Megan Maurer

cultural anthro I interdisciplinary scholar
interested in relationships among people & plants in cities
committed to equity & sustainability
she/her

[Megan Maurer @MegMaurer2]

New York City has a population of 8 million people and an urban forest of more than 7 million trees. Our city and its trees need each other to survive and thrive in a climate-changing world.
Learn more: https://t.co/wmRlXa67zF #ForestforAllNYC #NYCUrbanForestAgenda

[Megan Maurer @MegMaurer2]

The whole thread is grand but you know I’m here for the pro-lentil stand. Long live the legume!

[Tamar Haspel @TamarHaspel]

I know I say this all the time.

You're tired of it. Me too!

But fundamental misconceptions about food & climate get repeated ALL THE TIME.

If you want to eat for the planet, eat LESS BEEF and MORE LENTILS.

Thanks for listening.

[Takami (TAH-kah-mee)貴美 @tsd1888]

“Winning” grants/debates etc
“Defending” dissertation
“Competitive” awards
What else comes to mind?

Academia is like sports. Worse, it’s conceptualized & practiced as some sort of war or imperialist projects (remember “The Imperial University”?)

Need to change this language

[NATURA @natura_project]

Deadline Extended! @USL_NYC is seeking applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Urban Nature-Based Solutions. Great opportunity for an outstanding scholar to work with an international team of NbS researchers and practitioners. To apply visit: https://t.co/2DdesPrcKs

[Megan Maurer @MegMaurer2]

@tsd1888 As a New Yorker, I find his existence infuriating . . . so much media coverage of this guy. Like, you know other people are running, right? I want to hear more about all the WoC on the ballot and less about this flash-in-the-pan dude.

[Ecodesign Collective (@[email protected]) @EcoDesignCollec]

Please take some time to absorb and share this extraordinary talk and conversation with landscape architect Kofi Boone (@KBbop) on the lessons and legacies of Black landscape history, experience, and practice. It will change how you see the environment.
https://t.co/43YzNSrlQD

[Megan Maurer @MegMaurer2]

@anthropologia 16, filing medical records

[Megan Maurer @MegMaurer2]

Preparing for the most exciting presentation of my career thus far: "How Plants Help Us." To be presented, at my child's request, to the kindergarten class tomorrow.

[Mythri Jegathesan @MythriJega]

Please read this statement centering the demands of MOVE and the Africa family and the resources at the end of the statement. And watch the MOVE press conference linked in the statement. Thank you @ABA_AAA @SbaArch and @BlackinBioAnth for writing this. #Anthrotwitter

[Adrian Pietrzak @zoningwonk]

If there was one thing I wish I could get every American to understand it's this map. Being "closer to nature" doesn't make you greener. Cities are greener because people ditch cars & live in smaller spaces. Every apartment not built in a city pushes more people out into the red.

[Megan Maurer @MegMaurer2]

@tsd1888 "Jell-o Salad" and derivations there-of, as in, "you're nuttier than a Jell-o Salad," or "Jell-o Salad has more of a backbone than you," etc.

(FYI I personally love Jell-o Salad and this would cut me to the bone)

[Megan Maurer @MegMaurer2]

@babybelladonna2 Had a baby and spiteful refusal to “be a statistic” was pretty much the only thing that kept me going. Nb. deciding to quit would have been a completely valid option b/c it should not be on parents to persist in a toxic system.

[Megan Maurer @MegMaurer2]

Did fieldwork, as in actually being in a park talking to people, for the first time in over a year. Talking to NYers about the glory of tulips, relativeness of 'fresh air' and 'quiet', and our unique relationship to rats was, as always, THE BEST.

[Megan Maurer @MegMaurer2]

@piliffq Pearl (Welsh) Mason (German)

[Columbia Climate School @columbiaclimate]

How Universities Can Support Interdisciplinary Careers for Climate and Sustainability Progress
Earth Institute postdocs: @juanicoha, @MegMaurer2, @HydroClim, @piliffq chat with @Revkin, @AlexNHalliday, Rita Colwell, first woman director of @NSF.
https://t.co/aOQ10YJHFd

[Megan Maurer @MegMaurer2]

Fuck yeah!

[Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo @NYGovCuomo]

#BREAKING: Starting Tuesday, April 6 at 8am, all New Yorkers age 16+ will be eligible to schedule and receive the COVID-19 vaccines.

And beginning tomorrow at 8am, all New Yorkers age 30+ will be eligible to schedule and receive the vaccines.

Let’s #VaccinateNY

[Megan Maurer @MegMaurer2]

This is good, but personally I recommend reminding everyone about the cycles of living and killing and dying and rotting that we are all (as beings in ecologies) implicated in with a rousing "someone's got to die!" Really sidetracks the conversation for awhile.

[Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ @Revkin]

Loved this @earthinstitute brainstorm: Postdocs & two climate/sustainability leaders explore how to overcome barriers in dominant academic models hindering young scientists pursuing tough sustainability goals. Here @megmaurer2 notes community-based work takes time...