Ecoliteracy has never been in such short supply, nor so urgently needed as we transition to a new civilisation.
@waspwoman.bsky.social 🎯
@waspwoman.bsky.social 🎯
UK 16yr olds will soon be able to take a GCSE in Natural History.
#DofE have released the curriculum specification for public consultation.
My thoughts on how it performs in
@uk.theconversation.com
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theconversation.com/eco-literate...
#DofE have released the curriculum specification for public consultation.
My thoughts on how it performs in
@uk.theconversation.com
@ucllifesciences.bsky.social @curlewaction.bsky.social
theconversation.com/eco-literate...
Eco-literate children can be stewards of nature – here’s how to boost environmental education
How we train the next generation is critical to nature recovery.
theconversation.com
June 19, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Ecoliteracy has never been in such short supply, nor so urgently needed as we transition to a new civilisation.
@waspwoman.bsky.social 🎯
@waspwoman.bsky.social 🎯
NATUUR | Wat wisten mensen in de Middeleeuwen over de natuur? Hoe keken mensen naar de natuur en wat deden ze met die kennis? Luister naar een interessant gesprek over biodiversiteit en historische ecoliteracy met dr. Claire Weeda (@claireweeda.bsky.social)!
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April 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
NATUUR | Wat wisten mensen in de Middeleeuwen over de natuur? Hoe keken mensen naar de natuur en wat deden ze met die kennis? Luister naar een interessant gesprek over biodiversiteit en historische ecoliteracy met dr. Claire Weeda (@claireweeda.bsky.social)!
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Today was a good day.
As part of our multi-year lake shoreline restoration project we planted a native species food forest with a class of grade 4 students eager to learn about watersheds and riparian ecosystems.
Ecoliteracy among youth while restoring degraded land.
A very good day.
As part of our multi-year lake shoreline restoration project we planted a native species food forest with a class of grade 4 students eager to learn about watersheds and riparian ecosystems.
Ecoliteracy among youth while restoring degraded land.
A very good day.
June 5, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Today was a good day.
As part of our multi-year lake shoreline restoration project we planted a native species food forest with a class of grade 4 students eager to learn about watersheds and riparian ecosystems.
Ecoliteracy among youth while restoring degraded land.
A very good day.
As part of our multi-year lake shoreline restoration project we planted a native species food forest with a class of grade 4 students eager to learn about watersheds and riparian ecosystems.
Ecoliteracy among youth while restoring degraded land.
A very good day.
6. Another big part of the problem is the media seemingly being allergic to female ecologists trying to spread eco literacy on this.
I pitched to write on this for the Guardian a few years ago because of all the media & NGO greenwashing, but they weren’t interested.
I pitched to write on this for the Guardian a few years ago because of all the media & NGO greenwashing, but they weren’t interested.
March 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In conversation with an ecologist that's worked alongside the wild beaver reintroduction in #Scotland I got a strong message of establish good & appropriate riparian tree cover 1st, as existing wild beaver establishment will decimate your attempts.
#ClimateAction #Rewilding minds & #Ecoliteracy
#ClimateAction #Rewilding minds & #Ecoliteracy
A beaver dam in British Columbia shows its ability to hold back sediment pollution during heavy rainfall, sediment damages freshwater habitat.
Two pairs of beavers are making a new wild home in Studland #UK & their unrestricted www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#nature #climatecrisis
Two pairs of beavers are making a new wild home in Studland #UK & their unrestricted www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#nature #climatecrisis
March 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In conversation with an ecologist that's worked alongside the wild beaver reintroduction in #Scotland I got a strong message of establish good & appropriate riparian tree cover 1st, as existing wild beaver establishment will decimate your attempts.
#ClimateAction #Rewilding minds & #Ecoliteracy
#ClimateAction #Rewilding minds & #Ecoliteracy
Parallel forms of love are necessary now to resist any degenerative "leadership" in power.
Undermine their negatives by positive, local Ethics of Care, shared knowledge (ecoliteracy), and mutual aid.
Undermine their negatives by positive, local Ethics of Care, shared knowledge (ecoliteracy), and mutual aid.
March 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Parallel forms of love are necessary now to resist any degenerative "leadership" in power.
Undermine their negatives by positive, local Ethics of Care, shared knowledge (ecoliteracy), and mutual aid.
Undermine their negatives by positive, local Ethics of Care, shared knowledge (ecoliteracy), and mutual aid.
