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Matt Kerr @mattkerr.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Our new paper presents a framework for analysing the processes that generate novel ecosystems, discussing different conceptual and practical approaches across ecological disciplines. You can read it, open access, in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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The making of novel ecosystems: A process‐based framework for measurement, analysis and application

Ecological novelty is emerging rapidly due to global change drivers such as climate shifts, species introductions, defaunation, and land-use transformation. These changes challenge how we assess, ...

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NovelEco Project @noveleco.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Our first paper of 2026 is open access: "From control to cohabitation: Social-ecological insights on urban wildness narratives". Led by @maireadod.bsky.social along with Melissa Pineda Pinto, Erik Andersson, & @marcuscollier.bsky.social : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #novelecosystems

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From control to cohabitation: Social-ecological insights on urban wildness narratives

Narratives surrounding urban green space management have experienced significant shifts in recent years. While the command-and-control approach to urb…

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Tobias Plieninger @plieningerlab.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Reconnecting people to nature is key for biodiversity action. Our new study identifies 5 ways people relate to #Natura2000: 🐾 Learning 🏞️ Heritage 🪴 Care 🧑‍🌾 Multifunctionality 👭 Collaboration Revealing such narratives can build new alliances & place PAs at the heart of society. doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

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Mairéad O'Donnell @maireadod.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

📢📢 New Publication Alert! 📢📢 👇 Check out my latest publication 👇 The paper details the #multispecies #co-design workshop methods I used during my PhD research and provides a planning and preparation guide as well as potential modifications for other settings 🌿 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Future novel ecologies: exploring multispecies futures in urban places through a co-design workshop - Urban Ecosystems

Transforming complex adaptive social-ecological systems, such as urban areas, requires collaboration with stakeholders to address multifaceted challenges. Co-design is a participatory decision-making ...

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Mairéad O'Donnell @maireadod.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I'm very excited to be presenting my PhD research titled 'Urban Wilding for Systems Transformation' next week as part of the TCD E3 Balanced Solutions for a Better World webinar series 🌿 Date & Time: Friday, November 14th, 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 hrs Registration Link: www.tcd.ie/e3/online-we...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply

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REWRITE project @rewrite-eu.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Are you a creative based in Europe? 🎨 Join the REWRITE + WILDCARD art initiative exploring #rewilding & renewal through art, photography and film No experience needed, just creativity & vision Submit your work ➡️ bit.ly/4qni4oj #OpenCall #ArtForNature #HorizonEurope

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Mairéad O'Donnell @maireadod.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Thanks @smurph.bsky.social! It still hasn't sunk in yet! What great memories from that time, you'll have to get over for another visit soon 🤗

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This is honestly the stupidest thing I've heard in a long time- banning the use of the words burger & sausage on plant based products. The world is burning & war ravaged, & this is what our Parliamentarians think they need to 'fix'? P.S. Fish also don't have fingers, right @oisinc.bsky.social?

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 15/09/2025

AI is the wrong tool to tackle complex societal & systemic problems. AI4SG is more about PR victories, boosting AI adoption (regardless of merit/usefulness) & laundering accountability for harmful tech, extractive practices, abetting atrocities. yours truly www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-...

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The False Promise of “AI for Social Good”

Abeba Birhane refutes industry claims about the technology's potential to solve complex social problems.

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Alexandra Tsatsou @alexandratsatsou.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Inspiring Jane Goodall, RIP!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/10/2025

Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

"Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got til it's gone? Paved paradise, put up a parking lot." This has to be one of the most evocative songs ever written and sung on the insane, frenzied destruction of nature going on all around us. Year in, year out.

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Brenda Maria Zoderer @brendazoderer.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Our new paper shows strong support for #urbanrewilding among local communities; however, lower #acceptance of younger residents, non-users & deprived neighborhoods calls for context-specific adaptations to prevent environmental injustices in cities. @bokuvienna.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 30/07/2025

The starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime and must be stopped immediately. Our Full statement on bit.ly/44SCwVk #CeasefireNow #EndTheSiege

Weaponised aid is not aid

Stop the siege of Gaza

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Urban Systems Lab @uslnyc.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

📰 Just out in @pnas.org special issue: @nfrantzeskaki.bsky.social , Katinka Wijsman, Nadja Kabisch, and @timonm.bsky.social explore how #NatureBasedSolutions can support just urban transformations. 🔗 buff.ly/1eEhcBx #NbS #UrbanJustice #UrbanSustainability #PNAS #JustTransitions

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Urban Systems Lab @uslnyc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

📰 Just out in @pnas.org special issue: @timonm.bsky.social + 23 authors synthesize 60+ reviews & global regional knowledge on urban #NatureBasedSolutions. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/jGfYSqO #UrbanSustainability #NbS #PNAS

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Urban Systems Lab @uslnyc.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

📰 Just out in @pnas.org special issue: Elizabeth M. Cook, Yeowon Kim, Nancy B. Grimm, and Weiqi Zhou introduce how #NatureBasedSolutions can make cities more resilient. 🔗 buff.ly/KJPOGHX #NbS #UrbanSustainability #Equity #ClimateResilience #GreenCities

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GAP Ireland @gapireland.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Today, 18 July, is Nelson Mandela Day. #ItsInYourHands #MandelaDay2025

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 16/07/2025

Fat Filled Milk Powder (FFMP) is one of the Irish dairy industry’s largest exports. Almost no one has heard of it because it’s exported mainly to African countries and marketed as milk for its health and sustainability - but it’s made of skimmed milk powder (a byproduct of butter) with palm oil or..

