Sydney Porter

she/her | University of Washington ‘22 PoE | your resident tree hugger #sustainability #climateaction #environmentaljustice

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

A clip from Don’t Look Up, and then a real TV interview that just happened

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

sign in solidarity with the uw librarians!

[UW Libraries Union @UWLibUnion]

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[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

I’ve finally finished my Capstone Synthesis Paper, wrapping up my #PoECap experience! The relief is unreal 😭

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

@TPINunion @OPEIU Proud of y’all for organizing this, a group that works for better future for all should be making sure its staff are being cared for with that same vision!

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

I'm ready to take what I've gained so far and carry my skills and studies into the professional world, and I don't have enough words to thank my #ENVIR492 cohort for getting me this far

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

If any singular experience from my degree had to be my highlight, it would be the Capstone journey. I don't mean for that to be cheesy, I just cannot emphasize enough how much I have grown at each step of this process

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

The Capstone Symposium is honestly such an amazing opportunity within this program, and being online is such an accessible format. Coming together as a group of folks who are exciting to do what we can do the environment, there's just nothing else like it

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

@POEcap @doctora_nature @sustainseattle @uwpoe A key moment for my time as a PoE student! So exciting

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

@JennyHodbod @H_Gosnell @ItsMelMac @matt_raven Sounds like an incredible project!

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

Thank you for writing this! Cities everywhere need to be treating sustainability as both an issue of climate and of public health.

[shivani singh @shivaniwrites]

In #MetroMatters, I write how action on improving #AirQuality ensures the most fundamental #righttobreathe & also takes care of critical challenges of civic governance while making cities sustainable & resilient.#AirPollution #Sustainablecities

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[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

@KCrkonova What was your highlight from the symposium? I think mine was seeing the positive responses from people who saw my presentation, feels good to have people get excited with you!

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

I would recommend that anyone interested in seeing community capacity raising and sustainability facilitation in action goes to check out their work and events

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

Sending gratitude towards @sustainseattle for the work they are doing for the Seattle community and for all I got from my internship with them! Looking forward to what's to come :)

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

I'd love to hear what her thoughts on Participatory Research are and its capacity to serve as a tool for decolonization

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

I've just now realized that I've been reading two works by Julie Maldonado this quarter, one for my capstone and the other for my Indigenous Ecologies and Climate Change course! I've learned so much about community agency from her writing

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

The amount of EFFORT that goes into making a good poster... I will never gloss over a poster again #ENVIR492

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

@MaddyWeise I’m glad to have gone through this experience with you and I’m excited to see what you do next 💕

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

@elliemac1ean Halfway feels a lot like the whole thing sometimes 😅

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

"Wiped Out by the “Greenwave”: Environmental Gentrification and the Paradoxical Politics of Urban Sustainability" by Melissa Checker is about the relationship between mainstream environmentalism in cities and how this is a tool of gentrification in practice

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

Dropping a couple reading recommendations for anyone interested in looking into decolonization research methods or into how environmentalism can push oppressive conditions:

[Sydney Porter @SydneyLPorter]

"Addressing the challenges of climate-driven community-led resettlement and site expansion: knowledge sharing, storytelling, healing, and collaborative coalition building" by Julie Maldonado is great for reading up on community-led climate action!