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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD

@sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social
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professor, chair, author, speaker climate justice, environment, emotions, + activism

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Joseph Henderson @josephenderson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Big thanks to @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social for this thoughtful interview about some of my ongoing scholarship on masculinity, climate change, and education. Check it out: www.khsu.org/show/climate...
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Is it 'unmanly' to care about climate change?
What’s pulling so many men away from climate action?
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I want to uplift an amazing offering: a 7-week online learning journey about how to respond to the polycrisis with mindful & compassionate action, based on the fab book Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet. Next cohort starts March 1: plumvillage.org/courses/zen-...
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Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet | Plum Village
Welcome to a 7-week in-depth online learning journey to nurture insight, compassion, community, and mindful action in service of the Earth.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
“We’re drinking from this firehose of grief and fear and overwhelm. The alarm bells are going off everywhere—and instead of moving in response, they become a chronic part of our nervous system.” On Climate Magic with Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner www.khsu.org/show/climate...
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Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner on “The Firehose of Alarms”
"Paying attention to existence is important when we’re living in a time of climate change because it helps the present moment to not be stolen away from us," says Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
What happens when your brain meets climate change? Enjoy this interview with “Your Brain on Climate” host Dave Powell on Climate Magic! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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Dave Powell: “This is Your Brain on Climate”
Podcast Episode · Climate Magic · 01/05/2026 · 59m
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
How can listening better solve the polycrisis? How do we work together with/as messy humans for the sake of the earth? Listen to this week's episode of Climate Magic with @fkearns.bsky.social author of Getting to the Heart of Science Communication open.spotify.com/episode/3ZFs...
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Faith Kearns believes that better communication can save the world
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Edge Effects @edgeeffectsmag.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Today on the Edge Effects podcast, Alexander Menrisky speaks with @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social about his recent book, Everyday Ecofascism: Crisis and Consumption in American Literature. They discuss how consumption is tied to national identity and how ecofascism lurks in the everyday. 🇺🇸 🌳
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American Ecofascism: A Conversation with Alexander Menrisky - Edge Effects
Alexander Menrisky speaks about his new book, Everyday Ecofascism: Crisis and Consumption in American Literature.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Join us- thebtscenter.org/bts-cil-2025...
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(Re)building Relationships: Good Medicine for the Climate Crisis | The BTS Center
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Loved sitting with Katharine Wilkinson to talk about heart-centered climate work in this week’s episode of Climate Magic. And she’s got a new book coming out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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“Thinking Like an Oak Tree” with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson
Podcast Episode · Climate Magic · 11/20/2025 · 59m
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Cal Poly Humboldt @calpolyhumboldt.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Review for Climate Magic w/ @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social: "For anyone curious about how emotion and action intertwine in the climate movement, this podcast is both grounding and illuminating." www.parentsforclimate.org/climate_magi...
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Climate Magic: podcast review
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
"I can choose to see my students' annoying behavior as rooted in alienation, dissociation, moral injury, fear of their futures.. Of course they would rather scroll their lives away on Tiktok. Wouldn’t you, given the world we’re handing over to them?" - open.substack.com/pub/sarahjaq...
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How the Dharma Taught Me How to Teach
What would happen if our teachers were motivated less by ego and individualism, and more by compassion and creating community?
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Grist @grist.org · 02/09/2025
Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation. We mapped them all. Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk. grist.org/accountabili... #Maps #Chicago #Toxic #Health #Lead #Pipes #Policy #Politics #Illinois
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Chicago’s lead pipe crisis, mapped
Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Why Climate Magic? "We are the magicians,"- Krista Franklin open.substack.com/pub/sarahjaq...
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Why Climate Magic?
A new podcast on the emotional life of climate politics to support the climate-weary and leverage our hearts and minds in service of the planet.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
How can we leverage our hearts and minds for better climate action and collective healing? This is the topic of my new podcast, Climate Magic, now available on Spotify and Apple. Please share and follow! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/.../climate-... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6q5sdP1....
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
"Should we be alarmed, not just by the material effects that will come from defunding climate research, but by the seemingly innocent dropping of the mere word 'climate change' from public discourse? And what are the benefits of unnaming climate?” open.substack.com/pub/sarahjaq...
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Unnaming Climate
Aside from the material attacks on climate science and life on this planet, a more subtle discursive erasure is also afoot. What's lost--and gained--in unnaming climate?
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Has the word "climate change" lost its utility? Do we need to to speak of "climate change" to work for climate justice? Short answer: Yes, and no! Think this through with me- open.substack.com/pub/sarahjaq...