I’m writing a research proposal related to ecoliteracy that I need humanity eyes on preferably from someone familiar with the literature. Anyone want to help me out? :)
December 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I’m writing a research proposal related to ecoliteracy that I need humanity eyes on preferably from someone familiar with the literature. Anyone want to help me out? :)
🥳 It’s our book’s 4th birthday.
This one gives children a gentle introduction to wildlife adaptations and limitations in extreme weather and seasonal ecology, and helps children understand things they can do to help.
Suitable for 4-8 year olds.
It is a Guardian top pick.
#EcoLiteracy #Kidlit 📚
This one gives children a gentle introduction to wildlife adaptations and limitations in extreme weather and seasonal ecology, and helps children understand things they can do to help.
Suitable for 4-8 year olds.
It is a Guardian top pick.
#EcoLiteracy #Kidlit 📚
June 28, 2026 at 10:52 AM
🥳 It’s our book’s 4th birthday.
This one gives children a gentle introduction to wildlife adaptations and limitations in extreme weather and seasonal ecology, and helps children understand things they can do to help.
Suitable for 4-8 year olds.
It is a Guardian top pick.
#EcoLiteracy #Kidlit 📚
This one gives children a gentle introduction to wildlife adaptations and limitations in extreme weather and seasonal ecology, and helps children understand things they can do to help.
Suitable for 4-8 year olds.
It is a Guardian top pick.
#EcoLiteracy #Kidlit 📚
Fully funded PhD Governing Urban Sustainability: Knowledge, Ecoliteracy, and Biodiversity in the City www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Ref: IDRT26/URBANFUTURES/KOPNINA)
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Fully funded PhD Governing Urban Sustainability: Knowledge, Ecoliteracy, and Biodiversity in the City www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Ref: IDRT26/URBANFUTURES/KOPNINA)
Well, wouldn't it be lovely if PASSIVE solar was integral to all new designs. But that's not "GDP" focused. Ho hum. #ecoliteracy #RealAmbition #Architecture #SDG #UK #Governance #RIBA #BuildingControl
There's quite a nice pattern emerging where parts of the press get really angry about net zero, and then a day or two later the government just goes ahead and announces another ambitious climate policy. www.businessgreen.com/news/4413004...
'A common-sense decision': Government to make solar panels mandatory for new homes in England
Ministers expected to beef-up Future Homes Standard to ensure solar panels are installed on 99 per cent of new build homes from 2027
www.businessgreen.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Well, wouldn't it be lovely if PASSIVE solar was integral to all new designs. But that's not "GDP" focused. Ho hum. #ecoliteracy #RealAmbition #Architecture #SDG #UK #Governance #RIBA #BuildingControl
They just don't understand, I mean on a deep level. They aren't equipped, nor willing to change their value priorities. The Party mindset blocks them too. I think that a huge, deliberate ecoliteracy (educational) taskforce be set up for all representatives and civil servants. Even the basics!
January 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
They just don't understand, I mean on a deep level. They aren't equipped, nor willing to change their value priorities. The Party mindset blocks them too. I think that a huge, deliberate ecoliteracy (educational) taskforce be set up for all representatives and civil servants. Even the basics!
I like how it looks like an actual European natural area and not a stereotype of a beachside forest. Well, aside from the weirdly incongruous magic Agave (which judging by context seems intended to be a wild plant and not something planted). Ecoliteracy has never been Alexis Kennedy's strong suit.
September 27, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I like how it looks like an actual European natural area and not a stereotype of a beachside forest. Well, aside from the weirdly incongruous magic Agave (which judging by context seems intended to be a wild plant and not something planted). Ecoliteracy has never been Alexis Kennedy's strong suit.
Yes indeed & “one populist rewilder” has expensive PR & media mates in all the right places who lack ecoliteracy & love clickbait.
I’m apparently the baddie for calling it out, so are several other real scientists.
Follow the money…
I’m apparently the baddie for calling it out, so are several other real scientists.
Follow the money…
Like reintroductions, reinforcements only work when the drivers of species declines have been eliminated. One populist rewilder claims of 50K Water Vole releases; unlikely to be successful if these are not associated with long-term Mink control/eradication.
A project to protect river animals by eradicating mink has seen the East of England become the only place in Britain where water vole populations are increasing...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Yes indeed & “one populist rewilder” has expensive PR & media mates in all the right places who lack ecoliteracy & love clickbait.
I’m apparently the baddie for calling it out, so are several other real scientists.
Follow the money…
I’m apparently the baddie for calling it out, so are several other real scientists.
Follow the money…
Advocating Ecoliteracy and Relational Fluency – Falling in Love Again with a Living World
The Earth is alive.
