It was incredible to have such a talented slate of candidates running for the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Board. Here are election results…

SEJ members — if you haven’t updated your SEJ profile in awhile, please take two minutes to check it out: sej.memberclicks.net/my-profile. A good email address is especially important for dues and election reminders. Thanks!

"I've been a guest on other people's land since I was five. Home has always been a matter of memory." Omar El Akkad in conversation with Carl Safina and Dr. Amy Brady from Orion Magazine.

This conversation with Tory Stephens 🌱 of grist & one of my fave librarians, Corey Farrenkopf, is delightful and necessary: how to wildly imagine a better future into existence through storytelling. #climatecrisis, Blue Marble Librarians #clifi

NYC 3 months apart. The climate crisis will manifest in hundreds of ways and we need to be ready

Last week, NYC hosted Climate week. Today, it’s underwater. Every day, it's becoming more obvious: Climate change isn't a far-off threat - it's impacting us right here, right now. #NYCFlood

Some personal/professional news. . . . Guardian US announces creation of new investigations unit, with Michael Hudson as first-ever US head of investigations theguardian.com/gnm-press-offi… Guardian US

You can now track some of the sea turtles that have been released on #CapeCod beaches. The New England Aquarium was able to tag a record 14 turtles this summer with the help of additional funding. Find a link to the map in our story ⬇️ capeandislands.org/local-news/202…

Happy to be included in John Ruwitch 's NPR story on sponge cities. The scale at which we've interfered with the water cycle is astounding. Up to 87% of wetlands drained, urban pavement doubled just since 1992. Sponge cities works, if at comparable scale. npr.org/2023/10/03/120…

Thanks, Prof. Katharine Hayhoe, for summing up the Pope Francis's new encyclical on the #climatecrisis. Check out her 🧵. Religion & Environment Story Project

From stories about using wind to power cargo ships to about reducing food waste, this week of stories from NPR & member stations on climate solutions gives me hope. Huge thanks to the visionaries, editors and reporters NPR who made this week possible! npr.org/series/1199537…

Hello, folks at #sciwri23! I'd like to draw your attention to a new, FREE resource: The The Open Notebook Science Writers Database is for science writers, editors & communicators of all kinds (pssst, that's you!) Join now! We're almost up to 800 entries! theopennotebook.com/writers/

Local love to these excellent books by Elizabeth Rush Jeff Sharlet & Tamar Haspel prominently featured at Sturgis library, where we also just scored a first edition Silent Spring by Rachel Carson at their book sale. If only Stephen Prothero would let me open it. ;)

On NOVEMBER 16, Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) is hosting the Journalists' Guide to Environment and Energy 2024 in Washington, DC to preview the top stories in the year ahead. There will be a reception to follow! Register at: eventbrite.com/e/environmenta…

This year's Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Journalists' Guide event in DC is stacked. Hear from: -David Byrne -Justin Worland -Deb Krol -Shondiin Mayo -Karla Mendes -Chase Cain -Somini Sengupta🥭 ...and more! 11/16, 3-5 p.m. at GW University. Details: eventbrite.com/e/environmenta…

Happening now! Stephen Prothero on CAI in conversation with Mindy Todd on The Point, talking about #spiritualbutnotreligious, #drugs, the link between seeking for #God and #capitalism.

"But a wave that strikes a seawall never breaks and dissipates, as it would on a beach; instead, it bounces off like an echo, its destructive force intact." The New Yorker's Daniel A. Gross on the hubris of #seawalls in the fight against #climatechange buff.ly/47hlIFM

I miss y'all! You don't need a fancy shmancy invite anymore! Come find me on (at) meerasub.bsky.social! bsky.app/profile/meeras…