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Meghan Wise

@meghanwise.bsky.social
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Senior policy analyst • community climate health & resilience • climate communication resource development • maven of nuance • artist • multipotentialite • she/her

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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
As communities in Northern Canada are displaced by devastating wildfires, I want to amplify this toolkit geared toward emotionally supporting kids & youth amid experiences of #wildfire. Supporting Youth Amid #Wildfire: A Suite of Youth Focused Resources. Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1HuKE...
PDF document with an art based forest background with visual references of wildfire. Document has lists of resources and 8 tile images that show cover pages of resources.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
With the auto industry in shock and limbo, connecting communities with quality public transportation is a major opportunity for expanding community resilience amid rapidly shifting political/economic landscapes.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Now is a good time to encourage a swift and mass shift from car culture to a culture of well developed and designed public transportation. #tariffs
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
People understand that paying taxes means supporting quality healthcare, education, transportation & energy infrastructure, right? right…? right……? And that arbitrarily cutting taxes to appease a short term political gotcha moment, ultimately undermines collective public good & stability……right…..?
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Cross boarder worker solidarity is a very powerful move right now. What does it look like to support labour in this moment rather than pitting workers against each other? Unity over division is where power lies for the public to uphold public well-being.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
If my feelings were a picture.
A drawing of a light brown rabbit holding a walkie talkie with a white speech bubble with black text that says “WTF” over.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
In times when those in power wielded their power to abuse and oppress, that is when it is critical for collective commitment to resistance and care-based solidarities. Commit to care, dignity, kindness and equitable investments in shared public goods. This is important work we can do together.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I dreamt of a metallic blue stag beetle last night. I had lost them, and then I found them again when they fell from some cloth. They were miffed at me for losing them. So now I’m painting a blue stag beetle.
Hand drawn, blue stag beetle with mushrooms, growing out from its sides. The stag beetle is painted in shades of blue with watercolour.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Organizing can look like a lot of things. Care, solidarity, mutual aid, knowing rights, building community relationships, coordinating and sharing resources, leveraging privilege to protect others, engaging art….
Abstract, drawing by Meghan Wise of a Chantelle mushroom growing out of pebble looking rocks in the colours of green purple blue. There is a small mouse and a small beetle on either side of the mushroom with roots and leaves spreading out and around the outside of the image as a border.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The solar system is set to see all the planets align tomorrow, which had me thinking about this Dark Crystal clip.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
New summer institute for up-and-coming scholars across disciplines whose work investigates or intersects with disinformation: disinfoinstitute.org The first iteration will be this June in San Diego. Applications are due January 31.
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Disinformation Summer Institute (DSI) - Disinformation Summer Institute
Disinformation Disinformation is false or misleading information created and spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, governments, and ot...
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Creating reliable, vetted, fact-checked spaces to direct public to is increasingly needed by muni, provincial, federal govts. An issue to be mindful of is, those needing fact checking most often distrust & reject information from govt agencies. gavinnewsom.com/california-f...
gavinnewsom.com
California Fire Facts | Governor Gavin Newsom
Get the facts about the Los Angeles fires.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
PROFITS Exxon 2024—86.3 BILLION Chevron 2024—75.6 BILLION Phillips66 2024—-3.4 BILLION Shell 2024—15.6 BILLION LOSSES L.A. Fires 2024—150 BILLION #peoplebeforeprofits
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
A series of three resources on building habits of mind to address mis & #disinformation and navigating conspiracy narratives. drive.google.com/file/d/1iSEl...
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Climate Care Communications Part 1 2.pdf
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
The creation, posting & spreading of disaster disinformation is a tangled psychological, political, & public web to navigate. Building up key habits of mind can help to mitigate spread & detrimental impacts during times of increased vulnerability. www.latimes.com/california/s... tr.ee/zDBgKmNpj6
latimes.com
L.A. firestorms bring waves of fire myths, disinformation. Here's how to debunk it and not get fooled
Experts say social media plays a role in spreading misinformation during natural disasters; share tips on how to identify it.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
The #mentalhealth impacts of wildfire on individuals and communities is a significant public health issue. Proactively and equitably addressing and supporting mental health and trauma needs across #wildfire impacted populations is so important.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Coping with Trauma and Stress in the Face of Wildfires (Spanish translation available) socoemergency.org/coping-with-...
socoemergency.org
Coping with Trauma and Stress in the Face of Wildfires
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Addressing acute trauma post wildfire: integrative-psych.org/resources/ad...
integrative-psych.org
Addressing Acute Trauma Post-Wildfire: A Comprehensive Approach, NYC
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Some wildfire disaster resources to support navigating trauma across impacted communities. www.treceducation.com/post/navigat...
treceducation.com
Navigating the Los Angeles Wildfires: A Compassionate and Trauma-Resilient Approach | Trauma-Resilient Educational Communities (TREC)
The wildfires in Los Angeles County have shaken our community deeply. As we witness the loss, displacement, and fear that these fires bring, I find myself reflecting on the power of resilience and the...
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Wildfire is a public health issue. 2023 study in Science of The Total Environment projects that particulates from wildfire smoke could cause 4,000 premature deaths annually, corresponding to $36 billion in health-related losses in the US www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Wildfire Smoke From the LA Fires Is a Hidden Health Cost
The respiratory and cardiovascular problems that come with smoke inhalation are a multibillion-dollar drag on the healthcare system.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
#Wildfires can generate significant & inequitably distributed public health impacts. A critical connection we need to spotlight is how equity aware investments in #climate mitigation simultaneously help to protect public health & well-being. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
Wildfires bring pollution hazards for unhoused people in LA: ‘Like breathing in lead’
As officials urge people to stay indoors, those experiencing homelessness struggle to shield themselves from toxic air
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Seeing reports that Tahlequah (J35), is again carrying a deceased calf. I painted this in 2018 after she carried the body of her little one for 17 days. Grief is a personal and difficult journey that many species navigate.
