new study. See below and further information: cue.secureresearch.ca/studies/NDE
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Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Fun conversation w/Sian Simpson for her Bountiful Poscast series. We spoke about common misconceptions about nature engagement, the role of boredom in fostering creativity and meaning, the concept of "enough," living at human speed, and how nature is part of a bountiful life. youtu.be/rFngRqLSBHo
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What Nature Teaches Us About Living a Good Life with Holli-Anne Passmore
YouTube video by Bountifull Podcast
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Forbes @forbes.com · 04/11/2025
The rapid proliferation of services powered by artificial intelligence, ranging from the genuinely useful to the frivolous to the unnecessary, has a common element: the need for vast amounts of electricity and water for the data centers that make them possible.
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The Unsustainable Strain Of AI’s Insatiable Power Needs
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how electric cars could get much cheaper and Rivian’s RJ Scaringe on China’s EV price advantage
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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Nature Relatedness Usefully Links Well-Being, the Environment, and Sustainability. The title says it all. Check our our new brief review in Current Directions in Psychological Science (free to access). @hapassmore.bsky.social @sagepub.com journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Two new RCT articles out testing nature-based wellbeing interventions against the most popular Positive Psychology Intervention: 3 Good Things. In both studies, nature-based interventions boosted wb without spending more time in nature, & boosted unique aspects of wb. nmil.ca/pubs/article...
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Dr H!A! Passmore : Publications
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Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Looking to boost your wellbeing? We need regular people to participate in research aimed at testing simple wellbeing practices. Visit link for details: cue.secureresearch.ca/studies/EEIS
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EEIS Study
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💙🐶🚴🏻🏊‍♂️♊️ Victoria🌈💥☀️ @victoriaswimcycle.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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František Bartoš @fbartos.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
We started a company to provide enterprise-level support for open-source statistical software @jaspstats.bsky.social . Our website with the mission and offers just went online! Is your business paying large licensing fees for statistical software? Are you looking for a change? Check it out!
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JASP - A Fresh Way to Do Statistics
JASP is an open-source statistics program that is free, friendly, and flexible. Armed with an easy-to-use GUI, JASP allows both classical and Bayesian analyses.
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JASP Services @jasp-services.com · 21/05/2025
Hello world! We are a new company that provides support for organizations and industries who use the JASP open-source stats program. Check out our website www.jasp-services.com and our first blog post www.jasp-services.com/first-post/ Know companies using commercial stats software? Share this info!🙂
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Home - JASP Services BV
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 20/05/2025
A fantastic piece by @caseycrownhart.bsky.social + ‪@jamesmodonnell.bsky.social‬ at @technologyreview.com On why the total lack of disclosure from tech companies means we have to rely on estimates - and even those conservative estimates are huge. Imagine what the actual numbers are.........
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We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
"I've not been using my brain as much....I’m worried about the impact of AI, but I’m not worried about the jobs, I’m worried about losing my mental sharpness." An excellent essay on the limits of AI coding. (Thanks to @mjcrockett.bsky.social for sending me this.) albertofortin.com/writing/codi...
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After months of coding with LLMs, I'm going back to using my brain • albertofortin.com
I've been building MVPs and SaaS products for 15 years. Let's work together on your next project.
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Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
New article - woo! (opensource) Passmore, H.-A., Lumber, R., Niemiec, R., & Sofen, L. I. (2025). Creating kinship with nature and boosting well-being: Testing two novel character strengths-based nature connectedness interventions. Journal of Happiness Studies, 26(71). doi.org/10.1007/s109...
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Creating Kinship with Nature and Boosting Well-Being: Testing Two Novel Character Strengths-Based Nature Connectedness Interventions - Journal of Happiness Studies
We tested the efficacy of engaging in two novel randomized interventions based on character strengths and engaging with nature on boosting nature connectedness and well-being. In Study 1 (N = 134, int...
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Message from Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation to Danielle Smith - "Pack up your bag and go. You're not welcome here anymore" #cdnpoli
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Dr. Suzanne Le Menestrel @drsl.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
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Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Changing the narrative on testing… @katyburgess.bsky.social on why retrieval is key to learning. #exams #revision www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Changing the narrative on testing | BPS
Katy Burgess on why retrieval is key to learning.