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Unnaming Climate
Aside from the material attacks on climate science and life on this planet, a more subtle discursive erasure is also afoot. What's lost--and gained--in unnaming climate?
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Hurt People Hurt the Planet: "The punisher, misogynist, anthropocentrist, abuser, and hater are all taking up residence in me. They’re not just “out there” ... I can confront those forces right here, right now, at the frontlines of my own nervous system." open.substack.com/pub/sarahjaq...
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Hurt People Hurt the Planet
Healing isn't just for yourself. It's a theory of change, and we need it more than ever as institutions fail us.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Can we make giving a shit about others cool again? open.substack.com/pub/sarahjaq...
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The Solution to All the Problems
Can we make giving a shit about others cool again?
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I got my hackles up with that Princeton letter from Dept. of Commerce, citing "climate anxiety" as a reason to cut climate research. sarahjaquetteray.substack.com/p/the-weapon...
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The Weaponization of Youth Climate Anxiety
How the right is using young people's worries about their future to destroy the planet
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
From "Ok, boomer" to the Third Act, it's good to see this shift in the role of boomers in activism. Let's keep moving toward intergenerational coalition-building! Great piece by @billmckibben.bsky.social and @akayawind.bsky.social www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: Why older Americans are Trump's biggest nightmare
If you're over 60, you viscerally get the need for, say, the Clean Air Act, functioning Social Security and affordable dolls at Christmas.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Let's get money out of politics so we can get people in office who represent the people. Latest news on climate politics of Americans, plus how many Americans disapprove of current immigration and economy policies, suggests we aren't voting in alignment with our politics.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
What's in a name? "‘Climate change’ sounds like a phrase that a government agency might employ to justify new fishing regulations or a phenomenon a scholar from outside the community might study... too political, too cold, too loaded to map onto everyday life.” www.theassemblync.com/environment/...
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In N.C., Climate Change Is Happening—Just Don't Call It That
Rising seas and stronger storms are reshaping coastal North Carolina, but many avoid terms like climate change even as they live its effects.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Dana Fisher's survey results from NoKings events Saturday. "Consistent with the Resistance to the Trump Administration during its first term, the majority of hosts and participants were female, predominantly white, and highly educated". danarfisher.com/2025/06/15/t...
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The Resistance Rises to Declare #NoKings
On June 14th, while Donald Trump held a military parade in our nation’s Capitol, millions of people across the US mobilized to protest the actions of the Trump Administration and its policies…
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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Bsky doesn't have enough users to change discourse by itself. But clean UI/lack of algos probably makes it underrated as an organizing tool for highly engaged Ds & lefties. Protests happen, TikTok/Insta then extend reach to normies. Minimized coverage because of media cuts/billionaire throttling.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Burnout and fatalism are everywhere, and it feels good to be in community with people in the nonprofit/philanthropy world. Thanks to @jimrendon.bsky.social for being such a great interviewer and writer for this piece! www.philanthropy.com/article/feel...
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Feeling Burned Out, Overwhelmed, and Outmatched? This Professor Has Some Advice
Finding community is the “holy grail” to keep going when you’re trying to solve social problems against what seem like impossible odds. Joy is important, too.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
www.nokings.org
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No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Climate Magic's first episode with @jyotimishra.bsky.social aired yesterday, on climate mental health, wildfire and trauma, and collective healing. Follow the show! open.spotify.com/episode/74sd...
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Dr. Jyoti Mishra: Neuroscience vs. Climate Change
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
excited to launch a new show on our local radio program, and you can access it on KHSU.org, talking to smartie pants peeps about the emotional and cognitive life of climate politics: www.khsu.org/show/climate...
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Climate Magic
It's hard to get your head around climate change. And it's not just you - our brains simply aren't wired to think about problems at that scale. And why would they be? Understandably, this can lead to ...
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
this will be an awesome opportunity.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
a great episode on climate anxiety and the kid question with Jade Sasser and Elizabeth Bechard: www.npr.org/2025/05/27/1...
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Climate anxiety is changing how we think about kids. Should it? : Short Wave
Gen Z and younger millennials are the most climate literate generations the world has ever seen. They learned about climate change in school; now, it's part of how they plan for the future, including ...
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
NEW: A majority of registered voters want federal agencies like the CDC, NIH, and FEMA to increase their efforts to protect people from the health harms of global warming. Learn more in our new climate note:
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A majority of registered voters want federal agencies to increase their efforts to protect people from the health harms of global warming
55% said federal agencies should do more to protect people from the health harms of global warming.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Talking to Yasmin and Natalie was so fun. They edited this into a beautiful episode, IMHO! Hope you enjoy, and share with your young peeps!