A painting in blues, greens and whites with colourful tendrils of sea plants. There are three black and white orcas. The middle of the image is a large mother orca with houses on her back and two tendrils of seaweed coming up to her belling from below. At the right side is a small baby orca on the mother’s back. In the upper left is an orca breaching from the ocean.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Hand making some gifts inspired by the beauty and poisons of this glorious world.
Picture of two red and white hand felted fly ageric muscaria mushrooms. Laying on a wood floor.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
I’m working on a series of systems & complexity thinking drawings for a project. This is a messy, disjointed iteration as I explore pathways for understanding & visualization. #systemsthinking #climatechange #complexitythinking
A drawn overview of systems thinking that uses imagery such as a sea turtle with houses on its back, red and white smoke stacks, pictures of billionaires, a logging truck and lungs to represent different aspects of systems surrounding the imagery are coloured backgrounds in purples and greens and pinks and oranges and yellows. Black and red arrows show interconnections between different elements and words such as interconnectedness, relationships, feedback loops are highlighted along the Arrow lines.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
The “spin off” effects of emissions driven climate change include a spectrum of impacts on public mental health. blogs.ufv.ca/blog/2024/11...
blogs.ufv.ca
UFV researcher links wildfire smoke to mental health
Luisa Giles always feels unsettled when wildfire smoke starts drifting into the Fraser Valley. She knows that the sun will be turning red, the blue sky will turn grey and soon she’ll be spending a lot...
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
An incredibly powerful and generous offering from the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation’s Land-based healing camp. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6BT...
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Healing Hearts
YouTube video by Stories of Hope & Strength
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The financial costs of the #ClimateCrisis “are now starkly apparent to Americans in the form of soaring home insurance premiums – with those in the riskiest areas for floods, storms and wildfires suffering the steepest rises of all.” “A climate crisis is starting to stir an insurance crisis.”
theguardian.com
How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US – visualized
‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties deemed most at risk from climate crisis, experts say
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Electrification improves outdoor air quality & expands public benefits, including: 🌱 fewer premature deaths 🌱reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 400 million metric tons 🌱cut energy bills by $60 billion every year 🌱create more than one million jobs. www.rewiringamerica.org/research/hom...
rewiringamerica.org
Breathe easy | Rewiring America
Household electrification as a public health intervention to improve outdoor air quality.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
An important reminder about the power of art and storytelling in opening needed space to explore complex issues with care and dignity.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
For any fellow climate policy folks out there—meaningful climate policy navigation is more important than ever. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Despite 2024’s ‘greenlash’, the fight against climate breakdown can still be won. Here’s how | Björn Bremer, Jane Gingrich and Hanna Schwander
The overwhelming majority of Europeans support climate action, but they must be compensated for its costs in tangible ways
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Art is central to planting seeds of what is possible beyond what currently is.
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Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
A timely call from @climatessn.bsky.social Requesting proposals for for social science research into climate obstruction. cssn.org/grants/reque...
cssn.org
Request for Proposals - Brown Climate Social Science Network
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Someone’s phone wasn’t connected to their earphones and started playing Tina Turner on the bus by mistake. But Tina Turner is never a mistake.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
What could a culture shift away from single occupancy vehicles look like—it’s gotta look better than this.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
When I have down time, I dream about and paint little microcosms amid macrocosms. Here's a little wayfaring ten stripped June Beetle, complete with working wind turbine.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Thanks for sharing, Chris!
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
A community handbook for navigating climate change communication with care & impact. tr.ee/FkKZGrqRfq #climatecommunication #climatecare #climateart
A collage of plants, writing, earth, and hand drawn creatures that resemble a hare, bison and bird. The hare and bison each have an arm extended, holding a little red heart out to each other.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Nature is warning us. Time for deep listening & shifting. #climateart
Drawing of a yellow warbler against a backdrop of blue striped mountains. The warbler is standing on an old grey and red biplane in the air. Colourful rounded sound bubbles come from the open beak and drift upward to the right. red and white smokestacks are clustered in the bottom centre right of the image.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Neoliberal driven austerity is bad for public health outcomes. And when public health outcomes are bad—other community systems also suffer.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
There is a fascinating type of community connection that only public transportation can foster.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
But through it all… I ♥️ public transportation.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Wild night on the public bus transport. Got kicked off a bus mid route so it could go rescue folks in a stranded bus. Someone threw up on the bus I need to get on. So they’re only letting folks in the back half—I passed on that round. Current bus I’m on just died. We are united in chaos out here
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Thank you 🌱
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I think this is a beautiful fact of existence. Our experience as part of this earth is a rare moment of complexity in a sea of lifeless cosmos. Cherishing, celebrating & stewarding this 🌎 with care & dignity for every possible moment, is an act of courage & shared purpose amid destructive forces.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
A key part of this is a mass public weakness to disinformation and conspiracy baiting. Yet little is being done to proactively prime, support, and protect people from a growing tsunami of information pollution.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
It is this expanding ability to gather support from groups who are directly undermined by right wing policies that “we” need to get up to speed on and disrupt.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
What fascinates me is how the fossil fuel defending right wing has captured a wide swath of health focused groups to support right wing agendas. The two “seem” incompatible given one is seeking health & the other unencumbered fossil fuel expansion—thus magnified pollutions.
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Wonderful! I look forward to any updates on your work!
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Just added you:) Is that all textile work I see in your images?
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Meghan Wise @meghanwise.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Love hearing this, and LOVE the important role libraries play in community climate action, safety, literacy and more!! 📚 🌱
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