SfNClimateCrisis

Tackling the climate crisis, one brain at a time.
Petition to @SfNtweets:

[SfNClimateCrisis @SfN_climate]

How can it be that in time of climate breakdown one of the largest conferences in the world keeps on doing the same thing?

SfN leadership - when will you reply to our recent letter concerning a huge petition 4 years ago?

https://t.co/xufr8gnHcN

[Fabian Dablander (@fdabl.bsky.social) @fdabl]

How do scientists and academics engage with climate change beyond research? What barriers to engagement do they perceive?

In a new preprint, we investigate this using a survey of 9,220 scientists from all fields & career stages: https://t.co/7kTEaQ7jjm @MaiSachis @jonashaslbeck

[Adam Aron @swaziadam]

Proud to have written this with Cathy Gere.
Calling ALL in large university, hospital & research institutions - check out yr electric power generation. You may find you're actually running on in-house burned methane gas & your institution is hiding behind carbon neutral language

[Charlotte Rae @NeuroRae]

Join me tomorrow 9am with @AnneEUrai @GreenLabGuy @drkjjeffery for our #BNA2021 symposium on Green Neuroscience 💚

[Charlotte Rae @NeuroRae]

For years I waited for an @OHBM SIG on sustainability🌳. This summer 25 of us submitted formation petition and we are now here. Join us at first @OhbmEnvironment meeting Tues 15th Dec (9.00GMT & 18.00GMT) to discuss what neuroimagers can do to save the 🌍

[SfNClimateCrisis @SfN_climate]

@neuromatch is changing neuroscience for the better 🧠

- No-fly conferencing 🌎 with all your favorite people
- Submission as cheap as 1 lunch in the @SfNtweets venue
- Inclusive & diverse

Submit your abstract TODAY and see you there!

[summerfieldlab @summerfieldlab.bsky.social @summerfieldlab]

SFN generates >20K tons of carbon emission every year. Neuromatch generates virtually none, and will be every bit as fun and vibrant. Help make it a success by submitting an abstract.

[Alex Piet @alexpiet]

How has COVID changed opinions and experiences about virtual academic meetings? How often you have participated in virtual meetings?

Please take this 5 minutes survey to tell me!

https://t.co/GGS3p9iac4

[SfNClimateCrisis @SfN_climate]

The University of California presents a Climate Crisis task force report with concrete recommendations: https://t.co/M6beEqXfOT

Get the word out, and use these for your own institution!

thanks to @swaziadam

[Milan Klöwer @milankloewer]

Just published in @nature. Our comment how to decarbonize conference travel🛬&include under-represented groups🌍. Go virtual+Regional hubs = No intercontinental flights & 80% CO₂ savings & occasional face2face. As COVID taught us, virtual is possible. 1/6 https://t.co/NkgPCfj2Lq

[Ben Franta @BenFranta]

Today the Stanford faculty senate voted on whether to recommend divestment from fossil fuels to the board of trustees. They voted overwhelmingly to *keep* investing in fossils.

I watched the meeting. Three words to sum it up: ignorance, excuses, & cowardice.

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[SfNClimateCrisis @SfN_climate]

"How neuroscience labs can limit their environmental impact" https://t.co/yhwKAsJCyZ

[SfNClimateCrisis @SfN_climate]

A call to make academic conferences sustainable, inclusive accessible - a great set of recommendations
https://t.co/pxEwXJ9tMs

[SfNClimateCrisis @SfN_climate]

Super useful travel calculator for big meetings; https://t.co/GO70qNdY0l

[SfNClimateCrisis @SfN_climate]

Estimating, monitoring and minimizing the travel footprint associated with the development of the Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit -- An on-line travel footprint calculator released to the science community

https://t.co/HCw606xDYa

[SfNClimateCrisis @SfN_climate]

Hosting virtual talks that are interesting for a broader audience? Want to keep up with the best in neuroscience while quarantined? @TPVogels has you covered?

Fantastic new resource for green, accessible, high-quality neuroscience talks - right to your laptop. 👏🌎

[Tim Vogels @TPVogels]

We're morphing neurotheory world into a broad platform for neuro talks, https://t.co/86NqvrKtM6, with an initial 30 talks from all over the map & more to come. @BozelosP built clever filter tags, text search and calendar functions for you to pick & choose. Come visit,enjoy, & RT

[SfNClimateCrisis @SfN_climate]

On the 50th Earth Day, take collective action for the planet https://t.co/CLFmabhRk6

[Aneth David, Ph.D. @anethdavidd]

We at @eLifeCommunity published a pre-print paper on "making scientific meetings sustainable"

Coincidentally, the recommendation to make better use of virtual platforms couldn't be more timely.

Thank you @SSarabipour
for leading this initiative.

https://t.co/0onluqQyWL

[Adam Aron @swaziadam]

@sborrie @SfN_climate @AnneEUrai @summerfieldlab @drkjjeffery @russpoldrack @MUKAMEL As @ClimateHuman said so well: "There is no collective action without individuals choosing to contribute to it. There is no cultural shift without individuals leading the way. There is no bright line between systems change and individuals acting according to their principles"

[SfNClimateCrisis @SfN_climate]

@sborrie @AnneEUrai @summerfieldlab @swaziadam @drkjjeffery @russpoldrack @MUKAMEL That's very nice to hear; we need your help! Most organizing activity happens on https://t.co/dNxWMR1Zdi

[SfNClimateCrisis @SfN_climate]

Inspired to take action? Join us at https://t.co/mb5g64XH0P & be a change for good in your own institution and professional community.

[SfNClimateCrisis @SfN_climate]

‘How can neuroscientists respond to the climate emergency?’ 🧠🌎🛫

Led by @summerfieldlab & @swaziadam with Rich Ivry, @drkjjeffery, @russpoldrack, Robert Schmidt & @anneeurai, with thanks to @mukamel

https://t.co/Aplc7vbki1

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[SfNClimateCrisis @SfN_climate]

The #neuromatch2020 was entirely virtual, and very successful. @KordingLab et al are leading the way in designing the conference of the future:
https://t.co/erxikcdMXa

[SfNClimateCrisis @SfN_climate]

Footnote: we wrote this before any of us had heard of #covid19. Our personal and research lives have been upended, but there are silver linings:

#FENS2020 will also be virtual https://t.co/33qlvnxcIv, and many other conferences will likely follow this summer.