To be ecoliterate is to understand this interdependence; to practice relational fluency is to live it.
https://www.birthinganancientfuture.com/blog/advocating-ecoliteracy
The Earth is alive.
To be ecoliterate is to understand this interdependence; to practice relational fluency is to live it.
https://www.birthinganancientfuture.com/blog/advocating-ecoliteracy
September 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Advocating Ecoliteracy and Relational Fluency – Falling in Love Again with a Living World
The Earth is alive.
To be ecoliterate is to understand this interdependence; to practice relational fluency is to live it.
https://www.birthinganancientfuture.com/blog/advocating-ecoliteracy
The Earth is alive.
To be ecoliterate is to understand this interdependence; to practice relational fluency is to live it.
https://www.birthinganancientfuture.com/blog/advocating-ecoliteracy
Not unimportant or “cute” (I’ve recently seen some harsh criticisms of posts that don’t address the climate crisis, other crises, etc), posts like this promote #ecoliteracy, an expanded Earth-centered vocabulary & can help bring back #lostwords.
The meanings of the word for a wren, from eight different languages...
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
December 5, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Not unimportant or “cute” (I’ve recently seen some harsh criticisms of posts that don’t address the climate crisis, other crises, etc), posts like this promote #ecoliteracy, an expanded Earth-centered vocabulary & can help bring back #lostwords.
We need #Ecoliteracy fostering #CriticalThinking about #Degrowth, #CircularEconomy & #Education for #Biodiversity
Why remain critical of #SDGs? Our earlier work: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... Alternatives disucssed in BERJ: doi.org/10.1002/berj...
Why remain critical of #SDGs? Our earlier work: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... Alternatives disucssed in BERJ: doi.org/10.1002/berj...
January 24, 2026 at 2:17 PM
We need #Ecoliteracy fostering #CriticalThinking about #Degrowth, #CircularEconomy & #Education for #Biodiversity
Why remain critical of #SDGs? Our earlier work: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... Alternatives disucssed in BERJ: doi.org/10.1002/berj...
Why remain critical of #SDGs? Our earlier work: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... Alternatives disucssed in BERJ: doi.org/10.1002/berj...
➡️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2xhp...
➡️ Apple: podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/m...
➡️ Acast: shows.acast.com/middeleeuwen...
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➡️ Apple: podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/m...
➡️ Acast: shows.acast.com/middeleeuwen...
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Kennis over de natuur in de Middeleeuwen: insecten, biodiversiteit en historische ecoliteracy
open.spotify.com
April 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
➡️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2xhp...
➡️ Apple: podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/m...
➡️ Acast: shows.acast.com/middeleeuwen...
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➡️ Apple: podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/m...
➡️ Acast: shows.acast.com/middeleeuwen...
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🥳 It’s our book’s 4th birthday.
This one gives children a gentle introduction to wildlife adaptations and limitations in extreme weather and seasonal ecology, and helps children understand things they can do to help.
Suitable for 4-8 year olds.
It is a Guardian top pick.
#EcoLiteracy #Kidlit 📚
This one gives children a gentle introduction to wildlife adaptations and limitations in extreme weather and seasonal ecology, and helps children understand things they can do to help.
Suitable for 4-8 year olds.
It is a Guardian top pick.
#EcoLiteracy #Kidlit 📚
June 28, 2026 at 10:56 AM
🥳 It’s our book’s 4th birthday.
This one gives children a gentle introduction to wildlife adaptations and limitations in extreme weather and seasonal ecology, and helps children understand things they can do to help.
Suitable for 4-8 year olds.
It is a Guardian top pick.
#EcoLiteracy #Kidlit 📚
This one gives children a gentle introduction to wildlife adaptations and limitations in extreme weather and seasonal ecology, and helps children understand things they can do to help.
Suitable for 4-8 year olds.
It is a Guardian top pick.
#EcoLiteracy #Kidlit 📚
Ecoliteracy (best, shared knowledge & pedadogy/mentorship), listening, compassion (emotional awareness), safe refuge, wellbeing... as part of nature... means LOCAL practice, global accumulative effects/affects.
#ReadEcoFeminismAndBookchinNussbaumMargulisAndMe
#ReadEcoFeminismAndBookchinNussbaumMargulisAndMe
Yes. Though community care or a form of local, political love is also resistance.
February 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Ecoliteracy (best, shared knowledge & pedadogy/mentorship), listening, compassion (emotional awareness), safe refuge, wellbeing... as part of nature... means LOCAL practice, global accumulative effects/affects.