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Tom Wallis @tsawallis.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
It's bonkers that in academic science we spend hours obsessing over the wording of a paper, but often only one person has seen the code that produced the results! 2/N
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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 30/04/2025
Microsoft is spending about 6x the annual budget of the entire NSF on building more server farms.
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Dr van Tilburg @drvantilburg.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Emotions can be driven by our gut. Early evidence suggesting aggression may originate in the liver. More evidence of #BrainGut connection. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Exploring the metabolic signature of intermittent explosive disorder: Preliminary evidence and potential mechanisms for altered bilirubin metabolism
Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is characterized by impulsive aggression and emotional dysregulation, yet its systemic biological underpinnings …
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Climate Psychology Alliance of North America @climatena.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
We have SO many greats events in the next week or two! Sign up for the next #ClimateCafe to get a taste! www.eventbrite.com/e/1302336075...
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May 7, 2025 Climate Cafe by CPA-NA
Join us to share feelings around climate change to reduce isolation.
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Cassie Whiteside @cassiewhiteside.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I’m really looking forward to this. Please join me.
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Don’t Say Climate? Bridging Divides with Katharine Hayhoe — Climate Psychology Alliance North America
Join us in learning how to have conversations about climate in this polarizing time.
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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 27/04/2025
Researchers have been pointing out that these systems are probably “bags of heuristics” from the very beginning but pointing it out early literally cost some of them their jobs.
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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Intuitive finding but important one for urban greening programmes: “… adding greenspace in areas with the least nature yielded 1·4–1·7… times greater health benefits than uniform increases; adding greenspace to areas with the densest populations yielded 2·7 times greater health benefits”
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Matt Humphries @mjr-humphries.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Let’s protect Ontario’s bike lanes in this provincial election. Call on all parties to #ReverseBill212! @GreenpeaceCA act.gp/3WLGdrw
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Stop the removal of Ontario’s bike lanes
Call on all parties running in the Ontario election to reverse Bill 212
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Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net · 25/04/2025
I don’t know which academic needs to hear this but yes you should absolutely email other academics just to tell them you enjoyed their article/book/chapter. Just do it. Don’t overthink it. Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You. Done.
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I am hiring a PhD student on the meaningful interpretation of effect sizes as part of my VICI funded project. This is a 4 year paid position in a welcoming and collaborative environment. Find out more or apply at www.tue.nl/werken-bij-t...
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PhD on Metascience
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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I have been accused many times of caring more about entertaining students than educating them - it's so demonstrably false as to be laughable but I could never get past not recognising that everyone's job is easier and learning happens more successfully... 1/2 #AcademicSky
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Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States
The association that represents academic staff at Canadian universities is warning its members against non-essential travel to the United States.
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Cameron Brick @cameronbrick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
One of the most frequent questions I get is how to measure pro-environmental behaviors. I always reply: what is the research question? Finally, someone has provided a flowchart to help. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Florian Lange, 2025: Measurement approaches in climate action research 1/2
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Measurement approaches in climate action research
Behavioral scientists across disciplines study the determinants of climate actions. They aim to describe, predict, explain, and change the behavioral …
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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 15/04/2025
An astronomy professor colleague of mine once relayed trying to explain to his students why it was important that they actually write their class reports themselves. “The point is not to teach ME about neutron stars,” he said.
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Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Anyone traveling to the US needs to read not at this Link but so the other reports of people being detained.
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Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Super excited about tomorrow's (March 7) talk by Andrew Napier on Exploring Life Crafting as a Pathway to Meaning. Still time to register!! ippanetwork.org/events/upcom...
