after an amazing 2 weeks getting oriented on the ins and outs of science + tech + policy with S&TPolicyFellowships, we're officially commissioned! hard to believe just last year we were finishing up our Rubenstein School grad programs, and now Kenna Rewcastle, PhD off to U.S. EPA and myself to USAID 🎉🎊

fun little updates: I've been working on some real interesting USAID #data projects that I'd love to share w #opengov #climate #geography folks (DM if y'wanna) ALSO published paper w amazing, wonderful null & Jane Wyngaard 🥰 #Drones + #metadata! ⏬️ datascience.codata.org/articles/10.53…

So, I find myself 30ft in the air up a tree in Wellingborough- surrounded by police, security & tree surgeons- trying to prevent an illegal tree felling. How did I end up here? Here’s an outrageous story of nature destruction & collusion between authorities & private developer 🧵

Excited about #BeyondGrowth + wondering what you can do stateside? There are many networks that might be of interest! (Potentially on-going🧵) 1️⃣ The degrowUS general assembly will be held on May 24, if you're already into #degrowth + want to get active, that could be for you.

TOMORROW, 8pm Eastern, we are hosting a virtual general assembly. If you're interested in, or curious about, organizing for degrowth in the United States, be there. Register here. degrowus.org/virtual-assemb…

nothing like wildfire smoke to remind us that borders are imperial fiction 🫠

Humans in/of/are Nature -- lots of love for this paper & so happy it's out!! I v much appreciated thinking about embeddedness & sustainability through soil science, entomology, agriculture & monetary theory 🌿✨️ great tweet thread by fearless leader @cbradleymorgan here ⏬️

overcome with emotion! this paper has been many years in the making -- through precarity in jobs and houses and relationships. it's kinda strange & funny, this journey. and I'm so grateful to be able to share this now. doi.org/10.1088/1748-9…

here's a thread about our new publication reviewing the evidence for climate change adaptation & mitigation in agriculture >> iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108… so much gratitude for coauthors Carol Adair, Lini & Carolyn and for support from Gund Institute for Environment CGIAR Rubenstein School & many others 🧡

I've been working on a bunch of climate mapping projects these days (most recently Extreme Heat) -- if anyone wants to talk geography & the opportunities & challenges with geospatial climate data, I would be so grateful for discussions 🌎🌏🌍 ⏬️

even after almost 2 years, I still get a little overwhelmed walking into my office building.. I can't believe how fast 2 years can go (especially in DC!) & I'm so grateful to the AAAS Science Technology Policy Fellowship for bringing me here ✨️

so grateful to my US Society for Ecological Economics colleagues & fellow panelists for including me in discussing Ecological Economics in the federal government! Even from many countries away, the conversations were incredibly thought provoking. hopefully next time I'll make it in person :)