#ReadEcoFeminismAndBookchinNussbaumMargulisAndMe
#ReadEcoFeminismAndBookchinNussbaumMargulisAndMe
True biodiversity grows through daily choices and collective care. From seed exchanges to shared meals, communities and youth transform values into action—protecting land, culture, and future together.
#BiodiversityIsLife #Agroecology #Ecoliteracy
#BiodiversityIsLife #Agroecology #Ecoliteracy
August 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
True biodiversity grows through daily choices and collective care. From seed exchanges to shared meals, communities and youth transform values into action—protecting land, culture, and future together.
#BiodiversityIsLife #Agroecology #Ecoliteracy
#BiodiversityIsLife #Agroecology #Ecoliteracy
Graphic Recording for the 9th EACAS Conference on "Actioning Change Through Education: Transforming Human-Animal Relations in Times of Crisis", which took place in Berlin this weekend. 🐺🐘🐮🐦 @eacas.bsky.social #animalstudies #animalrights #ecoliteracy #graphicrecording #wolf #elephant #cow #bird
May 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Graphic Recording for the 9th EACAS Conference on "Actioning Change Through Education: Transforming Human-Animal Relations in Times of Crisis", which took place in Berlin this weekend. 🐺🐘🐮🐦 @eacas.bsky.social #animalstudies #animalrights #ecoliteracy #graphicrecording #wolf #elephant #cow #bird
I havent eaten so far,, [[id like to omad 200cals or less today honestly]
Instead i made these frames to create recycled paper for a work thing to teach ecoliteracy
I think they went ok ,, ill find out if they work tomorrow
Instead i made these frames to create recycled paper for a work thing to teach ecoliteracy
I think they went ok ,, ill find out if they work tomorrow
July 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I havent eaten so far,, [[id like to omad 200cals or less today honestly]
Instead i made these frames to create recycled paper for a work thing to teach ecoliteracy
I think they went ok ,, ill find out if they work tomorrow
Instead i made these frames to create recycled paper for a work thing to teach ecoliteracy
I think they went ok ,, ill find out if they work tomorrow
I have a bookshop via @bookshop-org.bsky.social because I love making book collections/book lists. Check it out if you are interested: bookshop.org/shop/Daughte...
Daughter Earth Bookshop
Daughter Earth is run by Katy Tanis. Katy writes and illustrates wildlife books for children. She also curates picture book list that help build ecoliteracy.
bookshop.org
March 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I have a bookshop via @bookshop-org.bsky.social because I love making book collections/book lists. Check it out if you are interested: bookshop.org/shop/Daughte...
It's not extraordinary. Quite the opposite.
Unless mass ecoliteracy is unleashed, value priorities will never change.
Most politicians simply do not understand beyond neoliberal economics & term of office.
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social
@janebryngwyn.bsky.social
Unless mass ecoliteracy is unleashed, value priorities will never change.
Most politicians simply do not understand beyond neoliberal economics & term of office.
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social
@janebryngwyn.bsky.social
This is extraordinary! The Government says it will expel MPs if they vote for the Climate & Nature Bill for the vital action to protect our environment—backed by thousands of scientists, NGOs, councils and businesses.
It should be a vote of conscience. What are they thinking??!
It should be a vote of conscience. What are they thinking??!
Labour MPs ordered to sink landmark climate and environment bill
Exclusive: Supporters of bill say Labour has already insisted on removal of clauses requiring UK to meet targets agreed at Cop and other summits
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
It's not extraordinary. Quite the opposite.
Unless mass ecoliteracy is unleashed, value priorities will never change.
Most politicians simply do not understand beyond neoliberal economics & term of office.
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social
@janebryngwyn.bsky.social
Unless mass ecoliteracy is unleashed, value priorities will never change.
Most politicians simply do not understand beyond neoliberal economics & term of office.
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social
@janebryngwyn.bsky.social
Yes, airport expansion on top! Starmer clearly doesn't understand interconnecdedness of humans as part of nature, nor the real value of ecoliteracy in general. If he did, as a critical moral agent, he'd calculate the risk of BAU as blatantly unacceptable.
Exactly - same goes for the planned expansion of the airports. The priority and focus is still economic expansion a la disaster capitalism. Hence arresting climate protesters, even before they have protested in some cases. Starmer doesn't want ecoliteracy.
January 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Yes, airport expansion on top! Starmer clearly doesn't understand interconnecdedness of humans as part of nature, nor the real value of ecoliteracy in general. If he did, as a critical moral agent, he'd calculate the risk of BAU as blatantly unacceptable.