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Upcoming Scientific Speaker Series: Exploring Life Crafting as a Pathway to Meaning, with Andrew Napier – IPPA
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Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
@morganpeace.bsky.social Hi Morgan. I would love to connect with you about your research on nature connectedness and meaning in life. If you could email me that would be fantastic. holli-anne.passmore@concordia.ab.ca My website is https:// nmil.ca
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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Prime Minister Trudeau speaking to Americans: "This is a choice that, yes, will harm Canadians, but beyond that, it will have real consequences for you, the American people. ... It will put your jobs at risk. ... It will raise costs for you, including food at the grocery store... Live on the CBC:
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Who would have guessed that open access and open science non-profits such as @archive.org and @cos.io are useful just in case your government want to delete scientific data? And yet, here we are.
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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Authors, if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book. OK, but a weird day for this one in 🇨🇦: "Imagine you wake up to a new day, have a small breakfast, and then open your web browser to see the headline “Government begins adjusting tax policy to maximize happiness.”
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David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
When we’re unprepared for the next nasty disease emergence it won’t be because humans didn’t know what needed to be done Great article on pathogens, pandemic risk and ecological change in the Anthropocene www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Pathogens and planetary change - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
This Review explores the relationship between emerging infectious diseases and biodiversity loss, and how both are connected to global environmental changes in the Anthropocene.
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Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Another media interview this morning - live on CBC "The Current"! Its wonderful the attention noticing nature is getting for boosting well-being. lnkd.in/ddEJsCZx
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Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Excited to be on CBC news discussing my research! www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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The simple thing you can do that might help beat the winter blues
Researchers from Concordia University of Edmonton are looking at how observing nature could impact your mental health. Holli-Anne Passmore is the lead researcher on a project called Noticing Nature In...
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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Want to get a prescription for nature access in Canada? Here's how it works | CBC News
Wondering how you can get a nature prescription and what to do with it? Here's what you need to know.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.
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Frank Martela @frankmartela.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I can so relate: 😀 ”Too many times I have rediscovered ’my most original ideas’ in pages of books that I have read five or ten years ago, underlined, with my enthusiastic, but forgotten, comments in the margin.” We stand on shoulders of giants - although we often forget which shoulders!
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Climate Psychology Alliance of North America @climatena.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Did you miss out on today's Climate Cafe? Sign up for the next on January 6th! www.climatepsychology.us/climate-cafe...
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January 6, 2025 Climate Cafe by CPA-NA — Climate Psychology Alliance North America
Research shows that while most people feel alone with their feelings, the majority of people are concerned about climate change. You are not alone. Talking about these feelings in groups can help make...
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Peder M Isager @isager.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
New preprint: “Three-Sided Testing to Establish Practical Significance: A Tutorial” (osf.io/preprints/ps...) with @FitzgeraldJack_, proposing an upgraded version of the TOST equivalence test 🧵
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Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
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Canadian researchers trial nature trick to boost mood in winter
Volunteers asked to go about normal routine while paying more attention to natural world
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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 23/10/2024
In celebration of SIPS's 10th annual meeting, please join us for a virtual warm-up event on December 18, 2024! Early reformers will discuss challenges and improvements in psychological science. Find out more and register: improvingpsych.org/sips-2025-pr...
A flyer for the event Early-reformers Discussion: Lessons From The Past Decade hosted online by SIPS, the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science. The event is on December 18, 2024. Duration 90 minutes. Starting time 11:30am Pacific, 2:30pm Eastern, 8:30pm Central Europe time zone. There are photos of the five speakers: Simine Vazire, Brian Nosek, Dorothy Bishop, Joe Simmons, and Leif Nelson, and the moderator, Balazs Aczel.
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Climate Psychology Alliance of North America @climatena.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
And emotionally, the greatest trick was to stoke individual guilt instead of collective rage.
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Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Hi! Looking for a job in Forensic Psychology? Well, you're in luck! Come work with us! carleton.ca/deputyprovos...
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Assistant Professor - Psychology (Forensic Psychology) - Office of the Deputy Provost (Academic Operations and Planning)
The Department of Psychology at Carleton University invites applications from qualified candidates for a preliminary (tenure-track) appointment in Forensic Psychology at the rank of Assistant Professo...
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Mohsen Joshanloo @mjosh.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
In our new article, we aim to demonstrate that the currently dominant understanding of well-being is inherently Western and to highlight that non-Western cultures may conceptualize well-being differently. Open access article: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
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