PSE at UMD

The Program for Society & the Environment at UMD is a hub for social scientists and students who study all aspects of the society-environment relationship.

[ASA Sociology @ASAnews]

Scholars from the humanities and social sciences are encouraged to apply for a Resident Scholar Fellowship at the School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe @SchAdvResearch. Applications accepted through the first Mon. in Nov. Find out more: https://t.co/KJ3ahM4q9e

[Jessica Hellmann @JessicaHellmann]

Yep: “For children & young people, climate change is single greatest threat. Virtually every child is exposed to at least 1 climate hazard right now. Young people stand w/ scientists & will continue to sound the alarm.” https://t.co/8qi8S3NhJn
Thx Greta, Adriana, Farzana & Eric.

[The Intercept @theintercept]

New #Deconstructed podcast: @RyanGrim on the climate crisis and the new IPCC report with @dwallacewells and @Fisher_DanaR https://t.co/ZYHXoPzf4H

[IPCC @IPCC_CH]

"We are seeing the effects of #climatechange in every region of the planet - from the polar regions to the tops of mountains, to the bottom of the ocean.”

#IPCC Vice-Chair Ko Barrett on the release of the #IPCC #ClimateReport.

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/uU8bb4inBB

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

We aren’t “dangerously close to a climate catastrophe” we are obviously already in one. But it could still get far worse- unimaginably worse - so we keep fighting. Sliding scale.

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

Tomorrow, @IPCC_CH will release the working group 1 sixth assessment report on the physical science of climate change. It will summarize the latest science on how climate is changing and how it's affecting our world. But ... https://t.co/JsVTR9j5H6

[Joshua Low @joshuaklow]

Any conversation about social movements that has Theda Skocpol, @hahriehan, @Fisher_DanaR, and Leah Wright Rigueur is worth watching. https://t.co/xSdj2KJvCZ

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

It is 115° as we approach 6pm in Las Vegas but thanks to the low humidity it *feels* no hotter than 114°.

[Max Boykoff @maxboykoff]

new 'Electrification Futures' study by @NREL provides viable (& encouraging) vision for electrifying our energy systems. https://t.co/PJNBx1tNDA

"The transformation to a highly electrified economy is an opportunity..."
story: https://t.co/6X9WeyyZdl by @DanGearino @insideclimate

[Fernando Tormos-Aponte @fernandotormos.bsky.social @fernandotormos]

Our @UCSUSA Science Advocacy Working Group is fortunate to draw insights from the work of great social movement scholars like @Fisher_DanaR. Checkout this piece on science activism after Trump. Spoiler alert: science activism is alive and growing stronger!

[Scott Dworkin @funder]

Americans can't keep ignoring the dozens of states sneaking through laws that attack the right to protest and make it more dangerous to take to the streets @Fisher_DanaR

https://t.co/EutQq8d7bj

[BSOS @ UMD @bsosumd]

Great feature on @socyumd's @Fisher_DanaR and her thoughts on the changing politics of climate change via @PBS : https://t.co/KgMvbohDeo @UMDResearch

[Nexus Media News @NexusMediaNews]

We spoke with one of America's most visionary political thinkers, @Fisher_DanaR. Fisher has studied Trump, the insurrection, and Resistance. She says the opportunity to tackle climate change has finally arrived.

#ClimateDemocracy
https://t.co/PQbL2rNP2F

[RGS-IBG Higher Ed @RGS_IBGhe]

New in #WIRESClimate: "Climate activism and its effects" by @Fisher_DanaR & @sohananasrin (@uofmaryland)

https://t.co/vbtGXNXmaH

[PSE at UMD @PSE_UMD]

Wrapping up the 2019-2020 year - Program for #Society and the #Environment https://t.co/FzwXxstVQo

[The Nature Conservancy @nature_org]

Have you heard about our latest partnership? 😃https://t.co/76Td2iJ1yd

[Robert D. Bullard @DrBobBullard]

Youth Climate Strikers Announced "Primary Strikes" for 2020 https://t.co/3OM5NICSe2 via @TeenVogue

[High Meadows Environmental Institute @PrincetonEnviro]

"In a lot of ways, breaking the logjam means changing who's in power." - @Fisher_DanaR @PSE_UMD

The @Princeton Environmental Forum is finishing strong with our final panel about acting on #climatechange now.

[BSOS @ UMD @bsosumd]

Mark your calendar for the next event in our series, Be Informed: Lectures & Libations. On deck: @Fisher_DanaR from @socyumd to discuss her NEW book #AmericanResistance @kramerbooks on 11/7, 6 pm. Register here: https://t.co/WKn2iGt4X7