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Today! 5/8/25! Join us.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Hopeful news from CA! The Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act (SB 684/AB 1243) has passed out of committee with a 9-4 vote. This legislation, already passed in VT and NYS, would compel fossil fuel polluters to pay for climate damage. Here’s more about it: biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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Lawmakers Introduce California Bill to Make Polluters Pay for Climate Damage
Bill Comes After Historic L.A. Wildfires
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Environmental groups up next for possible removal of nonprofit status. Will Trump declare climate activism terrorism next? news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
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Environment Groups Prep for Possible Attack on Nonprofit Status
Major environmental groups are guarding against a potential order from President Donald Trump that could strip away their tax-exempt status, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg Law Wednesd...
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Climate Psychology Alliance of North America @climatena.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
“Yes, they’re anxious. But they’re ignoring the cause of that anxiety, which is the failure of governments to act.” Thank you, @emorwee.bsky.social! heated.world/p/climate-sc...
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Climate science isn't giving your kid anxiety
Trump's newest argument for defunding climate science is that it's giving kids anxiety. But that's not really why kids are upset.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Go Harvard! Thanks to the Princeton pres and ex-pres of Columbia for making the interview rounds and setting the stage so we could get this Harvard outcome. Federal dollars SHOULD support research and higher ed as a collective good. But if the cost is an attack on democracy, we'll find another way.
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Climate Psychology Alliance of North America @climatena.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
CLIMATE JOURNALISTS! We need your help. Tell us what you need! Please share this important survey. utulsapsychology.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Training Needs and their Psychological Impact on Environmental Journalists
WHY IS THIS RESEARCH STUDY BEING DONE? Despite journalists reporting mental health impacts related to their work on climate issues, this topic remains vastly understudied. Thus, in collaboration with ...
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I’m hearing a lot of this- that the climate scientists are the one causing the anxiety, not climate change itself.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
So cool. They just keep getting more and more data!
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
"Undermining the capacity for resistance is a precursor to consolidation of authoritarian power. When people are scared and isolated, they stop organizing... Ashamed, they go quiet.. Exhausted, they lose the ability to imagine something different." by Paul Shattuck open.substack.com/pub/paultsha...
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Life Inside the Authoritarian Harm Complex: Understand It to Stay Human
Trump and Musk want to break you through a blitz of actions that destabilize every level of life. Seeing the pattern of personal and institutional harm is how you begin to resist and stay human.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Join me as I moderate a panel of experts on the connections between #authoritarianism, #reproductivejustice, #xenophobia, and #climatechange, and how "imperfect solidarities" can help.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
"When journalism is shaped by algorithms rather than journalistic ethics, our perception of reality shifts with it. We no longer see a mirror of the world - we see a reflection of whatever keeps us scrolling the longest." nice work @branten.bsky.social: thestartingpoints.substack.com/p/when-truth...
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When Truth Crumbles: The Personal, the Political, and the Boundaries of Reality
From Trump to Bezos, from MeToo to colonial legacies - a journey through the truths we have lived by, the ones we have lost, and those we have yet to realize we need.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I’m loving this book. How can we measure—and therefore better see—how climate change is affecting our lives? Reinforces how CC is a social problem as much as it is an env one. pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/...
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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
This explanation is really helpful! Will be sitting with it. Something that caught my eye recently is @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social saying 'Be less right, more in relation...' youtu.be/65Zrd9SaDI0?... (at 1h16m50s)
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When Climate Anxiety Leans Right: Eco Fascism, Buffalo and Roe
YouTube video by Climate Psychology Alliance NA
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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · 23/11/2024
thank you for the recommendation! The Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators: How to Teach in a Burning World edited by Jennifer Atkinson & @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social (ucpress.bsky.social 2024) see @nichecanada.bsky.social
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New Book - The Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators: How to Teach in a Burning World
How can educators help students imagine thriving in a climate-changed world?
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Thanks to WOHESC (Washington/Oregon Higher Ed Sustainability Conference) for an amazing time learning in community with brilliant students, staff, and faculty working on the just transition on PNW campuses.
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Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
How does climate anxiety explain the far right? It's not denial, and science isn't the answer. "Framing disasters within a moral narrative gives an authoritarian agenda powerful justification." thestartingpoints.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
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Trump and the New Climate Feudalism: A Strategy for Dominance in a Collapsing World
A systemic shift - but not the one we hoped for
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