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 14/07/2025

My TEDx talk is out! There’s no way I’m going to watch it, but maybe somebody else will 🙂 (I’ve asked them to fix the spelling mistake.) youtu.be/Rs_qMeqKc_I?... #optimism #happiness #howeconomicscansavetheworld

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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

"Gutting of the national infrastructure around weather emergencies comes at the same time that climate change is making severe disasters more common and more dangerous" www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

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Why Texas’ floods are a warning for the rest of the country

The disaster that unfolded in Kerr County, Texas, shows how many communities will struggle to prepare for extreme weather as the federal government pulls back.

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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

"We need federal investment and commitments to help local vulnerable communities build systems that can decrease impacts.” www.ft.com/content/f9d9...

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Texas floods ring alarm bells over global early warning systems

As extreme weather increases, countries are urged to invest in technology to warn populations of impending disasters

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Marta Berbés @mberbes.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Is sustainability thinking too WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic)? New article by Rachelle Gould, Yolanda Jimenez Naranjo and @pattybal.bsky.social

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 08/07/2025

NO. AI. FOR. WAR. CRIMES!!!

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Urban Systems Lab @uslnyc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

🌿 New article alert! Former USL Visiting Scholar Shahryar Sarabi publishes a scoping review on XR + urban nature as part of his NATURA Early Career Fellowship. 🧠🌳

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eXtended Reality for promoting people-nature relationships in cities: a scoping review - npj Urban Sustainability

npj Urban Sustainability - eXtended Reality for promoting people-nature relationships in cities: a scoping review

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Kathelijne Koops @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Join us!!! 2 (!) PhD positions on wild chimpanzees and bonobos in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group and Wildminds Lab!!! 🤩🤩🤩

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

🗣️ "Can you categorically say that this is a massive change, that this is down to global warming?" @leeofthemail 🗣️ "What we can say with a lot of confidence is that we are operating in a completely different climatic system," @think_or_swim #TonightVMTV

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Erle Ellis @erleellis.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Hey @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, check out our Nature Relationship Index (NRI) — a new way to measure how well people and planet are thriving together. Might even score higher than Diet Dr Pepper. 🌍💚 #AnthropoceneReviewed #NRI www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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An aspirational approach to planetary futures - Nature

The Nature Relationship Index offers a new way to measure and engage human aspirations to shape a better future for people and all life on Earth.

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

📢 Just out in @nature.com: Oxford Uni, UNDP‬ & others propose a 'Nature Relationship Index', a bold new metric to track how well people & nature thrive together. A hopeful framework to reimagine progress beyond GDP. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09080-1 #NatureRecovery @ox.ac.uk @undp.org

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Stockholm Resilience Centre @sthlmresilience.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Join us as a Postdoctoral fellow! We’re seeking a Postdoctoral fellow to join the INSPIRI project, which focuses on co-creating imaginative, stakeholder-driven visions for Europe’s ocean and water systems. Learn more and apply by 31 August 2025: www.stockholmresilience.org/about-us/car...

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Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

It’s so exhausting dedicating your career to try to save the planet from existential threats and then some orange man starts firing missiles everywhere

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Mary Bourke @megafloods.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

PhD scholarship available in modelling water quality NbS measures. info here earthandplanetary.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/p...

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

We need to address ALL causes of biodiversity collapse, including pet cats, which make a massive contribution. www.theguardian.com/environment/....

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Is it time to end cats’ right to roam?

Pet cats kill songbirds by the million, as well as other wildlife. But how much of a threat do they really pose, and should they be kept indoors?

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

🌲Ed Sheeran explains to Louis Theroux that he dislikes private jets and prefers trains because "I like the environment, I like trees." We know that this type of messaging from celebrities is hugely impactful. We need far more of this from more stars. As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/06/2025

The dozen board members of the Fulbright program that promotes international educational exchanges resigned on Wednesday because of what they said was political interference by the Trump administration in their operations.

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Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference

The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.

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Public Seminar @publicseminar.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

"Martin examines how restoration efforts are often driven by human desires rather than ecological necessity." —Mairéad O’Donnell reviews Laura J. Martin’s Wild by Design, recently reissued in paperback by @harvard.edu @maireadod.bsky.social @nssrnews.bsky.social publicseminar.org/2025/05/wild...

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Reimagining Ecological Repair - Public Seminar

Wild by Design calls for restoration efforts prioritize ecological justice, community involvement, and nature as a dynamic system.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Great news, well done TCD!!! The ONLY thing that can curb Israel's extermination of Palestinians is an international boycott in every sphere: trade, investment, culture, sports, academia, etc... It worked with racist South Africa, it'll work with racist Israel. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

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Trinity College Dublin board votes to cut ties with Israeli universities and companies

University will no longer facilitate Erasmus+ exchange agreements with Israeli colleges

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GAP Ireland @gapireland.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Join the Board of Global Action Plan Ireland: Help shape a sustainable future! GAP is seeking passionate and committed individuals to join our Board of Directors. Find out more via: globalactionplan.ie/about/join-o...

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